AP Human Geo Score Calculator

1. Multiple Choice: 60 questions, 60 minutes. Mix of concept recall, stimulus-based (maps, charts, photos), and applied questions. Worth 50% of composite.
2. Free Response: 3 questions, 75 minutes. Each FRQ has 7 sub-parts worth 1 point each. Total: 21 points possible.
3. Enter MC correct and total FR points. The calculator weights MC 50% and FR 50%.
4. Read your predicted score. AP Human Geo (HUG) covers population, migration, culture, political geography, agriculture, industry, and urban patterns.

MC % = (MC correct / 60) × 100
FR % = (Total FR points / 21) × 100

Composite = MC × 0.50 + FR × 0.50

AP Score cutoffs (approximate):
5: 67%, 4: 55%, 3: 43%, 2: 30%

Example: 42/60 MC (70%) and 14/21 FR (67%).

• Composite = (70 × 0.50) + (67 × 0.50) = 68.5%
• Above the 5 cutoff (67%) → AP Score: 5

AP Human Geography is often the first AP exam students take (commonly in freshman or sophomore year). About 230,000 students take it annually. Pass rate hovers around 55%, with 13-17% earning a 5.

Three concept clusters that consistently appear:

• Population and migration (Units 2-3). Demographic transition model (DTM), push/pull factors, types of migration, age-sex pyramids. Almost every year, one FRQ tests DTM stages.
• Urban patterns (Unit 6). Concentric zone, sector, and multiple nuclei models. Bid-rent theory. Site/situation factors. Suburbanization vs gentrification.
• Agricultural patterns (Unit 5). First, second, and third agricultural revolutions. Subsistence vs commercial agriculture. Von Thünen's model. Boserup vs Malthus.