Minimum and Avg. Step 1 Scores?

[surfdevl02]

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Hey guys-

I'm new to this. Just got my Step I board scores today and have no clue what it really means...is there generally a minimum cut-off score for Step 1 to get into Emergency Medicine and also, does anyone know the avg score of accepted applicants that apply for an EM residency? Thanks!

 

[USCDiver]

yes, the minimum cut off at most ER programs is 240 (250 at In 'n' Out). The average score for accepted applicants is widely known to be 275. Thank you for your interest in EM, hope you come back, post early and often. We have to beat those Pathologists.

 

[beanbean]

yes, the minimum cut off at most ER programs is 240 (250 at In 'n' Out). The average score for accepted applicants is widely known to be 275. Thank you for your interest in EM, hope you come back, post early and often. We have to beat those Pathologists.

A sarcastic post pad... the best kind!

 

[NinerNiner999]

Well stated 'Diver. AOA might buy you and interview and you had better have at least 5 committed extracurricular activities throughout your four years in med school.

 

[GeneralVeers]

My board were perfect across the board, and one of my recommendations was written by Galen himself, yet I still didn't match to a good program.

My advice is to get on the phone to God, or at the very least an archangel of some sort.

 

[jaunita]

dont listen to those idiots who post sarcastic remarks. they are on this site all day long trying to be funny. if you have that much time to make stupid remarks, you need to go to a real em program where you actually work. there is no average step 1 score. if you have 230 or above with decent letters and grades you can land just about any interview. but if you have 200s with decent letters and grades you can still pull quite a few interviews or at least enough to match. most people match in em. its not that competitive. having a good review from an em rotation can take you far. it just depends on what kind of person you are. there is an article that studied what is important in em residency applicants, check it out from the saem website.

 

[Apollyon]

dont listen to those idiots who post sarcastic remarks. they are on this site all day long trying to be funny. if you have that much time to make stupid remarks, you need to go to a real em program where you actually work.

A "real EM program"? As defined how?

1. Get off your high horse
2. Find a sense of humor
3. Capital letters are your friend

 

[surfdevl02]

dont listen to those idiots who post sarcastic remarks. they are on this site all day long trying to be funny. if you have that much time to make stupid remarks, you need to go to a real em program where you actually work. there is no average step 1 score. if you have 230 or above with decent letters and grades you can land just about any interview. but if you have 200s with decent letters and grades you can still pull quite a few interviews or at least enough to match. most people match in em. its not that competitive. having a good review from an em rotation can take you far. it just depends on what kind of person you are. there is an article that studied what is important in em residency applicants, check it out from the saem website.

Thanks Juanita! I really appreciate your straight-forward answer...it's reassuring to know that EM isn't super-competitive...it's tough to know where I stand as an applicant and you cleared a lot of it up. Thanks again!

 

[anonymousEM]

Check out the FAQ file, you'll find a lot of your questions were answered. I think EM is competitive and prospective residents should apply broadly, but board scores are just one of the several areas that are interesting to residency directors. Much more important is how you fit with their group--so do well on your 2nd and 3rd year courses and rotations and then line up a 4th year rotation or 2 in EM at places you'd really like to do residency. Known commodities are always high on the rank list at our place as long as you have a good attitude, work hard and have a reasonable knowledge base. Best of luck!

 

[realruby2000]

I'm surprised nobody's jumped out and said it yet.... FATTY MCFATTY PANTS!

 

[USCDiver]

dont listen to those idiots who post sarcastic remarks. they are on this site all day long trying to be funny. if you have that much time to make stupid remarks, you need to go to a real em program where you actually work. there is no average step 1 score. if you have 230 or above with decent letters and grades you can land just about any interview. but if you have 200s with decent letters and grades you can still pull quite a few interviews or at least enough to match. most people match in em. its not that competitive. having a good review from an em rotation can take you far. it just depends on what kind of person you are. there is an article that studied what is important in em residency applicants, check it out from the saem website.

I only had enough free time for 3 lines in my post. You obviously had over twice as much free time because you posted 7 lines! Although I did take time for proper capitalization and puncutation, so that could have been the difference.

 

[Jeff698]

Well stated 'Diver. AOA might buy you and interview and you had better have at least 5 committed extracurricular activities throughout your four years in med school.

"Committed activities"?

Does incarceration count?

Take care,
Jeff

 

[Jeff698]

Juanita is right. Board scores aren't the most important criteria. A sense of humor, though, does seem to be pretty highly valued.

Not the mention the ability to post pad with a straight face.

Take care,
Jeff

 

[USCDiver]

Juanita is right. Board scores aren't the most important criteria. A sense of humor, though, does seem to be pretty highly valued.

Not the mention the ability to post pad with a straight face.

Take care,
Jeff

schmost pad

 

[NinerNiner999]

Fatty to the McP - Juanita - tell us how YOU feel about burnout...

 

[GeneralVeers]

dont listen to those idiots who post sarcastic remarks. they are on this site all day long trying to be funny. if you have that much time to make stupid remarks, you need to go to a real em program where you actually work. there is no average step 1 score. if you have 230 or above with decent letters and grades you can land just about any interview. but if you have 200s with decent letters and grades you can still pull quite a few interviews or at least enough to match. most people match in em. its not that competitive. having a good review from an em rotation can take you far. it just depends on what kind of person you are. there is an article that studied what is important in em residency applicants, check it out from the saem website.

People who can't master capitalization rarely match into EM. Sounds more like an ortho career for you.

 

[iliacus]

dont listen to those idiots who post sarcastic remarks. they are on this site all day long trying to be funny.

Juanita,

Don't forget about us idiots who laugh at those sarcastic remarks when we should be studying for Heme/Lymph 😀

 

[kungfufishing]

Or in Juanita's case, which robot factory assembled you.

 

[USCDiver]

Or in Juanita's case, which robot factory assembled you.

Unless she looks like this robot in which case we'll keep her (except for the man-hands).

 

[sunnyjohn]

I'm surprised nobody's jumped out and said it yet.... FATTY MCFATTY PANTS!

FATTY MCFATTY PANTS

 

[Celiac Plexus]

based on the many posts from current em residents in response to the op's question... for em, medical knowledge, intelligence, scholastic aptitude, academic achievement, judgement, and general overall intellectual acumen are not important at all.

the ability to crack a good one-liner, become jaded and sarcastic, and sign-out quickly are the main things...

*humor alert! humor alert!*

 

[Apollyon]

medical knowledge, intelligence, scholastic aptitude, academic achievement,and general overall intellectual acumen

These are all functionally the same thing - and the raging debate is whether the USMLE measures any of this. Time and again, it is pointed out that the Step I score is not the end-all, be-all in EM. I've known people that matched with less than 200 on Step I, and not matched with >240.

This question, when continually asked, is either trollling, or a complete lack of any effort to find the answer. Due the regularity and banality, people make light of this beaten-down, overwrought question. Moreover, if someone has the knowledge, intelligence, scholastic aptitude, academic achievement, and general overall intellectual acumen to get into medical school, why does their judgement lapse when asking a question that is best suited to their advisor at their home school, or at least someone who is someone in the field, instead of on a (relatively) anonymous internet message board?

And, don't worry - your *humor alert* was a false alarm. Your EM bashing is chronic and noted.

 

[hello23]

This EM forum is still not changed. These sarcastic comments and jokes by certain residents are so out of taste. The In-N-Out residency and Fatty mcpanty are especially old and pathetic. It's almost like 2 years now since I have seen these jokes.

The only correct thing Apollyon said is that you should not come to this forum for any kind of information, because this forum is STILL infested with a few residents from certain weak EM programs. That's why they can have all the time to hang around in the internet and attack naive medical students with their sarcasm, and super-old jokes.

So do a search about where these residents are, and don't apply to their programs because these programs gotta be pretty weak to allow their resident to waste so much time.

Find a mentor in your ED, and talk to someone from your school who have already matched.

 

[NinerNiner999]

This EM forum is still not changed. These sarcastic comments and jokes by certain residents are so out of taste. The In-N-Out residency and Fatty mcpanty are especially old and pathetic. It's almost like 2 years now since I have seen these jokes.

The only correct thing Apollyon said is that you should not come to this forum for any kind of information, because this forum is STILL infested with a few residents from certain weak EM programs. That's why they can have all the time to hang around in the internet and attack naive medical students with their sarcasm, and super-old jokes.

So do a search about where these residents are, and don't apply to their programs because these programs gotta be pretty weak to allow their resident to waste so much time.

Find a mentor in your ED, and talk to someone from your school who have already matched.

Hello - goodbye. Just finished a 12-hour shift, seen 27 patients, threw a couple of tubes, and ready to be back tonight. Getting ready to go grab a beer with breakfast, get some reading done, and do it all over again - like I always do. Weak? naw - just persistent to have a well-balanced life. Some residents from other programs "claim" to be too busy to actually spend their down-time doing mindless things but in reality, they just haven't yet mastered the whole EM balanced life. My advice - look at other residents making uninformed comments on this burn, look for signs of burnout, and avoid THOSE programs. Make your life complete - not focused on EM...

 

[sunnyjohn]

Hello - goodbye. Just finished a 12-hour shift, seen 27 patients, threw a couple of tubes, and ready to be back tonight. Getting ready to go grab a beer with breakfast, get some reading done, and do it all over again - like I always do. Weak? naw - just persistent to have a well-balanced life. Some residents from other programs "claim" to be too busy to actually spend their down-time doing mindless things but in reality, they just haven't yet mastered the whole EM balanced life. My advice - look at other residents making uninformed comments on this burn, look for signs of burnout, and avoid THOSE programs. Make your life complete - not focused on EM...

Fur real.

Blessed are the balanced, they will out live us all.
😀

 

[USCDiver]

So do a search about where these residents are, and don't apply to their programs because these programs gotta be pretty weak to allow their resident to waste so much time.

Hello23, how can you even justify posting at all? I mean if you're at such a high-stress program that you think that everyone who posts on the forum is a slackass, then you're just being hypocritical. At least we are posting to be part of a community whereas your post only served to alienate you. Unless I am hugely mistaken, the purpose of this forum is not to serve as a font of information for the misguided, lost medical student. It is a place for people throughout the country who are interested in EM to come to discuss whatever suits their fancy. If I want to make a sarcastic comment and my friends here laugh at it, then I've done some good. Someone who wants to be a good samaritan can lead the lost to the FAQ that is so prominently displayed on the forum main page, but kiss my ass if you can't take a joke.

Oh and Fatty McFattypants

 

[hello23]

Hello23, how can you even justify posting at all? I mean if you're at such a high-stress program that you think that everyone who posts on the forum is a slackass, then you're just being hypocritical.

Doing prelim right now. enough said. Get a life, ok...I mean in a real life, not in the internet world. And I don't need to have any friend in this forum, like you obviously do.

 

[NinerNiner999]

Doing prelim right now. enough said. Get a life, ok...I mean in a real life, not in the internet world. And I don't need to have any friend in this forum, like you obviously do.

With an attitude like that, I guess you don't need to have a friend anywhere else either. No, seriously, have fun with your career - I'm willing to bet you're going to go far...