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Clerkship honoring question
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statistically most (at least at my school - 15% honor, 35% high pass, 50% pass) students will get a mix of high pass and pass with an occasional honor grade. When I was a third year, the class ahead of me told me that for them, having all high passes (without any honors), put them in the 65-75th percentile for their class.
I seldom hear of people getting more than 4 or 5 honors. I haven't heard of anyone who honored all of our 3rd year rotations - 6 out of 7 is the max that I know of, with most of the top people in our class having around 4.
I seldom hear of people getting more than 4 or 5 honors. I haven't heard of anyone who honored all of our 3rd year rotations - 6 out of 7 is the max that I know of, with most of the top people in our class having around 4.
I see. I just find the grading so subjective at times. Like for some of the rotations, I have gotten a mixed of advanced/outstanding on the evaluations, but i don't know how a site director determines whether to give a high pass (advanced) vs. an outstanding? do most schools have some sort of criteria for how they determine this?
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My school uses the following breakdown:
15% Honors (sometimes less)
15% "Near Honors" (does not appear on transcript, but noted in MSPE)
70% Pass (unless you fail)
Many successful graduates have no H's from 3rd year.
I imagine the answers you seek can be answered by people at your school.
15% Honors (sometimes less)
15% "Near Honors" (does not appear on transcript, but noted in MSPE)
70% Pass (unless you fail)
Many successful graduates have no H's from 3rd year.
I imagine the answers you seek can be answered by people at your school.
Really? Your school doesn't give out Advanced/High pass? That sucks. I was just wondering in general. Also it really varies at my school, so I wanted to get a general sense.
We're also 15% honors, 15% near-honors, and 70% pass, but our near honors count on the transcript for ranking purposes. If you get honors in a course / clerkship, you get that many "honors" credits (i.e., anatomy is 6, biochem 4, etc, where the clinical clerkships have weeks = credits). If you get near-honors, you only get half of the honors credits.
What's the benefit of getting more credits though? Btw-your pic is hilarious.
That's how our class rank is determined (which contributes to AOA, etc). The more "honors credits" you have, the better.
(simplified example) Say student A got honors in Anatomy (6), biochem (4), and pharm (5), and near honors in surgery (6/2 = 3). They'd have 18 total honors credits. Say student B didn't get honors in any preclinical, but got honors in medicine (6), pediatrics (6), psych (4), and near honors in Ob-Gyn (6/2 = 3), and neuro (4/2 = 2), they'd have 21 total honors credits (and a higher class rank).
