2016 Step 1 national average?

[snowman.33]

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Anyone know if a national average has been released this year? (or have an idea of when it would be released?)

 

[PhillyMed777]

took the exam this year
nbme reported an average of "about" (whatever that means) 230 with a SD of 20 on my score report

 

[Ibn Alnafis MD]

took the exam this year
nbme reported an average of "about" (whatever that means) 230 with a SD of 20 on my score report

Does that mean 2.5% of all takers score above 270? Damn. I thought 260+ was like in the 99th percentile

 

[PhillyMed777]

Does that mean 2.5% of all takers score above 270? Damn. I thought 260+ was like in the 99th percentile

Nope haha. we had a discussion on this a while ago. it's not distributed like that
265 is 99th percentile
250 is 80th percentile

just google usmle percentile and one of the first hits shows the percentile from a year or two ago, and it hasn't change dramamtically

 

[plasmodium]

Does that mean 2.5% of all takers score above 270? Damn. I thought 260+ was like in the 99th percentile

You are assuming that the exam scoring system operates along a normal distribution, which it doesn't.

http://www.usmle.org/pdfs/transcripts/USMLE_Step_Examination_Score_Interpretation_Guidelines.pdf

Considering the average is still stated to be approximately 230, I would imagine the above data remains accurate.

 

[TheShaker]

Does that mean 2.5% of all takers score above 270? Damn. I thought 260+ was like in the 99th percentile

I wonder if anyone has ever actually gotten 270+. I always thought it was one of those mythological things.

 

[walakin25]

I wonder if anyone has ever actually gotten 270+. I always thought it was one of those mythological things.

Um scroll thru 2015 experience thread, couple of 270+. not all of us can be such rare gunners

 

[PhillyMed777]

I wonder if anyone has ever actually gotten 270+. I always thought it was one of those mythological things.

I know 2 people in real life confirmed

 

[TheAberrantGene]

I know a 280 too.. 270s are rare..but quite a few I know of..