APUSH Score Calculator 2027 (AP® US History)

Adjust the sliders to guesstimate which rubric points you think you'll get. The calculator will apply the accurate score weights + give you an estimated final score! (Pep's final form will change depending on your score 🌶️)

Exam sections and scoring

• Every AP subject has standardized sections on the exam. They usually include multiple choice and free response questions.
• Each section is worth some number of points based on 1) the number of questions and 2) sometimes a scoring rubric. Each section also has a different weight on your final score.

Official structure reflects current College Board course and exam materials. Fiveable estimates the 1-5 score cutoffs.

(If you notice any errors, please email us at help@fiveable.me so we can fix it!)

The final predicted scores of 1-5 are Fiveable estimates, not official College Board cutoffs. Exact AP® cut points are not published for every subject and year.

We use released exams and historical scoring information to estimate which raw-score ranges may correspond to each AP score. Treat the prediction as a planning benchmark, not a guarantee.

• Multiple-choice responses are machine scored when the subject includes them.
• Free-response work is scored by trained AP Readers using the current subject rubric. Scoring procedures vary by subject and task.
• The official weighted section scores are combined, then College Board converts the result to the 1-5 AP scale.

It's all relative (really). We tend to think your score matters far less in the long run, so there really isn't such thing as a "bad score". Taking the test and going through the process is correlated with going to and doing better in college.

Technically, a "3" is considered passing because it's the lowest score that can earn college credit. Some colleges require 4s or 5s. And some (elite) colleges don't give credit at all.

You can search all colleges for their AP Credit policy here: (https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/getting-credit-placement/search-policies)

College Board publishes the distribution of scores for every subject so you can see what % earned each score on the 5-point scale: (https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/about-ap-scores/score-distributions)

We listed these on the calculator as well :)

This calculator is useful because it's a baseline. Once you know your strengths and weaknesses, you can make a plan to improve!

In the weeks leading up to the exam, you should do a few things:

• Take the time to review all the content. Don't reread the textbook or anything, but remind yourself of all the key topics.
• Go through the study guides and find areas where you remember less content: (https://fiveable.me/)
• Start practicing questions on topics that you know the least. You can do easy, medium, hard, or extremely hard questions to test yourself: (https://fiveable.me/guided-practice)

The scores are usually released the week after the 4th of July. You can get them by signing into your College Board account. Instructions are here: (https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/view-scores)

The AP® US History exam has four parts: 55 multiple-choice questions worth 40% of your score, 3 required source-based short-answer questions worth 20%, a document-based question (DBQ) worth 25%, and a long essay question (LEQ) worth 15%. The calculator applies those exact weights to your inputs.

Based on past released exams, a 5 on APUSH usually requires roughly 70-75% of all available points, though AP® cut scores can shift each year. Try different MCQ, SAQ, DBQ, and LEQ combinations in the calculator to see what gets you there.

Yes. APUSH is the common abbreviation students use for AP® United States History. This APUSH score calculator uses the official section weights for the AP® US History exam.