Passing score for NBDE Part I

[bballrules]

Hi guys, I only want to do general dentistry and I don't care about my score at all. Do you need to pass all the sections in order to pass the overall exam? Hypothetically, for ex: if you need a 75%, can you get a 100 in anatomy/occlusion and 50 in biochem/phys and still pass? Do they take the overall score out of 400 questions or individual sections? Finally, people say passing is pretty easy, and I know we don't work for the ADA so we don't know how they grade and what curves they use, but around how many questions out of 400 do you need to meet the minimum to pass? Thank you for your time.

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[bratdoc]

No you do not need to pass individually in each section.... i think you should pass in 250+/400... not too sure though

 

[Vicviper]

From what I've heard, you need about 220-230/400 to pass... I'm taking it on Friday, so we'll see how that goes...bah.