Ap European History - How They Grade You

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<p>This is how it went for 2004, I don’t know how much they change it each year…</p>

<p>Multiple Choice (MC) - max score = 90
[Number Correct - (NumberWrong x 0.25)] x 1.125 = MC score </p>

<p>Free Response (FR) - max score = 90
Each response is graded out of a 9.</p>

<p>DBQ:
unweightedDBQscore x 4.5 = DBQscore</p>

<p>Essay 1:
unweightedEssay1score x 2.75 = Essay1score</p>

<p>Essay 2:
unweightedEssay2score x 2.75 = Essay2score</p>

<p>DBQscore+Essay1score+Essay2score = FR score</p>

<p>Exact Score: MC score+FR score</p>

<p>Composite Scores:
5 : 121 - 180
4 : 98 - 120
3 : 67 - 97
2 : die
1 : loser</p>

<p>So if I get a 55+ on MC, a 36 on DBQ, and a 13.75 on essay1 and a 16.5 on essay2 then its a 121.25!! which is a 5!!</p>

<p>I’ll be more than happy with a 4, either way I thought that the multiple choice was hard…but that’s probably just me and my hate for history.</p>

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<p>It was hard…but we can’t talk about it or we’ll be shot down in cold blood…</p>

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<p>To the OP: Thanks for posting this. For those of us who self-studied, this is very helpful.</p>

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<p>bump in support!!!</p>

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<p>Wow, this greatly raises my confidence as i thought i bombed the MC. It was much harder than old AP tests. Hope for a good curve lol.</p>

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<p>Umm…there is NO curve: they’ve already decided on the distribution</p>

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<p>No Curve?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!!??!?!?!?! *****!</p>

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<p>I just hope that they are MUCH more generous on the Multiple Choice…it was THE hardest part…</p>

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<p>wait so what if everyone gets pwnd on the Mc and gets like 3s. won’t they curve in a case like that or something?</p>

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<p>NO…they don’t do that, they decide on the grading system waaaay before the test…
I just hope that when they made the test: the multiple choice weighting was higher…</p>

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<p>o crap, i hope you’re right lol</p>

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<p>I suck at history and I hate it but still…I need a 4 or 5 in order to preserve ANY academic integrity!</p>

<p>The highest anyone could get on 2004 was a 180, 90 from the MC and 90 from the FR…hopefully the weighting will change to 200 and open up composite gaps of AT LEAST 5 raw points!</p>

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<p>Yeah, I definately thought the MC was really hard… does anyone know about how many you can leave blank and still get a 3 or 4? =(</p>

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<p>Hey everyone, I took Euro last year and like many of you I thought the MC was very hard but I still got a 5. Don’t give up hope!</p>

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Tweetjazz it doesn’t work that way…refer to the rubric I gave you and you’ll understand…</p>

<p>For me (under THE worst circumstances): </p>

<p>MC: left 8 blank! –> 72 –> probably got half of them wrong —> 36 —> get a penalty —> 27 —> weighting x 1.125 —> 30.37500</p>

<p>FR:
DBQ: wrote in script 4 sides! lowest cud be 6/9 –> 27
essay1: 1 side script - 5/9 –> 13.75
essay2: 1.25 sides script - 5/9 –> 13.75
total FR: 54.5</p>

<p>MC+FR = 30.37500 + 54.5 = 84.87500</p>

<p>***!? I WANT A 4 OR 5!!
THAT STUPID MC BETTER GO UP 20 POINTS</p>

<p>**** HISTORY!</p>

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<p>I know it doesn’t work that way but in the PR book it says you can leave approximately 20 blank and get a 3, or 10 blank and still have a chance of getting a 4… does anyone know how accurate that is?
I left almost 20 blank so I’m REALLY nervous… I don’t know why I left so many blank, on practice tests I would only leave about 6! I’ve already accepted that I’m not getting a 5 but I just want to know if I have a chance for a 3?</p>

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<p>This is entirely inaccurate. From [ETS](<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):</a></p>

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<p>I didn’t think the MC was too bad…but then I had a really good, fairly challenging class. A lot of the questions I was fairly sure about. I was going to leave some blank but decided not to, on the basis of that thing that if you can rule out some answers you might as well answer the question…I know I got some wrong now though…grrness… :)</p>

<p>Anyway I did not do so hot on the essays. The DBQ I thought was odd (I was convinced my class members were all going to start laughing when we read the DBQ at the same time, lol) but I think I might’ve done okay…the first FRQ (number 4…about the…ah…potatoes and columbus and stuff, lol) was BAD, I couldn’t remember anything til after the test, the second FRQ (number 6) was good.</p>

<p>Hoping for a 4. Know I probably got a 3. Lusting after a 5 but knowing it probably won’t happen, lol… :)</p>

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<p>You did the Colombian Exchange one? I figured the Counter-Reformation was the easiest. </p>

<p>I answered all but five, so I’m hoping for a MC that puts me in a position for a 5. I think it’s looking pretty good.</p>

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<p>hey for the Euro DBQ, you don’t NEED to pull in outside info, right? That’s what my history teacher told us… but then again, he sucked.</p>