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University of Vermont Average USMLE Step 1 Score
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there have been many threads about this lately. data on schools' step 1 scores is extremely hard, if not impossible, to come by. there are reasons for this, but i'm not going into them now. you can use the search function if you're that curious.
I did use the search function. Thanks for your useless response.
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au contraire, mon ami. i am giving you a useful piece of information: the data is not published!
I am aware of this. Although it is not published, many schools tell applicants what the average is. And others tell M2s who just got their results what the school average is. So the information is out there, just hard to get hold of. Two of the schools I interviewed with told us their averages...
Well, good luck then. But none of the schools I applied to told us their average, so I'm not really sure that it's a common practice that "many" schools follow. I'm just saying, I'd be surprised if you found what you're looking for.
I'm pretty sure they tell their M2s but not applicants. I'll let you know if I find anything...
Above average...
222.
223.6, sd: 8.1
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Even the students don't know the answer to this - I'm an MS-II and took my boards in February, and I all know about scores is what I've heard from classmates. I've heard whispers about a small handful of students who failed, but I haven't heard numbers (or any names, not that I'm nosy and want to know - I just can't verify anything, the info is all second or third-hand about people possibly failing) so I have no idea how truthful that is. I know of someone who got a 205, I know of a 225 & 226, and I know of at least one 250+ and a 260+. And then there are classmates who are "disappointed" with their scores and people who are shooting for competitive specialties who are "thrilled" and therefore likely did very well. So make what you want of that - basically, as most people will tell you, it's the students who get the scores, not the school.
thanks for your response soccer. did you feel that you had enough time to study considering that the VIC requires you to take the step 1s early?
wow that is a bit acerbic and definitely unwarranted!
O i wud guess about the same as everyone elses.
I don't have any first-hand info, but this quote is from a thread on UVM vs. UIC that appeared recently:
MadHopsMD is listed as a medical student located in Burlington, VT, so I'm assuming he goes to UVM. When he cites "the other UVM thread" as his source for the information, I'm not exactly sure what he's referring to. (Maybe it's the UVM class thread in the Allo forum.)
I did - I'd say I felt pretty well-prepared. The integrated curriculum really helps reinforce the material; it's more 'learning' and less 'memorization' this way, so I felt like I retained the material better to begin with. Plus the month of January was essentially a PBL-type review course, where we did 2 hours worth of relevant cases followed by 1-2 hours of lectures on high-yield boards topics. Then we had the entire afternoon off to study for the USMLE. The course was even changed based on last years' class's input to eliminate the multiple-choice exams for the course so we wouldn't have to spend time studying for this class at all and could instead devote all of our time to study for the boards. And we had the entire month of February off to study. By mid-February, I had spent so much time studying, I was getting burnt out and like a lot of my classmates I took my boards at the end of the 3rd week and went on vacation for a week. So yeah, I definitely had enough time to study plus extra time on top of that!
That's what I figured. Whatever the case, UVM gives you two full months of study time, more than your average med school. And it sounds like the faculty really bend over backwards to innovate and do what is best for the students at UVM...
That's all I needed to hear. Thanks for your helpful response.
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