![]() ![]() After all, the USMLE does not provide precise details on how they calculate the three digit score.īut lately, I happened upon a piece of data that helps shed some light on this issue for a related exam. In discussing this, I was pretty honest that some of my calculations were based on assumptions and guesswork. I hypothesized that passing USMLE Step 1 probably required answering around 65% of questions correctly – which suggested that each correctly-answered question thereafter was worth around 1 point. ![]() Back in 2019, as part of my quest to convince whoever will listen that USMLE scores aren’t as useful for residency selection as we act like they are, I wrote about how many points each USMLE Step 1 question is worth.
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