Insider Medical Admissions: Don't Let ERAS Kick Y'ERAS

Monday, June 25, 2018

Don't Let ERAS Kick Y'ERAS

Just a reminder to residency applicants: MyERAS is open and available for you. Even if you aren't ready to start working on your application (and if you know what field you are applying in, there's no reason that you can't be ready right now), I'd recommend registering and taking a look at what will be required of you on the ERAS. Many applicants have never seen an ERAS and don't know much about what extras are required (like "other awards" and additional unexpected sections).

Don't be surprised by what's required of you later in the season... You really cannot start too soon.

About Me

Years of candidate selection at Harvard taught me what characteristics comprise a desirable applicant and how even bright candidates make mistakes that undermine their admissions success. I am a practicing Emergency Physician with nine years of experience training medical students, residents and fellows. I won three teaching and mentorship awards while at Harvard. Please see Insider Medical Admissions for the full array of personalized services I offer to clients applying to medical school, residency, fellowship and post baccalaureate programs.

Dr. Finkel thanks David Presser, MD, MPH for his contributions to the content of her blog entries. Dr. Presser is a practicing Emergency Physician who has written several primers for applicants to medical school and Emergency Medicine residency. Dr. Presser is a graduate of Stanford University, UCSF Medical School, the UCLA/Olive View-UCLA Emergency Medicine Residency Program and the Harvard School of Public Health.

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