diff --git a/hackathon/migrations/0008_hackprojectscorecategory_highest_score.py b/hackathon/migrations/0008_hackprojectscorecategory_highest_score.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a6b14d9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hackathon/migrations/0008_hackprojectscorecategory_highest_score.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.1.1 on 2020-10-18 11:43
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('hackathon', '0007_auto_20201017_1148'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='hackprojectscorecategory',
+            name='highest_score',
+            field=models.IntegerField(default=10),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/hackathon/migrations/0009_auto_20201018_1829.py b/hackathon/migrations/0009_auto_20201018_1829.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c5a2ed8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hackathon/migrations/0009_auto_20201018_1829.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.1.1 on 2020-10-18 18:29
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('hackathon', '0008_hackprojectscorecategory_highest_score'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RenameField(
+            model_name='hackprojectscorecategory',
+            old_name='highest_score',
+            new_name='max_score',
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='hackprojectscorecategory',
+            name='min_score',
+            field=models.IntegerField(default=1),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/hackathon/models.py b/hackathon/models.py
index cc1f1b11..c0163c3a 100644
--- a/hackathon/models.py
+++ b/hackathon/models.py
@@ -166,6 +166,10 @@ class HackProjectScoreCategory(models.Model):
                                    on_delete=models.CASCADE,
                                    related_name="hackprojectscorecategories")
     category = models.CharField(default="", max_length=255)
+    # Score Categories can have different score range (e.g. 1-10, 1-15)
+    # these fields set the scale
+    min_score = models.IntegerField(default=1)
+    max_score = models.IntegerField(default=10)
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.category
diff --git a/hackathon/tests/test_models.py b/hackathon/tests/test_models.py
index 338b9d9c..05ad16cb 100644
--- a/hackathon/tests/test_models.py
+++ b/hackathon/tests/test_models.py
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ def setUp(self):
 
         score_category = HackProjectScoreCategory.objects.create(
             created_by=user,
-            category="testcategory")
+            category="testcategory",
+            min_score=1,
+            max_score=15)
+        score_category.save()
 
         HackProjectScore.objects.create(
             created_by=user,
@@ -80,3 +83,7 @@ def test_hackprojectscorecategory_str(self):
         """Tests the string method on the hackathon."""
         self.assertEqual(str(HackProjectScoreCategory.objects.get(pk=1)),
                          ('testcategory'))
+        self.assertEqual(HackProjectScoreCategory.objects.get(pk=1).min_score,
+                        1)
+        self.assertEqual(HackProjectScoreCategory.objects.get(pk=1).max_score,
+                        15)