MD 2 B

Current MS4 going through #Match2023 season while simultaneously trying to re-take Step 2. Decided to start this up because it's more anonymous than my #medtwitter and not even my best friends know what's going on with my medical career.

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Reality Checks

as of today I got two emails from residency programs asking for updates on my Step 2 score. I don’t know what to say. obviously the answer is I won’t have my score by March 1, the deadline to match and even apply to SOAP, so I won’t be verified by my school and cannot be ranked by programs. I don’t really know if I even want to re-apply next year, but it’s just so scary to think about emailing all the programs I interviewed with and have to tell them “for personal reasons” I won’t be part of the Match this year. my advisor told me that I should say I’ll reapply next year because I’m still interested, but I feel like I’d rather say that I will stay in touch for possible opportunities in the future.

withdrawing my application is going to feel so scary and a super reality check. I’m disappointed in myself I didn’t get this worked out earlier. my therapist tells me “there is no universe where you could have done something differently” and I disagree.. but whatever. 

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from MS4 to MD

hi! i’m a current 4th year medical student that failed step 2 the first time i tried to take it. i went through the whole eras application process and had several interviews, which was so fun, btw. but now that the NRMP rank lists are open, and i still haven’t retaken step 2, i am scrambling to figure out my options. i started this blog to hopefully get some of the noise out of my head. my #medtwitter was no longer an option cuz it was getting to non-anon. 

if anybody is or was going through a similar situation, i’d like to hear more!