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  Tuesday, 27 October 2009
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I started studying for Step 2 and am not sure if it is necessary at this point. I wanted to get the scores in time for PDs to look at them. Several attending physicians recommend step 2 but the PD states that it can hurt you a lot more than it can help. My step 1 was good (248) and the rest of my application is solid except for my LORs (AOA, research).

Any input? Dr. Levine?
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Just curious, but how do you know your LORs aren't solid?
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I become a mute around attendings and don't speak unless spoken to. I got a couple of questions wrong and was flat out told that I needed to increase my knowledge base when I couldn't name all the extensor compartments + contents in the hand (he was the head guy where I was rotating). A lot of my fellow rotators were confidently giving p-values for everything.
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Sounds like not the best person to ask to write you a LOR just based on your post.
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16 years ago
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^Nah, didn't ask that attending, asked others.
16 years ago
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Then your statement that you got bad LOR is not founded since you did not ask people that thought less of you or your abilities/capabilities. My two cents.
I also don't think that LOR writers are in the business of making students look bad. No one gains anything by making a student look bad, obviously.
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Sorry, I wasn't clear. My LORs aren't necessarily bad but they are not glowing.
16 years ago
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The only people I stronlgy recommend taking step 2 early are those who "under-performed" (by their or external measures) on Step 1. Otherwise there is little to be gained by most applicants in taking it early.

good luck --

wnl
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