Comlex scores

[corona 247]

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I tried searching this but to no avail.

Can anyone please tell me/direct me on what the score ranges of Comlex are and what is considered a competive score for competive residencies ortho, gen sx ( i know this is not at lvl of ortho, derm etc), rads?
Thanks!

 

[(nicedream)]

I tried searching this but to no avail.

Can anyone please tell me/direct me on what the score ranges of Comlex are and what is considered a competive score for competive residencies ortho, gen sx ( i know this is not at lvl of ortho, derm etc), rads?
Thanks!

Minimum passing score is 400, mean is 500, standard deviation is 79. That means 579 is about 84th percentile and 658 is about 98th percentile. Are you asking for the competitiveness of DO residencies, or MD ones? If DO ones, I don't think anyone really knows - prob need at least a 550 for ortho/gen surg/rads, and more importantly supposedly is rotating at the DO programs and making connections.

 

[corona 247]

thanks for the reply.

I was referring to DO residencies. You mentioned ~550 for ortho/rads/gen sx, I would think that would be kinda low. Not even 80th percentile.
Maybe i am being naive, but how hard is it to crack the 80 percentile?

 

[FutureNavyDOc]

thanks for the reply.

I was referring to DO residencies. You mentioned ~550 for ortho/rads/gen sx, I would think that would be kinda low. Not even 80th percentile.
Maybe i am being naive, but how hard is it to crack the 80 percentile?

Very easy, 20% of people do it each year.😉

 

[corona 247]

lol, in retrospect my follow up question was completely ******ed. Thanks navy doc for showing me that.

 

[(nicedream)]

550 was a total guesstimate - there's no real answer. For MD residencies there are statistics out there on pretty much every detail thanks to the recent NRMP/AAMC report. DO residencies are fairly mysterious in their selection criteria.

 

[SquidDoc]

I have been asking this question of many 4th year DO students and new residents with mixed results...apparently >600 is generally considered a competitive score for the specialties that you mentioned. I would guess that 650+ would be a good place to start for having a highly competitive score. One resident told me that 700+ pretty much guarantees your choice, but other facets of your application such as research, publications, and letters of rec. have high weight as well. In general, the lower your board scores, the higher you need to stack the other areas of your application. Then again, if your personality does not reflect a match in the particular discipline that you are applying to, you pretty much have no chance of getting selected, regardless of your step I or step II scores...therefore, one can consider the interview and your personality as being the bottom line determinant for getting the residency of your choice. If they do not like you, you do not get selected.