<p>Can someone explain the tests in medical school? Are they standardized?</p>
<p>Of course. Even though I was looking for a second opinion form someone who might have taken it or knows about it, other than my good old friend google who can explain it to me in many different ways.</p>
<p>You asked for factual information–and that’s what you got. If you wanted different information, then you need to restate your questions.</p>
<p>The USMLEs are a series of national standardized licensing examinations required of all allopathic medical students. (Osteopathic medical students takes a similar series of exams called the COMLEX.) The first USMLE exam (STEP 1) is taken at the end of didactic instruction. The second (STEP 2 CK and STEP 2 CS) is taken after the completion of the basic required clinical rotations. The third (STEP 3) is taken either right after med school graduation or early in the intern year. </p>
<p>Step scores are used by residency directors to qualify a medical student for entry into a specialty. </p>
<p>MCAT v2, MCAT v3, and two other pass/fail tests</p>
<p>When I say MCAT v2 I do not mean to imply the material is the same, but the level of stress/studying/importance(in your mind) will be similar.</p>