Guide Note: This exam is a part multiple choice and part free response exam. There are 45 multiple choice questions and 6 free response questions and the total allotted time for the exam is 3 hours, 15 minutes. The multiple-choice section is scored with a correct answer receiving 1 point, an incorrect answer losing 1/4 of a point, and a blank answer receiving 0 points, which is cumultively multiplied by 1.2 to calculate the adjusted multiple-choice score, The free response questions are scored in June by the professors. The free-response section is hand-graded by hundreds of educators each June
Fast Facts:
- The class is an advanced placement class in calculus, usually taken after a pre calculus course, either in junior or senior year of high school.
- Those who chose to take AP Calculus are those students who wish to place out of a college calculus course, obtaining the credits for that course and moving to the next college math course in their curriculm.
- The AP exam is a 3 hour and 15 minute exam with 45 multiple choice questions and 6 free response questions.