Now why exactly does this test cost close to $700 to take?

[Knicks]

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what a scam!

I understand paying for question banks, but wtf is this $700 crap about?

and then we got these NBMEs that are $45 a pop!

what do they want from us poor [figuratively and literally] students?! (oh yeah, that's right: OUR MONEY!)


😡


I don't know if this is a "break-from-studying" type of vent, or whether I actually mean it.

EDIT: No, I mean it.


No wonder people wanna pass this thing on their 1st try. 🙄

 

[pincheeric]

I guess you didn't know that Step II CS & CK combined are $1500. Probably will be more in 2 years when you take it. Good times.

 

[Knicks]

^^ No, I actually did not know that.

😡!!!!!!


*sighhhhh* it's all just a business. (as with everything in this world, I guess). =/

 

[peter90036]

its all part of the 'initiation' to becoming a medical doctor,
slowly but surely fees will keep piling up, coming in from left and right,
this is just the beginning
............
🙂

(actually i paid 1200 for CS, CK was same as step1 700.... 2ck+cs = 1900 🙂 )
(for CS lets say its understandable, 12 "actors", 5$ sandwiches, cookies, drinks, rent, 2-3 proctors)

 

[Knicks]

It's like, all these fees/debts are just a way to "encourage" us to keep pursuing this career in order to pay these fees/debts.


🙁

 

[anon-y-mouse]

what a scam!

I understand paying for question banks, but wtf is this $700 crap about?

and then we got these NBMEs that are $45 a pop!

what do they want from us poor [figuratively and literally] students?! (oh yeah, that's right: OUR MONEY!)


😡


I don't know if this is a "break-from-studying" type of vent, or whether I actually mean it.

EDIT: No, I mean it.


No wonder people wanna pass this thing on their 1st try. 🙄

Umm, I only paid $475 or something like that. How are you paying $700?! You may be getting ripped off! I mean, that's still an inexcusably high amount, but not $700!

 

[Knicks]

Umm, I only paid $475 or something like that. How are you paying $700?! You may be getting ripped off! I mean, that's still an inexcusably high amount, but not $700!

That.

 

[peter90036]

this:
http://www.ecfmg.org/fees.html

Step 1 $695
Step 2 CK $695
Step 2 CS $1,200

 

[anon-y-mouse]

this:
http://www.ecfmg.org/fees.html

Step 1 $695
Step 2 CK $695
Step 2 CS $1,200

That blows... why does it cost more to take as a foreign grad?! I can understand extra testing fees if you're taking it in some other country for security reasons, but still. And the extra fees for taking it in JAPAN are more than double taking it elsewhere!

 

[Knicks]

this:
http://www.ecfmg.org/fees.html

Step 1 $695
Step 2 CK $695
Step 2 CS $1,200

did you find that from "google" ? 😀 lol I keed, I keed 😉


But yeah man, that ****'s CRAZY! 😱

 

[peter90036]

🙂

that's ok... its just money/credit/loans

white bread, cheap meat and cup-o-noodles taste pretty good after a couple years

 

[Knicks]

^^ I don't know whether to at that or 🙁 at it.


How about I just 😳

 

[Knicks]

I need to win the lotto to pay for all this. =/

 

[wcec]

i've been eating instant soup, Chef Boyardee, and Flaming Hot Cheetos for quite a while now...

 

[45408]

Because they know you can't go elsewhere. You have to go through them, so they can charge what they wish.

 

[Hayat]

It costs $825 to take it over here :-/

 

[Knicks]

Because they know you can't go elsewhere. You have to go through them, so they can charge what they wish.

How humane and considerate of them. 🙄

 

[diosa428]

Med school + living expenses at my school = $63k a year. That is 90x the cost of the test. In one year. And right now I'm paying to basically perform slave labor (oh, wait, I mean I'm "learning").

Anyway, if you want to talk about expensive, forget the test - tuition is highway robbery.

 

[.edu-MD]

Because they know you can't go elsewhere. You have to go through them, so they can charge what they wish.

But who else can AMGs go through? They could just as easily charge us the same amount. Seems kind of wrong to me...