help gauging step 1 score

[epsilonprodigy]

I just got my step 1 score: 247! I'm pleased to have exceeded 240, but my goal was a little arbitrary (mostly based on my practice scores.) I know it's "good," but is it "we won't throw your application in the trash" good, or "Mayo/Hopkins" good?

To break it down, based on my step 1 score alone, I'm interested in knowing….
1) Competitiveness at a top-tier general surgery program
2) Competitiveness in a notoriously selective surgical subspeciality, such as urology or neurosurgery, at a decent program
3) Competitiveness in such a selective specialty, also at a top-tier program


Thanks all, and cheers to those getting scores today.

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[SouthernSurgeon]

Congratulations.

In terms of general surgery, it is a good enough score to keep you in the running at any program in the country, assuming the rest of your application is up to snuff. It would be slightly below our average for our applicants, but not to a significantly detrimental degree.

And just a howty-towty nitpick, but Mayo and hopkins are significantly different in terms of competitiveness.

I'll let others speak to the subspecialties, but the bottom line is with a 247 the doors are wide open. Buckle down and nail third year and you will have great options.

 

[pocket-medicine]

It would be slightly below our average for our applicants, but not to a significantly detrimental degree.

Can you elaborate on that? Did you mean that it is below average for a specific program? I must be missing something...

 

[SouthernSurgeon]

Can you elaborate on that? Did you mean that it is below average for a specific program? I must be missing something...

Yes I meant for my program specifically

 

[pocket-medicine]

Thank you for the clarification. Wow, surprised that some programs have such high average.

 

[HighPriest]

You should be competative for most ENT programs assuming, as mentioned above, that you don't have a felonious history, that you don't interrupt every other sentence to snort and swallow, that your apartment is above ground and you have more furniture than a dirty matress, a garden hose, and a single light bulb hanging from a wire, and assuming that you have never strangled a kitten just to "see what happens."

Though, if the last part is true you may still qualify for General Surgery.

 

[SouthernSurgeon]

Though, if the last part is true you may still qualify for General Surgery.

The best part is watching the light go out of their eyes...