Let’s be honest—AP Lang scoring feels like a black box. You take the test, wait forever for results, and have zero clue where you stand. That changes today.
Our calculator uses the same formulas College Board uses. Not guesses. Not approximations. The actual scoring methodology.
Here’s what happens when you take the AP Lang exam:
Section One tests your reading comprehension through 45 multiple-choice questions. Each correct answer counts toward your raw score—no penalty for wrong guesses. This section makes up roughly 45% of your final score.
Section Two asks you to write three essays: a synthesis essay where you combine multiple sources, a rhetorical analysis examining an author’s techniques, and an argument essay defending your position. Each essay gets scored from 0 to 6 by trained graders. This section carries about 55% of your total score.
College Board takes these two raw scores, scales them using conversion tables, combines them into a composite score, then maps that to the 1-5 AP scale. Different years have slightly different curves because test difficulty varies.
That’s where we come in.
When you enter your scores in our calculator, we apply the same scaling factors College Board uses. We offer multiple year curves (2022, 2023, 2024, and an average) because each exam has unique thresholds.
Choose the year matching your test, input your numbers, hit calculate—done. You’ll see your predicted AP score, your composite breakdown, and exactly how your MCQ and essay sections contributed.
We won’t tell you it’s guaranteed accurate. Official scoring involves human graders who might score essays differently than you expect, and curves adjust slightly based on national performance. But our predictions typically land within one point of actual scores—sometimes spot-on.
Use it before your exam to gauge where you need more practice. Use it after testing to stop obsessing over results. Use it as many times as you want—we don’t care.
The point? You deserve to know where you stand. Now you do.