USMLE and MS1 and MS2 Test Scores

[Medic171]

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Hey, long time no post (a couple years anyway)

Anyway, I just wondered if anyone knows how much a students test scores in year 1, and especially year 2, correlate to USMLE scores. Let me know if you have any info. Thanks!

 

[VincentAdultman]

They didn't for me (in a good way)

 

[lord_jeebus]

I don't know how you'd find such data, but if it existed I'd guess the correlation is low. There might be more correlation at schools that use shelf exams in years 1 and 2.

 

[kito]

Hey, long time no post (a couple years anyway)

Anyway, I just wondered if anyone knows how much a students test scores in year 1, and especially year 2, correlate to USMLE scores. Let me know if you have any info. Thanks!

I'd surmise that there is a decent correlation, but this has less to do with the quality of the school exams than it does about the committment and neurosis of the students taking them.

 

[t33sg1rl]

At my school, the administration gave a presentation on last year's scores. The message: there was a decent correlation with med 2 exam scores, not as much with med 1. However, the reason they wanted us to see the graphs-there were a couple people who aced med 1 and med 2 and got crummy scores (first lesson: don't get overconfident and forget to study) and probably three times as many people who did OK to crummy on med 1 and med 2 and aced Step 1 (second lesson: it's never too late to pull one out of your butt).
And the third lesson... although there's a correlation, it's nowhere near strong enough to predict any individual Step 1 performance, because it's those last 4 weeks of Board prep that will make all the difference.