samisyed1
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(posted November 19, 2004, updated December 6, 2004)
As previously announced, the initial release of results for Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) has been delayed. The purpose of this delay is to allow for administration of the examination to a number of examinees that is adequate to permit completion of quality assurance, scoring, and equating procedures. This work is nearly complete for examinations at the Philadelphia and Atlanta centers, the first two centers to open for Step 2 CS administration. Similar work is progressing for the remaining three centers.
Step 2 CS results will be reported for most examinees who tested in Philadelphia and Atlanta from June through the end of September on December 3, 2004. However, it is possible that results for some examinees who tested in Philadelphia and Atlanta during this period will be reported in the weeks that follow. For examinees who tested in Philadelphia or Atlanta in more recent months, results will be reported by early January.
For examinees who tested at the Los Angeles and Chicago centers, the reporting of results will begin in early January. For examinees who tested in Houston, reporting of results is tentatively scheduled to begin in late January to early February. As with reporting for the Philadelphia and Atlanta centers, the first release for each center will consist of results for examinees who tested in the initial months of test administration for that center; reporting of results for more recent examinees will occur at later dates.
As previously published, a specific date for reporting of results cannot be guaranteed, regardless of the date on which Step 2 CS is taken. However, for those examinees who test prior to January 1, 2005, a high priority will be assigned to processing results as quickly as possible so that international medical graduates, who are required to have these results for the National Resident Matching Program ("the Match"), will have a good chance of meeting Match deadlines. Those who take Step 2 CS later than December 31, 2004 are unlikely to have results available for the Match.
After the start-up period for all centers is complete, it is anticipated that results will be available for most examinees approximately 6 weeks after test administration.
now they are saying that the result from houston will be announced in feb.
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| asmi
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Thanks sami,
are they going to release in 2005 :evil: or 2006
I hate them .
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| bims
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so its official then.there goes my h1b visa dreams.oct 30 in houston.mine probably wont be out till march.ecfmg sucks.
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| retroviridae
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These people don't understand that we can't just have the results out by the rank order deadline. I mean, I doubt programs will even rank you if they don't know you will be ECFMG certified. And for the poor hapless people like me who took our exam in Houston, they are now saying early Feb for results??? Come on, they keep postponing every time they make an annoucement. Even though I took my exam on Sept 27 in Houston, I doubt they will get the results out in time for the rank order deadline. I would advise anyone who tested in Houston to accept any prematch spot they can get. Then you don't have to be worried about not being ranked or having your name booted out of the computer system. Grr, this makes me so mad. They knew this would happen. They should have said for us to take the exam at other centers than Houston if we needed results for the 2005 match!
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| retroviridae
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You know, I was just thinking, even if I take a prematch and happen to fail my exam, I probably wouldn't be able to reapply and take it and get results in time for a 2005 residency now that they are releasing the results so late. It just makes me so mad. They said take it as early as possible, so I moved my test to Houston as it had an early date. I didn't know until I got there that it was the first day of testing in Houston. Really, these people just don't get it. They think, if we have to wait another year, who cares. Well, don't they know programs here view every year away from graduation as a big negative? Argh!!!!!
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| bims
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exactly.it was beause they said move do your exam early that i chose houston because they had earlier dates there.not all of us have been offered prematches,so what do they want us to do.this really sucks.i have to intensify prayers for a prematch.this is the most annoying thing that has happened to me this year.isnt there somthing we can do?
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| retroviridae
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bims, I think prayer is the best way to go. I think I will join you ....
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| BUDSKI
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Hey who cares! Certainly you care....so why don't you folks get a group of lawyers to take on ECFMG for their gross tardiness.I bet those clowns will move their behinds then...oh yeah do ask for a financial reward for the pain that you are being made to suffer.Best wishes. BUD
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| alice8
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I am in as a desperate victim :cry:
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