AP past free-response questions
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Papers and answersAdvanced Placement (AP), 43 subjects
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The free-response section of every AP exam for the last three years, with scoring guidelines, scored student samples and the chief reader’s report.
Before you rely on itOnly the free-response half of each exam is here. College Board also flags changes coming to how these are released.
The scoring guidelines show point by point what earns credit, and the student samples show how real answers were marked against them.Telebem editors
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- Exams
- Advanced Placement (AP), 43 subjects
- What you get
- Real past papersPapers candidates actually sat.
- Answers or mark schemesKeys, mark schemes, worked solutions or sample answers.
- Examiner reportsWhere candidates gained and lost marks, from the examiners.
- How you get in
- Partly held backSome of it is public; recent series or the full archive are kept for teachers or members.
- Held back
- Older questions are kept for teachers in AP Classroom.
- Years
- The last three years
- Subjects
- Mathematics · Statistics · Physics · Chemistry · Biology · Computer science · Economics · History · Literature · Languages · Psychology · Art and design
- Where it’s set
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Formats
- Set by
- College Board
What we checked
- Details checked
The exam body, the address and the archive page were opened and checked against each other. Last run .
- Access confirmed
What is published, what is held back and for how long was read from the exam body’s own statement. Last run .
- Paper opened
An editor downloaded a real paper from it, and its answers where there are any, and opened them. Last run .
Every paper here comes from the body that set it. Sites that re-upload papers without permission are not listed. What the marks cover
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