<p>Does anyone know how they calculate the composite score from the two subscores for the ap music theory exam?
I got a 5/2 subscore slit, composition and aural, but I received a 3 overall. How come other people I know received 4s with 5/2 subscores? I thought they just averaged the two subscores, since half the test is aural and half the test is not.</p>
<p>It’s true that the test is half aural and half non-aural, but they average your raw score in each section and then compute the overall score (rather than just averaging the subscores). In other words, they have a separate scale for overall, aural, and non-aural. In 2003, the test broke down like this:</p>
<p>Overall
5 = 62.5%
4 = 50.0%
3 = 36.5%
2 = 23.5%
1 = 0.0%</p>
<p>Aural
5 = 62%
4 = 45%
3 = 30%
2 = 18%
1 = 0%</p>
<p>Non-Aural
5 = 68%
4 = 56%
3 = 41%
2 = 24%
1 = 0%</p>
<p>As you can see, if you got a 70% on the non-aural section (just barely a 5) and a 20% on the aural section (just barely a 2), that averages out to a 45%, which is a 3. Your friend may have gotten a 80% non-aural and a 40% aural. That still breaks down to 5/2, but he has 60% overall, which is a 4.</p>
<p>thanks for clearing that up. and i was about to send a letter to college board too.</p>
<p>i got a 5 on the test but 4/4 on the subscores.</p>
<p>is that even possible?</p>
<p>
Yes. Again, if you refer to the chart, you could get a 61% aural (4) and a 67% non-aural (4), and end up with a 64% overall, which is a 5.</p>
<p>oh man…that’s why!
i got 4aural5non and I got a 5, and I was like the heck??
nice knowing I got between 45-62%…that’s like a D/F T_T</p>