CBSE - July 2023

[FosterWallace]

Does anyone know if the CBSE is usually curved down like the NBMEs? I got a 68 EPC on 29 but my raw score was 70% correct, for example.

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[Mirizzi]

Does anyone know if the CBSE is usually curved down like the NBMEs? I got a 68 EPC on 29 but my raw score was 70% correct, for example.

Almost certainly will be curved upwards on the real deal; July 2023 had my score increased by 1%. I think it might have been higher in Feb 2023 but I am unsure.

Edit: Feb 2023 CBSE was curved somewhere around 2%
Ediit 2: July 2023 may have been curved by 0.5%

 

[DMD12345]

Almost certainly will be curved upwards on the real deal; July 2023 had my score increased by 1%. I think it might have been higher in Feb 2023 but I am unsure.

Edit: Feb 2023 CBSE was curved somewhere around 2%

Mine was the same as raw in July, and it was curved up a few in the prior Feb

 

[Gustavo dos Santos]

Does anyone know if the CBSE is usually curved down like the NBMEs? I got a 68 EPC on 29 but my raw score was 70% correct, for example.

My EPC score was the same as my raw % score. I’m not sure that there is a standardized curve for the whole test. I think it may be person to person depending on what you get right and what you miss idk

 

[teeth!]

Does anyone know if the CBSE is usually curved down like the NBMEs? I got a 68 EPC on 29 but my raw score was 70% correct, for example.

How’d you find out your EPC on an NBME? Did you take it online? Or offline?

 

[Anonamoose]

How’d you find out your EPC on an NBME? Did you take it online? Or offline?

You get EPC when you take it online, I would think there would be a calculator out there but it really doesn't mean anything, since we don't know how their curve is determined. And according to the report those EPCs are based on a 2022 cohort of students who take those forms so its not even relevant to people who recently took it.

 

[teeth!]

You get EPC when you take it online, I would think there would be a calculator out there but it really doesn't mean anything, since we don't know how their curve is determined. And according to the report those EPCs are based on a 2022 cohort of students who take those forms so its not even relevant to people who recently took it.

Appreciate it - thanks. Makes sense

 

[FosterWallace]

Does anyone know if the CBSE is usually curved down like the NBMEs? I got a 68 EPC on 29 but my raw score was 70% correct, for example.

Furthermore, do you guys think its realistic to get this up to a ~75 by Feb 3? I get a lot of micro and biochem questions wrong, I think I can cram that stuff hard before the exam...

 

[Mirizzi]

Furthermore, do you guys think its realistic to get this up to a ~75 by Feb 3? I get a lot of micro and biochem questions wrong, I think I can cram that stuff hard before the exam...

You can def increase your score; you have plenty of time to improve your weak points in micro.

You got this!

 

[FosterWallace]

You can def increase your score; you have plenty of time to improve your weak points in micro.

You got this!

Thanks bro