Update on availability of USMLE Step 2 CS results

This came from ECFMG:

As previously announced, the initial release of results for Step 2
Clinical Skills (CS) has been delayed. The purpose of this delay is to
allow for administration of the examination to a number of examinees
that is adequate to permit completion of quality assurance, scoring, and
equating procedures. This work is nearly complete for examinations at
the Philadelphia and Atlanta centers, the first two centers to open for
Step 2 CS administration. Similar work is progressing for the remaining
three centers.

Step 2 CS results will be reported for most examinees who tested in
Philadelphia and Atlanta from June through the end of September on
December 3, 2004. However, it is possible that results for some
examinees who tested in Philadelphia and Atlanta during this period will
be reported in the weeks that follow. For examinees who tested in
Philadelphia or Atlanta in more recent months, results will be reported
by early January.

For examinees who tested at the Los Angeles and Chicago centers, the
reporting of results will begin in early January. For examinees who
tested in Houston, reporting of results is tentatively scheduled to
begin in late January to early February. As with reporting for the
Philadelphia and Atlanta centers, the first release for each center will
consist of results for examinees who tested in the initial months of
test administration for that center; reporting of results for more
recent examinees will occur at later dates.

As previously published, a specific date for reporting of results cannot
be guaranteed, regardless of the date on which Step 2 CS is taken.
However, for those examinees who test prior to January 1, 2005, a high
priority will be assigned to processing results as quickly as possible
so that international medical graduates, who are required to have these
results for the National Resident Matching Program ("the Match"), will
have a good chance of meeting Match deadlines. Those who take Step 2 CS
later than December 31, 2004 are unlikely to have results available for
the Match.

After the start-up period for all centers is complete, it is anticipated
that results will be available for most examinees approximately 6 weeks
after test administration.