Thread: Shelf exam...

How did everyone do on the shelf exam?

Did you feel like you knew the material?

Scored a 61 meaning if I took the boards I would have Passed !!!!!!

You need a 55 I believe on the boards to pass.

I took the shelf as a 3rd semester.


How did everyone else do?

63 is passing

"The National Board of Medical Examiners provides a table to help you
estimate the Step 1 equivalent of your Basic Science Shelf score. For
example, a shelf score of 63 predicts a Step 1 score of 182. Keep in
mind
that the "95% confidence interval" of your shelf score is ± 6 points -
in
other words, if you took many Basic Science shelf exams, your scores
would
be expected to range from 6 points below to 6 points above your
reported
score.
Approximate Step 1 Equivalents"

Shelf Score Step 1 Equivalent
>94 >260
94 260
92 255
90 250
88 245
86 240
84 235
82 230
80 225
78 220
76 215
74 210
72 205
70 200
68 195
66 190
64 185
63 182.5
62 180
60 175
58 170
56 165
54 160
52 155
50 150
48 145
46 140

Woops my mistake.

Either way I am very excited with my score considering I had not taken pathology II, genetics or pharmacology at the time.

Thanks for clarifying the scores.

Does anyone else want to share their scores?

Originally Posted by swimguy23

63 is passing

"The National Board of Medical Examiners provides a table to help you
estimate the Step 1 equivalent of your Basic Science Shelf score. For
example, a shelf score of 63 predicts a Step 1 score of 182. Keep in
mind
that the "95% confidence interval" of your shelf score is ± 6 points -
in
other words, if you took many Basic Science shelf exams, your scores
would
be expected to range from 6 points below to 6 points above your
reported
score.
Approximate Step 1 Equivalents"

Shelf Score Step 1 Equivalent
>94 >260
94 260
92 255
90 250
88 245
86 240
84 235
82 230
80 225
78 220
76 215
74 210
72 205
70 200
68 195
66 190
64 185
63 182.5
62 180
60 175
58 170
56 165
54 160
52 155
50 150
48 145
46 140

On Step 1 you need to answer 61% of the questions correctly.
182 Questions correct out of the 300 Questions that will be counted (total exam questions are 350 but 50 of them are "experimental questions" that dont count even if you get them right"

So you gotta be able to get mid 60's on your shelf scores in order to be pretty safe with taking step 1.

I did pretty good on the shelf, and it correlates with a safe passing score, but Im trying to get that 245 when its all said and done...
on that note....back to the books.

Study hard