Interviews and USMLE I scores

[SserPrun95]

I thought you quit this site Doug...

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[DB2013EM]

I thought you quit this site Doug...

i still dabble here and there while i finish up my 4h year. REVEAL YOURSELF! Inbox me.

 

[michigator04]

usmle scores and number of interviews are by no means a linear association.

Yes and no. There's not a ton of data on this, but RxnMan's SDN surveys in years past, which are accessible in this forum's FAQ, showed a (weak) linear correlation between step 1 and interview success rate and an even higher correlation between step 2 score and interview success rate. Check out the last one he did in 2010, particularly page 4: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=14748&d=1273267251

I know the data is a bit old at this point, but if it was a trend then it is likely a trend now.

 

[fahimaz7]

Makes good sense that there is a correlation. What's even more likely is that the % of programs applied to who offered the applicant an interview is probably way higher as the score goes up (260 step 1 with 20 applications gets 19 interviews. vs 220 step 1 with 60 applications who gets 8 interviews).

That would be my bet.