Exam Information

When will you take the exam?

Your exam is at 8:00am on Wednesday, May 8th (my birthday!!). Arrive to the school no later than 7:30am.

How is the exam structured?

The exam will take 3 hours.

Section 1- Multiple Choice

1 hour

45% of the exam score

55-60 questions (9-15 questions per passage)

4-6 passages

Section 2- Written Literary Analysis

2 hours

55% of exam score

3 essays

• ESSAY #1: Poetry (40 minutes)
• ESSAY #2: Prose (40 minutes)
• ESSAY #3: Open (40 minutes)

How is the exam scored?

Your test will be graded on a five-point scale (“5” is the perfect score):

5 indicates you are extremely well-qualified.

4 indicates you are well-qualified.

3 indicates you are qualified.

2 indicates you are possibly qualified.

1 indicates that you are not qualified to receive college credit. (Remember that your grade consists of a 45% multiple choice score and a 55% essay score.)

Note: The multiple-choice section is machine scored. Students receive one point for each correct answer. Each essay is read by a different AP Reader, who has attended a week-long session to learn how to evaluate student essays. The Readers, who are college English professors and secondary school AP English Language and Composition teachers, score the essays using a 0 to 9 point scale. The scores for the multiple-choice section (45 percent of the total grade) are then combined with the three essay scores. A final grade of 1 to 5 is then derived from this composite score.

Note: Total scores on the multiple-choice section are now based on the number of questions answered correctly. Points are no longer deducted for incorrect answers and, as always, no points will be awarded for unanswered questions.

SC schools Accepting AP Credits:

• Clemson accepts scores of 3, 4, and 5 to replace English 101
• Furman accepts scores of 4 or 5 as English General Credit; if you score 4 or 5 on both AP English exams, you receive two English General Credits.
• More information on Furman AP Scores: http://www.furman.edu/sites/registrar/documents/exam_course_equivalencies.pdf
• Presbyterian College accepts scores of 4 or 5 for general English credits (exempt English 101). A 4 or above on both Lit and Lang will exempt you from both English 101 and English 102.
• More information on Presbyterian College: http://www.presby.edu/registrar/testing-acceptance-scores-2015-2016/
• USC Information (a score of 3 on either Lit or Lang exempts 101, a score of 3 on both AP Lit and AP Lang exempts 101 and 102, and a score of 5 on either or both exempts 101 and 102)
• More USC information:
• http://www.sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/undergraduate_admissions/requirements/for_freshmen/ap_ib_credits/index.php

Thanks to Mrs. Gilliam and Mrs. Carter for many of these links!