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AP World Grade Calculator

Estimate your AP World History: Modern composite percentage from MCQ, SAQ, DBQ and LEQ practice scores using the current exam weights.

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Estimate your AP World History composite score

Use the current 2027 AP World History: Modern exam weights: 40% multiple choice, 20% short answer, 25% DBQ and 15% long essay.

AP World History exam format

For the May 2027 AP World History: Modern exam, the multiple-choice section has 55 questions and counts for 40% of the exam score. Students answer 3 short-answer questions worth 20% in total. The document-based question counts for 25%, and the long essay counts for 15%.

The exam is fully digital in Bluebook. The 2027 update changes the short-answer and long-essay presentation, while the free-response scoring rubrics remain unchanged.

How the AP World grade calculator works

The calculator first converts each raw section result into a percentage. It then applies the official section weights:

Composite = (MCQ % × 0.40) + (SAQ % × 0.20) + (DBQ % × 0.25) + (LEQ % × 0.15)

For practice scoring, the calculator treats the three SAQs as 9 possible rubric points in total, the DBQ as 7 possible points and the LEQ as 6 possible points.

Does the calculator predict an AP score from 1 to 5?

Not as an official result. College Board converts composite performance into the AP 1–5 scale through exam-specific score-setting processes, and there is not one permanent public percentage cutoff that applies every year. For that reason, this page reports a weighted composite percentage rather than presenting an unofficial cutoff as guaranteed.

AP World History section weights

Section	Raw maximum	Exam weight
Multiple Choice	55 questions	40%
Short Answer	9 rubric points	20%
Document-Based Question	7 rubric points	25%
Long Essay	6 rubric points	15%

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