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<p>There's alot of people who take practice AP tests and want to know how to come up with a composite score to see exactly where in the 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 range they fall. It's annoying that not all review books ahve such a scoring guide.</p>

<p>I think it would be a good idea if those of us who have knowledge of the multipliers used to come up with a composite score and the general ranges for composite scores to compile them in one place, instead of general guesstimations and lots of threads.</p>

<p>So. . . my contribution is for AP European History. </p>

<p>AP Euro Exam Curve- about as close as it gets</p>

<p>MC ( (Number Correct) – (.25X Number Incorrectly Answered)) X 1.125
DBQ Out of 9 X 4.5</p>

<p>Each essay Out of 9 X 2.75</p>

<p>Add Up for Composite Score.</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>Hope this thread helps!
:)</p>

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<p>where did you find this?</p>

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<p>REA book that I used sophomore year. The current Amazon one has the ranges correct, but the multipliers were wrong. Since I sold the book, I recently had to re-figure out the multipliers. I checked them. They're good. </p>

<p>I'm sure there are MINOR fluctuations in the range, but this is REALLY close.</p>

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<p>Oooohhh.. this helps a lot. Do you know if this range is the same for all tests? like doesn't it differ based on how well people do? Like for chemistry, basically everyone fails it so wouldnt a 5 have a lower comp. score?</p>

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<p>No, ranges are somewhat differnt for each test. Science tests you need less to get a 5 generally. If anyone has knowledge of other exams, feel free to contribute!</p>

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<p>AP English Lang</p>

<p>[MC correct - 1/4(MC wrong)] * (67.5/# of questions) = MC part; max 67.5</p>

<p>3 essays, each out of 9, * 3.0555555 = FR part; max 82.5</p>

<p>110-150 = 5
94-109 = 4</p>

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<p>AP Calculus (both AB and BC)</p>

<p>[MC correct - 1/4(MC wrong)]*1.2 = MC score; max 54
6 FR questions, each out of 9 = FR score; max 54</p>

<p>~70-108 = 5
~55-69 = 4
~40-54 = 3
~25-39 = 2
0-24 = 1</p>

<p>Specific ranges vary from year-to-year, but the numbers are approximately good.</p>

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<p>2004 AP Physics B Scoring</p>

<p>[MC correct - 1/4(MC wrong)]*1.2857 = MC Score
4 FR out of 15
2 FR out of 10</p>

<p>Total points from FR * 1.1250 = FR Score</p>

<p>115-180 = 5
91-114 = 4
63-90 = 3
49-62 = 2
0-48 = 1</p>

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<p>2001 AP US History Scoring</p>

<p>[MC correct - 1/4(MC wrong)]*1.1250 = MC Score</p>

<p>Question 1 (out of 9) * 4.5 + Question 2 or 3 (out of 9) *2.75 + Question 4 or 5 (out of 9) * 2.75 = FR Score</p>

<p>114-180 = 5
92-113 = 4
74-91 = 3
42-73 = 2
0-41 = 1</p>

<p>This and the above post were from the only scoring worksheets that CB released online</p>

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<p>Excellent. I should be getting Bio and English Lit sometime next week. Of course they aren't from collegeboard, but numbers that specific are pretty accurate. </p>

<p>5 exams!</p>

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<p>AP Chemistry (MC 45%, FR 55%):
67%, 53%, 38%, 26%
<a href="http://www.wilsonspirit.com/hendricks/APchem/apexams/apchemistryscoringwor_51283.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.wilsonspirit.com/hendricks/APchem/apexams/apchemistryscoringwor_51283.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>AP Physics B (MC 50%, FR 50%):
64%, 51%, 35%, 27%
<a href="http://courses.ncssm.edu/apb78/ap/ap_exams/2004_AP_Scoring.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://courses.ncssm.edu/apb78/ap/ap_exams/2004_AP_Scoring.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>AP US History (MC 50%, FR 50%):
63%, 51%, 41%, 23%
<a href="http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/2001apushistoryexamsc_51285.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/2001apushistoryexamsc_51285.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>does anyone have this for AP Spanish or AP Biology? Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>....or this for stat?</p>

<p>this is awesome guys, thanks for posting</p>

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<p>Stat</p>

<p>5: 68-100
4: 53-67
3: 40-52
2: 29-39
1: 0-28</p>

<p>so, spanish or bio anyone?</p>

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<p>I'm pretty sure the calculation of the raw score is the same for english lit as it is for english lang but the scales for each score is different. If I remember correctly , a 114-150 is a 5.</p>

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<p>AP Bio:
5: 60.7%
4: 46.6%
3: 34.8%
2: 21.4%
1: 0-21%</p>

<p>Someone please post AP Spanish Language</p>

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<p>AP Literature:
MC Score= Right Answers - (Wrong Answers multiplied by .25)
Multiply MC Score by 1.23. Multiply free response score (27 possible points: 9 for each essay) by 3.06. Add the new weighted FR and MC scores. For clarification:</p>

<p>(MC Score x 1.23) + (FR Score x 3.06)= Composite Score</p>

<p>Compare your composite score with the ranges below:</p>

<p>5: 107-150
4: 93-106
3: 73-95
2: 43-72
1: 0-42</p>

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<p>Seriously, someone needs to post the AP Spanish info.</p>

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<p>I got French Lang and Stats scoring does anyone want them posted?</p>

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<p>1999 US Government
86-120 5
70-85 - 4
49-69 - 3
27-48 - 2
0-26 - 1</p>