<p>I just took a practice multiple choice section of the APUS History exam.</p>
<p>Results : 60/80 in about 20 minutes.</p>
<p>What's would this be on the 5 point scale right now? (Assuming I do pretty well on the essays/DBQ)</p>
<p>You're fine for a five. I took the test last year and from what I remember, review books were advertising a 54 plus very good essays for a five. You should definitely be fine regardless because the actual thing is (or was last year) easier than most practice tests. I consistently got from 60-70 right out of 80 and on the real thing, I think there were about 5 that I dind't know as opposed to 10-20.</p>
<p>I'm worried about the essays, and how they factor in...</p>
<p>Don't worry about it. If you tried in class, you'll ace the MC with no difficulties. I mean it was ridiculously easy. DBQ and FR is also not all that hard if you know your history and can recognize patterns.</p>
<p>I think 60/80 and 6's on all the essays would get you a 5.</p>
<p>I'm self-study though.</p>
<p>The best thing to do is to do a lot of it. I had practice last year via my class. If you're self-studying basically grab a prep-book and do a lot of it. There's some on college board's site also.</p>
<p>last year 2 essays were from the coloniel period so i dont think u'll get one from that. the multiple choice was really easy essays were varied but easy. i got a 5. i thought it wasnt too challenging.</p>
<p>Self-study is a different ball game, at least for me anyhow, especially with a writing intensive course.</p>
<p>Look for late 19th century and early 20th century essays on this years exam. They were neglected last year.</p>
<p>glucose, I essentially self-studied 1870s on. Our first semester teacher (explorers to Reconstruction) was very boring, but okay. Second semester's teacher had no idea what he was doing. In addition, I only took the honors class since AP isn't offered. I still managed a 5 on it last year. To be perfectly honest, we all freaked out far too much about the DBQ and FR essays. They're not nearly as hard as everyone thinks before the test. When you sit down in test mode, open the book, and read the questions, you will realize you do, in fact, know the answers and you'll be fine. We did perhaps one practice DBQ (and self-graded it...don't know how that was supposed to work) and I know we did no FR essays. There were 15-20 or so fives in my school out of the 90ish that took the test.</p>
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<blockquote> <blockquote> <p>I think 60/80 and 6's on all the essays would get you a 5.<<<</p> </blockquote> </blockquote>
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<p>Is the curve really that lenient???</p>
<p>The test is made to be hard, 70% on the MC and you can still get a 5. I got a 61 today, and I'd get a 4 according to their scoring.</p>
<p>(Did not study yet)</p>
<p>^Do you have to score system you can put up</p>