Yes! The weights of the score + the points possible are very accurate, based on info from the Course & Exam Descriptions and Scoring Guidelines from the 2023 AP exams.
(If you notice any errors, please email us at help@fiveable.me so we can fix it!)
The one area that can’t be perfectly accurate is how we determined the final predicted scores (College Board doesn’t publish the “cut points” for each scores.)
We used old released exams and other calculators to estimate “if you earned this % of points, you would earn this score”:
- 0-29% = 1
- 30-44% = 2
- 45-59% = 3
- 60-74% = 4
- 75% or more = 5
These are meant to be benchmarks to give a rough idea of where you might fall, but the actual numbers are adjusted each year to be based on the curve. We’re probably pretty close though.
