hey... I know there's the "cutoff" Step -1 score of 200. And the advice is "do better on the Step 2" but no one's really said how much better! My PD-Anes (in Texas) advised getting a minimum or better than a 220, and I'm grateful for him even saying that, BUT what's the trend for outside of Texas?
-
CycleTrack and SDN are teaming up to make medical school admissions more transparent and accessible! Read the announcement to learn how we’re supporting the future of CycleTrack’s free application-tracking tools .
step 2
Started by MD/TX2006
Get help with your application
Use all the free resources available to you from SDN: articles, guides, expert advising, forums discussions, and school research.
my story: a classmate, with much higher board scores and better all around stats on paper, and i both interviewed at the same program. he ranked the program #1 because he loved it (and was already picking out houses, etc.). i did too, but i (stupidly*) ranked it number #2. long story short, i matched there and he didn't. it isn't "all" about board scores. coincidentally, the program he ended up matching at didn't even offer me an interview.
*when you make your rank order list, really be sure that you want to end up at whichever programs you highly rank. i panicked after submitting my list because i realized that, after thinking about it a little more during the week, i had made a big mistake and should've ranked my #2 as my #1. i got lucky and it worked out for me.
*when you make your rank order list, really be sure that you want to end up at whichever programs you highly rank. i panicked after submitting my list because i realized that, after thinking about it a little more during the week, i had made a big mistake and should've ranked my #2 as my #1. i got lucky and it worked out for me.
