comlex 1 scores

[tylerdo]

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does anyone know when we can expect our comlex scores?

 

[DO chooser]

Just to bring down the scores a little: 612/89

What does this get me competitivewise? I was hoping for ophtho or ortho. I know it isn't 799/99 but I'm not that crazy!

I hope everyone gets the score they want.

GO CCOM!

 

[Idiopathic]

thanks big frank
thanks idio.. these will definitely get us plenty of DO interviews..how much do you think it will translate over in the MD world?My USMLE was 237. Do you think our COMLEX scores will help at all to get more interviews or will it not matter?
i welcomes your thoughts..

I think it will, outside of the gunner fields (optho/neuro/derm/rads) at bigger institutions.

 

[Idiopathic]

Just to bring down the scores a little: 612/89

What does this get me competitivewise? I was hoping for ophtho or ortho. I know it isn't 799/99 but I'm not that crazy!

I hope everyone gets the score they want.

GO CCOM!

Thats pretty rough, scoring better than 89% of test takers...just to compare, that score translates to a 251 on the USMLE, relatively speaking. Feel proud.

 

[14970]

Just heard CCOM's pass rate may be an all-time low. I hope that's not true but I can totally believe this since we had such an unfair situation! Oh well, hopefully the dean will contact us soon.

 

[drdrtoledo]

Just heard CCOM's pass rate may be an all-time low. I hope that's not true but I can totally believe this since we had such an unfair situation! Oh well, hopefully the dean will contact us soon.

Sorry if I missed it.... But what was your unfair situation this year?

 

[PACtoDOC]

Its pretty amazing how the COMLEX correlates with the USMLE on the medium to high end.

Idio 258-758
Nebel 237-724
PactoDOC 232-715

I am interested in seeing if this continues. I have honestly never been too concerned with board scores because family medicine is not that competitive. But I feel much better now because I think this will give me the opportunity to go to literally any DO or MD program in the country and probably as my first choice. This will take much of the stress away on the interview trail and allow me to focus more on getting the place I want. I am excited as hell!! Now if I could only narrow down my choices of programs!

 

[NebelDO]

im with you PAC..it definitely takes some of the pressure off.I feel like I can finnally enjoy 3rd year and not wonder when my scores are coming in.I guess we will have to find something else to worry about. wouldnt you agree??

 

[Idiopathic]

still stressing here...always will be

 

[DOtobe]

Holy ****, Idio...I have never heard of a COMLEX score that high.

Congratulations!

(now send some of your good test-taking vibes to me for step 2 😉 )

 

[Aaron Earles]

Congratulations on your great scores everyone. Good luck with your third and fourth years!

 

[applicant2002]

what's the highest comlex score that's possible??

the highest one i've heard of is 777.

 

[Idiopathic]

According to standard deviations, it is statistically impossible to be higher than 3.3 SD above the mean. This correlates to a 760. I hadnt heard of anything higher than a 720 before this year. I believe that you could probably theoretically get an 800, I suppose.

 

[PACtoDOC]

The highest you could get would be to sit right behind Idiopathic and copy!!

 

[Idiopathic]

The highest you could get would be to sit right behind Idiopathic and copy!!

😀

 

[applicant2002]

for those of you lucky ones who got the score report in the mail friday or yesterday, how does it look? does it have a breakdown of how well you did in different areas like the usmle does?

thanks a million 🙂.
😀
and congrats to everyone

 

[DO chooser]

Yes, first thing it says if you have pass/fail, then gives your Standard score, then your Percentile. After that is an explanation of what that means.

On the back there is a breakdown of different areas including Health Promotion/Disease Prevention, H&P, Diagnostic Technologies, Management, Scientific Understanding of Mechanisms, OMM, and General Osteopathic Medicine. It says if you were low, Borderline, or high performance. Then it gives a synopsis of what this means.

The envelope consists of one sheet of paper and a little slip of paper so don't get worried if you think its too thin or something.

I hope everyone did well.

 

[tool]

Congrats to all of you that did so well. I'm just happy that I passed. The Comlex (even the USMLE) are pretty much about memorizing mounds of material and spitting it back out.....just barriers that we must pass to reach our goal......nothing more or nothing less.

 

[24858]

got mine today
617-90
usmle 217-88

 

[giznut12]

got mine too...

220/90 usmle
665/97 comlex

 

[DeLaughterDO]

Mine's here too:

USMLE - 250/99
COMLEX - 735/99

Congrats everyone! You've all done so well! Now just relax and enjoy 3rd year - you have a year until the stress of step 2 comes up (and Step 2 CSE - yuck!)

Congrats again!

jd

 

[Idiopathic]

Mine's here too:

USMLE - 250/99
COMLEX - 735/99

Congrats everyone! You've all done so well! Now just relax and enjoy 3rd year - you have a year until the stress of step 2 comes up (and Step 2 CSE - yuck!)

Congrats again!

jd

Qualtity...the DO's are representing this year.

Congratulations.

 

[PACtoDOC]

Damn Delaughter, you are showing the world how well you can do without a bachelors degree. Can you guys believe D was one of the rare people admitted without a degree? Talk about representing!!

 

[BryanDOAZCOM]

has anyone heard of above 800 scores on step 1?

 

[Idiopathic]

I dont believe it is possible. 760 would be 3.3 SD above the mean, which correlates to 99.99 percentile. This would mean that, out of 10000 scores, 9999 would be below 760. Since less than 5000 people take the test, I figured that it would be statistically impossible to have above a 760.

 

[BryanDOAZCOM]

That is what i thought as well until i saw my buddy's score report.
817 99 percentile
damn!!!

 

[Idiopathic]

Not sure I believe it....4.13 SD above the mean. Really incredible. Must be a SERIOUS outlier.

 

[BryanDOAZCOM]

I was under the impression that the raw score was just that, it was the amount of questions that you answer correctly, if this is the case then over 800 scores should be possible, right?

 

[Idiopathic]

Why? There were only ~750 questions on the test...and it is definitely not the number of questions answered. The mean is set at 500, and it goes from there.

 

[BryanDOAZCOM]

I would not have beleived it, if i had not seen it with my own eyes. unless it was a reporting mistake. which would be unfortunate for this guy. I really dont understand how the calculation is made, perhaps some questions were weighted more than others. I do know that a lot of the questions were trial questions, so there were actually far fewer than 750. i would also think that this would qualify for a 100 percentile, unless there were that many scores above this.

 

[Idiopathic]

I would not have beleived it, if i had not seen it with my own eyes. unless it was a reporting mistake. which would be unfortunate for this guy. I really dont understand how the calculation is made, perhaps some questions were weighted more than others. I do know that a lot of the questions were trial questions, so there were actually far fewer than 750. i would also think that this would qualify for a 100 percentile, unless there were that many scores above this.

There is no 100 percentile. The percentile score is the percentage of people below you.

If you saw it, then it happened. Statistically, it just doesnt make sense though. But your buddy deserves serious congrats.

 

[texdrake]

Wow, got some smart future DO's in here. Glad to see you did well Idiopathic. Sorry I haven't been around much here in the last 6 months guys.

Here is some DMU Info

National Pass Rate for COMLEX: 88.8%

DMU pass rate for Class of 2006: 93.7%

I know I passed, have no clue on my score though as I am home in Dallas for a month and my scores were mailed to my new apartment in Ohio. So I will update you when I call tomorrow.

 

[path2be]

comlex1 = 495/50
usmle1 = 191/78
passed em both, studying for step 2 now, my current rotation doc is pimping me on pharm, which is cool b/c this has been my weakest area of prep and my weakest area in 2nd year.

peace out

 

[bonefixr]

Last year only 6 of 245 or so failed STEP 1 at our school. I know of at least 1 fail this year, but our results have only been out a couple of days. Congrats to all those 700+ out there. What are you all wanting to do? Just want to make sure I'm brushed up when I see you on the wards! I was ecstatic to be at 664/97.

 

[NebelDO]

thanks bonfixer
i plan to do Urology hopefully..

 

[giznut12]

Hey bonefixr...are you planning on going into ortho? I got a 665/97 (almost the same score as you), so I think we will both be competitive. How many programs are you applying to? Any MD or just DO? Also, do you happen to know which DO programs are have a linked internship/residency for ortho? Thanks man.

Later.

 

[bonefixr]

I am only looking at DO. Also, I am in the Navy HPSP so I am really interested in their programs as well.

I have found some good info on linked and non-linked programs through the aoa-online website. It seems that most are not linked to some degree. There may be 1 spot linked and then 2 not in one program. At least that's what I got from it. I know that Botsford, Des Peres, and Olympia Fields are not linked. Massillon in OH is. What about you?

 

[(nicedream)]

National Pass Rate for COMLEX: 88.8%

DMU pass rate for Class of 2006: 93.7%

National Pass Rate of 88.8%, and everyone who has listed their school has stated pass rates in the 90s...and has mentioned low 90s as possibly lowest rates in their respective schools histories...are there schools with pass rates in the low 80s that are bringing the national rate down??

 

[giznut12]

I'm not sure yet. I may apply to some of the more DO friendly allopathic programs. However, I am not dead set on ortho yet. I guess I will figure that out after I do my elective this year.

 

[texdrake]

I wondered the same thing actually. Makes me think some people are not sure about their school rates. But you have to think of school size to. For instance NYCOM has something like 300 students. Maybe I can make a list.

I believe there are 22 schools

AZCOM 96.4%
DMU 93.7%
OSU 100%
NSUCOM? 94%
OUCOM 94.3%

National Average 88.8%


Remember though that averages aren't comparable as sample size is different.

edit: I am fairly certain that the school averages only count 1st time takers and the national average counts every taker so that could cause a difference in numbers too...

 

[DistantMets]

OUCOM's pass rate was 94.3% out of 105 students. Our average was 524. They post it at school, so I know it's legit. 88% is rediculous. I know the test is poorly written and the content is random, but we're talking about passing, not doing well, just the bare minimum. All the more reason we should not be opening more DO schools and expanding class sizes. I'd love to see where these low pass rates are coming from. If there are all these schools above 90%, then there are probably several in the low 80s. Rediculous.

 

[14970]

No word about our pass rate at CCOM yet. We started rotations a week before the COMLEX so I'm guessing our rate may be lower than usual.

 

[Idiopathic]

Also, I believe that re-takers are not factored into school averages, but are factored into national averages. Re-takers typically pass at about 67-70%, so that could affect it.

 

[DrMom]

Also, I believe that re-takers are not factored into school averages, but are factored into national averages. Re-takers typically pass at about 67-70%, so that could affect it.

btw: I got official confirmation that our 100% included the 4 3rd-time re-takers.

 

[(nicedream)]

I question the 88% national pass rate quoted by textdrake in light of the school rates being reported. Anyone have a documented national pass rate? Or textdrake, can you let us know where you got that figure?

 

[Idiopathic]

btw: I got official confirmation that our 100% included the 4 3rd-time re-takers.

Yes, that may be, but it would not be included in the official school-by-school COMLEX report, it just so happened that ours worked out that way.

BTW, I question the 89% pass rate also.

 

[PACtoDOC]

I got an email from NBOME a few weeks ago and they stated that the exam was basically curved so that approximately 6-8% of the nation fails. That makes more sense.

 

[texdrake]

OUCOM's pass rate was 94.3% out of 105 students. Our average was 524. They post it at school, so I know it's legit. 88% is rediculous. I know the test is poorly written and the content is random, but we're talking about passing, not doing well, just the bare minimum. All the more reason we should not be opening more DO schools and expanding class sizes. I'd love to see where these low pass rates are coming from. If there are all these schools above 90%, then there are probably several in the low 80s. Rediculous.

Rediculous how? That pass rate is fairly close to the USMLE pass rate when you are not factoring in foreign test takers.

 

[texdrake]

Yes, that may be, but it would not be included in the official school-by-school COMLEX report, it just so happened that ours worked out that way.

BTW, I question the 89% pass rate also.

I know someone in admissions fairly well, 89% was what the NBOME stated in the information they sent to the school. I promise i didn't make it up. It is also the score they sent out to everyone in our class at DMU. Wish I hadn't deleted the email now....

 

[Idiopathic]

I got an email from NBOME a few weeks ago and they stated that the exam was basically curved so that approximately 6-8% of the nation fails. That makes more sense.

They deny this, in fact. They set the mean, and if you fall with 100 points of it, then you pass. They would firmly deny that any number of people is predetermined to fail.

Like I said, if 3000 people took it last year, and 8% failed (240), and 35% of those people failed again in October (~80) and about 35% of those people failed again this year (30), that would add 1% to the overall fail rate. I dont think this numbers are reported in the schools individual reports and they are figured into the national average.

I would love to have one rep from each school tell us what their pass rate was.

 

[Idiopathic]

Rediculous how? That pass rate is fairly close to the USMLE pass rate when you are not factoring in foreign test takers.

The 89% is not 'rediculous' without the fact that representatives of about 1/3 of the testing body has already claimed about a 94% cumulative pass rate. There must be a big school with 70% out there somewhere...lets hear it from you guys!!