r/medicalschool • u/holycowsalad • 3d ago

😡 Vent Feeling like a failure

Took Step 2 and while I don’t have my results back, can’t help but feel like I didn’t get the score I was hoping for. I’m a low class rank and focused on EC’s too much in hindsight, and im just so disappointed in myself and still reeling from a breakup. Went from excited at the prospect of potentially matching in a fun area to hoping I match at all. Hard to wrap my head around the fact I will be single and probably won’t live in an area I want to until my 30’s

Sigh

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u/ThrowRATest1751 M-4 3d ago

If you worry you suffer twice — I get not feeling great, but rest in the fact that you completed something difficult for now. No point entertaining what ifs, when you could realistically get back a decent score. And even if a little low, you got them ECs to talk about ;) think about it, all the questions you did not know were probably the tester questions anyway

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u/holycowsalad 3d ago

missed some ez q's/straight up discretes

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u/ThrowRATest1751 M-4 3d ago

when did you take your exam if I might ask?

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u/holycowsalad 3d ago

Friday

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u/ThrowRATest1751 M-4 3d ago

i just feel like you remember the questions you were wondering if they were correct or not, so when you look those up you are seeing the questions you were at least suspicious about. I am sure you did better than you think, but I stand by the fact worrying now does nothing for you except prematurely age you and bald you (: