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AP Seminar score calculator

How is AP Seminar scored? Team project 20%, individual research-based essay and presentation 35%, end-of-course exam 45%.

Estimated AP Seminar score

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  • 10%+
  • 233%+
  • 344%+
  • 457%+
  • 570%+

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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 65.0 out of 100, an estimated 4.

PartMarksWeightPoints
Team project: individual research report (% of marks)65 of 10010%6.5
Team project: team presentation and defense (% of marks)65 of 10010%6.5
Individual written argument (% of marks)65 of 10024.5%15.9
Individual presentation (% of marks)65 of 1007%4.5
Oral defense (% of marks)65 of 1003.5%2.3
Exam: three short answers (% of marks)65 of 10013.5%8.8
Exam: argument essay (% of marks)65 of 10031.5%20.5
Composite100%65.0

College Board has released no scoring worksheet for AP Seminar, 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 AP Seminar scored?

Team project 20%, individual research-based essay and presentation 35%, end-of-course exam 45%. Within them: research report 10%, team presentation 10%, written argument 24.5%, individual presentation 7%, oral defense 3.5%, short answers 13.5%, argument essay 31.5%.

What do you need for a 5 on AP Seminar?

About 70% of the weighted composite on our estimate. The written argument and the exam essay together are 56% of the score, so those two decide most of it.

What do you need to pass AP Seminar?

A 3 needs about 44% of the weighted composite on our estimate.

When is the AP Seminar exam in 2027?

Monday, May 10, 2027, in the afternoon session. Both performance tasks are due in the AP Digital Portfolio by 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, April 30, 2027.

Is AP Seminar changing?

Yes, from the 2027-28 school year. The May 2027 exam keeps the format on this page.

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How we work this out

What it does

Enter your mark on each AP Seminar task as a percentage and get your AP score.

AP Seminar 2026-27: Team Project and Presentation 20% (research report 10%, team presentation and defense 10%), Individual Research-Based Essay and Presentation 35% (written argument 24.5%, presentation 7%, oral defense 3.5%) and the end-of-course exam 45% (three short answers 13.5%, argument essay 31.5%).

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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