54% correct on Step 1

[help please]

Hello, i just took the step 1

After taking the test, I mascochistically confirmed how many questions i got right and wrong...... These are my stats:

Confirmed correct: 54% (190 questions out of 350)

Confirmed that I got it WRONG: 9% (30 questions out of 350)

Have NO clue whether I got right or wrong: 37% (130 questions out of 350)

based on the above concrete stats, would you guys feel good or bad about passing, I JUST want to PASS so help me GOD

Thanks guys,
desperate

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[bigfrank]

based on this, I'd suggest your score will be anywhere between 190-270. Don't rely on your memory of questions too much. But I'm willing to BET that you passed.

 

[VincentAdultman]

Masochist is the right word I'd say.

I STRONGLY had the urge to do the same after I got done with the test but decidided against it. I figured if I confirmed that I got those questions wrong, it would only make things worse.

These next 3 weeks can't go by fast enough though.

 

[Doc Ivy]

Actually I read today on the USMLE website that for those of us who took step 1 in late may or june, score reporting will be delayed. We should know something by July 20th.

 

[morrisje]

If you are even a halfway decent guesser and could narrow down some of your choices, you have to suspect that you will get at least 25% of those 130 right. Add those 33 to your 190 and you get 64% - definite pass.

 

[Idiopathic]

It is crazy to think that you can guarantee getting 190 questions right. You must just be guess-timating, in which case the whole thing becomes more speculative. However, following my 60-30-10 rule, this fits in certainly, and your score will be determined by the middle 37%. Half those correct plus the 50-55% that you should have dunked, and you should be looking at 210+ guaranteed, IMHO.

 

[HiddenTruth]

aren't 50 guaranteed to be thrown out (experimental)? That could mean anything... I don't get it--i mean, theoretically u can miss 50 and get a "100%"...so people getting 240-25O+ are missing only few more than this speculative cut off of exp. q's? Or, is there a pretty decent margin to be in that 240-250+ range? Obviously, no one really knows--jus curious what the thoughts are from all those having their own theories or those who actually guestimated how many they got right vs. their real score.

 

[Idiopathic]

Well, first of all, does anyone really know if there are any experimental questions, and if so, how many? Lots of talk on this, but no proof.

Also, what if you get all the experimental questions right and miss 50 others...there is just no way to predict it.

The best argument I have seen says that if you divide your score by three (i.e. 240/3 = 80) then you will pretty closely approximate your percentage correct,

 

[Idiopathic]

Well, first of all, does anyone really know if there are any experimental questions, and if so, how many? Lots of talk on this, but no proof.

Also, what if you get all the experimental questions right and miss 50 others...there is just no way to predict it.

The best argument I have seen says that if you divide your score by three (i.e. 240/3 = 80) then you will pretty closely approximate your percentage correct,

 

[Pox in a box]

aren't 50 guaranteed to be thrown out (experimental)? That could mean anything... I don't get it--i mean, theoretically u can miss 50 and get a "100%"...so people getting 240-25O+ are missing only few more than this speculative cut off of exp. q's? Or, is there a pretty decent margin to be in that 240-250+ range? Obviously, no one really knows--jus curious what the thoughts are from all those having their own theories or those who actually guestimated how many they got right vs. their real score.

I'd be annoyed if they threw out 50 questions as "experimental." I'll take my 65 bucks back. Someone once made a theory regarding experimental passages on the verbal section of the MCAT. I think the USMLE is wrapped in even more mystery. What if 300 were experimental and only 50 were actually scored? Wouldn't that make your teeth grind?

 

[Doc Ivy]

Idio,

I was wondering the same thing. I bet what they do is calculate your raw score including all the 350 questions, and then just throw out 50 making your raw score out of 300 instead of 350. It's the only fair thing to do, so that no one is disadvantaged for getting the "experimental" questions right and other questions wrong. I am purely speculating though

 

[bigfrank]

Well, first of all, does anyone really know if there are any experimental questions, and if so, how many? Lots of talk on this, but no proof.

Also, what if you get all the experimental questions right and miss 50 others...there is just no way to predict it.

The best argument I have seen says that if you divide your score by three (i.e. 240/3 = 80) then you will pretty closely approximate your percentage correct,

I don't think I got 90% correct, but I could be wrong? 😉

 

[bigfrank]

I'd be annoyed if they threw out 50 questions as "experimental." I'll take my 65 bucks back. Someone once made a theory regarding experimental passages on the verbal section of the MCAT. I think the USMLE is wrapped in even more mystery. What if 300 were experimental and only 50 were actually scored? Wouldn't that make your teeth grind?

Pox, how did Step I go for YOU? I'm curious to hear.........

 

[Doc Ivy]

I don't think I got 90% correct, but I could be wrong? 😉

Frank you're a cocky SOB. I only respect you because smart men turn me on 😉

 

[Ramoray]

when you say " waht if you got the 50 experimental right,, or what if you got them all wrong" and they threw them out.. well unless you have a phd in each of the subjects, i am betting that it is highly unlikely that you will get the majority of experimental problems right because i am sure they are harder concepts then most. Also if they do this, then i am sure they have been doing it for some tiem now and over the years there is a certain percentage, say people get 60 percent correct on the experimental questions over the past 15 years, then its pretty fair to say throwing them out wont effect the grade much as most do not do super well and most do not bomb. i really cant see anyone doing super well on these 50 and missing a normal easier 50, people just dont work like that. dont know, i thought someone posted a link i read on the USMLE page that talked about these experimental questions?

 

[14022]

Hello, i just took the step 1

After taking the test, I mascochistically confirmed how many questions i got right and wrong...... These are my stats:

Confirmed correct: 54% (190 questions out of 350)

Confirmed that I got it WRONG: 9% (30 questions out of 350)

Have NO clue whether I got right or wrong: 37% (130 questions out of 350)

based on the above concrete stats, would you guys feel good or bad about passing, I JUST want to PASS so help me GOD

Thanks guys,
desperate

If you are smart enough and have a good enough memory to remember 220 questions or more on your step1 USMLE, how are you dumb enough to only get 54% correct. And if your attitude is that you only want to pass, why are you so neurotic to go and check the answers to 220 questions or more. Sounds like you have some other issues to take care of that should take precedent over this exam.

 

[Idiopathic]

I don't think I got 90% correct, but I could be wrong? 😉

The argument loses a little accuracy near the outlying regions, as is to be expected. For scores 180-240 or so, I imagine it holds up pretty well.

 

[Idiopathic]

Idio,

I was wondering the same thing. I bet what they do is calculate your raw score including all the 350 questions, and then just throw out 50 making your raw score out of 300 instead of 350. It's the only fair thing to do, so that no one is disadvantaged for getting the "experimental" questions right and other questions wrong. I am purely speculating though

Throw out 50? I dont think so. The experimental questions are experimental whether or not you get them right or wrong and will not be counted for anyone, period. Therefore, no matter how you perform on the experimental questions or all the other questions, they will throw those 50 out (if they even do this) and your performance on them will not be counted toward your score. The reason for the experimental questions is not because they are crazy hard, it is because no difficulty level/score scale has been devised for them yet, and they need the test situation to establish that.

 

[fuegorama]

Throw out 50? I dont think so. The experimental questions are experimental whether or not you get them right or wrong and will not be counted for anyone, period. Therefore, no matter how you perform on the experimental questions or all the other questions, they will throw those 50 out (if they even do this) and your performance on them will not be counted toward your score. The reason for the experimental questions is not because they are crazy hard, it is because no difficulty level/score scale has been devised for them yet, and they need the test situation to establish that.

This is terrible news! I sought out the experimental questions. I paged past dozens of queries to get to that one that didn't have a defined "rightness". I tried to give myself some leeway, so I finished an extra 25 questions just to have my bases covered.
So you're saying that answering only 75 questions will spell doom? D@mn that SDN advice.

😛

 

[bobbybee22]

so how does everyone definitely know that there are experimental questions?? i am always leery about these things...

 

[bigfrank]

Frank you're a cocky SOB. I only respect you because smart men turn me on 😉

Oh, go on........

 

[Samoa]

I don't think it's valid to assume either that a) ALL (or even most of) the difficult questions are experimental, or that b) ALL (or even most of) the experimental questions are difficult. It's probably the same proportions of easy vs. difficult as the rest of the exam. Think about it: they have to test new questions, and they need new questions of all types, not just difficult ones.