Average in what? Average IQ? Sure, yeah. IQ’s overrated. Average persistence? Hell, no. You need a lot of persistence to maintain a high level of information input and correct answer output over the months that go into USMLE training.
Look, I don’t want to repeat myself, and cut and paste information I’ve written elsewhere, but here are other things I’ve said before on the same subject.
I’m answering this question anonymously because I also write on other topics, and people follow me for those as well, so I don’t want my answer to this question cluttering up their feed.
But these links will save your life. I talk broad strategy, about the very nature of complexity, why discipline is more important for the USMLE (I’m giving it too). And I talk specifics, down to the approach you should use. I’m not selling anything, for any organization, or myself. This is the best I have to offer, and I offer it freely.