Today the Invitational Conference on USMLE Scoring (INCUS) released
their decision after a months-long deliberation examining scoring
methods for Step 1 of the USMLE. Step 1 will no longer have a three
digit score, and will instead show only a pass/fail designation.
Scoring for the other USMLE Step exams will not be changing. The exact
details on how this transition will occur is not yet available; however
this change will not occur any earlier than January 1st 2022. The final
decision put out today by the INCUS can be
read here: https://www.usmle.org/incus/#decision
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