How much will no USMLE Step 1 score affect future fellowship chances?

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PediatricMan

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I'm interested in pursuing interventional cards or neonatology but will not having a USMLE step 1 score ruin these chances? I do plan on taking Step 2 & 3.
 
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See my response the other day to a similar question here:

Fellowships

Interventional cards (cath) is generally a fourth year of pedi cards fellowship selected during cards fellowship so the real question is matching in cards or neo. Of these, neo is probably easier to match in. Rest of my comments are otherwise no different.