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All you need to know for correlation between scores
Here is the correlation between 2 digit scores and the three digit scores and as well as the NMBE assesment test.
This was taken from Ahdy's diary. Many thanks to him.
75---- 182
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------- 188
------- 189
------- 190
------- 191
------- 192
------- 193-- 1sd--- -------400
------- 194
------- 195
------- 196
80---- 197
------- 198
------- 199
------- 200
------- 201
82---- 202
83---- 203
83---- 204
83---- 205-- 1/2 sd------- 450
84---- 206
84---- 207
------- 208
85---- 209
------- 210
86---- 211
86---- 212
------- 213
------- 214
------- 215
88---- 216
88---- 217-- mean--------500
88---- 218
89---- 219
89---- 220
89---- 221
90---- 222
90---- 223
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91---- 225
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92---- 227
92---- 228
93---- 229-- 1/2 sd------- 550
93---- 230
94---- 231
94---- 232
94---- 233
95---- 234
95---- 235
95---- 236
96---- 237
96---- 238
------- 239
97---- 240
97---- 241-- 1sd--- -------600
98---- 242
98---- 243
98---- 244
99---- 245
99---- 246
99---- 247
99---- 248
99---- 249
99---- 250
99---- 251
99---- 252
99---- 253-- 1.5sd--------650
99---- 254
99---- 255
99---- 256
99---- 257
99---- 258
99---- 259
99---- 260
99---- 261
99---- 262
99---- 263
99---- 264
99---- 265-- 2sd----------700
99---- 266
99-----267 NBME 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650
3-dig. 172 181 193 204 215 226 236 247
2-dig... 70....74....79...84....88....93....97....99 KAPLAN
Some say when you get a percentage from doing you Kaplan Q banks. TO get a rough estimate of the real scores just add 15% to the current percentage and there will be your real scores. For example 75% from one of the Kaplan Q bank, that would mean 90% on the 2 digit score. This is just an estimate, but useful to see where you are. Hope this Helps
------- 183
------- 184
------- 185
------- 186
------- 187
------- 188
------- 189
------- 190
------- 191
------- 192
------- 193-- 1sd--- -------400
------- 194
------- 195
------- 196
80---- 197
------- 198
------- 199
------- 200
------- 201
82---- 202
83---- 203
83---- 204
83---- 205-- 1/2 sd------- 450
84---- 206
84---- 207
------- 208
85---- 209
------- 210
86---- 211
86---- 212
------- 213
------- 214
------- 215
88---- 216
88---- 217-- mean--------500
88---- 218
89---- 219
89---- 220
89---- 221
90---- 222
90---- 223
------- 224
91---- 225
------- 226
92---- 227
92---- 228
93---- 229-- 1/2 sd------- 550
93---- 230
94---- 231
94---- 232
94---- 233
95---- 234
95---- 235
95---- 236
96---- 237
96---- 238
------- 239
97---- 240
97---- 241-- 1sd--- -------600
98---- 242
98---- 243
98---- 244
99---- 245
99---- 246
99---- 247
99---- 248
99---- 249
99---- 250
99---- 251
99---- 252
99---- 253-- 1.5sd--------650
99---- 254
99---- 255
99---- 256
99---- 257
99---- 258
99---- 259
99---- 260
99---- 261
99---- 262
99---- 263
99---- 264
99---- 265-- 2sd----------700
99---- 266
99-----267 NBME 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650
3-dig. 172 181 193 204 215 226 236 247
2-dig... 70....74....79...84....88....93....97....99 KAPLAN
Some say when you get a percentage from doing you Kaplan Q banks. TO get a rough estimate of the real scores just add 15% to the current percentage and there will be your real scores. For example 75% from one of the Kaplan Q bank, that would mean 90% on the 2 digit score. This is just an estimate, but useful to see where you are. Hope this Helps
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For example, student A may have 209 which correlated to an 85 for him but student B had a 210 which also correlated to an 85. So it wouldn't make sense to use a three digit score as a cut-off point of say 210 in this case because both student A and student B performed about equally.
Some program websites do publish cutoffs listing both 2 and 3 digit scores, but mostly they publish 2 digit scores as far as getting into a residency training program. Hope that helps.
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