Will a decent step 1 score help an MD/PhD when applying to residency in 2026?

[ongogablogian]

I am an MD/PhD student in the last year of my PhD phase. I took step 1 just before it switched to pass-fail. I worked really hard and was able to get a score over 260. I am wondering if this would still turn some heads from residency directors even though the pass-fail system has been in place for a while now? I would prefer to hear from faculty and residency admins specifically. I know I will still work hard to do well on Step 2 and the Step 1 score won’t carry nearly as much weight as it previously did, but it would be nice to get a little bump in my application from all that hard work. This MD/PhD track has got me feeling OLD.

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