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AP score calculator

How are AP exams scored? Multiple choice and free response are weighted into one composite, and College Board sets the composite each score from 1 to 5 needs.

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How are AP exams scored?

Multiple choice and free response are weighted into one composite, and College Board sets the composite each score from 1 to 5 needs. A 3 is usually called passing.

What percent do you need for a 5 on an AP exam?

On College Board's released worksheets the median is about 70% of the composite for a 5, 57% for a 4 and 44% for a 3. It varies by subject: pick yours above.

When are AP scores released?

College Board releases AP scores in July. The 2027 exams run from May 3 to May 14, with late testing May 17 to 21.

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How we work this out

What it does

Pick your AP exam, enter your practice scores and get your AP score.

The May 2027 AP Exams, 20 subjects plus Calculus AB and BC, each with College Board's published question counts and section weights.

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 College Board's last released scoring worksheet for that subject (eleven subjects have one; the rest use the median of the eleven), turned into a share of the worksheet's maximum.
  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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