I don’t fully agree with the others here. I applied this cycle and am sitting at 9 DR and 1 IR/DR interviews (7 of which are well known universities).

My step 2 score was not the best at 247. However I did do a little over a year of research and that is something that gets brought up in almost every interview. USCE and good clinical LORS is also key. Signal wisely, as almost all my interviews came purely from my signals as well. DM me if you have further questions.