# AP World History: Modern tutoring: from your own notes

Source: https://tutix.ai/programs/ap-world-history-modern  
Updated: 2026-10-21

**The short answer.** A ready-made AP World History: Modern program is planned for Tutix. Until it is ready, you can start an AP World History: Modern class today: type the course, add your own notes, and the AI tutor teaches it live, reads your answers and remembers each class. This page explains how the May 2027 exam is built.

- Exam: Thursday, May 6, 2027 (morning session)
- 55 multiple-choice questions in 55 minutes
- 9 units
- Ready-made program planned; classes built from your notes today

## Where Tutix is today

A ready-made AP World History: Modern program is planned and not available yet. You can start a AP World History: Modern class now: the tutor teaches live from your syllabus or notes. Ready-made programs exist for other courses.

## How the 2027 exam is built

AP World History: Modern is sat on Thursday, May 6, 2027 (morning session). The exam is 3 hours 15 minutes long: a multiple-choice section of 55 questions in 55 minutes, then the written section. No calculator is involved. Delivery: fully digital.

| Exam section | Detail |
| --- | --- |
| Multiple choice | 55 questions · 55 min · 40% of the score |
| Short answer | 3 questions · 40 min · 20% of the score |
| Document-based question | 1 question · 60 min · 25% of the score |
| Long essay | 1 question · 40 min · 15% of the score |

## What changed for 2027

For May 2027 the three short-answer questions are all required, each on a different period and each with a source (a secondary text, a primary text, and a primary or secondary non-text source), and the long essay is one required prompt rather than a choice. The College Board says the course content, the multiple-choice section and the scoring rubrics are not changing.

## What the written questions ask

- Short answer: three required questions, each on a different period, each with a source.
- Document-based question: you write an argument from seven documents covering the period 1200 to 2001.
- Long essay: one required prompt, with a broad question and a short introductory statement.

## What it covers

| Unit | Exam weighting, as the College Board publishes it |
| --- | --- |
| 1 The Global Tapestry | 8 to 10% |
| 2 Networks of Exchange | 8 to 10% |
| 3 Land-Based Empires | 12 to 15% |
| 4 Transoceanic Interconnections | 12 to 15% |
| 5 Revolutions | 12 to 15% |
| 6 Consequences of Industrialization | 12 to 15% |
| 7 Global Conflict | 8 to 10% |
| 8 Cold War and Decolonization | 8 to 10% |
| 9 Globalization | 8 to 10% |

## How students have scored, 2021 to 2026

How students scored in 2026 (share of students at each AP score):

| Score | Share of students |
| --- | --- |
| 5 | 14% |
| 4 | 36% |
| 3 | 16% |
| 2 | 26% |
| 1 | 8% |

The share of students scoring 3 or higher on AP World History: Modern was 52.2% in 2021 and 66% in 2026. The College Board reviews each exam's score standards every five to ten years, so a change from one year to the next can reflect a new standard as well as how students did. AP pass rates for every exam shows the whole table.

| Year | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 or higher | Students | Mean score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 14% | 36% | 16% | 26% | 8% | 66% | n/a | n/a |
| 2025 | 13.9% | 33.4% | 17.0% | 26.5% | 9.2% | 64.3% | 411,547 | 3.16 |
| 2024 | 11.9% | 32.3% | 19.6% | 27.4% | 8.8% | 63.7% | 379,385 | 3.11 |
| 2023 | 15.3% | 21.9% | 27.4% | 22.3% | 13.0% | 64.7% | 350,353 | 3.04 |
| 2022 | 13.2% | 21.9% | 27.0% | 23.7% | 14.3% | 62.1% | 314,716 | 2.96 |
| 2021 | 9.7% | 18.5% | 24.0% | 28.9% | 19.0% | 52.2% | 302,232 | 2.71 |

The College Board describes a 5 as extremely well qualified and a 3 as qualified, and says many US colleges grant credit or placement for a 3 or above, but each college makes its own decisions: check the policies of the colleges you care about.

## How to prepare with Tutix today

Type AP World History: Modern in the class wizard, attach your own notes or syllabus if you have them, choose a tutor and join: the tutor teaches on a shared whiteboard and reads what you write while you are still in class.

A class, opened. A sample written to show how a class sounds (not a real learner); the scores show how the exam would credit each answer.

> **Skills · Point of view.** Question: A merchant's letter praises the profits of a long-distance trade route. Explain how his occupation might shape his account.
> The student wrote: He is a merchant, so he is biased. (the exam would credit 1 of 2)
> The tutor: “Biased” is a label, not an explanation. What would a person who profits from the route be likely to describe, and what might he leave out?
> The student then wrote: He profits from the trade, so he is likely to describe it in terms of gain and to leave out its costs to others. (the exam would credit 2 of 2)

> **What the tutor will not do.** It is built to explain and give feedback, not to write an essay, a response or any work you submit for credit. It explains the ideas and what a strong answer needs, so the work stays yours.

## What a ready-made program adds, and what it costs

Ready-made programs, such as AP Calculus AB, come with lessons and questions reviewed in advance, at five levels. The Free plan includes 45 live class minutes a month with no card; see the plans.

The twelve ready-made programs are drawn to scale, with a real lesson to read, on the Programs page.

## Questions

**Does Tutix have an AP World History: Modern program?**

Not ready-made yet; it is planned. Today you can start an AP World History: Modern class: type the course, attach your own notes, and the tutor builds the classes around them.

**When is the AP World History: Modern exam in 2027?**

Thursday, May 6, 2027 (morning session). The 2027 AP window runs from May 3 to 7 and from May 10 to 14.

**What is the format of the AP World History: Modern exam?**

55 multiple-choice questions in 55 minutes, then short answer (40 minutes); document-based question (60 minutes); long essay (40 minutes). Delivery: fully digital.

**How many students score 3 or higher on AP World History: Modern?**

In 2026, 66% of students who sat the exam scored 3 or higher, according to the College Board. 411,547 students sat it in 2025.

## Sources

- College Board: [AP World History: Modern: the exam](https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-world-history/exam) (accessed October 21, 2026)
- College Board: [AP World History: Modern: the course](https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-world-history) (accessed October 21, 2026)
- College Board: [AP history exam updates for 2027](https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-history-exam-updates) (accessed October 21, 2026)
- College Board: [AP exam dates](https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/exam-administration-ordering-scores/exam-dates) (accessed October 21, 2026)
- College Board: [AP score distributions, 2026](https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/about-ap-scores/score-distributions) (2026 results)
- College Board: [AP score distributions, by year (2021 to 2026)](https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/about-ap-scores/score-distributions) (2021 to 2026 results)
- College Board: [AP World History: Modern: score distribution](https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/about-ap-scores/score-distributions/ap-world-history) (accessed October 21, 2026)
- College Board: [The AP score scale](https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/about-ap-scores/ap-score-scale-table) (accessed October 21, 2026)

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