% Right on NBME

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Does anyone know what % correct on the NBME practice exams is needed to get certain scores.
Wondering how many more questions right I need to move up.

Seems that NBME needs a lot more % correct than in Kaplan and World.

 

[winkleweizen]

Number 7-81% is a 221 and 90% puts you at 245ish.

 

[ScubaStarved]

Number 7-81% is a 221 and 90% puts you at 245ish.

From the more recent tests 7, 11, 12:
97% = 265+
95% = 260+

 

[RapplixGmed]

From the more recent tests 7, 11, 12:
97% = 265+
95% = 260+

Holy crap, hopefully you don't need to get >97% on the real thing to get a 265.

 

[ScubaStarved]

Holy crap, hopefully you don't need to get >97% on the real thing to get a 265.

It's rumored that some items are experimental or have an initial period in which they do not count. I kind of doubt that it's true, but it's an old and widely held belief.

That said, the real exam is similar in difficulty to the NBMEs and it would not surprise me if the curve is similarly steep. On NBME 12, I looked up all the answers I was uncertain of prior to checking my score report and could not find any I missed. I missed 6 overall, but they weren't the ones I suspected. On the real deal, I know for a fact I missed 5-6 and probably had another 10-30 that I was incorrectly confident of or forgot to look up. Will find out how it turned out in 8 days, but I'm betting below my highest NBMEs.

 

[SlaveOfTCMC]

FYI:

Form 11: One question wrong was 740/274

 

[udrag14]

Number 7-81% is a 221 and 90% puts you at 245ish.

Wow, I guess that puts my score into perspective. Wow, I feel like that is soo steep, but I guess the NBME must double (not exactly) your wrong to determine you actual score.