So let me preface this by saying that I did pretty well on steps 1 and 2, and I've done just fine on all of my clinical rotations. I'm not even a foreign medical student (I think you can see where this is heading). So you can imagine my surprise when I got my cs score back the other day and didn't pass.
I'm completely lost right now. My confidence is shot because I don't even know where I went wrong. I scored horribly on everything except english, which after 26 years of practice, I'd hope I would have a handle on. I thought everything went well and that I at least covered all the basic stuff for each encounter. I submitted a score recheck but I'm not counting on it being my saving grace or anything. I've already registered to take it again but at this point I feel like I'm just totally screwed.
First of all, I don't even know what I would do differently the second time around quite frankly. Just as importantly though, I feel like I have absolutely no chance of getting an ortho residency now. The only thing I have working in my favor I guess is that I chose not to automatically have my USMLE transcript released so I suppose that none of the schools I applied to will see this when considering me for an interview.
I feel like this is something that will certainly come up during interviews if I still manage to get some and I just don't know how to handle it. I know I can pass this stupid thing and I feel like I really did the first time, but I guess that's besides the point for now.
If anyone has any advice, I'd really appreciate it. I'm at a total loss here. The last few days really feel like a terrible dream...
