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hi y'all. I took the CK beast today and I think I failed.. literally feel worse than I did after Step 1, and I got well below average on Step 1.. I'm going into anesthesia and my question is whether I should wait till CK comes out to submit ERAS. Step 1 was between 210-220 so I was banking on CK to improve my app. My practice scores were in the 240s... but I am god damn awful at these long tests, I scored similarly well on my Step 1 practice tests but blew it on test day.
Should I wait till the scores are released? if I pulled a miracle and did well would it increase the chances of a school not rejecting me vs. submitting on the 9/15 with my low Step 1 score? I assume CK results come out late September. I'm supposed to be getting very good LORs. One of my anesthesia letters will apparently say I'm one of the best students that the attending has ever worked with... M3 grades are average-to-above average I'd say compared to the rest of my class.. 2 honors and the rest were one below honors. I also have done research during the summer M1-M2 but not really related to anesthesia.
I dont really have any regional preferences, I'd like to be in an academic setting since I am highly interested in CC or Pain fellowships. I'd also like said academic setting to be in a city (preferably warm with single ladies)
give it to me straight doc...
Edit: I'm a US MD from a top-40 medical school for what its worth
Should I wait till the scores are released? if I pulled a miracle and did well would it increase the chances of a school not rejecting me vs. submitting on the 9/15 with my low Step 1 score? I assume CK results come out late September. I'm supposed to be getting very good LORs. One of my anesthesia letters will apparently say I'm one of the best students that the attending has ever worked with... M3 grades are average-to-above average I'd say compared to the rest of my class.. 2 honors and the rest were one below honors. I also have done research during the summer M1-M2 but not really related to anesthesia.
I dont really have any regional preferences, I'd like to be in an academic setting since I am highly interested in CC or Pain fellowships. I'd also like said academic setting to be in a city (preferably warm with single ladies)
give it to me straight doc...
Edit: I'm a US MD from a top-40 medical school for what its worth