Is it likely Step 1 will be p/f for Class of 2024?

[dsonic]

Or due to COVID interrupting school's ability to respond/adapt to this, might Step 1 be scored for 2024 after all?

 

[TakotsuboOkazaki]

Doubtful, but you never know.

There are rumors of rolling 2023 students into P/F to unify the scoring across that class.

See this thread: Class of 2023 Step 1 Scores Possibly may be converted to P/F on Residency Application per USMLE town hall

 

[confuzzled10]

I thought Step 1 was already p/f for class of '24

 

[ciestar]

I thought Step 1 was already p/f for class of '24

Nope. P/f goes into effect in 2022 at the earliest. They have not actually said when it will go into effect. No formal date has been announced.

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

They said "no earlier than January 1, 2022" so my school said that its not certain 2024 will be p/f its just the earliest scenario. my school said it could be later than jan 1 2022, after we take step.

And they could also report all scores as pass fail even if you take it scores. Literally no one knows what the plan is. And I say literally because I’m convinced that they have no idea either.

 

[7331poas]

if they are making the class of 2023 pass fail, why would the class of 2024 not be pass fail?

 

[sealfriendo]

if they are making the class of 2023 pass fail, why would the class of 2024 not be pass fail?

But we don’t know if ℅ 2023 is p/f! Usmle man

 

[El-Rami]

Why not just make everything P/F? P/F school grades, P/F Step 1, Step 2 CK, Step 3.

 

[efle]

Why not just make everything P/F? P/F school grades, P/F Step 1, Step 2 CK, Step 3.

You jest, but this is actually what I'd bet on for 20 years from now. At some of the big names preclinical & clinical grading is already P/F, and with Step 1 and CS both P/F, I bet the others will be following suit.

 

[El-Rami]

You jest, but this is actually what I'd bet on for 20 years from now. At some of the big names preclinical & clinical grading is already P/F, and with Step 1 and CS both P/F, I bet the others will be following suit.

Well, then students can rely on more important factors, such as nepotism, in order to land that desired residency. You're forward-thinking. I love it!

 

[efle]

Well, then students can rely on more important factors, such as nepotism, in order to land that desired residency. You're forward-thinking. I love it!

Is it nepotism to get your spot by impressing the team on a rotation/sub-I? Seems like a fair enough way to pick people

 

[NotAProgDirector]

Not all schools have rotations in all fields, especially community based programs and DO programs.

Not all students can afford to do away rotations.

What if you get 3-bombed on your SubI?

All IM LOR's say the student is in the top 1% of everyone they have ever worked with. Sadly, when I see an IM LOR that says that someone is in the top 5% of students they have ever worked with, a small part of my brain responds "this person must be terrible" even though I know that's not true.

 

[El-Rami]

I guess my pun cut a little deeper than I intended. We can all pretend that everything along the path to becoming a physician is based on merit, but unfortunately this isn't true. From legacy admissions to your personal connections, a lot of it is based on who you know, not what you know. With these changes, I don't see that getting any better since it will be much harder, more or less impossible, for a budding physician to prove her own worth and set herself apart from the rabble.