"If we do nothing, Step 2 mania will be the natural result ... argued that numerical scores can help residency programs differentiate among thousands of applicants for a limited number of slots.

The decision to cancel Step 2 CS follows a significant change to Step 1 scoring last year, which shifted reporting of scores from numeric ... is administered prior to residency match.

As the policy currently stands, Step 2 (CK) and Step 3 will continue to be evaluated with a three-digit numerical score. While most residency programs don’t require students to sit for Step 2 ...

In my field of physical medicine and rehabilitation, for example, residency programs ranked letters of recommendation as 4.2 out of 5 in importance, Step 1 score as 4.1, and interactions with ...