Application process for Residency (ERAS)

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  Application process for Residency (ERAS)

  
  

  
  

  OBTAIN  ERAS TOKEN

  1. Go to www.ecfmg.org
  2. Click on OASIS and sign in
  3. Click on ERAS SUPPORT SERVICES
  4. Click on ERAS TOKEN REQUEST

  You will be charged  $100

  Use your token to log on at the link below:http://www.aamc.org/audienceeras.htmGo to “For Residency Applicants” and click “MyERAS Login”After you have logged on at MyERAS and established your account, the Token is of no further use. Each ERAS applicant is issued only one Token. Once a Token has been issued, it cannot be replaced by a new one

  1. When you have established an account you will be issued an AAMC ID. Use this number for all communications in ERAS whether sending LORs, MSPE, Transcripts.

  • As soon as you get your ERAS token, you can start uploading stuff. You can do that in any order and take your time but remember that it takes a week at least before the stuff becomes available online so don't push things to the September. Stuff you have to upload:

  1. MSPE( Medical School Performance Evaluation)
  2. Transcripts,
  3. At least 4 Letters of Recommendations to ECFMG who will scan and upload them. Send the documents as soon as possible as ECFMG takes time to upload the documents. (Allow a period of 4 weeks from the time ECFMG receives your documents to the time they get uploaded) You can send as many LORs as you want and they will all be uploaded but you can choose only 4 of them to apply on one program. Get LORs from people preferably in the field you are planning to apply in and from people who will write personalized LORs. Attach a cover letter/cover sheet. A cover letter/cover sheet contains instructions for letter writers. To print a cover letter, log onto www.aamc.org/eras and click the section marked ERAS for residency applicants. Then click on resources to download. There you will find a link for the cover sheet. Print the one which says ‘for Internal Medical Graduates’. The one for US graduates is different and is also available on the same page so make sure you print the correct one.
  4. Best way to get LORS submitted is not by mail coz that takes 3-4 weeks to get uploaded. Better way is to request the person electronically. All he has to do is click on the link which he'll get in his email and upload the LOR as a PDF. That way it gets uploaded and available within a week.
  5. All documents sent to ERAS require a Document Submission Form (DSF) to be attached as well. To access this form go to www.ecfmg.org, log into OASIS and click on ERAS Support services. There you will find a link for the DSF. You can print one DSF form for all the documents you wish to send at one particular time.
  6. Write your personal statement and choose programs and fill the ERAS application carefully
  7. Very Important to start working on your Personal statement from now and don't leave it for the last minute. Get it checked by some seniors in the US for their feedback on it.
  8. Upload your photo

  
  

  15th September

  APPLICATION PROCESS FOR PROGRAMS STARTS

  • $ for applying in programs
    Residencies Under the Same SpecialtyPrograms Up to 10 - $92Programs 11-20 - $9 eachPrograms 21-30 - $15 eachPrograms 31 or more - $26 each
    Example 130 Emergency Medicine programs [$92 + ($9 x 10) + ($15 x 10)] = $332Example 220 OB/GYN programs [$92 + ($9 x 10)] + 10 Family Medicine programs [$92] = $274

  Apart from the money charged above the NBME chares $70 fee for transmitting USMLE/NBME transcripts for applicants to programs, regardless of the number of transcripts requested.

  
  

  • Apply as soon as possible, preferably 1st September. Don’t wait for your LORs to reach ERAS before you apply.
  • Just assign LORs writers on ERAS and the LORs will reach the programs as soon as the LORs are uploaded.

  1. Sign in to ERAS
  2. Click on DOCUMENTS TAB
  3. Click on LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION tab
  4. Click on DESIGNATE A NEW LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION WRITER tab and designate a letter writer

  You can check whether ECFMG has received your mailed documents by following the steps below

  • Go to www.ecfmg.org
  • Click on OASIS and sign in
  • Click on ERAS SUPPORT SERVICES
  • VERIFY RECIEPT OF ERAS DOCUMENTS

  Also if you are waiting for your result just select the option that the result is pending and submit the application because the program will get your result as soon as it’s released. If you have completed all your exams and are certified your number of interview calls will be more than if u have given only one exam at that time or have applied very late.

  
  

  REGISTER AT NRMP

  • Go to www.nrmp.org
  • Register yourself before November otherwise you have to pay a fine. You need to register with NRMP to submit your ROL (Rank Order List)
  • It will cost around $50

  
  

  Late Oct-Early Feb

  INTERVIEW SEASON

  • Programs start contacting you regarding interviews from the first week of October. Some may call you very late in the season
  • The actual interviews start from late October to early February depending on the program

  Late Febuary (February 26, 2014)

  SUBMIT YOUR ROL (RANK ORDER LIST)

  • Rate the programs in which you have interviewed according to your choice. Dont rank them in order in which you think you will get in but in order in which you like them and want to get into them
  • Dont wait till the last day to aubmit your ROL

  March 17, 2014

  MATCH DAY

  • If the program likes you and you like them, then ITS A MATCH! You have gotten into a residency program. The way it works is that program rank candidates and you also rank the program of your choice. The computer matches both the program and the candidate’s choice and matches.