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So I got my Step 2 score back yesterday and was pretty disappointed by it, even though it’s actually alright.
I ended up with a 253. According to the score report the average score is a 244 and the standard deviation is 16 points, which roughly puts me in the 72nd percentile.
On Step 1, I got a 255, which put me at the 88th percentile for that, and I was very happy with that score and hoping to be in that range again this time around with a goal of 265 (irrelevant now).
I’m a D.O student with the goal of matching to an academic IM program in a big city. I felt like that was totally possible when I just had a 255 and was aiming for a higher CK score, but now I’m uncertain about that.
I hate the fact that I slid backwards and scored two points lower. My biggest worry is that PDs see my Step 2 score and then question if my Step 1 score may have been a fluke.
I honestly don’t know why I had so much trouble with the exam. I studied my butt off nonstop for 6 full weeks with no days off. I felt like I knew a lot and was ready, but the exam was so vague, with so many answers making sense, and testing topics that were not bread and butter things at all.
There’s no point in complaining about the test now, but could someone just tell me how they think this would be seen by PDs?
I know the DO thing hurts me which is why I felt that it was imperative to score super high again on Step 2 in order to make myself really stand out as an applicant. I don’t really even know how to interpret what the score means. Is a 253 normally a good score for academic IM?
I keep worrying that programs are drifting away from Step 1 scores which have switched the P/F and in general have become less favored in the popular opinion and are instead focusing more on Step 2, which to me makes more sense since its supposed to test clinical reasoning.
Lastly, I realize how much of a jerk I sound like right now, asking about a score that is probably fine, but it’s been really stressing me out since yesterday. I promise I’m not a gunner, I think I just demand a lot of myself. I kept on telling myself that my residency app is in good shape and that a 265 was the last piece I needed to really present PDs with an awesome app and I used that motivation to really force myself to go as hard as I could for six straight weeks, and now I just feel like a failure for losing my opportunity to do that. I keep thinking about what I could have done better, but I don’t know, I just feel inadequate. I put so much stock into this and was really hoping to prove that in every way I’m someone that programs should really want to have as a resident, but I blew it.
I ended up with a 253. According to the score report the average score is a 244 and the standard deviation is 16 points, which roughly puts me in the 72nd percentile.
On Step 1, I got a 255, which put me at the 88th percentile for that, and I was very happy with that score and hoping to be in that range again this time around with a goal of 265 (irrelevant now).
I’m a D.O student with the goal of matching to an academic IM program in a big city. I felt like that was totally possible when I just had a 255 and was aiming for a higher CK score, but now I’m uncertain about that.
I hate the fact that I slid backwards and scored two points lower. My biggest worry is that PDs see my Step 2 score and then question if my Step 1 score may have been a fluke.
I honestly don’t know why I had so much trouble with the exam. I studied my butt off nonstop for 6 full weeks with no days off. I felt like I knew a lot and was ready, but the exam was so vague, with so many answers making sense, and testing topics that were not bread and butter things at all.
There’s no point in complaining about the test now, but could someone just tell me how they think this would be seen by PDs?
I know the DO thing hurts me which is why I felt that it was imperative to score super high again on Step 2 in order to make myself really stand out as an applicant. I don’t really even know how to interpret what the score means. Is a 253 normally a good score for academic IM?
I keep worrying that programs are drifting away from Step 1 scores which have switched the P/F and in general have become less favored in the popular opinion and are instead focusing more on Step 2, which to me makes more sense since its supposed to test clinical reasoning.
Lastly, I realize how much of a jerk I sound like right now, asking about a score that is probably fine, but it’s been really stressing me out since yesterday. I promise I’m not a gunner, I think I just demand a lot of myself. I kept on telling myself that my residency app is in good shape and that a 265 was the last piece I needed to really present PDs with an awesome app and I used that motivation to really force myself to go as hard as I could for six straight weeks, and now I just feel like a failure for losing my opportunity to do that. I keep thinking about what I could have done better, but I don’t know, I just feel inadequate. I put so much stock into this and was really hoping to prove that in every way I’m someone that programs should really want to have as a resident, but I blew it.