Highest Step 1, Step 2CK, and Step 3 Score Possible is 300

[A7X]

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Not sure if people have seen this yet, but it seems that a score of 300 is in fact the maximum possible score for the 3 step exams, though I haven't heard of anyone actually scoring that high. 265 = 99th percentile.

http://www.usmle.org/pdfs/transcripts/USMLE_Step_Examination_Score_Interpretation_Guidelines.pdf

 

[PowerDan]

Never heard of any score even in the 280s.

For people scoring above the mean, its good news that the SD has gotten narrower over time, which essentially means that a score of 240 is almost just as good - percentile wise - as it was a few years ago when the mean score was lower.

 

[eteshoe]

Someone I knew got a 278 or something insane like that but yeah I've always wondered if there was some freak of nature out there that got a 290+ score.

 

[Jabbed]

Score = percentile
250 = 85th
255 = 91st
260 = 96th
265 = 99th
270 = 100th
275 = 100th
280 = 100th
285 = 100th
290 = 100th
295 = 100th
300 = 100th

You might as well try to compare the relative altitude of clouds.

 

[VCorp]

Never heard of any score even in the 280s.

For people scoring above the mean, its good news that the SD has gotten narrower over time, which essentially means that a score of 240 is almost just as good - percentile wise - as it was a few years ago when the mean score was lower.

The highest I know of is a 282 of a student from Ross University several several several years ago.

 

[A7X]

There was someone at Columbia that scored a 281 a few years ago and a guy from Australia on SDN had a 276. But I've never heard of anyone breaking 290.

 

[eteshoe]

....
You might as well try to compare the relative altitude of clouds.

I get what you're saying and I'm being facetious but there actually are sub-fields within nephology that do just that.