Ramifications of pushing back first rotation? Scheduling advice?

Hi everyone,

I apologize if this is the wrong forum to post this in.

I am in my second year of an US Med school. I seriously do not feel prepared to take my Step 1 by the test day of July 18th. However, my first rotation begins on July 22 so I am thinking of pushing back that 1st rotation into the 4th year. The bad thing is my first rotation is one of the longer ones, it is 10 weeks long.

What I am worried about is not completing everything needed to be eligible for the 2015 match. I have searched this question but most of the answers were pertaining to Caribbean Med schools and I wasn't sure if the schedules are applicable to my situation since my school is a US school.

So here is what I do know:

1. Need to have all scores for step 1, step 2 CK & step 2 CS ready around Sept 1st of 2014.

2. scores for step 2 can take 4-8 weeks to come out.

So if I take my step 1 in Sept 2013, when should I take the Step 2's? Also, what prepartions should I have experienced to do the best I can on the Step 2's? Such as which rotation should I have done before take the Step 2's? Thanks!