average board scores for each specialty?

[Yogi Bear]

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any idea/link to the average board scores for each specialty? thanks.

 

[HiddenTruth]

any idea/link to the average board scores for each specialty? thanks.

you need to be more specific..wo't get any replies like that. How bout I start you off with a few ideas.

Very competetive (>240-250 probably) - rads, ophtho, ent, ortho, uro, plastics, compet gen surg programs

Decently Competetive (>220-240 probably) - Anesthesia, ER med, gem surg, good IM programs, so forth

Not competetive (passing) - FP, IM, Psych, OB GYN (primary care specialties)

Obviously if you want to do IM at hopkins you can't just have a passing score--you need to exceptionally well, these are very general sats, by no means are these that strict--there are many other things taht come to play other than your step one score, but for the extremely compet resid, the step one score is often use as a screening tool. Hope this helps.

 

[thenavysurgeon]

'average' should not matter...

you should do as well as you possibly can, because it will open up options for you in any specialty...its all about location!

 

[Howard Roark]

good luck

 

[Jaded Soul]

Ophthalmology keeps track of this. Other specialites that use the SF Match might as well, but I'm not sure. Applicants matching into Ophtho this year had an average of 228 on Step 1. Those who did not match had an average of 218.

 

[mpp]

2004 ENT Match
Rank Lists: 359
Matched: 256
US Seniors: 241 (76%)
US Grads: 6 (43%)
IMGs: 9 (33%)
No unfilled spots
Avg USMLE matched : 237
Avg USMLE unmatched : 222
AOA matched: 35%

2004 Neurosurgery Match
Registration 363
CAS Participants 311
Rank Lists 282
Ranked 237
Matched 149
US Seniors 140
US Grads 3
IMGs 6
Unmatched 97
Positions Offered 153
Positions Filled 149
Left 4
USMLE Matched 235
USMLE Unmatched 213
AOA 19%
PhD 10%
Avg Apps 35
Avg Interviews 9.7
Avg Offers 4.0
Pct Matching 53%
US Seniors 79%
US Grads 25%
IMGs 11%

 

[Long Dong]

So if you get a 240 you can have your foot in the door for most specialties?

 

[Finally M3]

http://medicine.wustl.edu/~residenc/outside/spec/byspec.html

This was on another thread; pretty interesting.

Board scores aren't the be-all end-all, but you're right, it does get your foot in the door, especially at programs you have not rotated at/they have no idea who you are.

🙂