<p>Thank you for the link that clearly delineates it. That 92%, includes people who failed it the first time, and are repeating it and it also includes Canadian medical students who are considered to be foreign medical graduates ([ECFMG</a> | ECFMG ERAS](<a href=“http://www.ecfmg.org/eras/]ECFMG”>http://www.ecfmg.org/eras/)), even though their medical schools are LCME accredited.</p>
<p>On the U of Virginia USMLE site ([Medical</a> Student Handbook](<a href=“http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/handbook/academics/licensure.cfm]Medical”>http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/handbook/academics/licensure.cfm)) for 2008 on their posted official score report from the NBME: <a href=“http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/handbook/pdf/usmle1-08.pdf[/url]”>http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/handbook/pdf/usmle1-08.pdf</a>, you can see the national average USMLE Step 1 score for 2008 is 221.</p>
<p>From your link on Texas Tech: “The School of Medicine has shown substantial improvement with Step 1 outcomes moving up from 82 percent in 2005, 85 percent in 2006, 90 percent in 2007 and now the 100 percent pass rate with this class.” It will be interesting to see if this one good year holds up for 2009 and beyond, or it was just a fluke.</p>
<p>The OP is inquiring about Bachelor/MD programs, not 4+4 programs. Thus, by entering Texas Tech’s BS/MD program he would have to commit as a high schooler to Texas Tech’s medical school. As far as an “integrated curriculum”, most medical schools have already switched over to a more integrated, organ-systems based curriculum (Cardiovascular, Respiratory, GI, etc.) from the traditional curriculum (Gross Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Pharmacology, etc.)</p>
<p>Even if the OP weren’t able to get into BCM either as a Bachelor/MD or 4+4, even UT-Houston is much better in comparison to Texas Tech due to its access to the Texas Medical Center (research, etc.), unlike Lubbock which really doesn’t have much in comparison.</p>