Table.

Spearman’s rank correlation (ρ) along with associated two-tailed P values for information about each candidate. Significant values denoted by asterisks.

	MSPE CR	EM grade	SLOR rating	USMLE step 1	USMLE step 2	Final rank
MSPE CR
Spearman’s (ρ)		0.126	0.189	−0.572*	−0.536*	0.234*
P		0.272	0.092	0.001	0.001	0.035
EM grade
Spearman’s (ρ)	0.126		0.636*	−0.178	−0.076	0.379*
P	0.272		0.001	0.055	0.545	0.001
SLOR rating
Spearman’s (ρ)	0.189	0.635*		−0.100	−0.083	0.332*
P	0.092	0.001		0.273	0.502	0.001
USMLE step 1
Spearman’s (ρ)	−0.572*	−0.178	−0.100		0.638*	−0.253*
P	0.001	0.055	0.273		0.001	0.006
USMLE step 2
Spearman’s (ρ)	−0.536	−0.076	−0.083	0.638*		−0.348*
P	0.001	0.545	0.502	0.001		0.004
Final rank
Spearman’s (ρ)	0.234*	0.379*	0.332*	−0.253*	−0.348*
P	0.035	0.001	0.001	0.006	0.004

MSPE CR, Medical Student Performance Examination class rank; EM, emergency medicine; SLOR, standardized letters of recommendation; USMLE, US Medical License Examination.