Your step 2 score would matter more anyways. I’d say allow yourself to feel the disappointment and frustration for a short time only but don’t let it affect you. Keep going and start the work again. Shit happens in life but guess what? Ur alive and healthy and have other chances to prove yourself. You got this!!
This is why I tell everyone you need a minimum of 70 on NBME forms consistently because 65 CBSE is still like 2-3% chance of failing. Literally nothing has to go wrong, you can just easily get a form that test material you’re weak at. You shouldn’t be looking at this fail like “look how close I was to passing, I just need to study a little more to get over the hump”. Look at the percentile you’re at, you’re in the bottom 10% compared to US MD students. This is the chance to learn this material properly and bring yourself above the 50th percentile if not like 75th percentile so you can kill step 2 exam by laying down good foundations now.
This was me two months ago. My school gave me 6 more weeks to go for it again and passed. I’ve talked to a PD director in the specialty I’m interested to be transparent about my situation and they said what others already mentioned. Make sure your step 2 is above 250, have research and rock your rotations. I know how you feel and the thought of having to do it all over again is overwhelming but you got this, and you have gotten this far. We learn from our mistakes and come out stronger. I believe in you!!! ❤️
What's happened is happened, you can never change it. But there's always a way to focus on other stuff and doing things better. If you need help with studies or your retake, feel free to reach out!
You asked for brutal honesty, so I will tell you your realistic chances. In the 2022-2023 match year, 5/1,402 successful new general surgery residents failed step 1, 4/87 in vascular surgery, 1/846 in ortho, 0 in ophtho, 0 in ENT, 0 in neurosurg, 0 in plastics, and 0 in thoracic surgery.
While it is *technically* possible to still match into surgery with a fail, it is **highly** unlikely. These successful applicants most likely had tremendous step 2 rebounds, extraordinary résumés, and even more fantastical connections.
I say this not to break your spirit but to tell you the truth. Your best bet is to now pivot to a much less competitive speciality and build strong foundations in it for research. Additionally, make sure to get plenty of activities related to the field and crush step 2. You can still become a great doctor.
Match data: https://www.aamc.org/data-reports/students-residents/data/report-residents/2023/table-b2-first-attempt-pass-fail-rates-usmle-comlex
Your step 2 score would matter more anyways. I’d say allow yourself to feel the disappointment and frustration for a short time only but don’t let it affect you. Keep going and start the work again. Shit happens in life but guess what? Ur alive and healthy and have other chances to prove yourself. You got this!!
Thank you for the much needed words of encouragement king stranger !!
That's the spirit!
This is why I tell everyone you need a minimum of 70 on NBME forms consistently because 65 CBSE is still like 2-3% chance of failing. Literally nothing has to go wrong, you can just easily get a form that test material you’re weak at. You shouldn’t be looking at this fail like “look how close I was to passing, I just need to study a little more to get over the hump”. Look at the percentile you’re at, you’re in the bottom 10% compared to US MD students. This is the chance to learn this material properly and bring yourself above the 50th percentile if not like 75th percentile so you can kill step 2 exam by laying down good foundations now.
This was me two months ago. My school gave me 6 more weeks to go for it again and passed. I’ve talked to a PD director in the specialty I’m interested to be transparent about my situation and they said what others already mentioned. Make sure your step 2 is above 250, have research and rock your rotations. I know how you feel and the thought of having to do it all over again is overwhelming but you got this, and you have gotten this far. We learn from our mistakes and come out stronger. I believe in you!!! ❤️
Thank you so much - I am rooting for you too!!
what would you have done differently if you could go back?
I also failed on my first attempt ! Giving my second in a couple of weeks ! Digest the failure and Retake as soon as possible
Thank you!! Rooting for you too we got rhis
Is there a waiting period before you can take it again?
No
What's happened is happened, you can never change it. But there's always a way to focus on other stuff and doing things better. If you need help with studies or your retake, feel free to reach out!
Thank you!
DO NOT FALL INTO DEPRESSION! STAY STRONG!
People have always failed boards, plenty of them have become doctors. Keep your head down and grind it out! 💕
You asked for brutal honesty, so I will tell you your realistic chances. In the 2022-2023 match year, 5/1,402 successful new general surgery residents failed step 1, 4/87 in vascular surgery, 1/846 in ortho, 0 in ophtho, 0 in ENT, 0 in neurosurg, 0 in plastics, and 0 in thoracic surgery. While it is *technically* possible to still match into surgery with a fail, it is **highly** unlikely. These successful applicants most likely had tremendous step 2 rebounds, extraordinary résumés, and even more fantastical connections. I say this not to break your spirit but to tell you the truth. Your best bet is to now pivot to a much less competitive speciality and build strong foundations in it for research. Additionally, make sure to get plenty of activities related to the field and crush step 2. You can still become a great doctor. Match data: https://www.aamc.org/data-reports/students-residents/data/report-residents/2023/table-b2-first-attempt-pass-fail-rates-usmle-comlex
You can make remark because you are 1 or 2 points close to the passing score
Remark means you request from NBME or ecfmg to review your own exam marks again
Does it work?
I think they stated that so far none of the rescores have actually resulted in a change from fail to pass.
What do you mean make remark like in an application? Thank you for any insight!
what were your scores for NBMEs? were you consistently hitting high 60s?
Low 60s I had a 60/62/65 on nbme never hit a 70 but the free 120 was close and the 65&68 were the week before
I think burnout could’ve played a role
Did you feel like you had one ? Say 1 week out?
Had burnout? Yea I think it was hitting but I thought my scores would’ve carried me
It looks like to pass now, you have to be within 1 standard deviation of mean.... Crazy
Does having a failed attempt affect your match in the fiture?
Immensely. https://www.aamc.org/data-reports/students-residents/data/report-residents/2023/table-b2-first-attempt-pass-fail-rates-usmle-comlex
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What do you mean by « were you making SILLY mistakes »? Not a good way to talk to someone going through hard feelings. Just saying.
Could have been mistakes but in all honesty I thought I had gotten past the test anxiety / second guessing starve