Importance of a Better Step 2CK

[rs2006]

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Hi all,

I hope you are all enjoying your interviews and the Holiday Season/New Year celebrations. Recently received by step 2 ck scores and found that they were better (and more competetive-- greater than 230) than my step 1 and was wondering how much they might help me to get interviews (I am still waiting to hear from 5 programs). Also, do you think that this might help me get interviews at this stage? Also, does it help when ranking time comes? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[DrHeartMD]

yes it will help in rank time, as you have completed a requirement and have shown improvement...at this stage I dont know how it will help with interviews, but I would send them in, and see...can't hurt...but if you need those interviews, make sure you call or email the PD and have them know your score...good luck

 

[inositide]

you might get more insight about your question by asking the flip side question: how much it hurts an application if the applicant's step2ck score is lower than the step 1.

 

[Ice-1]

you might get more insight about your question by asking the flip side question: how much it hurts an application if the applicant's step2ck score is lower than the step 1.

Alot probably depends on the program itself and what they value more: the numbers or other personal qualities. The timing of when they get the scores probably also plays a role.

 

[pdintheusa]

At least for our program, we'd rather see a higher Step 2 score. If your Step 1 score is <200, it definitely helps your application to see a much higher Step 2 score. There are folks we wouldn't have otherwise interviewed [Step 1 of 190-200] that we invited because they had a Step 2 of 230 or more.