USMLE 1 scores ranking

[zama]

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Any one know the website that lists the schools with the highest average for USMLE part 1 and/or 2.

 

[MedApp2003]

oh oh. i wanna see this. anyone know the site???

 

[Jalby]

Doesn'y exist. Would be nice to know, though.

 

[Adcadet]

I would imagine it would reflect the degree to which each school teaches to the exam (for step I). I've heard that Harvard's curriculum does not prepare one for step I very well, and so the average scores are lower than you'd think. But I doubt anybody is concerned about Harvard grads matching to residencies.

 

[wyo]

I'm sure the schools that accept more people with migh MCAT's also have students with higher board scores. Although the value of MCAT scores is debated on here all the time, there is one thing the do predict: the ability to take a standardized test, such as Step 1 of the USMLE. Not necassarily because the students are brighter or better-trained, but simply because they do better on those types of tests.

 

[Mike59]

Originally posted by wyo
I'm sure the schools that accept more people with migh MCAT's also have students with higher board scores. Although the value of MCAT scores is debated on here all the time, there is one thing the do predict: the ability to take a standardized test, such as Step 1 of the USMLE. Not necassarily because the students are brighter or better-trained, but simply because they do better on those types of tests.

You are throwing around assumptions.
Yale accepts people with very high MCATs and they have had problems with low USMLE I pass rates in past years.

Meanwhile, explain how St. George's has a 93% rate for the students that make it to that point, a stat higher than many on-shore counterparts?

There are many exceptions to your rule.

 

[koolkao]

Originally posted by Mike59
Yale accepts people with very high MCATs and they have had problems with low USMLE I pass rates in past years.

Umm that's not what I was told during my visit. What time period are you referring to?

 

[Adcadet]

Originally posted by Mike59
You are throwing around assumptions.
Yale accepts people with very high MCATs and they have had problems with low USMLE I pass rates in past years.

Meanwhile, explain how St. George's has a 93% rate for the students that make it to that point, a stat higher than many on-shore counterparts?

There are many exceptions to your rule.

I would think a school's board scores reflect avg. MCAT scores and degree to which they teach to the boards. Does St. George's give a lot of shelf exams?

 

[nero]

Originally posted by koolkao
Umm that's not what I was told during my visit. What time period are you referring to?

That comment that was made was true, during my visit a 3rd year I met told me that i believe in 98 or 97, right aroudn there, 10 people failed........sicne their class is 100, thats 10%.......however, they have brought some guy from Columbia in to redo the curriculum to make sure that doens't happen again.........i wouldnt' worry too much about Yale........its true their board scores are less than some of the otehr lesser known schools but, residency directors know about Yale's system and tehy know that since students pruse their interests rather than worry about the boards all day, that Yale students do worse.........just like harvard, i doubt Yale students are having trouble getting top residencies...........they have better peer and residency ratings than schools who have higher averages.........that's all that really matters.........wouldlnt' you think that a 220 from Yale is better than a 240 from a no name?.......even though there are exceptions, top schools breed top schools...............

just my $0.02

nero

 

[ForceField]

Vanderbilt consistently has classes with some of the highest averages on boards every year. This could probably be attributed to the rigor of their curriculum combined with the traditional grading system (ABCF).