Dedicated time to study for Step 2 CK?

[docren004]

In the post-Step 1 pass/fail era, how much dedicated study time are students normally taking to prepare for Step 2 CK after third-year rotations? What is normal these days? What is ideal?

Of course, everyone is different, and third-year rotations with shelf exams is year's worth of excellent preparation for Step 2.

I think the addage used to be that you need 2 months to prepare for Step 1, 2 weeks to prepare for Step 2, and a number 2 pencil to prepare for Step 3, but I am guessing this has probably shifted a bit since Step 1 went pass/fail.

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[NotHanSolo]

My school is giving us 4 weeks between our last 3rd year rotation and our first 4th year rotation. I think they wanted us to only take about 2-3 weeks of dedicated. Personally, I’m taking a little more time, might move my test date up if I’m feeling more confident when it gets closer.

 

[Cornfed101]

See if you have the option to either do an easy elective last or something similar. I basically had 8 weeks dedicated for that reason