Just received my score

[ssg1980]

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[IMG SURVIVOR]

give me a minute to think,,,,,, ok, no wait let me think again,,,,,,,, now I got it
YES, congrats on passing the test.

its this your first time, are you still in medschool?
how long did you graduated?
all this things are important, but you still have a chance to get inn, with a passing grade.

[stateofequilibrium]

75 = passing. There are many that would kill to pass. Is this your first time taking it?

[ssg1980]

actually, to be honest, this is my 2nd attempt and I am still a med student, haven't graduated yet, soon to start rotations. Is a good Step 2 score gonna make a difference?

[stateofequilibrium]

actually, to be honest, this is my 2nd attempt and I am still a med student, haven't graduated yet, soon to start rotations. Is a good Step 2 score gonna make a difference?

A good step 2 score can certainly help, but I think it's all going to depend on what you want, where you want to do it, and what you do now and in between.

[IMG SURVIVOR]

actually, to be honest, this is my 2nd attempt and I am still a med student, haven't graduated yet, soon to start rotations. Is a good Step 2 score gonna make a difference?

Let me think again
1- You PASS Step 1 :yeah:
2- You are still in medschool :idea:

Its your second try, but unless you want to go to harvard or practice neurosurgery, I think that you will be able to get a residency.

If you ace step2, and Pass step3 you are the man.
So :drinkbud: (pepsi) and take it easy.

GOD bless and take care

[Dr. X]

NBME acutally doesnt want Program Directors or Residencies to choose applicants based on step1 scores. If you read FA intro, you'll know what i mean. however, for highly competitive residencies they still look at step1 score. Step2 score matters more than 1 and try to achieve a much higher score. If you want medium competitive or hard one.. get into research. If you're ok with non-comp. residency spots.. youre fine as it is. like img said.. be very glad that you passed it. you've done well.

[stateofequilibrium]

NBME acutally doesnt want Program Directors or Residencies to choose applicants based on step1 scores. If you read FA intro, you'll know what i mean. however, for highly competitive residencies they still look at step1 score. Step2 score matters more than 1 and try to achieve a much higher score. If you want medium competitive or hard one.. get into research. If you're ok with non-comp. residency spots.. youre fine as it is. like img said.. be very glad that you passed it. you've done well.

In theory. But as IMGs Step 1 is what they base us on. They could care $.02 about your grades, they don't know what the standards of your school were not to mention their general suspicion of the Caribbean system. Did you ace it because you paid for it, or did you fail it because you didn't pay enough for all they know.

Don't let FA fool you, Step 1 is one of the most important determining factors for us.

[Dr. X]

as IMGs Step 1 is what they base us on

ya for sure.. even though the intent of nbme is that they dont. US students are no exception to this either. as for grades.. i never knew you could pay for it.. lol.. at one time however our assi. dean did say if we're only there for grades he'll give us all A's and we could leave the next day but i think he meant it another context.. ;)

edited: oh wait.. i jus got what you meant by ace it cause you paid for it.. interestingly enough.. its eerily possible i presume.

[ssg1980]

Conflicting views... But Step 2 should be important as well right?

[wcb22]

i don't know what specialty you are interested in, but even for Internal Medicine, many, many programs have a cutoff of 80 for both step exams. they will toss your application when they see the 75. i does put you at a disadvantage, but you still could land a community program (university programs are harder to get). and then there is Family Medicine, and Psych, you can land those fine. But other more competitive specialties will be a challenge.

[Hatim]

unrelated question: whats a difference between a community program and a university program?

[wcb22]

university programs are generally considered superior to community programs because there is a better teaching environment. and basically we are in residency to learn. i'd say the order of preference for programs would go something like...

university >> community/university affiliated >> community

there are of course exceptions to this, (Massachusetts General Hospital, for example), but you get the idea.

look at this website, and you will see that many programs want 80 or above, and a lot of good university programs have a cut off of 85 to be considered for interviews.

aippg.info/internal-medicine-residency.html

[Hatim]

thanks!
Thats a good site!

[ssg1980]

I also know for fact that even in some of those hospitals who say they have a "cutoff of 85" they have accepted students that have really bad scores even third and fourth attempts. I think a lot of it has to do with who you know.

Also I think doing your rotations at certain hospitals guarantees you atleast an interview at the hospital if you have passing scores.

I took a look at that list and I agree more than half have a cutoff of 80 or above but some good programs fail to have a cutoff as well.

:-teeter

[handsomeroses100]

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