The Scarlet "nbme Score"

[Wings4Marie]

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Is it unlikely that a student can do 20 points higher on the real thing after getting a NBME score 20 points lower than his/her target 10 days before the exam?

I mean.. do you just walk into Step 1 getting whatever you got on your most recent NBME??

Doesn't that sound kind of weird to anyone? How can some assessment test really predict how well you will do?

More and more I'm thinking this exam is some sort of IQ test and that variation in scores is more to do with genetic endowment rather than a reflection of diligent hard work...

I would love to hear some kind of argument to this.

 

[pleaseletmepass]

If you tell me your penis size i will plug it into my algorithm to determine your exact step 1 score.

-plmp

 

[Wings4Marie]

HA


There was an old thread that said the uglier you are, the higher your score. Good looking people get low scores, work 9-5, come home to a hot wife with big boobies, a nice house, and nice car...

ugly people get high scores do something complicated and time consuming, dont get married, never see the light of day, and most likely die due to stress related illness.

 

[ertugrul]

HA


There was an old thread that said the uglier you are, the higher your score. Good looking people get low scores, work 9-5, come home to a hot wife with big boobies, a nice house, and nice car...

ugly people get high scores do something complicated and time consuming, dont get married, never see the light of day, and most likely die due to stress related illness.

damn !
😎

 

[Pinkertinkle]

HA


There was an old thread that said the uglier you are, the higher your score. Good looking people get low scores, work 9-5, come home to a hot wife with big boobies, a nice house, and nice car...

ugly people get high scores do something complicated and time consuming, dont get married, never see the light of day, and most likely die due to stress related illness.

Complicated, stressful and time consuming like dermatology right?

 

[Wings4Marie]

^^^ Well more like neurosurgery...

and I dont want to start ANY controversy, but of all the dermatologists I've had and talked to, all of them said they had an amazing contact/connection..

At least here in Long Island...

but that's the way it is around here.

 

[EricVorheese]

Is it unlikely that a student can do 20 points higher on the real thing after getting a NBME score 20 points lower than his/her target 10 days before the exam?

I mean.. do you just walk into Step 1 getting whatever you got on your most recent NBME??

Doesn't that sound kind of weird to anyone? How can some assessment test really predict how well you will do?

its all relative, if one gets a 180 on NBME 3 or 4 today and has 10 days to the test, s/he can bump it to 200 by test day...............but if that person gets a 220 on NBME 2 or 3 today and has the test in 10 days, I'd HIGHLY doubt s/he will crack a 240 on step 1.........

as for WHY the NBME tests are so predictive..........who knows? one of those things to just accept I guess



p.s. except for NBME 1.......which I hear is way too easy.......

 

[AmoryBlaine]

Anecdotally for me and from reading SDN: I think people tend do a bit better on the real deal than their avg NBME (like 3-5 points). Whether this is due to SDN selection bias, "game-face," or what I could not say.

If you only have a few days and you want to kick a few extra points into your score I would reccomend attacking pathology with all your heart and soul. Don't spend your last moments trying to memorize viral DNA configurations.

 

[ertugrul]

Anecdotally for me and from reading SDN: I think people tend do a bit better on the real deal than their avg NBME (like 3-5 points). Whether this is due to SDN selection bias, "game-face," or what I could not say.

If you only have a few days and you want to kick a few extra points into your score I would reccomend attacking pathology with all your heart and soul. Don't spend your last moments trying to memorize viral DNA configurations.

100% wise recommendation 👍

 

[Wings4Marie]

cool.