<p>Congratulations! You must be so proud of her! It has to great to see her complete this very important step in her career!</p>
<p>Congratulations to BookieDD!</p>
<p>Big, big congrats!!</p>
<p>Congrats to bookiemom’s D.</p>
<p>YAHOOOOO for Bookiemom’s daughter!!! So happy to hear the wonderful news!</p>
<p>Kat</p>
<p>In other news, my D is home yeah! but keeping to an intense Step 2 study schedule Boo!. Still , it’s good she’s home. I just like having her here. :)</p>
<p>Congrats Bookiemom!</p>
<p>Curm, even though Step 2 has her main attention now. I’m sure her being there means a lot.</p>
<p>Is she planning to take her step 2 in Houston (this is the patient diagnosis right?). I see a lot more people showing up to Houston because it is considered to have a higher pass rate.</p>
<p>There are four Steps:
1 is the most important and most famous, usually taken after MS2.
2CK is “clinical knowledge,” a standardized test very similar to 1 but easier and less important, usually taken sometime during MS4.
2CS is “clinical skills,” in which a student is put into a simulated clinic and examined based on interactions with standardized patients, also usually taken sometime during MS4. This is offered only at a handful of sites around the country: Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Atlanta, and Houston. Chicago fills up FAST.
3 is another standardized test, generally taken sometime during residency.</p>
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<p>The New England Journal has just called for the cancellation of Step 2CS:
<a href=“http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1213760[/url]”>http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1213760</a></p>
<p>Big Congrats to bookiemom and D!!!</p>
<p>Mine has just put Step 1 behind her. At least she can think of the next (residency) location with some kind of input inro the process.</p>
<p>Mine is getting 2CK out of the way and somewhat early I guess. lol Figures. And fits with her history.</p>
<p>She has 2CS scheduled in Philadelphia later this summer.</p>
<p>Could they cancel CS BEFORE DD has to fly some where far away, pay for a hotel & rental car AND pay some huge amount for the test? IIR, it was about $2000 to register for the two step 2 exams. It’s as much a cash cow as the College Board and all the repeat SATs.</p>
<p>bookiemom,</p>
<p>Congrats to all. You must be soooo proud!</p>
<p>Totally OT. Can someone send me the Passive/Aggressive directions to our bulletin board game? ;)</p>
<p>HELLO WORLD!</p>
<p>Guess who is done with step 1 and slowly acclimating to real life/not doing qbanks all the time?! </p>
<p>That would be me.</p>
<p>lol. I was just thinking of you! Knew you had to be heavy into Step hell.</p>
<p>^ Congrats, Kristin - it’s a good feeling, isn’t it? 
It’s all (pretty much) downhill from here…</p>
<p>Good for you, Kristin!</p>
<p>Well done, Kristin!</p>
<p>Yay, kristin!</p>
<p>Isn’t it a relief?</p>