Release USMLE I score to D.O. Programs?

[HopefulDoc1984]

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I took the usmle and scored 256. I am planning on doing ortho and most likely DO ortho to save any headache of not matching allopathic. Should I release my score to DO programs? I am afraid of getting grilled about why I even took it to begin with if I planned on doing DO ortho.

 

[TexasTriathlete]

You might be overthinking this. Just release it. If they ask you why you took it, say you did it in case you didn't match in the DO match.

 

[Kuba]

Actually, I disagree. You have to look at these things in terms of what you will gain and what you can lose. Didn't you get a ridiculous COMLEX score? In that case, you get all possible points for boards irregardless of whether they see your USMLE or not. However, they may look at your USMLE and think.. why is he giving us this info? Is he just gloating? Is he just applying DO as backup? etc..

SHort and sweet: Won't help. prob won't hurt, but can.

 

[InTheMaking]

Actually, I disagree. You have to look at these things in terms of what you will gain and what you can lose. Didn't you get a ridiculous COMLEX score? In that case, you get all possible points for boards irregardless of whether they see your USMLE or not. However, they may look at your USMLE and think.. why is he giving us this info? Is he just gloating? Is he just applying DO as backup? etc..

SHort and sweet: Won't help. prob won't hurt, but can.

I think YOU are overthinking it. How many ortho programs balk at people gloating? Few to none. Its a solid score, why not release it? It just solidifies your other scores.

 

[Kuba]

I think YOU are overthinking it. How many ortho programs balk at people gloating? Few to none. Its a solid score, why not release it? It just solidifies your other scores.

I know of a stellar applicant that seems to be essentially blackballed from the DO ortho community presumably for being too "cocky".

 

[InTheMaking]

I know of a stellar applicant that seems to be essentially blackballed from the DO ortho community presumably for being too "cocky".

That was probably his attitude in person rather than his score on a test? You ever heard of someone underperforming on a test or not listing research just to sound less "cocky"?

 

[Kuba]

That was probably his attitude in person rather than his score on a test? You ever heard of someone underperforming on a test or not listing research just to sound less "cocky"?

No, but USMLE is not relevant to AOA programs. Just like you don't report your 99th percentile GRE score or your 40 MCAT to these programs. Youre an applicant on paper before PDs get to know you. Anyway, I'm not going to argue this. I had a pretty good USMLE score and I did not report it to my programs for this reason.

 

[InTheMaking]

No, but USMLE is not relevant to AOA programs. Just like you don't report your 99th percentile GRE score or your 40 MCAT to these programs. Youre an applicant on paper before PDs get to know you. Anyway, I'm not going to argue this. I had a pretty good USMLE score and I did not report it to my programs for this reason.

Silly. 256 is not an "average" score though... I'd report it. I would not leave off anything that i've done that shows how quality of an applicant i am.