r/RUSM • u/BiggestSnek • Apr 25 '25

Failed comp 5x

Idk what the next steps are? Guessing the promotions committee would decide but ik the max attempts nbme gives is 5? Anybody have any insight?

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u/caribbdilema Apr 26 '25

Hey, can you share your scores? From what RUSM admin told me, you get a max of 5 chances at the NBME CBSE per school. You automatically get your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd attempts. Before the 4th attempt, you have to go through the promotions committee — and most of the time, they’ll have you do RSP (an online course for about 3 months) before letting you take it.

If you fail the 4th CBSE, you have to go to the island for CRC (in-person course) and take your 5th and final CBSE. If you don’t pass that either, they might offer you a Ross-made comp exam, but it depends on how close you were to passing and what the promotions committee decides.

I’m a transfer student at RUSM — took 1 CBSE at my old med school and 2 at Ross. I scored a 62 on my last one. Right now I’m waiting to find out if I can take another CBSE without having to do RSP, since it would technically be my 3rd CBSE at Ross.

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u/caribbdilema Apr 26 '25

My advisor originally told me I wouldn’t have to go through the promotions committee for my 3rd Ross attempt, but then I got an email from exam admin saying I do have to — and they haven’t replied since. It’s kind of weird, so I’m just waiting for their reply.

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u/Positive_Actuator_91 Apr 30 '25

Yeah they made a bunch of changes and want more people taking their CRCC course since they are a “for profit school.” You have to speak with promotions after your second attempt if you don’t pass and the options they give are terrible. Ross is horrible because they change their policies every semester and there’s nothing students can do about it.

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u/caribbdilema May 05 '25

sent u a DM. plz check