Was thinking the same thing, @VickiSoCal! Who is the ‘we’ that thinks that getting a good mark* on the USMLE is not terribly difficult?!
@really123, only ~10% of the people who take the BMAT get a 6 (out of 9) or better (which is where Oxford expects you to be- they say that getting a 7 is still rare). As @Conformist1688 said, I don’t think that it’s quite that ‘easy’.
But, it is true that the standardized testing is the ‘easiest’ part of the application process. Your LoR and PS are also important. The interview is critical, and there are plenty of people with dazzling scores who get rejected at that point.
*the score is a key part of getting residency offers, and you can only sit Step 1 once- an 8 hour day covering everything from the 1st 2 years of med school.