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When doing UW or Qbank, and plugging in that score into a score estimator, what does that exactly mean? For example.. If you get a 65% on a UW exam, and the score estimator says its a 237 on the actual exam.. is it so much higher because UW is that much harder? Or does that mean, if we go into the exam, and answer 65% of the question right on a block, that our actual step score will be over a 230 on the exam?
Pretty much what I wanna know is, when I get only 60% of these damn questions correct, yet they still estimate I am well over a 220, can I walk into that exam and only get 60% of each block correct and still end up with a high score of a 230 or higher? Its really frustrating that we are happy with a 60-70% avg on practice exams, when really that practically a failing score in med school!
I really hope it means that scoring 60% of a block on Step 1 means that is a very high score, rather than UW or Qbank making it 40% harder, and assuming the actual exam will come easier and we will make up points that way
Thanks
Pretty much what I wanna know is, when I get only 60% of these damn questions correct, yet they still estimate I am well over a 220, can I walk into that exam and only get 60% of each block correct and still end up with a high score of a 230 or higher? Its really frustrating that we are happy with a 60-70% avg on practice exams, when really that practically a failing score in med school!
I really hope it means that scoring 60% of a block on Step 1 means that is a very high score, rather than UW or Qbank making it 40% harder, and assuming the actual exam will come easier and we will make up points that way
Thanks