Significance of permit disappearing

[Questionarius]

Is it still true that if your scheduling permit disappears the week you’re expecting a USMLE score (and your permit hasn’t expired) you passed?

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[FindMeOnTheLinks]

no it’s only indicative that your score report will be released

 

[Questionarius]

What makes you think that?

 

[deleted645092]

What makes you think that?

Because there were at least 2 people in the Step 1 Scores thread this year that failed despite their permit disappearing. The only significance it has is that your score is being released this upcoming Wednesday.

 

[Questionarius]

Because there were at least 2 people in the Step 1 Scores thread this year that failed despite their permit disappearing. The only significance it has is that your score is being released this upcoming Wednesday.

Did they confirm that their permits hadn’t expired?

 

[deleted645092]

Did they confirm that their permits hadn’t expired?

Yes... they disappeared solely because it was score release time. I’m not trying to shake your confidence and make you think you failed, I’m just saying permit disappearing =/= automatically tell you early that you pass. The myth came about because the vast majority of people pass so somewhere along the line someone was like “Hey my permit disappeared, and I passed, the two must be related”, and nobody who failed wanted to put it on the internet so Nobody refuted it for awhile.

 

[21Rush12]

Permit disappearing means a score will be reported that week. It does not mean a passing score. This is confirmed all over reddit and SDN by people who did not pass and I also know someone personally who had this experience.

 

[Questionarius]

Yes... they disappeared solely because it was score release time. I’m not trying to shake your confidence and make you think you failed, I’m just saying permit disappearing =/= automatically tell you early that you pass. The myth came about because the vast majority of people pass so somewhere along the line someone was like “Hey my permit disappeared, and I passed, the two must be related”, and nobody who failed wanted to put it on the internet so Nobody refuted it for awhile.

Well you DID shake my confidence, but I can admit that now that I got my score and did well.