Scoring under an 85% means you will fail boards??

[hulksmash15]

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We just had a lecture with our whole medical class where we spoke with our dean and curriculum advisor about preparing for boards. Our hard pass for our classes has always been around a 70% for first year with the goal for the class to be above a 78%, but now they sent every single person who scored under an 85% on the last exam an email basically saying, "We correlate that those who get above an 85% do well on their board exams and if you dont, then something is wrong with your studying." I was like wtf why did we go from shooting around a 78% means youre good to now you have to get an 85% or else you will not do well on step 1??

Idk im frustrated because I think I have a GPA average around a 83ish but according to my new school policy, Im not going to do well on boards.

Is this pretty common at other medical schools? Do i just need to be a gunner and get A's on all my tests because **** that. I like having a life outside of medical school and not being pent up in the library all night long. Butttt I also want to pass my boards 🙁 what do i do?

 

[ToKingdomCome]

We just had a lecture with our whole medical class where we spoke with our dean and curriculum advisor about preparing for boards. Our hard pass for our classes has always been around a 70% for first year with the goal for the class to be above a 78%, but now they sent every single person who scored under an 85% on the last exam an email basically saying, "We correlate that those who get above an 85% do well on their board exams and if you dont, then something is wrong with your studying." I was like wtf why did we go from shooting around a 78% means youre good to now you have to get an 85% or else you will not do well on step 1??

Idk im frustrated because I think I have a GPA average around a 83ish but according to my new school policy, Im not going to do well on boards.

Is this pretty common at other medical schools? Do i just need to be a gunner and get A's on all my tests because **** that. I like having a life outside of medical school and not being pent up in the library all night long. Butttt I also want to pass my boards 🙁 what do i do?

Would focus on high yield board material rather than trying to score 95 percent on pre clincial exams. Also isn't step 1 pass fail?

 

[deleted610572]

We just had a lecture with our whole medical class where we spoke with our dean and curriculum advisor about preparing for boards. Our hard pass for our classes has always been around a 70% for first year with the goal for the class to be above a 78%, but now they sent every single person who scored under an 85% on the last exam an email basically saying, "We correlate that those who get above an 85% do well on their board exams and if you dont, then something is wrong with your studying." I was like wtf why did we go from shooting around a 78% means youre good to now you have to get an 85% or else you will not do well on step 1??

Idk im frustrated because I think I have a GPA average around a 83ish but according to my new school policy, Im not going to do well on boards.

Is this pretty common at other medical schools? Do i just need to be a gunner and get A's on all my tests because **** that. I like having a life outside of medical school and not being pent up in the library all night long. Butttt I also want to pass my boards 🙁 what do i do?

Be a gunner and DONT get all As on your SCHOOL tests. Do just enough to pass and then study for boards. It’s a tale as old as time. DO schools are notorious for not teaching to the boards. I would make the argument that you are risk of failing boards if you study class material only and aren’t studying for boards alongside your classes as the main focal point.

But also the first 2 years is about studying for boards and unfortunately that means no life outside of school for a little.

 

[Goro]

We just had a lecture with our whole medical class where we spoke with our dean and curriculum advisor about preparing for boards. Our hard pass for our classes has always been around a 70% for first year with the goal for the class to be above a 78%, but now they sent every single person who scored under an 85% on the last exam an email basically saying, "We correlate that those who get above an 85% do well on their board exams and if you dont, then something is wrong with your studying." I was like wtf why did we go from shooting around a 78% means youre good to now you have to get an 85% or else you will not do well on step 1??

Idk im frustrated because I think I have a GPA average around a 83ish but according to my new school policy, Im not going to do well on boards.

Is this pretty common at other medical schools? Do i just need to be a gunner and get A's on all my tests because **** that. I like having a life outside of medical school and not being pent up in the library all night long. Butttt I also want to pass my boards 🙁 what do i do?

What is your Dean been smoking? Must be very potent stuff.

For my school's experience of over 20 years, if one has an average of 80% in their basic science classes, they will have no problem with boards.

And yes, I am talking about step one, not merely comlex. That's because we advise people who are averaging under 80% to only take complex, and forgo steps.

 

[pigsinacloth]

They probs did some of the most basic math immaginable and saw that no one that scored below 85% was even close to failing boards. So now they just want to scare people into studying more. I would just ignore them and listen to the other people on this thread saying to focus on boards prep. Obviously don't fail classes though

 

[Sidus1011]

My school said similar things until mid-second year, at which point they began pointing fingers at people who were scoring low on Truelearn tests regardless of their class rank. Focus on boards material as your foundation, everyone who I know who did that had a 99% chance of passing Step 1 within 1-2 weeks of starting dedicated. It'll only help you for Step 2 as well, since a good deal of info crosses over into 3rd year as well.

 

[flextape]

Be a gunner and DONT get all As on your SCHOOL tests. Do just enough to pass and then study for boards. It’s a tale as old as time. DO schools are notorious for not teaching to the boards. I would make the argument that you are risk of failing boards if you study class material only and aren’t studying for boards alongside your classes as the main focal point.

But also the first 2 years is about studying for boards and unfortunately that means no life outside of school for a little.

My school said similar things until mid-second year, at which point they began pointing fingers at people who were scoring low on Truelearn tests regardless of their class rank. Focus on boards material as your foundation, everyone who I know who did that had a 99% chance of passing Step 1 within 1-2 weeks of starting dedicated. It'll only help you for Step 2 as well, since a good deal of info crosses over into 3rd year as well.

To those saying to focus on boards, how exactly do you do that when your school has in-house exams? Between the switching from in-house material to boards material and the number of third party resources everyone recommends, it is a bit overwhelming, so any advice for this would be much appreciated.

 

[Sidus1011]

To those saying to focus on boards, how exactly do you do that when your school has in-house exams? Between the switching from in-house material to boards material and the number of third party resources everyone recommends, it is a bit overwhelming, so any advice for this would be much appreciated.

My pre-clinical exams were all in-house, I found ways to balance both with time. Supplement the details that are not on boards by making your own anki cards with the excess and work with your classmates to maybe make a class deck with the random in-house details. I would always look over the boards material first and then review the in-house material - usually that gave me perspective as to what was the most important to focus on as well for questions.

 

[Nontrad_FL_LGBT]

I skim pre-work and go to lectures. That's all I do for inhouse stuff and my grades are fine. The rest of my time is spent on Anki/AMBOSS.

 

[ToKingdomCome]

My pre-clinical exams were all in-house, I found ways to balance both with time. Supplement the details that are not on boards by making your own anki cards with the excess and work with your classmates to maybe make a class deck with the random in-house details. I would always look over the boards material first and then review the in-house material - usually that gave me perspective as to what was the most important to focus on as well for questions.

To those saying to focus on boards, how exactly do you do that when your school has in-house exams? Between the switching from in-house material to boards material and the number of third party resources everyone recommends, it is a bit overwhelming, so any advice for this would be much appreciated.

If your in house exam is cardiology. Study the cardiology first aid, parhoma , etc and do cardiology u world questions. And then also review the in house power point