Step 2 CK Before Interview

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Updating Geisinger and UT San Antonio:

Indiana
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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University of Missouri - Columbia
University of Puerto Rico
University of Texas Galveston

[Guest]

Is it safe to conclude that no one gives a shit about Step 2?

[Mike Jones]

(10-31-2017, 01:12 PM)Guest Wrote: Is it safe to conclude that no one gives a shit about Step 2?

No, I believe it is an individualized decision. Different programs are willing to overlook absence of step 2 IF they like the rest of your app. If there is another weakness (e.g. poor step 1 or weak research), many will put you in tier 2 pile where you get some interviews, but you also end up in limbo land (school sends out some interviews and some rejections; you receive neither) for many places.

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Updating new invites:

Indiana
Maryland
Penn State 
Texas A&M
University of Wisconsin
University of Florida
Saint Louis University
Yale
Georgetown
Cleveland Clinic 
University of Illinois Peoria
Michigan
Medical College of Wisconsin
Geisinger
Houston Methodist
Utah
Iowa
University of Virginia
SUNY Upstate
Minnesota
University of Virginia - NIH
Baylor 
Henry Ford
Wayne State University
Tulane
Southern Illinois University
University of Alabama
Medical College of Georgia
UT Health San Antonio
University of Kansas
Duke 
The Ohio State University
NYMC - Westchester
University of Rochester
University of Louisville
University of Colorado
University of Arkansas
University of Washington
Virginia Tech
LSU New Orleans
University of Kentucky
Loyola University
LSU Shreveport
Hofstra
Oklahoma University
University of Buffalo
New York University
Rush University
Oregon Health and Science University
Wake Forest
George Washington
Rutgers University
Brown University
UNC
West Virginia University
University of Arkansas
UC Irvine
University of New Mexico
Albany Medical Center
NYP Columbia
University of Miami
Northwestern
University of Mississippi
VCU
University of Chicago
Allegheny Health Network
UPMC
Cincinnati
Carolinas Medical Center
University of Vermont
Washington St. Louis
Vanderbilt
Jefferson
UT Southwestern
University of South Florida
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
Temple
Brigham and Women's Hospital 
Mount Sinai
Stanford
Cornell
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Tennessee
Medical University of South Carolina
Inova Fairfax
Barrow Neurologic Institute
Case Western Reserve University
Mayo Clinic Rochester
UCLA
University of Pennsylvania
UCSD
USC
Emory
Dartmouth
UT Houston
Albert Einstein Montefiore
Mass Gen
UT Galveston
UC Davis


No word yet from:
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Johns Hopkins University
Tufts Medical Center
UCSF
University of Arizona
University of Missouri - Columbia
University of Puerto Rico

[Guest]

Updating new invites:

Indiana
Maryland
Penn State 
Texas A&M
University of Wisconsin
University of Florida
Saint Louis University
Yale
Georgetown
Cleveland Clinic 
University of Illinois Peoria
Michigan
Medical College of Wisconsin
Geisinger
Houston Methodist
Utah
Iowa
University of Virginia
SUNY Upstate
Minnesota
University of Virginia - NIH
Baylor 
Henry Ford
Wayne State University
Tulane
Southern Illinois University
University of Alabama
Medical College of Georgia
UT Health San Antonio
University of Kansas
Duke 
The Ohio State University
NYMC - Westchester
University of Rochester
University of Louisville
University of Colorado
University of Arkansas
University of Washington
Virginia Tech
LSU New Orleans
University of Kentucky
Loyola University
LSU Shreveport
Hofstra
Oklahoma University
University of Buffalo
New York University
Rush University
Oregon Health and Science University
Wake Forest
George Washington
Rutgers University
Brown University
UNC
West Virginia University
University of Arkansas
UC Irvine
University of New Mexico
Albany Medical Center
NYP Columbia
University of Miami
Northwestern
University of Mississippi
VCU
University of Chicago
Allegheny Health Network
UPMC
Cincinnati
Carolinas Medical Center
University of Vermont
Washington St. Louis
Vanderbilt
Jefferson
UT Southwestern
University of South Florida
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
Temple
Brigham and Women's Hospital 
Mount Sinai
Stanford
Cornell
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Tennessee
Medical University of South Carolina
Inova Fairfax
Barrow Neurologic Institute
Case Western Reserve University
Mayo Clinic Rochester
UCLA
University of Pennsylvania
UCSD
USC
Emory
Dartmouth
UT Houston
Albert Einstein Montefiore
Mass Gen
UT Galveston
UC Davis


No word yet from:
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Johns Hopkins University
Tufts Medical Center
UCSF
University of Arizona
University of Missouri - Columbia
University of Puerto Rico


As you can see, nobody cares about Step 2 CK that much in neurosurgery...

[Guest]

Perhaps not for interviews buddy. But they do care for if when making their rank lists. My home program won't rank you unless you have it. MGH invited today and they also require step 1, 2 CK, and 2 CS for making rank lists.

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there are also several others that do fit this bill.

[Guest]

(11-01-2017, 03:57 PM)Guest Wrote: Perhaps not for interviews buddy. But they do care for if when making their rank lists. My home program won't rank you unless you have it. MGH invited today and they also require step 1, 2 CK, and 2 CS for making rank lists.

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there are also several others that do fit this bill.

My apologies, you're right, I meant in the context of getting interview invites. My understanding is that most programs want it for rank list so they know you didn't fail the exam. Also, I'm sure it varies from program to program but I know some actually care about how well you score, while others simply want to know you passed the exam. The point I was trying to make was simply that it is not important to have to obtain invites.