AP World History Score Calculator
Enter your points from all four sections of AP World History: Modern to estimate your composite score and predicted 1–5.
AP World History: Modern has four scored parts, each weighted differently. Multiple choice is 40% of your score; the writing — short-answer, document-based, and long essay questions — makes up the other 60%. This calculator applies each official weight and estimates your 1–5 from the composite.
How AP World History is scored
Each section is scaled to its share of a 100-point composite: multiple choice 40, SAQ 20, DBQ 25, and LEQ 15.
DBQ = (points ÷ 7) × 25 · LEQ = (points ÷ 6) × 15
Composite = MC + SAQ + DBQ + LEQ
| Section | Raw | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Multiple choice | 55 questions | 40% |
| Short-answer (3 SAQs) | 0–3 each (9) | 20% |
| Document-based (DBQ) | 0–7 | 25% |
| Long essay (LEQ) | 0–6 | 15% |
Composite score to AP score (estimated)
College Board doesn't publish official cut scores and they move each year. These commonly cited estimates are what this calculator uses.
| AP Score | Composite (out of 100) |
|---|---|
| 5 | 72 – 100 |
| 4 | 57 – 71 |
| 3 | 42 – 56 |
| 2 | 27 – 41 |
| 1 | 0 – 26 |
Worked example
40 of 55 multiple choice, 6/9 SAQ, 5/7 DBQ and 4/6 LEQ:
| MC = (40 ÷ 55) × 40 | 29.1 |
| SAQ + DBQ + LEQ = 13.3 + 17.9 + 10 | 41.2 |
| Composite = 29.1 + 41.2 | 70.3 → score of 4 |
Where points are won
The DBQ alone is worth a quarter of your grade, more than any other single item, so practising document analysis and a defensible, well-supported thesis pays off most. Because writing is 60% of the exam, students who are strong on the essays can offset an average multiple-choice section — and vice versa.