Step I NBME percentage score

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Hi guys,

I'm scoring about 78% in the NBMEs, I don't have a three digit score..
Can someone give me a rough idea which two digit score in the real Step1 corresponds to my NBME score?

Would be glad if some could help me!
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I didn't understand your post.

NBME gives you a score on a three-digit scale and score interpretation guide, and you can translate that NBME score to approxiamte Step1 three-digit score. Not % correct !

For example,
If your NBME Assessment score is 670, it approximates a Step1 three-digit score of 252 based on that scale.
 
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psst....umm...where the heck is everybody getting these forms?? If you go to the site there's nothing offered, nothing for sale, nothing to look at but a few sample questions. Anyone have a link or something??
 
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I took my exam yesterday. I downloaded NBME 2008 from www.usmle.org. It gives a percentage for every block(like 70% if you answer 35/50). I used to hear about figures like 800, this is probably in earlier versions of NBME.

I have to admit that I found it, by far, to be the closest to the real exam among the diferent Qbanks and books I used.
 
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rox said:
I took my exam yesterday. I downloaded NBME 2008 from www.usmle.org. It gives a percentage for every block(like 70% if you answer 35/50). I used to hear about figures like 800, this is probably in earlier versions of NBME.

I have to admit that I found it, by far, to be the closest to the real exam among the diferent Qbanks and books I used.
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do they give a table to correlate your percentage to a predicted 3-digit score? i hope they do, because that 3-digit score is usually predictive of one's real Step 1 score.
 
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H_Caulfield said:
psst....umm...where the heck is everybody getting these forms?? If you go to the site there's nothing offered, nothing for sale, nothing to look at but a few sample questions. Anyone have a link or something??
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Go to www.nbme.org
Click on Step 1
Look for link "Self Assessments" and click on that
There are four forms offered, Form 1, 2, etc.
You pay $45 by credit card and take the test online and then get feedback expressed on the NBME scale and directions for how this translates to the 3 digit USMLE score scale. Test takes around 4.5 hours.
 
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rox said:
No, they don't.
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Hey, dude you are talking about Free 150 USMLE qs. Everybody is giving you advice about paid-for NBME self-assessment forms. I only realised this when I read your post carefully, and noticed you got your "NBME 2008" (there is no such thing, all NBME forms are just known by their numbers 1 through 4) from www.usmle.org. NBME forms are only available from www.nmbe.org.
To answer your original question: go to medfriends calculator, put your percentage score in (NOT in the NBME slot, but in the Free 150qs slot!), and they will give you a rough idea what your score might look like.
Good luck.
 
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I realized that also. I didn't know about the ones for money. tTe free one has 4 blocks. Still, I am glad I saw the sample which I found quite close to the real exam.

What do you mean by "medfriends calculator". Where do I find it?
 
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