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Step 2

USMLE Step 2 prep has been going on for the past 5 days and it is since today that jhai I have started to find the original pace. I think now that USMLE steps can be taken in any order it is much more convenient and better for an AKU graduate to take Step 2 before Step 1. Since the subjects in Step 2 are all those which have been dealt with in the final year any student can take the exam with a shorter duration of preparation. Infact it will not be of any harm if the same prescribed books are read through atleast once in medical school during the rotation. This way a student can save precious time from his/her step 2 prep and be done with it in our case by December of the graduating year.
Since most of the graduates really start their Step 1 prep after their convocation in December the timeline for Step 1 preparation will remain more or less the same.
The benefit of this approach will be two folds. Step 2 scores will improve since the information will be fresh in a fresh graduate from all that he/she learns in the medical school during the graduating year. Precious two months will be saved in the mid of the next year which can be used up for various other matters of life. One can then concentrate on the preparation of a suitable application for ERAS. One can work on getting LORs and scheduling Step 2CS.

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