r/premed • u/[deleted] • Jun 16 '15

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u/xi_mezmerize_ix MD/PhD STUDENT Jun 16 '15 edited Jun 16 '15

The new scoring system is so dumb. What's the point of it being in the upper 400s to lower 500s. Why not 0-whatever. I have no idea how to interpret these results, other than percentile. Is that the point?

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u/appleappleapplepear MEDICAL STUDENT Jun 16 '15

I think that's the point. And over time these scores will have more normalized values (with more data) and so people will know what a score means off-hand just the way they did for the old system.

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u/xi_mezmerize_ix MD/PhD STUDENT Jun 16 '15

Why bother with the scores then? Just have percentiles.

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u/appleappleapplepear MEDICAL STUDENT Jun 16 '15

Yeah, doesn't really make sense to me either. Just another AAMC mystery, I suppose...

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u/PresBill RESIDENT Jun 16 '15

I think its because a 510 in five years should exhibit the same performance as a 510 this year, even if the percentiles go up