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failed step 1 first time, took it again a couple of weeks later and barely passed. Had family problems, etc... (the usual gig)
in short: I would like my ERAS app to include my step 2 score. I've nailed pretty much every shelf exam and did very well in 3rd year. However, due to failing step 1, I had to miss my first rotation (surgery). My last rotation (which I just started) is internal medicine. I've scheduled to take step 2 CK the very next day after my shelf exam since my shelf is on a friday and surgery begins on Monday. They say that 60-65% of step 2 is medicine so it will still be fresh in my head. Am I thinking rationally about this?
The other option would be to take surgery after IM, a 2 week break to study and then take step 2. However, that's 2.5 months, and I feel like that's way too much time that would have elapsed between my medicine rotation and taking step 2. Plus the score will be in so late. I really don't want to get rejected based on my step 1 score. Also, everyone you talk to will say that the surgery shelf was pretty much all medicine.
Any input? has anybody done this? the administration has no issues with me taking step 2 before I complete year 3, although it's "not recommended".
Any input/advice/comments/anything would be VERY MUCH appreciated because after talking to classmates, I feel like I am all alone right now. No one else is doing this, and I am just hoping that one of you guys out there on SDN will have some useful advice.
thanks in advance
PS: interested in family medicine - nothing competitive, but I would really like to stay where I am
in short: I would like my ERAS app to include my step 2 score. I've nailed pretty much every shelf exam and did very well in 3rd year. However, due to failing step 1, I had to miss my first rotation (surgery). My last rotation (which I just started) is internal medicine. I've scheduled to take step 2 CK the very next day after my shelf exam since my shelf is on a friday and surgery begins on Monday. They say that 60-65% of step 2 is medicine so it will still be fresh in my head. Am I thinking rationally about this?
The other option would be to take surgery after IM, a 2 week break to study and then take step 2. However, that's 2.5 months, and I feel like that's way too much time that would have elapsed between my medicine rotation and taking step 2. Plus the score will be in so late. I really don't want to get rejected based on my step 1 score. Also, everyone you talk to will say that the surgery shelf was pretty much all medicine.
Any input? has anybody done this? the administration has no issues with me taking step 2 before I complete year 3, although it's "not recommended".
Any input/advice/comments/anything would be VERY MUCH appreciated because after talking to classmates, I feel like I am all alone right now. No one else is doing this, and I am just hoping that one of you guys out there on SDN will have some useful advice.
thanks in advance
PS: interested in family medicine - nothing competitive, but I would really like to stay where I am