Step 2 CS cancelled (for now)

[NeedAdvicelol]

Just got a message from NBME and I want to confirm with you guys, is CS cancelled this year? It won’t be factored into resident selection this cycle, even if you don’t have a score, right?

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[NeedAdvicelol]

This is what they sent me.

 

[Lawpy]

Hopefully this will lead to CS being eliminated for good.

 

[popopopop]

Someone confirm!

 

[wanderingorion]

Wow, this is wild.

 

[FindersFee5]

This would be literally the best news of this whole cycle.

Edit - anybody else already thinking about what they'll spend their $1300 refund on?

 

[wanderingorion]

The email I got from them previously was a direct text, no pdf. Hmm

 

[medstud56]

Please tell me this is real and not a troll 😀

 

[AnatomyGrey12]

Please someone confirm this.

 

[gas-fumes]

Smells like troll until I see an official announcement

 

[popopopop]

There's a reddit post about it now from what looks like a veteran poster claiming it's from their admin,

 

[throwaway199]

Please someone confirm this.

Confirmed. Multiple sources i know. Its definitely legit.

 

[AnatomyGrey12]

There's a reddit post about it now from what looks like a veteran poster claiming it's from their admin,

Looks like with an attached FAQ in the comments from the OP of the post.

This is looking more and more legit by the second.

 

[Mochi2020]

I got no email yet...If it is true, they would have sent out email to everyone.

 

[throwaway199]

I got no email yet...If it is true, they would have sent out email to everyone.

Its only sent to admins. Official announcement will be on friday

 

[gas-fumes]

Its only sent to admins. Official announcement will be on friday

I can’t stand how this is the norm for these types of announcements. Just absolute fodder for rumors.

 

[popopopop]

Its only sent to admins. Official announcement will be on friday

Then is OP an admin or did his school sent it to him?

 

[Mochi2020]

I can’t stand how this is the norm for these types of announcements. Just absolute fodder for rumors.

Tbh...the document wordings do not sound professional or the type that NBME will send out to school admins...if you read it carefully

 

[AnatomyGrey12]

I shall not get my hopes up until Friday then. This just seems too good to be true.

 

[throwaway199]

I shall not get my hopes up until Friday then. This just seems too good to be true.

I meannnnn we gotta wait on NBOME too so its gonna be more than friday for us lol

 

[Mochi2020]

I shall not get my hopes up until Friday then. This just seems too good to be true.

Seriously, if you read it carefully. The wording is not convincing...Not the type of message I expect from NBME to school deans.

 

[softball2344]

Seems weird that the letter isn't addressed to anyone either..

 

[Prehealth1011]

Knowing our luck, on Friday it'll be something like "Thanks for playing but we're still not sure, we'll let you know in 2021"

 

[BlackSquirrelMed]

Ban if bamboozle. But the risk/reward of making a fake letter from the NBME is so stupidly high (meaning risky) that I’m honestly leaning toward believing this

 

[AnatomyGrey12]

Seriously, if you read it carefully. The wording is not convincing...Not the type of message I expect from NBME to school deans.

Seems weird that the letter isn't addressed to anyone either..

Well it doesn't read like a letter to the deans specifically, it reads more like an announcement that they released early to deans as kind of a "heads up."

I'm not believing it until it's official on the USMLE site, but I will say the Reddit thread OP is a senior poster who hasn't ever been one to troll. Multiple posters there have said they were told the same thing by leadership. It's enough to prevent me from writing it off as a troll effort right off the bat.

I meannnnn we gotta wait on NBOME too so its gonna be more than friday for us lol

Oh yes. If this is real I fully expect the NBOME to fight it tooth and nail until they have absolutely no other option.

 

[LutGholein]

Anybody got word from their admin to confirm???

 

[throwaway199]

Its definitely real guys. Look here

Here

 

[DerpyNeuroMD]

What's up with the inconsistency? "Step 2 CS" versus "Step 2CS"

 

[Alkaidius]

What's up with the inconsistency? "Step 2 CS" versus "Step 2CS"

Only on SDN would someone Sherlock the truth behind this scheme by an accidental Spacebar lol. I don’t think it gives or takes away validity. Even bestselling novels have misspellings and this doesn’t even qualify as that.

Edit: but who knows!

 

[Oh_Gee]

it's fake because it doesn't start with "These are unprecedented times"

 

[throwaway199]

Official announcement coming from NBME at 9pm tonight.

 

[harrislakers123]

It is true

 

[Frogger27]

HOW DO I GET MY REFUND

 

[Iz_FtB]

HOW DO I GET MY REFUND

Send your credit card info to [email protected] and our crack team of Step 2CS experts will get right on it.

 

[Splenda88]

Will medical licensing boards not require CS to get a license?

 

[Small Cell Carcinoma]

I say this is a 10/10 troll. Something looks fishy about the template and the wording of it. Also why would this person get a notification before anyone else?

 

[throwaway199]

Will medical licensing boards not require CS to get a license?

This is the biggest question unanswered rn

 

[ciestar]

Will medical licensing boards not require CS to get a license?

They’ll have to or make you take it as a resident. In PA, you dont have to submit your transcripts for step 1 and 2 until PGY-2, and Step 3 for PGY-3.

 

[medstud56]

I say this is a 10/10 troll. Something looks fishy about the template and the wording of it. Also why would this person get a notification before anyone else?

iTs actually legit, check reddit
Some admins on twitter posted about it too

 

[Yorick]

Cool, I'm c/o 2021 and took CS the week before the cancellations, guess I wasted $1300

 

[boolin_1]

now we wait for the NBOME

 

[Psycho T]

Cool, I'm c/o 2021 and took CS the week before the cancellations, guess I wasted $1300

saaaaame

 

[Splenda88]

It would be a small victory if that test is forever eliminated. Still angry about ~2k (test fee + travel expense + hotel) I spent for that nonsense.

 

[Lawpy]

It would be a small victory is that test is forever eliminated. Still angry about ~2k (test fee + travel expense + hotel) I spent for that nonsense.

Or at least stop requiring US grads to take that dumb test. Use CS as a screening tool for IMGs

 

[Alkaidius]

Hell, the NBOME can keep my money if I don’t have to take this garbage.

 

[Oedipa Maas]

I say this is a 10/10 troll. Something looks fishy about the template and the wording of it. Also why would this person get a notification for anyone else.

Just wanted to call it before anyone else does. I win the internet if it’s a hoax

Agreed. Super clunky grammar throughout. I'm no expert but if a friend had sent me this to proofread before sending it out, this is what I would send back:

 

[popopopop]

^The twitter post is pretty convincing. He said he verified it before retweeting after the image.

 

[throwaway199]

Here is the official announcement

United States Medical Licensing Examination | Announcements

The United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) assesses a physician's ability to apply knowledge, concepts, and principles, and to demonstrate fundamental patient-centered skills, that are important in health and disease.

www.usmle.org

 

[holdthemayo]

It's on the USMLE website now

 

[bananafish94]

If you listen closely you can hear the president of the NBME frantically calling their yacht guy to try and put a stop on their most recent purchase.