<p>do you get points taken off for getting cut-off mid-sentence during the speaking portion?</p>
<p>technically, how well do you have to score to get a 5? ex. 70%...80%...etc.</p>
<p>if for every section on the speaking & writing portion, I only get half the points...is there any way I can still get a 5?! :(</p>
<p>lastly, how well do you need to know the culture?? all I know are the pure basics. How detailed should I study that part?</p>
<p>&to all you past-year-takers...please share your experience!!! thanks :)</p>
<p>i heard you need a 90% or more for a 5. nope i don think you can get a fice if you get half right. just relax the language AP exams are the hardest to get a 5 on. colleges know this.</p>
<p>90%, really!!! because I’ve known like a dozen people who took the AP Chinese exam, and only one didn’t get a 5… granted I live in China, so my friends and I have good Chinese, but still, 10% doesn’t seem like that much leeway. I would’ve estimated closer to 70%. They’re hard tests, so you’d think the curve would be wayyy more lenient!</p>
<p>Expecting a 5 in any case. =)</p>
<p>what do you think 2/3 listening 3/4-4/5 reading 1/2-2/3 writing 1/3 speaking would be? A 4? Maybe a 5?</p>
<p>The weighting is 25% per section, so your estimates currently give you around 60% of the total possible points (72.5 points on a 120-point scale). You need 81 points for a 5, 65 points for a 4. So yeah, a solid 4, but not a 5 unless you were lucky.</p>
<p>(<a href=“Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board”>Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board; see pp. 9, 27.)</p>
<p>You don’t get points taken off for getting cut off mid-sentence. You would get points deducted if you stopped speaking before the tone and left a sizable pause.</p>