Please Help! Bad step I score.

If you think the score was a fluke, you might want to retake. If you ace it the second time the first score will still show, but the better one may show it was a fluke.

edit: Yeah my bad. Apparently you do have to fail to retake. Don't have to be a complete ass when you point this out though.

you cannot retake unless you fail

huktonfonix has reiterated an important point everyone must remember:

There are way too many people willing to share advice about something they know all too little about. This is a great site, but remember to take all the advice given on here with a grain of salt (goes without saying, I know).

i would tend to agree with the above. also, you knew damn well that you needed to rock step 1 to get into ortho. why didn't you make it your life to study then? step 2 will make almost no difference in getting interviews. if you are all that hellbent on ortho, then apply and be willing to do an ortho research year when you don't match. good luck. sorry to be the pessimist/realist.

There is a guy from last year on the "matched credentials 2002" heading who had a sub 200 step 1 who matched - you might want to check there

It's called good connections guys! Sub 200 score = divine intervention to match or incredible connections