<p>Does anybody know the answer to this? How well do you have to score on a test to receive a grade of 5, what does 4 or 3 mean?</p>
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<p>4 is considered good, and I think the only exam that you may be able to except a class in college for with a 3 is AP Calculus</p>
<p>Based on what I've heard, you generally have to get around 70% of the multiple choice right if you do "reasonably well" on the essay part. This might vary from test to test, though.</p>
<p>Most schools only accept 4s or 5s for credit. </p>
<p>But a major part of taking AP classes (in my opinion) is showing that you are taking challenging classes, rather than taking classes for college credit. What you get on the test doesn't affect whether you are accepted to a college or not.</p>
<p>^^ I am looking for percentage. What is 5 - 90%, 80% or less? Is it curved?</p>
<p>I think the cut off for 5 for most tests are around 65-70% or so. Seems pretty low, but remember that AP tests are also much deeper and more advanced in content than SAT Subject Tests</p>
<p>^ Definitely not curved. Think of it like this (for a college class): 5=A, 4=B, 3=C, etc.</p>
<p>um...no AP tests are very curved. they use a bell curve so the same number of people get 1s and 5s, 2s and 4s, and then most get 3s.</p>
<p>I understand that 5 is an A, but how much do you have to score % wise to get that A?</p>
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I think the cut off for 5 for most tests are around 65-70% or so. Seems pretty low, but remember that AP tests are also much deeper and more advanced in content than SAT Subject Tests
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<p>Just noticed that. How do you get that information? Where from. Does it differ from test to test?</p>
<p>I'm sure they are curved and yes the percentage of right answers would vary for different subjects.</p>
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they use a bell curve so the same number of people get 1s and 5s, 2s and 4s, and then most get 3s.
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<p>well that depends on the test too. like for calc bc i think 40% of people get a 5.</p>
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Just noticed that. How do you get that information? Where from. Does it differ from test to test?
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Various AP prep books I have (some Barron's, some PR) all state, rather vaguely, that the 5 cut off is around 65-70% for the tests. The thing is, the actual formula for determining AP scores, unlike the SAT and subject tests, is undisclosed.</p>
<p>Here are the scores and percentiles from the 2006 released APUSH exam
106 - 180 = 5 = 11 percent
85 - 105 = 4 = 19.1 percent
68 - 84 = 3 = 22.3 percent
47 - 67 = 2 = 26.2 percent
0 - 46 = 1 = 20.7 percent</p>
<p>^^where 106-180 is a number of correct answers?</p>
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^^where 106-180 is a number of correct answers?
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I think it is your overall score... remember they take off points for incorrect answers.</p>
<p>^^ 180 represents the overall score for APUSH The 80 MCs count 1.125 points each for a total of 90 points. The DBQ is worth a total of 40.5 points and the two free response essays are worth 24.75 points each.</p>
<p>Interesting facts from the CB's AP Report to the Nation. Here are the percentages at each level for the APUSH exam:
5 - 10.1 percent
4 - 18.9
3 - 21.9
2 - 26.8
1 - 22.4
So 49.2 percent of the 278,379 students did not pass.</p>
<p>Thank you !</p>