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“Most” might not be true but it’s definitely a very sizeable minority at least.
The quoted individual inferred most haven’t taken CK until after September which I would bet my student loan debt against. Score available v. have taken are very different. Also, this is something which is very Step 1/MS1-3 performance dependent and specialty preference dependent. I applied with a Step 1 at the mean for my specialty , as did 2 of my classmates - it was brutal. 2 of the 4 faired better despite similar stats; the main differentiating factor was availablility of CK scores.
You’re talking about a 5-6 week window in terms of before the end of September and on ERAS. It’s not that big of a difference.
Sorry, I just double checked your post history and I had to have accidentally hit another user instead (SDN likes to act funny and jump around on pages when I’m on my phone). OP is talking about not taking CK until end of October/early November which is different than taking it in September and not having a score available until end of October/ early November. I fell into the latter due to a LOA for non academic/performance/professionalism/health issues that was well explained in my MSPE (i.e., other than delaying me taking CK the LOA should’ve been a non-factor in regards to me getting interviews). My CK score was available Nov. 1st and I notified all programs I applied to as soon as I got my score. If OP has an above average Step 1 score, comes from a brand name school, or applies to programs where graduates of his/her school are a known product it should be less of an issue.
Step 1 was on par with the specialty I applied to. LOA (as mentioned in above post it wasn’t for academic, performance, professionalism, health, mental health, or legal issues - if details regarding the LOA really matter other than what I’ve mentioned you can PM me) pushed back my 3rd year into the end of August of my 4th year and my school wouldn’t approve/allow me to register for CK or CS on their end until I finished 3rd year clerkships.
Fair enough. I took CK in mid/late October and got my score early/mid November (it was almost 3 weeks to the day for the turnaround) but I’m MSTP doing path with a 245-250 step 1 so my CK was definitely an after thought. I had already received invites from everywhere I applied and had gone on almost half my interviews before my score even came back.
Thank you for your honesty. I have a similar situation as you, as I had to delay my step 1 into August, which means my 3rd year will be delayed and I will be completing 3rd year in Sept. And will thus take my ck/cs after Sept and late into the residency app cycle
Some beauty stats (sarcasm). But, need people to be real
Applying to family medicine
Non-US IMG (need visa)
Below average Step 1 score
Without a CK score until late October (CK scheduled for October 2nd). Getting my ECFMG certification probably takes me into early-mid November. Should I apply on the 15th, or wait for a complete application early-mid November? Also, going straight into Step 3, want my score back in January. Would this be beneficial, or too late to even be considered by most programs?
Appreciate some advice
The DO thing adds a wrinkle but when I was considering medicine, I was still told that I could delay CK if I wanted to. I think most programs require CK for ranking/matching which didn't used to be the case (i.e. as recently as when my original class applied and one of my friends who did optho aka an early match took CK in December or January.) I still think very few require it for interviews.
yeah 611 and 248 are pretty similar percentile wise (both around 80), I was told that I needed Step 2 before Feb. in order to be put on rank list, I will definitely have my score released by then, as long as they don't require it for interview I'm fine with it.
