Please note that the College Board has
announced that effective the May, 2011 AP U.S. History examination, incorrect
answers will not be held against the exam-takers score - thus students will not
be penalized for guessing.
Note: The College Board has announced that
the 2011 AP U.S. History Exam will be administered on Friday, May 6th, 2010, in
the morning session.
Section I - (50 percent of grade) 80 multiple choice
questions, 55 minutes
Section II - (50 percent)
A. 1 DBQ
Essay Total
time: 60 minutes Reading time: 15 minutes
B. 1
Essay
Total time: 35 minutes
Reading time: 5 minutes
C. 1
Essay
Total time: 35 minutes Reading
time: 5 minutes
"The exam is three hours and five minutes
long. In Section I, students answer 80 multiple-choice questions in 55
minutes. In Section II, students are given 15 minutes to plan and 45
minutes to write an essay on the document-based question (DBQ), and 70 minutes
to answer two essay questions. Suggested time to be spent on each of the
essay questions is 5 minutes of planning and 30 minutes of writing."
Quoted text taken from AP Central
website.
NOTE: Final scoring of the AP U.S. History
exam ranges from a score of 0 to a score of 5. The point scale is
reported as follows:
5 extremely well qualified
4 well qualified
3 qualified
2 possibly qualified
1 no recommendation
I
n the granting of advanced placement or credit,
several colleges honor scores of 3 or higher. Policies of colleges
vary - some automatically give advanced academic standing or credit,
while others respond individually to the
particular situation. You should check your colleges
of choice to find out what their AP policies are.