tupacandbiggie Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Does anyone know the implications of a failed MCCQE part1? how will it affect one's residency? I just found out I failed it (short of 5 points wtf!!!). I matched to my top residency choice already so how will this affect my residency. Any help is very much appreciated. 2pac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatonekid Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 I'm sorry for the situation that you're in. In terms of the implications, it's school/program dependent, so you'd be best served by notifying your program and asking them what this means for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tupacandbiggie Posted June 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 I'm sorry for the situation that you're in. In terms of the implications, it's school/program dependent, so you'd be best served by notifying your program and asking them what this means for you. would they have been notified automatically by LMCC or do I have to let them know? I matched into family medicine in Ontario, I heard all i gotta do is to rewrite. sucks the the new score this year, I woulda have passed with the previous score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatonekid Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 would they have been notified automatically by LMCC or do I have to let them know? I matched into family medicine in Ontario, I heard all i gotta do is to rewrite. sucks the the new score this year, I woulda have passed with the previous score. Not sure. Best bet would be to tell them. It shows you're proactive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 No impact directly - you will of course have to rewrite. Suck, expensive, ego blow but you don't actually need the exam passed to start residency. some schools have internal policies - about what you can and cannot do, but that is at a school by school level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tupacandbiggie Posted June 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 No impact directly - you will of course have to rewrite. Suck, expensive, ego blow but you don't actually need the exam passed to start residency. some schools have internal policies - about what you can and cannot do, but that is at a school by school level. So some people were saying that you need your prescriptions to be co-signed etc. What are some of the limitations on my practice now? I emailed the postgrad office but the person is outta office until Monday so I am dying to know how screwed I am at this point. Thank you for all your time. For all of those who need to write this exam still, don't worry about it, the reason I failed is because I only studied for 5 days. I didn't even touch medicine and surgery, so if you study for 2-3 weeks and cover all 6 topics you wouldn't be like me . PS: Also I am wondering if a request for remark would be a wise decision? Since I am only short of 5 points to pass based on this year's new passing score? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharmingHedgehog Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 So some people were saying that you need your prescriptions to be co-signed etc. What are some of the limitations on my practice now? I emailed the postgrad office but the person is outta office until Monday so I am dying to know how screwed I am at this point. Thank you for all your time. For all of those who need to write this exam still, don't worry about it, the reason I failed is because I only studied for 5 days. I didn't even touch medicine and surgery, so if you study for 2-3 weeks and cover all 6 topics you wouldn't be like me . PS: Also I am wondering if a request for remark would be a wise decision? Since I am only short of 5 points to pass based on this year's new passing score? Asking for a remark is ultimately your decision. The MCC did say that borderline scores received extra scrutiny before the scores were published. However, you may also want to leave no stones unturned before rewriting again =\ Either way, I wish you good luck! It really sucks to be so close and not pass =[ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uwopremed Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 They did raise the cutoff score - but in all honestly - passing the exam is pretty easy by all standards. I'm almost curious what medical school you went to - because people passing medical school and failing what is essentially a gimmie exam, is very concerning. I've looked at the typical questions on the exam from the Toronto Notes( from my cousin) - and even I could answer a reasonable portion with only a medical sciences undergrad degree!! And 2/3 of the exam is based on a only a few short chapters (peds, public health, obs/gyn, psych) - give me 2 months with the Toronto Notes, and I bet I could pass the written exam without even touching medical school (though the oral version of course I would be destroyed by). Before you unleash yourself out on the world of real live patients, you should seriously consider taking your profession seriously and study hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
older Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 They did raise the cutoff score - but in all honestly - passing the exam is pretty easy by all standards. I'm almost curious what medical school you went to - because people passing medical school and failing what is essentially a gimmie exam, is very concerning. I've looked at the typical questions on the exam from the Toronto Notes( from my cousin) - and even I could answer a reasonable portion with only a medical sciences undergrad degree!! And 2/3 of the exam is based on a only a few short chapters (peds, public health, obs/gyn, psych) - give me 2 months with the Toronto Notes, and I bet I could pass the written exam without even touching medical school (though the oral version of course I would be destroyed by). Before you unleash yourself out on the world of real live patients, you should seriously consider taking your profession seriously and study hard. What a condescending post. People fail an exam for many reasons - bad day or stomach ache or personal circumstances or whatever. OP would have had to pass multiple exams during the course and also matched to the top residency choice, so implying an incompetence is grossly unfair. OP, good luck with retake! goodyearkl, lulu95, medmedmed132 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arztin Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 They did raise the cutoff score - but in all honestly - passing the exam is pretty easy by all standards. I'm almost curious what medical school you went to - because people passing medical school and failing what is essentially a gimmie exam, is very concerning. I've looked at the typical questions on the exam from the Toronto Notes( from my cousin) - and even I could answer a reasonable portion with only a medical sciences undergrad degree!! And 2/3 of the exam is based on a only a few short chapters (peds, public health, obs/gyn, psych) - give me 2 months with the Toronto Notes, and I bet I could pass the written exam without even touching medical school (though the oral version of course I would be destroyed by). Before you unleash yourself out on the world of real live patients, you should seriously consider taking your profession seriously and study hard. Does writing something like that make you feel better and superior? Really not the first time you demean others like this. Pterygoid, IMislove, EJN and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z12345 Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 They did raise the cutoff score - but in all honestly - passing the exam is pretty easy by all standards. I'm almost curious what medical school you went to - because people passing medical school and failing what is essentially a gimmie exam, is very concerning. I've looked at the typical questions on the exam from the Toronto Notes( from my cousin) - and even I could answer a reasonable portion with only a medical sciences undergrad degree!! And 2/3 of the exam is based on a only a few short chapters (peds, public health, obs/gyn, psych) - give me 2 months with the Toronto Notes, and I bet I could pass the written exam without even touching medical school (though the oral version of course I would be destroyed by). Before you unleash yourself out on the world of real live patients, you should seriously consider taking your profession seriously and study hard. Brb, currently writing letter petitioning your school to let you skip med school. Heck, no need for you to do residency either. Go show those attendings how it's done. IMislove, TARS, Haribo7173 and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGrisham Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 Classic uwopremed, why have they not been removed yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siefer1322 Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 They did raise the cutoff score - but in all honestly - passing the exam is pretty easy by all standards. I'm almost curious what medical school you went to - because people passing medical school and failing what is essentially a gimmie exam, is very concerning. I've looked at the typical questions on the exam from the Toronto Notes( from my cousin) - and even I could answer a reasonable portion with only a medical sciences undergrad degree!! And 2/3 of the exam is based on a only a few short chapters (peds, public health, obs/gyn, psych) - give me 2 months with the Toronto Notes, and I bet I could pass the written exam without even touching medical school (though the oral version of course I would be destroyed by). Before you unleash yourself out on the world of real live patients, you should seriously consider taking your profession seriously and study hard. Unnecessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rupchatt Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 They did raise the cutoff score - but in all honestly - passing the exam is pretty easy by all standards. I'm almost curious what medical school you went to - because people passing medical school and failing what is essentially a gimmie exam, is very concerning. I've looked at the typical questions on the exam from the Toronto Notes( from my cousin) - and even I could answer a reasonable portion with only a medical sciences undergrad degree!! And 2/3 of the exam is based on a only a few short chapters (peds, public health, obs/gyn, psych) - give me 2 months with the Toronto Notes, and I bet I could pass the written exam without even touching medical school (though the oral version of course I would be destroyed by). Before you unleash yourself out on the world of real live patients, you should seriously consider taking your profession seriously and study hard. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amichel Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 They did raise the cutoff score - but in all honestly - passing the exam is pretty easy by all standards. I'm almost curious what medical school you went to - because people passing medical school and failing what is essentially a gimmie exam, is very concerning. I've looked at the typical questions on the exam from the Toronto Notes( from my cousin) - and even I could answer a reasonable portion with only a medical sciences undergrad degree!! And 2/3 of the exam is based on a only a few short chapters (peds, public health, obs/gyn, psych) - give me 2 months with the Toronto Notes, and I bet I could pass the written exam without even touching medical school (though the oral version of course I would be destroyed by). Before you unleash yourself out on the world of real live patients, you should seriously consider taking your profession seriously and study hard. Before you unleash yourself out on the world of real live patients, you should seriously consider taking your profession seriously and learn to not be a total jerk to people for no reason, as well as, hopefully, some humility. Arztin, Falling, EJN and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arztin Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 Classic uwopremed, why have they not been removed yet? One more time, I am banning him. EJN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emojis4Life Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 They did raise the cutoff score - but in all honestly - passing the exam is pretty easy by all standards. I'm almost curious what medical school you went to - because people passing medical school and failing what is essentially a gimmie exam, is very concerning. I've looked at the typical questions on the exam from the Toronto Notes( from my cousin) - and even I could answer a reasonable portion with only a medical sciences undergrad degree!! And 2/3 of the exam is based on a only a few short chapters (peds, public health, obs/gyn, psych) - give me 2 months with the Toronto Notes, and I bet I could pass the written exam without even touching medical school (though the oral version of course I would be destroyed by). Before you unleash yourself out on the world of real live patients, you should seriously consider taking your profession seriously and study hard. Just wow...Are you like this in person too? Haribo7173 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruhh Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 It's even worse cause it looks like he may be trolling at times, but no he really is a jerk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdmd2015 Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 That sucks. But at least your school seems supportive. Good luck on the rewrite (or even better, with the rescoring!) It is definitely school dependent. UdeM just adopted a policy that requires an entering PGY1 to pass the LMCC, otherwise they cannot start residency. Hopefully it doesn't apply this year, as it was adopted in May... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goleafsgochris Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 They did raise the cutoff score - but in all honestly - passing the exam is pretty easy by all standards. I'm almost curious what medical school you went to - because people passing medical school and failing what is essentially a gimmie exam, is very concerning. I've looked at the typical questions on the exam from the Toronto Notes( from my cousin) - and even I could answer a reasonable portion with only a medical sciences undergrad degree!! And 2/3 of the exam is based on a only a few short chapters (peds, public health, obs/gyn, psych) - give me 2 months with the Toronto Notes, and I bet I could pass the written exam without even touching medical school (though the oral version of course I would be destroyed by). Before you unleash yourself out on the world of real live patients, you should seriously consider taking your profession seriously and study hard. Are you seriously writing this as a premed lol? If so, lets recap: The OP, to get to the point where he passes the LMCC needs to: Study a bit more next time, waste some money on a rewrite. Otherwise, no consequences, and his chances of success are basically 100%. For uwopremed to get to that point he needs to: f-ing get into med school, write many tests, match to a residency program, all of which have much higher failure rates and he is much less likely to accomplish. Chances of success maybe- 10%? To the OP: you don't even need to tell your program, I sort of wish no one had given you that advice as its not true, atleast in Ontario. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amichel Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 Are you seriously writing this as a premed lol? If so, lets recap: The OP, to get to the point where he passes the LMCC needs to: Study a bit more next time, waste some money on a rewrite. Otherwise, no consequences, and his chances of success are basically 100%. For uwopremed to get to that point he needs to: f-ing get into med school, write many tests, match to a residency program, all of which have much higher failure rates and he is much less likely to accomplish. Chances of success maybe- 10%? To the OP: you don't even need to tell your program, I sort of wish no one had given you that advice as its not true, atleast in Ontario. I think he got into medical school. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goleafsgochris Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 I think he got into medical school. :/ If this is true, I hope he is smart enough to keep his online activities very separate/untraceable from his professional ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amichel Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 If this is true, I hope he is smart enough to keep his online activities very separate/untraceable from his professional ones I kind of hope not actually. TARS, Borborygmi, 3change and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katakari Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 I kind of hope not actually. Even at Mac Med he has people discussing his possible identity. If I did Western as undergrad, I would've put some effort in to it already. evilgino 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruhh Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Even at Mac Med he has people discussing his possible identity. If I did Western as undergrad, I would've put some effort in to it already. Just go to western med and find the snobbiest guy, and it's probably him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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