<p>Is there a listing of what mc/essay scores you need to get a 5, 4, etc? And if someone got almost perfect scores on the essays, how many multiple choice could they miss and still get a 5?</p>
<p>As you probably know (and don't want to hear), the scale changes every year. But on average, 64/80 MC correct + 6/9 on each essay makes a 5.</p>
<p>The REA book has a scale in it, with the number you need to multiply the raw score and everything. It's pretty close. </p>
<p>Don't assume that you're going to get perfect essays though. You're teacher could be grading leniently, and you have no idea what the topics are going to be. Prepare for the worst! </p>
<p>HOWEVER, I took the AP Euro class with just being in Honors Global (and not relaly studying) and I got a 5.</p>
<p>Scoring REA’s Practice Exams</p>
<p>Scoring the Multiple-Choice Section</p>
<p>For the multiple-choice section, use this formula to calculate your raw score:</p>
<p>_______ - ( _______ x 1/4) _ _________________________</p>
<p>number number raw score (round to nearest</p>
<p>right wrong* whole #)</p>
<p>*Do not include unanswered questions.</p>
<p>Scoring the Free-Response Section</p>
<p>For the free-response section, use this formula to calculate your raw score:</p>
<p>_____ + _____ + _____ = _____ (round to the nearest whole number)</p>
<p>DBQ essay essay</p>
<p>essay #1 #2</p>
<p>Each essay question is given a score of 0–9 points. It might be helpful to have a teacher, or another impartial person knowledgeable in European history, decide how points should be awarded. A tough, objective appraisal is your best insurance against test-day surprises. Follow all AP requirements to properly calibrate your score.</p>
<p>Figuring Your Composite Score</p>
<p>To obtain your composite score, use the following method:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>1.3 x ___________ = _____ (weighted multiple-choice score—do not round)</p></li>
<li><p>7.3 x ___________ = _____ (weighted free-response score—do not round)</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Now, add the two weighted sections together and round to the nearest whole</p>
<p>number. The result is your total composite score. Compare your score with this table</p>
<p>to approximate your grade*:</p>
<p>*To allow for consistent comparison of test-takers’ scores from one form of the test to another, the College Board uses a statistical weighting method called equating. As a result, REA’s practice-test scoring method can only approximate the score you could expect to achieve on the actual exam.</p>
<p>AP Grade Composite Score Range</p>
<p>5 114–180</p>
<p>4 91–113</p>
<p>3 74–90</p>
<p>2 49–73</p>
<p>1 0–48</p>
<p>I have the REA book and I looked at that table now that you mentioned it. By the way, it's 1.13 and 2.73, not 7.3 and 1.3. But when I try to calculate a perfect score to check the equation (since perfect should add up to 180?), I can't get there. Here's what I'm working with:</p>
<p>(1.13<em>80) + (2.73</em>(9+9+9)) = 164.11</p>
<p>But shouldn't it be 180? What am I doing wrong?</p>
<p>Yeah I didn't think 7.3 made sense at all, but I copied and pasted from Amazon.com. . .</p>
<p>Oh I think the DBQ counts for more. . . there should be a different number to multiply that by. . .hmmmmm took this test 2 years ago. . .</p>
<p>You're right. DBQ should be 22.5% and the FRQs are 13.75. I don't know where REA is getting this. I guess it's a huge approximation.</p>
<p>And if you take the numbers from rb9109: (1.13<em>(80-(1.25</em>16)))+(2.73*(6+6+6)) = 116.27, which is just inside the 5 range provided by REA. So that seems about right. It's not completely accurate because it doesn't weight the essays, but it's a decent approximation.</p>
<p>Thanks, katia!</p>
<p>alright the DBQ SHOULD count for 22.5% of total grade, each essay 13.75%.</p>
<p>I had different numbers in my old REA book (which worked out fine), but I re-sold it on Amazon after I took the exam :)</p>
<p>I remember multiplying the DBQ by a bigger number which would make sense. . .</p>
<p>I'm trying to figure it out<br>
MC should be X 1.125 because then you'd get a composite of 90 half of perfect 180</p>
<p>DBQ is coming out to X 4.5</p>
<p>Each essay X 2.75</p>
<p>So. . . . 9 DBQ = 40.5
9 Essay 1 = 24.75
9 Essay 2 = 24.75
Perfect MC= 90</p>
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<pre><code> 180!!!
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<p>That was fun LOL. Use these multipliers and REA's ranges.</p>
<p>i used the PR and the Spielvogel and studied A LOT. </p>
<p>it wasn't that hard. the essays were hard, but the m/c was pretty easy!</p>
<p>Ok, cause the REA mc's seem really tough and kind of obscure. I'm more idea-oriented than specific-fact-oriented</p>
<p>Haha, I walked into this exam blind, and I scored a 3 on it.
Very embarassing...
If you adequately prepare, you should have no trouble at all.
I'll agree that the MC was very simple and straightforward trivia.
Too bad I didn't know the answers! :D</p>
<p>Usually about only 10% of ppl who take the exam get a 5. The humanities tests are notoriously hard to get 5's in. But it's very much doable with practice and preparedness, and I got a 5. Best of luck.</p>
<p>Try this link…</p>
<p>[AP</a> European History Exam Grade Calculator](<a href=“http://tech-shep.com/Calculate/APEuroGrade.php]AP”>http://tech-shep.com/Calculate/APEuroGrade.php)</p>
<p>So would you guys say the REA MC is easier than the real MC?</p>
<p>er…you DEF dont need to get 64/80 on the MC to get a 5!! thats pretty difficult imo. if you’re in the upper forties to sixties range, you’re doing good. mid fifties is solid, low sixties is good, upper sixties is ideal and obviously anything above that is desirable…</p>
<p>Oh, good. That scared me! I average around 53-57 on the MC, and I really want a 5… So when I saw that (damnably unattainable) 64 + 6 essays (what I assume will be my average essay score; I generally get a 7 in class, but I’d like to be conservative with my calculations). I was really sad, because I’m hoping it would be possible to get a low 5 with those stats.</p>
<p>Psh, don’t worry about the Euro exam :P</p>
<p>That was my first AP ever, I’d only done ONE (!) practice test, read my review book two times the day before, and once more on the day of the exam because the exam was at 12 and our teachers let us multitask :)</p>
<p>Everyone thought they failed but everyone in my school got 4’s and mostly 5’s.
Just know your stuff, the MC is ridiculously easy, and just remember everything you can for the FRQs.</p>
<p>Being good at world history helps, if you have already taken ap world history. I got a 5 in world history, self-studied European History from the Barrons book, and earned a 5 on AP Euro. I also found it a lot more interesting, because a lot more happens in European History than in African History. A lot of Euro history 20th century onwards is an overlap of United States History as well, so that made it a lot easier.</p>