<p>I am just wondering what one would generally need to score, percentage wise, on the multiple choice part to get a 5 on the APUSH Test. I realize that there is the DBQ and that factors into the final score, but generally what should I aim for on the multiple choice to get a 5?</p>
<p>I forget what it is out of but I wanna say 60</p>
<p>There is a DBQ and two essays on top of that. I believe MC is 50% and the writing parts are the other 50%. Eeeesh. I forget exactly, it may be 4o-60. I try to block that part out of my life... Hah. If you read one of the AP test prep books, it says it in there. I don't believe it says how many exactly but you can do the math for it taking into consideration how many questions and how much it counts toward the score overall. For my test, we started before school started so we had to come to school early and it lasted until 8th period and we have 10 periods and in the books it says you will be given a 15 minute break and our person gave us 3 minutes! Like, AGHHHHH. So that's like what, 6 hours straight of an exam with a 3 minute break, so make sure you get your 15 min.!</p>
<p>60 + triple 6 = 5</p>
<p>It's pretty easy. One of my essays had a lot about Pocahontas.</p>
<p>55-65 + strong essays = 5</p>
<p>^ just decent essays should do the trick. 8's and 9's (and even 7's maybe) are overkill.</p>
<p>I epic phailed the MC but did pretty well on the essays (4 pages DBQ and 1.5-2 pages each essay question) and got a 5. And yeah, I believe a 60%+ is a 5. Use AMSCO though PR did get me the 5.</p>
<p>I wrote a program on my calculator to figure out AP scores for different combinations of scores I might get.</p>
<p>MC is half, DBQ is 22.5%, essays are 13.25% each. Your scores on each of these sections is combined out of 180, with ~115 being enough for a 5.</p>
<p>If you know your stuff, 70/80 on the MC is achievable, as is a 7 or 8 on the DBQ. After that you can have fun on the essays - what you write really doesn't matter (as long as you stay on topic).</p>
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<p>The average score on the essays is like 2-3, so I consider 6 to be strong :)</p>
<p>Don't worry about it. Can anyone corroborate this - I think that since the quality of AP classes varies so much from school to school, the collegeboard can't make the test too hard anyway. That's why the test is so "easy" in comparison with actual college material (not my words, but those of an "average" student in my class). </p>
<p>Honestly I think people I know might have been stoned when they took it. And they got 5s. And they weren't ubernerds... so don't worry about it.</p>
<p>Princeton Review FTW</p>
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<p>That can't be true. If you expend any effort on the DBQ you should get at least a 5/9. You don't even have to know anything about the topic! The other essays are different, but you still only have to know a little about the topic (plus a few vague statements) to get a 4 or 5.</p>
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<p>Mean scores for each of the 5 essay questions from the 2006 released APUSH exam:
1: 3.16
2: 3.02
3: 2.75
4: 2.62
5: 3.05</p>
<p>Other data shows that only ~20% of students were able to score a 6 or above on any given question. 6 is a strong score.</p>
<p>Hmm, I had seen that 3 was the average score in AP Bio. Still, if you can't scrape together at least a 5 on an essay, you shouldn't be worrying about getting a 5 on the test as a whole.</p>
<p>^ You definitely shouldn't be worrying about a 5 if you can't BS your way to a 5+ on an essay (especially the DBQ).</p>