AUA tough requirement for registering for USMLE Step 2 CK Help and directions Required

[Student One]

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Hello and good morning to all, I am reaching all good members of SDN network here to help my sister, who is in desperate situation caused by AUA med school. She has taken several NBME for step 2 exams (4 plus) and getting score of 70, 72, 73 percent range. However problem she is having is that school is keep raising the passing score,threshold level, it is currently set to 76 and rumors are that AUA is going to make this to 79 soon. It has been 12 months since she is trying and so far maximum score she believe is get able is in near 75% range, anything higher seems to impossible to her. I need advise what can she do to as her med career seems to come at unfortunate position where this could be like career ending situation. She is a good student score over 90% in USMLE Step 1. I would request everyone to contribute and advise what can be the options as this stage

1) Can she transfer to any other med school, I see that some schools have relaxed NBME passing threshold. If she yes then howmany semesters she has to retake in new school as she has completed all 10 semesters in AUA
2) Can she transfer to any other school outside Caribbean islands ?
3) Any other input that can help to score more in NBME step 2 in case if she still stays with AUA

 

[maygog]

This is a tough and an unfortunate predicament aua students are facing due to rampant cheating and nbme as well as kaplan red flagging the school. Her only option is to transfer to a lower tiered carrib school. Step1 comp scores for kaplan and nbme are raised to 76 equivalent to >240 on step1. Even then students have cheated on comp shelf and managed mediocre step1 scores (<225). School is trying to kick them out by raising step2 comp scores. If your sister got >230 on step 1 without resorting to cheating on step1 comp shelf then she should have no problems acing step2 comp shelf. General trend is students Who score (>240) on step1 ace clinicals,step2 ck with 99 and secure residencies. It HAS happened in the past to aua students. Students with mediocre step1 struggle through clinicals and dont match.

 

[Student One]

OK she has completed 4 years at AUA, now my question is will any other school will allow transfer at this point where is has finished all her rotations , if yes how many years can be transferable ? Seems like a huge issue for us.

 

[maygog]

Lower tier schools can accept her. Whether she has to repeat clinicals is the school's discretion. Due to her mitigating circumstances a lower tiered carrib school may just let her sit in for step 2ck. Chances are likely that she would be allowed to transfer but would have to repeat clinicals since she has not cleared to write step 2ck from aua and there are hundreds of students in the same position as your sister and a cheating scandal most likely will work against her favor meaning she might have to repeat clinicals.

 

[bedevilled ben]

Seems to me that she should move this issue up the departmental chain rather than immediately jump to the decision to transfer to a lower-tiered school. If she has fulfilled the requirements and done well on Step 1, Step 2 CS, then I don't see how they can prevent her from taking the Step 2 CK. Transferring to another school in 4th year will be disastrous for residency applications. Perhaps I'm not creative enough, but I don't see how somebody could realistically cheat on the Steps.

This story seems fishy to me.

 

[maygog]

Not cheating on steps but on shelfs. Thats why nbme and kaplan imposed this restriction to be eligible to write step 2ck. This is to be fair to students across upper tier schools. No one cheats on steps but cheating on shelfs obscures the level playing field carrib students have to write steps.

 

[Student One]

Any good schools if you can recommend would be great. Also AUA 76 requirement is listed in there student handbook, this is pre requirement before school let student register for Step 2 CK

 

[maygog]

Seems to me that she should move this issue up the departmental chain rather than immediately jump to the decision to transfer to a lower-tiered school. If she has fulfilled the requirements and done well on Step 1, Step 2 CS, then I don't see how they can prevent her from taking the Step 2 CK. Transferring to another school in 4th year will be disastrous for residency applications. Perhaps I'm not creative enough, but I don't see how somebody could realistically cheat on the Steps.

This story seems fishy to me.

The fact that students are resorting to transferring than requesting department is indeed fishy. I have no idea why aua would impede students from writing step 2ck. Step1 is a different story due to students having access to procured shelf and step questions from an unauthorized source.

 

[maygog]

Any good schools if you can recommend would be great. Also AUA 76 requirement is listed in there student handbook, this is pre requirement before school let student register for Step 2 CK[/QUOTE

windsor, avalon, cmu,aureus are the lower tier schools that accept transfers from aua. They will most likely make your sister repeat clinicals.