AP Seminar score calculator
AP Seminar has no multiple choice: performance task 1 is 20% of your score, performance task 2 35% and the end-of-course exam 45%, and the performance tasks are in before exam day. Enter your rubric scores for your score out of 100 on those weights, and what the exam needs to bring for a score you aim for. The College Board publishes no chart that turns it into a 1 to 5, so this page does not guess one.
Example: weighted AP Seminar score
Each part counts by the College Board’s share: research report 10%, team presentation 10%, written argument 24.5%, presentation 7%, oral defense 3.5%, Part A 13.5%, Part B 31.5%.
From the performance tasks, in before exam day: 37.5 of 55. From the end-of-course exam: 27.4 of 45.
Your next point adds most on Part B (14 of 24): one more point adds 1.31, and its rows score in steps of 2.
To reach 70 of 100: your end-of-course exam needs to bring 32.5 of its 45 with your performance tasks as they are (now 27.4), for instance the same share of each part: 11 of 15 on Part A and 18 of 24 on Part B.
- Individual research report, 20 of 306.7 of 10
- Team multimedia presentation and defense, 18 of 247.5 of 10
- Individual written argument, 32 of 4816.3 of 24.5
- Individual multimedia presentation, 24 of 364.7 of 7
- Oral defense, 8 of 122.3 of 3.5
- Part A: three short-answer questions, 10 of 159 of 13.5
- Part B: evidence-based argument essay, 14 of 2418.4 of 31.5
The College Board publishes no chart that turns this into a 1 to 5, so this is not your AP score.
The shares and the 2026 scoring guidelines checked on AP Central . AP, Advanced Placement and AP Capstone are trademarks of the College Board, which does not make or endorse this calculator.
How the weighted score is worked out
- Performance task 1: team project and presentation, 20% of the score: individual research report ÷ 30 × 10 and team multimedia presentation and defense ÷ 24 × 10. The research report is scored by the College Board, the team presentation by your teacher, one score for the team.
- Performance task 2: individual research-based essay and presentation, 35% of the score: individual written argument ÷ 48 × 24.5, individual multimedia presentation ÷ 36 × 7 and oral defense ÷ 12 × 3.5. The written argument is scored by the College Board, the presentation and the oral defense by your teacher.
- End-of-course exam, 45% of the score: Part A ÷ 15 × 13.5 and Part B ÷ 24 × 31.5. Scored by the College Board.
- Add them: a score out of 100 with each part in the College Board’s proportion.
The College Board does not say how it combines the parts into the composite behind your AP score, only what share each part has, so this is the plainest reading of those shares. AP Central says AP Seminar is being redesigned for the 2027-28 school year. These are the shares it gives today, for the 2026-27 course and its May 2027 exam.
A worked example
20 of 30 on the research report: 20 ÷ 30 × 10 = 6.7; 18 of 24 on the team presentation: 18 ÷ 24 × 10 = 7.5; 32 of 48 on the written argument: 32 ÷ 48 × 24.5 = 16.3; 24 of 36 on the presentation: 24 ÷ 36 × 7 = 4.7; 8 of 12 on the oral defense: 8 ÷ 12 × 3.5 = 2.3; 10 of 15 on Part A: 10 ÷ 15 × 13.5 = 9; 14 of 24 on Part B: 14 ÷ 24 × 31.5 = 18.4. Together 64.9 of 100.
Before exam day the performance tasks bring 37.5 of their 55; to reach 70, the exam needs 32.5 of its 45.
Where the next points are: a point adds 0.33 on the research report, a point adds 0.42 on the team presentation, a point adds 0.51 on the written argument, a point adds 0.19 on the presentation, a point adds 0.29 on the oral defense, a point adds 0.90 on Part A and a point adds 1.31 on Part B.
What each rubric row is worth
Each row and its points are from the College Board’s 2026 scoring guidelines; its share of your 100 follows from the share AP Central gives its part.
| Row | Scores | At the top, of your 100 |
|---|---|---|
| Individual research report: 30 points, 10% of the score, scored by the College Board. 1,200 words on your part of the team’s research. | ||
| Understand and analyze context | 0, 2, 4 or 6 | 2 |
| Understand and analyze argument | 0, 2, 4 or 6 | 2 |
| Evaluate sources and evidence | 0, 2, 4 or 6 | 2 |
| Understand and analyze perspective | 0, 2, 4 or 6 | 2 |
| Apply conventions: citation and attribution | 0 to 3 | 1 |
| Apply conventions: grammar and style | 0 to 3 | 1 |
| Team multimedia presentation and defense: 24 points, 10% of the score, scored by your teacher, one score for the team. 8 to 10 minutes, then a defense question for each member. | ||
| Establish argument | 0, 2, 4 or 6 | 2.5 |
| Understand and analyze context: evaluate solutions | 0, 2 or 4 | 1.7 |
| Engage audience: performance | 0, 2, 4 or 6 | 2.5 |
| Engage audience: design | 0, 2 or 4 | 1.7 |
| Collaborate and reflect: the defense, from every member’s answer | 0, 2 or 4 | 1.7 |
| Individual written argument: 48 points, 24.5% of the score, scored by the College Board. 2,000 words on a question from the College Board’s stimulus materials. | ||
| Understand and analyze context: the stimulus material | 0 or 5 | 2.6 |
| Understand and analyze context: why the question matters | 0 or 5 | 2.6 |
| Understand and analyze perspective | 0, 6 or 9 | 4.6 |
| Establish argument | 0, 8 or 12 | 6.1 |
| Select and use evidence | 0, 6 or 9 | 4.6 |
| Apply conventions: citation and attribution | 0, 3 or 5 | 2.6 |
| Apply conventions: grammar and style | 0, 2 or 3 | 1.5 |
| Individual multimedia presentation: 36 points, 7% of the score, scored by your teacher. 6 to 8 minutes on your argument. | ||
| Understand and analyze context | 0, 2, 4 or 6 | 1.2 |
| Establish argument: an argument, not a summary | 0, 2, 4 or 6 | 1.2 |
| Select and use evidence | 0, 2, 4 or 6 | 1.2 |
| Establish argument: conclusions and solutions | 0, 2, 4 or 6 | 1.2 |
| Engage audience: design | 0, 2, 4 or 6 | 1.2 |
| Engage audience: performance | 0, 2, 4 or 6 | 1.2 |
| Oral defense: 12 points, 3.5% of the score, scored by your teacher. Two questions from your teacher. | ||
| Reflect | 0, 2, 4 or 6 | 1.8 |
| Establish argument | 0, 2, 4 or 6 | 1.8 |
| Part A: three short-answer questions: 15 points, 13.5% of the score, scored by the College Board. Understanding and analyzing one argument, about 30 minutes. | ||
| Question 1: the argument, main idea or thesis | 0 to 3 | 2.7 |
| Question 2: the line of reasoning | 0, 2, 4 or 6 | 5.4 |
| Question 3: how well the evidence works | 0, 2, 4 or 6 | 5.4 |
| Part B: evidence-based argument essay: 24 points, 31.5% of the score, scored by the College Board. One long essay from the sources given, about 90 minutes. | ||
| Establish argument: a theme connecting the sources, and your perspective | 0, 2, 4 or 6 | 7.9 |
| Establish argument: line of reasoning and commentary | 0, 2, 4 or 6 | 7.9 |
| Select and use evidence | 0, 2, 4 or 6 | 7.9 |
| Apply conventions | 0, 2, 4 or 6 | 7.9 |
Why there is no 1 to 5 here
The College Board sets the composite each AP score needs after every exam and publishes no chart for AP Seminar. A 1 to 5 from any calculator is someone’s guess at those cut points.
What it does publish is how students scored. In 2026: 10% a 5, 21% a 4, 57% a 3, 10% a 2 and 2% a 1; 88% scored a 3 or higher. Those are shares of students, not the marks each score needed.
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Sources: College Board, AP Central, AP Seminar Assessment; College Board, AP Seminar 2026 Scoring Guidelines, Performance Task 1: Team Project and Presentation; College Board, AP Seminar 2026 Scoring Guidelines, Performance Task 2: Individual Research-Based Essay and Presentation; College Board, AP Seminar 2026 Scoring Guidelines, End-of-Course Exam; College Board, AP Students, 2026 AP Score Distributions.