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Old 12-16-2006, 07:07 PM
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It's not as simple as that. In oder to get a score of a passing score, you have to get between 60-70% of the questions correct. What % you will need will depend on the difficulty of the exam you get. If you get a really hard exam, you need to get 60% correct to pass. If you get a easier version of the test, you will need close to 70% correct to pass. So, as far as Step 1 scoring goes, getting 7 out of 10 questiond right, does not mean your score is a 70%. It could be 60% or 80% or anything in between and beyond.
No the score of 182 and now 185 is out of 300, so thats 60% to now 61%.

I know this to be true because my friend just passed with a 255 and had 85% of the questions right, 255/300 = 85%, he was told by the proctor that he got 85% right so yeah it does work out. This is really no big deal you will never get a good residency below like 210 anyway so how does this hurt you?
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