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[Kitra101]

What are the national averages for Step 1 and 2 and what is the scale for grading? Also, where does the score become as absurd as a 40-45 MCAT score where almost no one obtains them? Does anyone know (or of a site that tells) what the average Step scores are for the various residency options?

thanks

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[kcumbDO]

I would say >270 is absurd

 

[erin682]

from USMLE web-sitehttp://www.nbme.org/programs/faqtoc.asp


What does the 3-digit score mean?
On the 3-digit scale, most scores fall between 140 and 260. The mean score for first-time examinees from accredited medical schools in the United States is in the range of 200 to 220, and the standard deviation is approximately 20. Your score report includes the mean and standard deviation for recent administrations of the Step.


Score information for each Step, including performance data by group, is posted each year for the previous year's examinees:
• Scores and Transcripts Page
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What does the 2-digit score mean?
The 2-digit score is not a percentile.The 2-digit score is derived from the 3-digit score. It is used in score reporting to meet requirements of some medical licensing authorities that the passing score be reported as 75. The 2-digit score is derived in such a way that a score of 75 always corresponds to the minimum passing score.

 

[TheFlash]

step I inches ever closer.

BRING IT!