Step I New UWSA scaling

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As the subject stated, I have heard that UWSA did New scaling starting last year so they do not inflate the score as much as they used to.

Does anyone have any input on this?


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Not sure about the factual evidence but there's anecdotal evidence. Theres a thread maybe 2 down from this one where the OP took both UWSAs scored in the 230s, took NBME 19 and scored a 205. Seems it's still overestimating.

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I just took UWSA 1, so here was my breakdown. I hope this isn't too inflated, but at least this might help in figuring out if the scaling is more realistic in any capacity.

Approx. 3 digit : 260 (90th percentile)
Assessment score: 650
Raw % correct: 82% (131/160)
 
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YouScrewedup said:
Not sure about the factual evidence but there's anecdotal evidence. Theres a thread maybe 2 down from this one where the OP took both UWSAs scored in the 230s, took NBME 19 and scored a 205. Seems it's still overestimating.

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Couldn't it be that NBME is under predicting these days? They also rescaled late last year.

I'm having a hard time finding lots of posts with UWSA1 info and results on the real exam. NBME does seem to be under predicting from the things I've seen.
 
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yanks26dmb said:
Couldn't it be that NBME is under predicting these days? They also rescaled late last year.

I'm having a hard time finding lots of posts with UWSA1 info and results on the real exam. NBME does seem to be under predicting from the things I've seen.
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UWSA 1 262
NBME (same day as form 1) 225
Real thing 249

I might be an outlier for variance but there you go.
 
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i_o said:
UWSA 1 262
NBME (same day as form 1) 225
Real thing 249

I might be an outlier for variance but there you go.
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Appreciate your data.

I think this falls into line with common thinking; NBME are under predicting but the UWSA (I think this goes for NBME as well) are difficult to predict when you get into the higher scores (>250).

From reading these posts, I think it's safe to say NBME under predict by 8-10 pts on avg and UWSA are pretty close to target score +/-4 points. Do you have any opinion on that?
 
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yanks26dmb said:
Appreciate your data.

I think this falls into line with common thinking; NBME are under predicting but the UWSA (I think this goes for NBME as well) are difficult to predict when you get into the higher scores (>250).

From reading these posts, I think it's safe to say NBME under predict by 8-10 pts on avg and UWSA are pretty close to target score +/-4 points. Do you have any opinion on that?
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For step 1 the NBMEs are very predictive. I personally know several folks where I have seen there practice NBME score and real and they have all correlated +\- 3 with some scoring the exact same. And I mean seen with my own eyes not just what people post on SDN or elsewhere which should always be taking with a grain salt.

So i would def trust whatever you get on NBME over anything. I never took UWSA. NMBE writes your STEP 1 exam and has like 5 them available for step 1. If you consistently get over 250 on those exams while taking them in test taking conditions. Thats the closest you can get to a guarantee of scoring above a 250.

I thought uwsa were a waist of time for a score that in my opinion didn't really mean ****. And IMO there style of questions were not similar to nbmes or the real exam.

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