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<p>OK, I did some math and here's how it roughly, with emphasis, breaks down:</p>

<p>This assumes that you answer all the questions, which is a fair assumption to make, at the most you should only leave a few blank.</p>

<p>Sooo, these are what you need to get a 5 (score of 114+)</p>

<p>Average of 9's =90 raw; 36/80 MC correct =25 raw; Total =115</p>

<p>Average of 8's =80 raw; 44/80 MC correct =35 raw; Total =115</p>

<p>Average of 7's =70 raw; 52/80 MC correct =45 raw; Total =115</p>

<p>Average of 6's =60 raw; 60/80 MC correct =55 raw; Total =115</p>

<p>Average of 5's =50 raw; 68/80 MC correct =65 raw; Total =115</p>

<p>Average of 4's =40 raw; 76/80 MC correct =75 raw; Total =115</p>

<p>Average of 3's =30 raw; 80/80 MC correct =80 raw; Total =110 (now a 4)</p>

<p>Average of 2's =20 raw; 80/80 MC correct =80 raw; Total =100 (still a 4)</p>

<p>Average of 1's =10 raw; 80/80 MC correct =80 raw; Total =90 (3 or 4)</p>

<p>So if you average out essay scores and are somewhere in between 6 and 7, you need between 52 and 60 correct to pull out a 5. Also, this is for answering all question...if you leave some that you don't know at all blank, you're scores will go up.</p>

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<p>Thanks! That actually gives me hope - I don't need to do so well on the essays after all :)</p>

<p>Essays are SCARING me.</p>

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<p>ya, I realized that i only need in the 6 range for essays. A 7 on the DBQ would probably secure it seeing as the DBQ is 45% of the essay scores. If you're interested in scoring individual essays for the raw essay score, multiply the DBQ by 4.5, and the other two by 2.75 each. That will give you the raw score, i just used an average so it was easier, but you can estimate very accurately with what i calculated.</p>

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<p>Thanks man for the scoring table.....Also on a sidenote how hard is it to write a 7-8 essay.</p>

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<p>yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa</p>