Failed Step 1- 4 times

[keyboardmouse]

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Hello,

I needed some real advice from people who know a good deal about this. So I failed Step 1 4 times. The last 2 times were pretty close. This time I think I should be able to pass the exam iA.Im a US citizen, IMG.

So with that being said, say I do better and pass the step 1 this time, CK on my 1st attempt, CS 1st attempt and take the Step 3 and pass it before applying, would I still be a candidate for the FM residency? I will try to get all A's in my clinicals and get LORs. Try to do research and maybe get a publication out. I mean is there a chance for me at all?

thanks.

Sebas.

 

[brats800]

There are many "what are my chances" threads if you do a search. Is there a chance? Yes. Will you need to apply everywhere and take anything you can get? Likely. My residency would likely not have ranked someone who failed Step 1 that many times.

 

[septoplasty]

Can I be the bearer of bad news?

Even if you get into a residency, you may face problems later on licensing, since some state boards have limits on the number of times you can take each Step and all of them altogether. Passing Step 1 on your 5th try, CK/CS/Step 3 on first = 8 attempts total.

See here: http://www.fsmb.org/usmle_eliinitial.html
Tough journey ahead of you. Extremely tough.

 

[DIce3]

Maybe you are a genuinely altruistic person who loves helping others and wants to be a physician more than anything. The problem is that you freeze when it comes to standardized tests but do great solving problems real time. Maybe you bombed the MCAT because of your test taking deficiency and could only get in at a foreign school. You might rock during clinicals and pass USMLE 2 on the first attempt. I think if you are such a person.. you must continue on this path. There is always a way if you want it bad enough. You are trying to be a physician not the President or a rock star.

 

[MedicineDoc]

Maybe you are a genuinely altruistic person who loves helping others and wants to be a physician more than anything. The problem is that you freeze when it comes to standardized tests but do great solving problems real time. Maybe you bombed the MCAT because of your test taking deficiency and could only get in at a foreign school. You might rock during clinicals and pass USMLE 2 on the first attempt. I think if you are such a person.. you must continue on this path. There is always a way if you want it bad enough. You are trying to be a physician not the President or a rock star.

Rule number one: NEVER TAKE A TEST YOU AREN'T PREPARED TO TAKE

 

[smq123]

Cross posted in IM, where the OP has gotten reasonable advice. Closing: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=1000486