<p>Anyone have any guesses on what topic the essays or DBQ might be on?</p>
<p>my guess: indian ocean maritime trade.</p>
<p>question on silk road was asked a few years ago, my teacher told me. so was tracing buddhism (last year, so they probly wont ask about religion), so was gender (2 years ago). </p>
<p>but then again, we cant tell, cuz world history hasnt been around long enough for us to see trends, yet.</p>
<p>What percent do I need for a 5, or 4 for that matter?</p>
<p>it was trade 3 years ago
then immigration 2
last year was buddhism...</p>
<p>no clue what this year will be or the grading curve</p>
<p>it was the EASIEST AP I took last year</p>
<p>didnt read the book
didnt take the class
got a 5 and an 800 satII</p>
<p>I just read National Geographic and used some of my ap euro stuff</p>
<p>really, the dbq on this test is SO much easier to analyze than other tests</p>
<p>also, this test asks for slightly different stuff, you're supposed to say what additional information would be helpful by way of primary source documents</p>
<p>I dont care what essay question they ask as long as it involves either Russia, or South Asia. I will be happy then :).</p>
<p>hahaha....i took the test 2 hrs agoOTL</p>
<p>Awesome. I am taking the test in exactly 5 hours and 29 minutes.</p>
<p>well. good luck to everyone! i'm off to study com sci! and statistics!</p>
<p>i just took the test too. i thought it was quite hard :(... does anyone what the cutoffs for 2, 3, 4, 5 are?</p>
<p>No worries caesar. As for the cutoffs for 5s you will need I think a raw score in the 70s. I dont have the test that they released (the first AP world test). Damn I hoped it wasnt hard.</p>
<p>70s out of how many points?</p>
<p>I heard World History AP is more geared for sophomores compared to other APs which are meant to be taken by mostly juniors and seniors. I took World History sophomore year non-AP, self-studied this year and took the AP 4 hours ago. Not bad at all.</p>
<p>the collegeboard hasn't released an official scale, so seriously, how are we suposed to tell our scores??????? <em>sigh</em></p>
<p>mahras, by 70 do you mean, 70% of 120 -> 84 or 70 as in raw score out of 120 (as written in PR)?</p>
<p>I took a yesterday...lol I didn't know this thread existed! But yeah I have the 2002 curve so it might be a good reference. Here it is:</p>
<p>78-120 --> 5
62-77 --> 4
43-61 --> 3
27-42 --> 2
0-26 --> 1</p>
<p>I thought the 2005 test wasn't that bad. I self studied this course as a sophomore and it's also the first AP exam I self studied for. Apart from the expensive exam fee, self studying AP's is actually pretty fun! LOL I'm weird -_- haha.</p>
<p>lol so if you got 1/2 of the MC right and 1/2 of the essay points you pass...</p>
<p>:-X</p>
<p>thank you so much, for the curve oasis!!!!! ive been dying to know what the curve is, to calculate my score. That is one lenient curve, to get a 5, you only need 65% correct?? i agree with you oasis, self-studying is a little bit fun to a certain extent :D...</p>
<p>Wait, how is it out of 120 points? Shouldn't it be 97?</p>
<p>"Once the Multiple-Choice section of your test has been scanned and your essay scored by readers, ETS applies a mysterious formula that converts your raw score numbers to a 120-point scale. Somehow how they turn 70 possible multiple choice points into 60 points and 27 possible essay points into another 60 points."</p>
<p>Quote- PR World History Review Book. </p>
<p>Are we allowed to talk about the essays now, its been 2 days since i took the exam (i live in Japan)!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Yeah caesar, I live in Taiwan, so I'm just one time zone away from you =) But I'm waiting until they give me my FRQ back to be sure.</p>