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2019 Reporting Schedule – Step 2 CS Testing Period Reporting Period For examinees who test Reporting start date Reporting end date January 1 through January 26 March 6 March 27 January 27 through March 23* April 24 May 22 March 24 through May 18* June 19 July 17 May 19 through July 13 August 14 September 11 July 14 through September 7 October 9 November 6 September 8 through November 2 December 11 January 8 (2020) November 3 through December 31 January 29 (2020) February 19 (2020)

*No Step 2 CS exams will be delivered March 22 through March 30.

NOTE: The 2020 score reporting schedule may change due to effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Please regard dates below as tentative until the USMLE program has more certainty about when testing will resume.

2020 Reporting Schedule – Step 2 CS Testing Period Reporting Period For examinees who test Reporting start date Reporting end date January 1 through January 25 March 4 March 25 January 26 through March 28 April 29 May 27 March 29 through May 23* June 24 July 22 May 24 through July 18 August 19 September 16 July 19 through September 12 October 14 November 11 September 13 through November 7 December 16 January 13 (2021) November 8 through December 31 February 3 (2021) February 24 (2021)

*No Step 2 CS exams will be delivered March 27 through April 4.

Note: In each scoring cohort there will be occasional dates when individual test centers or the entire testing network are unavailable. These are typically known in advance, and the dates will be displayed as unavailable when examinees schedule appointments.

For each “Testing Period” in the above schedule, Step 2 CS scores are released every Wednesday over a corresponding four-to five-week “Reporting Period.” It is expected that results for the vast majority of examinees who take the exam during the testing period will be reported on the first Wednesday of the Reporting Period. Results for 98%-99% of examinees who take the exam during the testing period are reported by the third Wednesday in a Reporting Period. For a small percentage of examinees (1%-2%), scoring and quality assurance may be not completed in time for these examinees to be reported by the first three reporting dates; these will typically be examinees who took the exam in the latter part of the testing period. Results for these examinees will be reported each week throughout the reporting period, and should be reported no later than the last day of the score reporting period.

This schedule allows USMLE staff to enhance the quality assurance and data collection/scoring procedures performed prior to score reporting. Additionally, it provides examinees, as well as others who rely on Step 2 CS results, with guidelines regarding when a result will be reported for a given exam date. These guidelines allow examinees to plan their exam registration and scheduling in order to have their results in time to meet specific deadlines, such as those related to graduation or participation in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), or “the Match.”