What is considered passing at your school?

[sflkjweio]

My school is a mid-tier US-MD school.

We are P/F/H.

H=90%
P=70%
F<70%

In order to pass you must make a 70% overall in the course AND make a 70% on the final exam. If have a 75% overall, but a 69% on the final exam, then you fail. Roughly 10-20% get honors.

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[ortnakas]

69.5%

We're A/B/C/F

At a DO school

 

[LibBum]

MD school in Texas - 1 integrated exam per block (150 questions) - P/F (65% cutoff)

 

[Stagg737]

70% after the curve is passing. A/B/C/F system with +/- (except no C-).
Class average is curved up to 85% (no curves down). Average before the curve was typically in the low 80's.

DO school.

 

[ConspecificPlasma]

Top 10 md school: we had one test at the end of each block, the passing rate was set differently after certain questions are dropped, but usually either 60 or 65%. We have P/F only and actual scores are blinded and only identified to secret codes not known to admin. If you failed a test though you had to unblind yourself to the course leader, and then basically just submit an explanation for all the questions you got wrong explaining why the answer is what it is, and then you pass.

 

[xClashx]

70% in anatomy and organ system for First 2 years. P/F.

50-60%+ to pass for shelf in third year, depending on the shelf. Honors is typically one standard deviation above national average. (our rotations are only 1 month since we have CCC format).

There are no bell curves as of this year.

Low tier MD school.

 

[JamesPotterMS-3]

<70% is failing
70-75% is "at risk"

Class averages are held at 82%, usually with a 1-2% curve

 

[BehindBlueEyes]

Above 70% is passing, below is failing.

Top 10% in the class is honors, whatever that may be.

Mid-tier MD school.

 

[kb1900]

70 or bottom 5%, whichever is lower (so 70 for most classes except anatomy )

 

[Johnwalker]

Thank you for the help.

 

[Taddy Mason]

US MD:

1st and 2nd year:
Only grades are end of block exams. 75% on end of block multiple choice question test, 75% on end of block essay test, and 80% on clinical skills exam. No curve, but a handful of MCQ questions end up getting thrown out. For honors, all 3 exam scores have to be >90%.

3rd year:

Different grading schemes for each rotation, but generally for honors none of your preceptor evals can be below 90% or 4/5 (depending on scale used for that rotation), and shelf score has to be >88-92 (again, rotation dependent). So your overall rotation grade can be 95%+ and you still just get a P, because one preceptor's grade was an 89.5%, or you scored at the 91st%-tile on shelf instead of the 92nd... No HP, and you REALLY have to try to fail.

 

[WedgeDawg]

Top 10 MD

Passing is 70% or 2 SD below average, whichever is lower. One test per block. We are P/F without internal ranking.

 

[Robotfishbrain]

72.5% is passing, anything below is failing. Some blocks have a mid term, some do not. Cannot score below 60% on any exam and pass a block.

DO school

 

[Lannister]

Wow such complicated systems in this thread!

MD school.
Pass: >70%
Fail: <70%.
Must pass end of block exam to pass the block.

 

[Redpancreas]

My mid-tier MD is 70% = pass and a 92% = honors. Straight forward. Students asked for this system and its great, however, there is internal ranking that divides us into A/B/C and then clinical performance turns those into A+, A, B, C, D which are ultimately converted into "code words" in MSPE letters. Conventional medical student wisdom is a bit paradoxical because while no one puts emphasis on pre-clerkship grades, program directors put decent weight on class rank. My unsolicited advice is to figure out how your pre-clerkship system (P/F/H, ABCD, etc.) translates into class rank and AOA.

Attached is an informal compilation of how medical schools break down class rank that seems to be last updated in 2013. While they don't say how the rank is calculated, notice how pervasive tiers are. Residencies will look at this.

 

[drkube]

DO school here.

70 is passing.
Grades are A/B/C/F and +/-

 

[BadSanta]

MD

70+ = passing
60 = minimum competency (must pass course with 70+ average)

Pass/fail curriculum

 

[sharkbyte]

70% or greater to pass, <70% is I think a low pass between 65 and 70 and then fail if 60 and lower. Not 100% sure though. We have H/HP/P/LP/F grading.

 

[TSteezy]

Top 10 MD school:

Passing is 75% or 2 SD below average, whichever is lower. Weekly quizzes, final exam at the end of each sequence. We're P/F without internal ranking.