<p>I just took the 1998 AP US History multiple choice and got 91/100. How is that? What kind of scores would I need on FRs and DBQs to get a 5 on the exam?</p>
<p>That's very good. That gives you a score of 99.8, and you need around 108 for a 5. If you get 1's on all your essays, you'll get a 5.</p>
<p>One out of 9? If so, I'm sure I can manage that easily!</p>
<p>haha ye that's good...you should get a 5 easily. THe MC is not hard..</p>
<p>except it is out of 80, then 90 now, so she would have gotten 81.9/90, so she'd have to get at least 2/3's.</p>
<p>Hey, where is everyone getting this information?</p>
<p>Is they're like a graph or something that shows the mc raw score versus the essay raw score in order to get a 5?</p>
<p>what do you mean its out of 90?</p>
<p>isnt it 80 questions in 55 minutes?</p>
<p>In the past, it was 100 questions in 80 minutes. More recently, It's 80 questions in 55 minutes.</p>
<p>The score guide is as follows:</p>
<p>Section I: </p>
<p>[# correct - (1/4 x #wrong)] x 1.1250 = Multiple Choice Score</p>
<p>Section II: </p>
<p>DBQ Score x 4.5 = Essay 1 score</p>
<p>FRQ #1 x 2.75 = Essay 2 score</p>
<p>FRQ #2 x 2.75 = Essay 3 score</p>
<p>(Essay 1 score) + (Essay 2 score) + (Essay 3 score) = Free Response Score</p>
<p>Multiple Choice Score + Free Response Score = COMPOSITE SCORE</p>
<p>Composite Score Range.................AP Grade
114-180.........................................5
92-113...........................................4
74-91.............................................3
42-73.............................................2
0-41..........................................….1</p>
<p>(Essays are scored from 1 to 9, then multiplied)</p>
<p>Yes, it is 80 multiple choice questions in 55 minutes. However, the number of questions you get right is multiplied by 1.125 and you also subtract 1/4 of the number of questions you got wrong in order to get your full multiple choice score, as the above chart shows.</p>
<p>For example, I took a practice test a few weeks ago and got 56 multiple choice questions correct. I answered the other 24 incorrectly, and left none blank.</p>
<p>Therefore, if that were my actual score on Friday, I would take my number answered incorrectly (24) and divide this number by 4 (or multiply by 1/4...it'll give you the same answer), which will give me 6. I would then subtract the 6 from the 56, giving me 50. This would then be multiplied by 1.125, which would give me 56.25 as my final multiple choice score.</p>
<p>Let's say I got a 4 on my DBQ on Friday. You'd then multiply that by 4.5, which gives me 18. And let's say I got 3's on my Free response essays...you'd multiply each 3 by 2.75, which gives me 8.25 for each free response.</p>
<p>So 8.25 + 8.25 + 18 = 34.5 as my full essay section score.</p>
<p>Finally, my full multiple choice score (56.25) is added to my full essay section score (34.5) to give me a total score of 90.75.</p>
<p>Checking the chart above, I would fall in the 74-91 range, and would therefore receive a 3 on this test.</p>
<p>Let me know if there are some math errors there (it's not my best subject...lol...)</p>
<p>I hope this is helpful to you. =)</p>
<p>Are all DBQs and essays out of 9?</p>
<p>Yes. Allegedly, the graders aren't too generous with essay scores.</p>
<p><em>sighs</em></p>
<p>Thanks for letting me know. I have the Princeton Review book, which is really unclear about what the test constitutes... I only got it because my teacher recommended it. </p>
<p>Thanks for putting up the AP score calculating guide, it was really helpful for me. At least I know I need to get rolling on my studying, haha.</p>
<p>Hey could anyone post the specific guidelines and recommendations for each type of essay on this AP test?</p>
<p>Thanks, that would be greatly appreciated.</p>