Table 4 Pre- and post-admission academic factors affecting matching into specialties of different competitiveness for DO 2010–2017
Factor | Competitiveness | p-valuea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
High | Medium | Low | ||
Pre-admission performance variables | ||||
Barron’s selectivity rating of undergraduate institution (n = 1641) | N/A | |||
0 not ranked | 5 (8.6%) | 14 (24.1%) | 39 (67.2%) | |
1 non-competitive | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (100%) | |
2 less competitive | 4 (11.8%) | 7 (20.6%) | 23 (67.7%) | |
3 competitive | 28 (10.3%) | 75 (27.7%) | 168 (62%) | |
4 competitive + | 17 (10.8%) | 40 (25.3%) | 101 (63.9%) | |
5 very competitive | 37 (11.4%) | 86 (26.5%) | 201 (62%) | |
6 very competitive + | 9 (14.8%) | 15 (24.6%) | 37 (60.7%) | |
7 highly competitive | 29 (16.4%) | 51 (28.8%) | 97 (54.8%) | |
8 highly competitive + | 23 (16.7%) | 23 (16.7%) | 92 (66.7%) | |
9 most competitive | 43 (10.3%) | 102 (24.4%) | 273 (65.3%) | |
Mean Highest MCAT Score | 28.3 (3.1) | 27.9 (2.8) | 27.8 (2.8) | 0.08 |
Mean Science GPA | 3.5 (0.2) | 3.5 (0.3) | 3.5 (0.3) | 0.01 |
Mean Overall GPA | 3.5 (0.2) | 3.5 (0.2) | 3.5 (0.2) | 0.41 |
Post-admissions performance variable | ||||
Mean pre-clinical GPA | 88 (3.5) | 86.3 (3.6) | 85.6 (3.8) | <.001 |
COMLEX Level 1 (n = 1661) | ||||
Mean Score | 562.7 (73.9) | 528.3 (74.1) | 500 (72) | <.001 |
Pass/Fail | <.001 | |||
Pass | 199 (12.6%) | 405 (25.6%) | 979 (61.8%) | |
Fail | 0 (0%) | 11 (14.1%) | 67 (85.9%) | |
COMLEX Level 2 CE (n = 1661) | ||||
Mean Score | 560.3 (92.8) | 542.7 (89.4) | 509.8 (81.9) | <.001 |
Pass/Fail | <.001 | |||
Pass | 195 (12.4%) | 406 (25.8%) | 970 (61.7%) | |
Fail | 4 (4.4%) | 10 (11.1%) | 76 (84.4%) | |
COMLEX Level 2 PE | ||||
Pass/Fail (n = 1661) | 0.82 | |||
Pass | 196 (11.9%) | 412 (25.1%) | 1035 (63%) | |
Fail | 3 (16.7%) | 4 (22.2%) | 11 (61.1%) | |
USMLE Step 1 (n = 1296) | ||||
Mean Score | 223.8 (17.3) | 216 (20) | 210.2 (18.9) | <.001 |
Pass/Fail | <.001 | |||
Pass | 180 (15.7%) | 308 (26.8%) | 660 (57.5%) | |
Fail | 2 (1.4%) | 37 (25%) | 109 (73.7%) | |
USMLE Step 2 CK (n = 895) | ||||
Mean Score | 233 (17.8) | 232.2 (16.6) | 226 (18.4) | <.001 |
Pass/Fail | 0.03 | |||
Pass | 127 (15.3%) | 232 (27.9%) | 474 (56.9%) | |
Fail | 3 (4.8%) | 14 (22.6%) | 45 (72.6%) | |