Step 2

Im sitting here trying to study for step 2 and I have lost all motivation....my application is in and I am waiting for interview offers. I have a pretty solid application and step 1 score, so i am not including my step 2 score.

I just feel like I need to study but I CANT

does it really matter how you do on step 2? Will fellowships care down the line?

Getting a fellowship is more about "who knows who" rather than a numbers game. They would be much more interested in your OITE scores if they crunch numbers for applicants.

Step 2 will be unlikely to have any impact on obtaining a fellowship. My thought on Step 2 is that no one should blow it off until they know they will or have matched into orthopaedic surgery. If you dont match, you would hate to be reapplying with a poor step 2. With the exception of that situation which admittedly would affect very few people, your step 2 score will probably not matter much. Study as much as you can, but dont develop an ulcer over it like we all do with Step 1.

Took step 2 last week. Actually harder than I thought it would be. I was doing well on UW (75%) and took NBME test 3 and did well. I guess I'll have to wait and see.

by UW I assume you mean USMLE world? did you get 75% by doing real, timed blocks of randomized questions? The best I seem to be able to do is 65%. I took the NBME practice test and did ok ( a little lower than my step 1). I am just going to take it. I have been studying sort of on and off, but nowhere near the intensity of step 1.

I did not do timed blocks but did do random questions. My scores started around 60% and slowly moved up. I found that if i did timed blocks that I was too tired at the end to read all the explanations.