<p>I found a website called APpass (I don't think you are allowed to say links on here but you can just google it if you want to find it)</p>
<p>Anyways, I just plugged in numbers to it to see how the scoring for AP Euro would work on the AP Exam, and I put an example score 64/80 (Which is 80%) on the multiple choice, and 5/9's for the DBQ and 2 FRQ's, I was expecting that to be a 3, maybe barely a 4. But to my surprise that was a 5, and according to this calculator, you can score a 47/80 on the multiple choice, and get 2/9's on the DBQ and FRQ's and still get a 3, which seems incredibly low. But is this calculator accurate, because it seems WAY TO EASY to get a 5. Does anybody know the APPass website I am talking about?</p>
<p>I can’t speak specifically about AP Euro, but I’ve looked at that website before and it uses the actual AP scales that the exam had in previous years. For exams that haven’t changed much recently, it’ll be accurate.</p>
<p>What the…? Then how come so many people fail the AP Euro exam if you can get a D and 3/9’s on the essays and still pass. For AP US I just plugged in a 64/80 and 3 4/9’s on the essay and it still came up with a 5, If these are accurate I’m not even slightly worried about getting less than a 4 on any AP Test.</p>
<p>AP tests are hard. Well, in most cases, they’re hard. For history tests, they’re basically hundreds of years of history condensed into 3 hours. For many AP tests, absolutely no on gets 100%, and even for the ones where people do get all the points, the number is usually in the single digits (with the exception of the calculuses and physics, probably because those answers are definite). My point is that the AP test scales are so lenient because otherwise, the tests would have to be easier or everyone would fail.</p>
<p>I know that, but I’m saying, that according the calculator on there, you can get 45/80 on multiple choice, a 1/9 on all 3 essays, and still get a 2. Yet somehow almost a quarter of people who take the AP Euro exam get a 1. I just find that amazing, that 25% of “AP Students” can’t even manage that.</p>
<p>And yeah I get that nobody get’s 100%, but at the same time, All you need to get a 4 is 59/80 and a 4/9 DBQ and 2 3/9 FRQ’s. That doesn’t seem like it would be that difficult, And yet most years less than 30% of people who take the test get a 4 or a 5.</p>
<p>If you look at AP Calc or Physics, there are a lot more hundreds because the answer is definite, but for the same reason equally as many people (or more) are going to get 1’s or zero’s on all the FRQ’s and get 40% on the multiple choice. But with History, it’s at least easier to get a C on the multiple choice, Do ok on a DBQ (Because you don’t really have to know that much about history to write one) and write a mediocre FRQ and you can at least get a 3. And correct me if I’m wrong, but don’t you get to choose what 2 FRQ’s you want out of a list of 6 or something. (Two list of three prompts choose one of each)</p>
<p>My point is, I just find it amazing that only about 28% of “AP Students” can manage a 4 or a 5.</p>
<p>I was thinking to get a 5 you would need something like
70/80 Multiple Choice (or better)</p>
<p>7 on DBQ
2 6’s on FRQ</p>
<p>4 would be like</p>
<p>60-69/80 on multiple choice</p>
<p>5-6 on DBQ</p>
<p>average of 5 on FRQ</p>