I wasn't charged to reschedule step 1...

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FreakofMeds

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First of all, hello everyone, this is my first post on this forum that I read for the past three years.

I'm and IMG. I just finished my step 1 yesterday and I will write about my horrible experience leading up to the exam over a span of three years. However, the exam itself was very fair, I will have more on that in the experiences thread later.

As to the odd thing. Today I woke up with one thing on my mind, registering for Step 2 CK and doing it sometime in the mid to late september, hopefully having a chance at matching in 2010. I already passed the CS the first time 3 years ago. So CK will be my last step.

Anyhow, on August 10, I was scheduled to do step 1, but I could not sleep one second and I was awfully stressed that day, which is probably the norm, except I felt it would affect my exam a lot, so I decided to reschedule hours before the actual exam, one week ahead.

As it turns out, after doing that, I was happy with my decision then and I have no regrets. I did step 1 in a slightly more relaxed and healthy mood yesterday, and I even think I answered plenty of neuro questions thanks to the revision I made during the week I bought for myself.

Anyhow, due to last minute rescheduling, I was presented by a screen on prometric asking for a credit card to pay the fees which was a total of $239 I think.

All good so far. Today though, when I wanted to register for CK, I noticed that my account was actually not charged at all, despite the fact that I successfully rescheduled my exam and completed it yesterday.

I was worried a bit now, because I hope that does not lead to any discrepancy in the score reporting, or something else. Should I just ignore this thing and consider my self $239 richer and lucky? Or should I anticipate problems?

The real problem is that the credit card I use is a prepaid internet shopping credit card I use specifically for exam fees for the USMLE. So it cannot overcharge. I never had any problems at all with it before though. After I completed the registration to Step 2 CK, I would not have enough funds to pay the $239 in my account.

I hope they just don't think I scammed them or something. I don't know what I have to do to pay the 239 considering I already rescheduled and completed the exam...
 
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$239 richer

The same thing happened to me with step 1. I was still within the eligibility period and I just picked an open slot the following week. No credit card charges and I recieved my score on the 3rd wed after I took the exam. Keep in mind that this was even after completely missing the scheduled exam. I was totally surprised when it let me sign up without a single hiccup or fee. It has to be some sort of fluke and I'm sure they will change this so more students can't reschedule for free in the future. The risk you run is not being able to find an available test date that close to your original date.
 
Oh wow. Thanks for the reply. Glad to know that. I already completed my step 1 so finding another close date is not a problem.

Yay I am $239 richer lol.
 
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