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Just chiming in that I also matched out of intern year after not matching in MS4. Was told I slipped through the cracks as well. Doable, but difficult. Good luck!

I took it mid-May. This wait is inhumane. I would rather go in tomorrow and take the test a second time than have to wait 2 months for my score.

Oh shoot, I took mine the same day, as well. I thought scores weren't supposed to be even close to coming out until July 11th?

Yeah, a good friend of mine who consistently scores higher than I do apparently got his score back and he's not very happy with it, so I can't even console myself with that anymore... Who knows what's going to happen come July. Guess we're in it together.

Hmm, that's hard to say. I don't want to discourage you from learning minutiae... as it does show up. But it's easy to lose a lot of time trying to learn the small stuff, and honestly if I were hard pressed to give a number, I'd say it was 70:30 in favor of knowing larger picture concepts. I...

There was definitely some minutiae. But I think overall the test tips toward broader understanding. Most of it was stuff you would see in UWorld but maybe a little more complicated. And then here and there were some truly weird ones. I definitely remember several times being given a disease and...

Lol, actually yes, now that you mention it, I definitely had--I wouldn't say repeats--but almost the exact same question. Never in the same block but almost back to back blocks.

Sure. So, for those "unreasonable" knowledge type questions, it varies. For next best step type questions, I think I actually only had 2-ish on my test, and I would say while it seems more like MS3-oriented stuff, it is stuff you probably learned throughout the year as long as you didn't...

Took it today, I guess this is the "new" Step 1. To sum: It was horrible. Wall of text/rant incoming. I'm going to refrain from saying anything specific of course and stick to generalities. I'd say about 50% of it was roughly, kinda straightforward, as long as you had studied. There were a few...

Thanks to everyone who offered advice. After being persistent, I managed to secure some research with an oncologist who is doing research on melanoma. She wanted to remind me that she wasn't a dermatologist, but I mean, melanoma is melanoma, right? So I have a good avenue of research lined up...

Thanks for everyone's responses. Some quick updates: I managed to get in contact with the MS4 who matched this year, however he said basically that he doesn't know about any projects for MS1's going on at the moment. I don't really get this, because I feel like MS1's would have more time to...

Thanks for your response. Despite people telling me it was probably okay to call him directly, I really didn't want to do that unless I had no options remaining. I heard from a classmate that the only way to reach him really is through the education coordinator for dermatology at our institute...

Hello, I'm a first year at my school currently, and have been interested in derm since undergrad. For some background: My M1 courses are going well as we approach the end of the year, and I've gotten honors in all of them. My MCAT was great, and I anticipate that my academics will not prove an...

Hey all, I just started M1 about 1.5 months ago, and so far have been doing pretty well, getting honors on all my exams so far. I don't foresee my classes getting too much harder than right now, at least until M2, so I was wondering what else I could be doing to bolster my application. I was...

Just to make sure, we haven't had to send anything in to them since acceptance besides the acceptance form, right? I actually never sent in my Fall transcripts, and wasn't sure if that was something they wanted. On another note, who else is going to second look? I'll be there, hoping to meet...