SAT Subject Test US History to AP Exam scores

<p>Hi everyone,</p>

<p>I just got my May SAT Subject Test score for US History (700). Assuming I did just as well, what would my AP Exam score be?</p>

<p>From the US Subject Test to the AP Exam, what are these scores?</p>

<p>800
750
700
650
600
550
500
450
400
350
300</p>

<p>For example:</p>

<p>800=5
750=5
700=?
etc..</p>

<p>I couldn't find this information anywhere; and of course, these are just estimates.</p>

<p>Bump!!</p>

<p>The AP tests and the Subject tests may be similar material as well as similar questions, but the two are highly different in how you have to be thinking about the subject. I think that you could get a 770 on the Chemistry subject test and a 4 on the AP test only because of the complexity of FRQ’s and the amount of thinking you need to put in. </p>

<p>APUS also has a large DBQ and 2 FRQ’s that will test your ability to construct coherent essays, which the SAT does not. You really can’t compare the two. However, if we use the curves of both tests side by side:</p>

<p>5=770+
4=720-760
3=670-710
2=570-660
1=<560</p>

<p>Really? A 760 is a 4? That’s insane!</p>

<p>I mean, you’d have to take the fact that the subject test removes 1/4 of a point for every wrong answer and that only those who are very comfortable with US History take the subject test, while the AP exam does not remove 1/4 of a point and that almost everyone who takes APUSH takes the exam (no matter what grade they got).</p>

<p>Personally, I think that the break down is more like this:</p>

<p>5=700+
4=600-690
3=500-590
2=400-490
1=<390</p>

<p>But I really want your opinions on it…</p>

<p>well you can miss like 8 questions and still get an 800…so a 700 means you missed several. probably a 3, 4 best case scenario. also depends on your essays</p>