Is there a list that sorts schools by avg. board scores?

[steve007]

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or just a place where i can get this info for most schools? i know US news doesn't have it. does the MSAR?

 

[evines]

I'd be interested in this, too. So . . .BUMP!!!

 

[Habari]

no

 

[gildas]

I am not really sure, but check out ApplyToMedSchool.com
Hope you find your answer🙄

 

[babinski bob]

The thing to keep in mind is that board score averages by school are SELF-SELECTING!!! In other words, schools that have high scores are the result of the schools selecting bright students! So if you're an average premed student, don't think that by going to UPenn or Stanford or Harvard, that you're automatically going to average in the mid 230s like most students in these schools do. By and large, student performance on step 1 is a function of how well the student prepared him/herself throughout the preclinical years and studying for step 1 and NOT because the school spoonfed the necessary info to the student. If you're looking for good profs, you'll likely find them at the schools that don't focus heavily on research (ie. lower-ranked schools). Profs whose main focus is on research do NOT view teaching as a high priority. So on average, they tend NOT to lecture as well. Keep this in mind and ignore this whole idea about who has the best board scores.....

 

[lowbudget]

I agree... man, boards are ALL about you (and your friends). But damn, it sure would be nice if they spoonfed it to us...

Board Score = Spoon Feed + (Your gifts x Your work)^(Repetition)

 

[usmaple]

I'm not sure, but judging from the interviews that I've been on, every school in the country is somehow in the top 3 for average board scores according to their students.... I'm sure there's some sort of quantum mechanical explanation for it. 😛

 

[Gleevec]

Med schools guard their average board scores like a gunner guards his old test repository-- good luck finding accurate stats on that. Then again, they might be more open about it once you are in med school, but I dont think anyone tells you during the interviews.

 

[Tezzie]

Originally posted by gildas
I am not really sure, but check out ApplyToMedSchool.com
Hope you find your answer🙄

I went to that website. What a loss of time ....

 

[periodic]

Originally posted by usmaple
I'm not sure, but judging from the interviews that I've been on, every school in the country is somehow in the top 3 for average board scores according to their students.... I'm sure there's some sort of quantum mechanical explanation for it. 😛

Haha, very true..I doubt there's a scientifically valid answer for it though :0

 

[steve007]

i agree w/ the pple who said that board scores have a lot to do w/ who a school accepts and how hard those pple work. however, many schools have similar avg. matriculant stats. i'd like to compare the scores of schools w/ comparable entering classes.

 

[finnpipette]

i have no idea if this is true, but this is something i heard around the grapevine. i heard many heavily research oriented/top tier schools like UCLA have on average, lower board schools than lower tier/primary care oriented schools like UC Davis because students at lower ranked schools need higher board scores to get competitive residencies, while higher tier school students are able to land residency positions, even with lower scores, based on name prestige and badass letters from the dean. does this have any merit?

 

[doc05]

Originally posted by finnpipette
i have no idea if this is true, but this is something i heard around the grapevine. i heard many heavily research oriented/top tier schools like UCLA have on average, lower board schools than lower tier/primary care oriented schools like UC Davis because students at lower ranked schools need higher board scores to get competitive residencies, while higher tier school students are able to land residency positions, even with lower scores, based on name prestige and badass letters from the dean. does this have any merit?

Actually, part of the reason that students at top schools get into top residencies is because they tend to get higher board scores. [It is also a function of school and letter-writer reputation.]

There's zero point in looking up schools' average board scores because the school has nothing to do with your score -- it is all about how much you retain from ms1/2 and how well you prepare. There is also something about one's own "test-taking ability" -- whatever that is -- as students who did well on the mcat do better -- on average -- that students who did average.