Are USMLE scores wiped clean off your record after 7 years?

[Blitz2006]

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So I did decent on Step 1 and 2 CK/CS, but I didn't kill them (99/99, etc.)

I'm contemplating now if I should do my residency training my home country (UK), and then come over to the States in 7-8 years to do a fellowship, and stay on if I find an attending position.

So now I'm wondering if I should:

Hold off on getting ECFMG certified and wait for 7 years, so that my scores can be wiped off my record and maybe I can do Step 1 and 2 CK again and get a kickass score, which will help me get a good fellowship

Or am I just being dumb?

Thanks!

 

[richse]

So I did decent on Step 1 and 2 CK/CS, but I didn't kill them (99/99, etc.)

I'm contemplating now if I should do my residency training my home country (UK), and then come over to the States in 7-8 years to do a fellowship, and stay on if I find an attending position.

So now I'm wondering if I should:

Hold off on getting ECFMG certified and wait for 7 years, so that my scores can be wiped off my record and maybe I can do Step 1 and 2 CK again and get a kickass score, which will help me get a good fellowship

Or am I just being dumb?

Thanks!

Hmmm, you want to let your 230+ scores on Step 1 and Step 2 expire so that you can take them again later?

I really hope this applies here: :troll:

 

[neulite30]

Hmmm, you want to let your 230+ scores on Step 1 and Step 2 expire so that you can take them again later?

I really hope this applies here: :troll:

I don't think you read his question correctly.

 

[richse]

I don't think you read his question correctly.

Care to explain what I misunderstood about the OP?

 

[neulite30]

Care to explain what I misunderstood about the OP?

Yes.

"So I did decent on Step 1 and 2 CK/CS, but I didn't kill them (99/99, etc.)"

He is saying he did "decent" on both Steps but did not "kill" them. He then went on to refer to "kill" them as being 99 on the exam, not referring to what he actually received. Thus, "decent" to the OP was not comparable to "kill" (i.e. kill being a 99).

 

[ArcGurren]

Yes.

"So I did decent on Step 1 and 2 CK/CS, but I didn't kill them (99/99, etc.)"

He is saying he did "decent" on both Steps but did not "kill" them. He then went on to refer to "kill" them as being 99 on the exam, not referring to what he actually received. Thus, "decent" to the OP was not comparable to "kill" (i.e. kill being a 99).

I find it extremely droll that international students still think that the two-digit 99 means anything to anyone anymore. Those scores aren't even taken into consideration now with residency programs.

 

[CatFactorial]

i find it extremely droll that international students still think that the two-digit 99 means anything to anyone anymore. Those scores aren't even taken into consideration now with residency programs.

o rly?

 

[Tig2575]

I find it extremely droll that international students still think that the two-digit 99 means anything to anyone anymore. Those scores aren't even taken into consideration now with residency programs.

This. Virtually anything over a 230 gets a "99" on the 2 point scale, and a 230 is a fairly mediocre score for quite a few specialties. I don't understand why IMG's have the habit of using a grading scale that "maxes out" at a level of mediocrity.

 

[neulite30]

This. Virtually anything over a 230 gets a "99" on the 2 point scale, and a 230 is a fairly mediocre score for quite a few specialties. I don't understand why IMG's have the habit of using a grading scale that "maxes out" at a level of mediocrity.

Agreed. But, from what I have heard, some PDs will filter applicants (which are many) by the two-digit score and then further scrutinize after that. While I'm sure an applicant needs to shine on multiple levels, the initial filter to interview may be easier by saying "those with a two-digit 99 I will look at".

I don't think anyone is saying a 99 will get you a residency, but it may get you past the first round of selection.

 

[lord_jeebus]

o rly?

YA RLY

they even stopped reporting them to residency programs, to avoid confusion