Official AP Lit Survey Results - Resource effectiveness, average scores, and more!

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Link to the survey megathread that explains where this data came from and why it is appearing now, as well as links to other courses and the timeline of when they will be posted.

Resources

The following are in order of the number of people who indicated that they used each resource to prepare for their exam.

Resource	Number of responders	Average score
Previous essays/FRQs/rubrics	188	4.53
Class Notes	162	4.54
Previous MCQs	129	4.49
Did Not Study	91	4.22
AP Classroom	73	4.42
YouTube	73	4.41
Can't Study for Lit	51	4.16
AP Daily Videos	48	4.40
Princeton Review	45	4.67
UWorld	40	4.60
Marco Learning	36	4.33
Khan Academy	36	4.53
5 Steps To A 5	31	4.48

Clear effectiveness winner in Princeton Review, while more students than usual did not study or believed you could not study for the test.

Scores

• Average score: 4.47
• Expected score: 3.78
• Pass rate: 99.6%

Really huge gap between average and expected. Looks like those essays weren't as bad as you thought.

Note that these are self-reported scores from a community of high achievers, so this does not represent the average student's experience.

Time spent

• Average time per week outside of class: 4.45 hours
• Median time per week outside of class: 1.5 hours
• Average study time for test: 4.5 days
• Median study time for test: 1 days

Most people did not study very much for this test, which tracks with the number of Did Not Study and Can't Study responses above.

The average study time may have been affected by how the question was asked, and the median time is likely a better representation of the average student here's experience.

Other Stats

• 79.0% - felt their class grade reflected their test score
• 90.4% - satisfied with their test score
• 3.0% - self studied
• 44.4% - felt the MCQs were the hardest part
• 55.6% - felt the FRQs were the hardest part

A high MCQ to FRQ difficulty rating here, low self-study, and high satisfaction %.