Am I perceiving the step 1 scoring correctly?

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Am I perceiving the step 1 scoring correctly?

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vinay kumar
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03/26/06 - 07:07 AM

Hi

From what i could gather so far to me it appears that if one answers 180-200 questions correctly in step 1 he/she shd expect to at least pass the exam whereas answering more questions correctly definitely transports one to the higher bracket.

Am I correct?

thanks for comments to all in advance

vka

mleguy06
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03/26/06 - 07:31 AM

Looks like we must answer 60-70% of questions correctly to pass. Thats what www.usmle.org also says. By those standards one must get 210-245 questions right to pass.

general malaise
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03/27/06 - 09:51 AM

honestly, i think its a mystery how it is scored. okay, it is said everywhere that you need 60-70% correct to pass. but does that percent also include experimental questions? what if on a certain exam there are 20 experimentals, then that would mean u need 198-231 to pass. then there is the issue regarding difficult q's versus easy ones. i read on another forum that you get more points for questions that most students miss and less so for the ones everyone gets correct. that its better to get difficult questions correct than to get the same amount of easy ones correct. can anyone else comment on this?

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