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12 free tools 30 min Step 1 and Step 2 CK blocks since May 2026 6 milestones from Step 1 to the Match

The road

From Step 1 to the Match, in six milestones.

Month 1

Step 1

Reported as pass or fail since January 26, 2022. A three-digit Step 1 score exists only if you sat the exam before that date.

Month 9

Step 2 CK

Many programs screen applications on this score. Practice forms do not all report on the same scale, so log each one on the scale it reported.

Month 14

US clinical experience

A US letter needs five things in order before it reaches ERAS: a visa, a booking, the rotation, the writing and the upload.

Month 24

Programs start reviewing

Programs start reviewing applications in late September. You can submit from early September. Letters and scores that arrive later miss the first review.

Month 26

Interviews

Invitations go out from late September, and interviews run into February. The Application Tracker flags two interviews booked on the same day.

Month 30

Rank order list

Certify your list by the NRMP deadline in early March. You can change it and certify it again as many times as you need before then. After the deadline it cannot be changed.

What a ten-week delay to Step 2 CK does to your application.

In this example, Step 2 CK is booked for June 25 of the year you apply and moved ten weeks, to September 3. Most results arrive within four weeks. The dates are from the 2027 Match calendar.

Your score now reaches programs after they start reviewing applications on September 23. Programs that screen on Step 2 CK in their first review will not see it. You can still match that year if ECFMG has verified your exams by the rank order list deadline on March 3.

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While you study

Step 1 · Step 2 CK · Step 3

Daily

Exam Block Timer

Real block lengths, and a full exam day with the 55-minute break bank you have to manage yourself.

Open Set once

Study Plan Builder

Works backwards from the date programs open your file. It tells you whether your plan is physically possible, and what it costs to make it fit.

Open Every 2 wks

Readiness Tracker

Log every form on the scale it reported. Tells you whether your worst recent form clears the standard, and says when it cannot tell.

Open Any time

Score Converter

Turn an NBME or UWSA form into a Step 2 CK range, or read a score you already have. Get the percentile, error figures, and whether two scores differ.

Open Decision

Retake or Reschedule

Checks whether your exam date still works, how many more weeks would, and what those weeks cost you, measured against your own forms, plan and deadlines.

Open

When you apply

The ERAS year, June to March

Book early

Rotation Timeline Planner

Works backwards from ERAS to the window your US rotations have to happen in, so the letters exist before programs read you.

Open Profile

Match Readiness

Separates what blocks your ECFMG certification from what each program decides for itself. See this before you pay to apply to programs that would filter you out.

Open 2027 Match

Residency MatchMaker 2027

Your residency program list and signal strategy for the 2027 Match, built from your profile.

Visit Months

Letter Tracker

Tracks the step people skip: the request form a writer needs before they can upload. It also helps you choose your four letters per specialty before that choice locks.

Open Budget

Cost to Match

The real total, from exam fees through rotations, ERAS tokens and interview travel.

Open Sep–Feb

Application Tracker

Runs your signal budget against the count your specialty gives you, prices the list once the ERAS tier resets per specialty, and catches two interviews booked on one day.

Open Interviews

MatchMind AI

Practice residency interviews by voice. It asks about your own application and the program you choose, then scores each answer.

Visit February

Rank Order List

Rank programs in your true order of preference. This tool shows where your list stops, what extra ranks cost, and when the list locks.

Open Community

Weekly Questions

Ask a question about the pathway and see it, and its answer, on the board once it has been looked at.