Enter your section scores below to estimate your overall 1-5 AP score. This uses the College Board's own published section weighting - but the final score cutoffs are an unofficial estimate, explained below.
This is an unofficial estimate. The College Board weights MCQ/SAQ/DBQ/LEQ at 40%/20%/25%/15% (confirmed on their own exam page), but does not publish the exact composite-to-1-5 cutoffs, and real cutoffs shift a few points every year. Treat the number above as a rough ballpark, not a guarantee.
The College Board confirms the section weighting for AP US History: Multiple Choice is 40% of your score, Short Answer 20%, the DBQ 25%, and the Long Essay 15%. That part is official.
What isn't official is the exact composite-score cutoff for each 1-5 score - the College Board has never published that conversion table for this exam, and the real cutoffs shift by a few points every year depending on how that year's exam scored nationally. The bands this calculator uses are a widely-cited unofficial estimate, not a College Board figure. Your actual score could land a band above or below what's shown here.
For context, here's how actual test-takers scored in 2025, from the College Board's own published data.
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