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So I don't know when to take step 2. I've had different people tell me different things. Thus far, school wise I made decent preclinical grades, honors/A's in first 3 rotations (Peds, OB/GYN, Fam med) and have some ongoing research which should yield a paper.
My step was 257 and I can't tell if this is "good enough" to just hold out and take step after applications. I have to take it by December and so I'm not sure what the best plan is. I'm planning on taking it in July, but if it would be better to just hold off, I may opt for that. I'll take the medicine shelf in April and surgery in June.
I talked to a friend's dad who is on a residency board at a well known program who told me that their cutoff was the 90th percentile, which my score fits in, but he also told me of people who were scoring higher than me applying. A different doc at my home program told me that pretty much everyone has step 2 on their application and while not taking it wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing, it would be more like "why didn't he take it, is he trying to hide something". And other med students are telling me, why risk it if my step 1 was good enough.
Any insight would be valuable.
My step was 257 and I can't tell if this is "good enough" to just hold out and take step after applications. I have to take it by December and so I'm not sure what the best plan is. I'm planning on taking it in July, but if it would be better to just hold off, I may opt for that. I'll take the medicine shelf in April and surgery in June.
I talked to a friend's dad who is on a residency board at a well known program who told me that their cutoff was the 90th percentile, which my score fits in, but he also told me of people who were scoring higher than me applying. A different doc at my home program told me that pretty much everyone has step 2 on their application and while not taking it wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing, it would be more like "why didn't he take it, is he trying to hide something". And other med students are telling me, why risk it if my step 1 was good enough.
Any insight would be valuable.