I too have been coming across this common occurrence, most people are interpreting EPC as the old two di
Question about CBSE score reporting on CV. On externships i realized very few people know how to convert the Equated Percent Correct score back to the old two digit or just read it as the old two digit. Is it worth including the conversion based off of the chart floating around on here that was supposedly provided to PDs a year ago? Or just leave it as EPC since we technically are no longer provided any conversion back to the old two digit?
Program directors are pretty smart and with the new scoring having been used for a cycle now I think that "we" have a good idea what a good score is and a bad score is.
If people are wondering how the CBSE impacts I can give you some inside baseball knowledge. The most recent data out of ABOMS is showing that the minimum score for interviews outside your home program is roughly 52 on the new scale. Obviously there are exceptions but this we are seeing this as kind of the cut-off being set out there. Every point below 62 down to 53 you lose 10% chance to have an interview outside your home program. At a score of 52 there were very few interviews obtained in the last cycle. So if I was a current applicant the goal would be to get 65 or higher to "guarantee" that a the CBSE score will not inhibit your application for 4 year programs. With 6 year DDS/MD programs all bets are off as medical schools are setting the standards/limits for scores. I hope this helps all the upcoming applicants. I am always open for questions if folks want any of my amateur insight.
