Step II Step 2 CK score reporting

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happyfeet123 said:
Is there a way to take this early 4th year without having it reported to residencies if we dont want to? thanks
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Any scores that are available before you submit your application (this year, Sept 15) are automatically transmitted. You have the option to turn off automatic retransmission for any scores that come in after that date, without any penalty. Then, you can manually retransmit after you see the score.

I did it for CK. Had automatic retransmission turned off, got my score about a week after I submitted my application, liked my score, and transmitted it. Programs got it maybe 3 hours later.
 
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Raryn said:
Any scores that are available before you submit your application (this year, Sept 15) are automatically transmitted. You have the option to turn off automatic retransmission for any scores that come in after that date, without any penalty. Then, you can manually retransmit after you see the score.

I did it for CK. Had automatic retransmission turned off, got my score about a week after I submitted my application, liked my score, and transmitted it. Programs got it maybe 3 hours later.
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Did you then have to re-transmit your transcript a second time when you got your CS result?
 
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Raryn said:
Any scores that are available before you submit your application (this year, Sept 15) are automatically transmitted. You have the option to turn off automatic retransmission for any scores that come in after that date, without any penalty. Then, you can manually retransmit after you see the score.

I did it for CK. Had automatic retransmission turned off, got my score about a week after I submitted my application, liked my score, and transmitted it. Programs got it maybe 3 hours later.
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Is there any benefit to this if strong step 1 score? Step 2 was higher but not as high on the curve
 
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A handful of programs require a Step 2 to rank you. Most of the ones I've heard of are UCs. I presume any of yours would tell you if that was the case.

Either way, if your Step 2 was remotely comparable to your step 1 (say, a few points lower or any higher), it almost certainly won't hurt you to release it. It's just another data point. (Mine went up >30pts, so I released it quickfast)
 
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K31 said:
Depends on the specialty. I'm applying to EM, where more and more programs are requiring a CK score before they rank you.
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Interesting. So I should have probably saved some trouble and just selected the automatic transmission of any usmle score report?
 
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Raryn said:
A handful of programs require a Step 2 to rank you. Most of the ones I've heard of are UCs. I presume any of yours would tell you if that was the case.

Either way, if your Step 2 was remotely comparable to your step 1 (say, a few points lower or any higher), it almost certainly won't hurt you to release it. It's just another data point. (Mine went up >30pts, so I released it quickfast)
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Does 5 points lower count as a "few"? Both scores in 250s, but Step 2 was 5 points lower than Step 1. I know I probably sound like a total jerk here, but I'm debating not re-transmitting since the specialty I'm applying to is very competitive.
 
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medicine0509 said:
Does 5 points lower count as a "few"? Both scores in 250s, but Step 2 was 5 points lower than Step 1. I know I probably sound like a total jerk here, but I'm debating not re-transmitting since the specialty I'm applying to is very competitive.
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dropped by more than 5, but still passed by large margin. not going to re-transmit.
 
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