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AP Computer Science Principles score calculator

How is the AP Computer Science Principles exam scored? 70 multiple-choice questions are 70% of the score and the Create performance task, scored out of 6, is 30%.

Estimated AP Computer Science Principles score

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A worked example

Each part counts its share of the maximum times its weight. These example marks give a composite of 66.0 out of 100, an estimated 4.

PartMarksWeightPoints
Multiple choice right46 of 7070%46.0
Create task and written responses4 of 630%20.0
Composite100%66.0

College Board has released no scoring worksheet for AP Computer Science Principles, so the cut points are the median of its eleven released AP worksheets: 70.0% for a 5, 57.0% for a 4, 44.0% for a 3 and 32.7% for a 2. Real cut points move a little each year.

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How is the AP Computer Science Principles exam scored?

70 multiple-choice questions are 70% of the score and the Create performance task, scored out of 6, is 30%. Of the 6 Create points, 3 are for the video, the program requirements and Written Response 1, and 3 for Written Response 2 (algorithm development, errors and testing, data and procedural abstraction). College Board then sets the composite each score from 1 to 5 needs.

What do you need for a 5 on AP CSP?

About 70% of the composite on our estimate. That is 50 of 70 multiple choice with 4 of 6 Create points, or 40 of 70 with all 6.

What do you need to pass AP CSP?

A 3 needs about 44% of the composite on our estimate: 29 of 70 multiple choice with 3 of 6 Create points.

When is the AP Computer Science Principles exam in 2027?

Friday, May 14, 2027, in the morning session. The Create performance task is due in the AP Digital Portfolio by 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, April 30, 2027.

How many students get a 5 on AP CSP?

10.7% in May 2025: 18,847 of 175,935 students. 61.7% scored 3 or higher.

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How we work this out

What it does

Enter your multiple-choice score and Create task points and get your AP CSP score.

The May 2027 AP Exams: AP Computer Science Principles, 70 multiple-choice questions (70%) and the Create performance task with its two written responses, out of 6 points (30%).

Method

  1. Your composite is each part's share of its maximum times College Board's published weight for that part, added up out of 100.
  2. Cut points are the median of College Board's eleven released AP scoring worksheets (we have no released worksheet for this subject), turned into a share of the worksheet's maximum: 70% for a 5, 57% for a 4 and 44% for a 3.
  3. Your score is the highest score whose cut point your composite reaches. The line under it is the fewest extra marks on one part that would reach the next score.

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