ERAS application GUIDE

By Krishna Chaitanya S Reddy on Monday, August 1, !1" at #$"!a%

&'Rs $

(hether its a )ai*ed or un)ai*ed &'R you need to +inali,e the author and con+ir% the details-
.' &'R )ill get processed unless you do so/

I+ its a )ai*ed &'R, you )ill send the letter re0uest +or% as an e%ail attach%ent to the &'R
author12ou can 3a4 or Courier too i+ you )ant5-
I+ its an un)ai*ed &'R and you )ill upload it 6 upload it using ERAS support ser*ices- .othing to
do )ith the letter re0uest +or%-
I+ its an un)ai*ed &'R and your &'R author )ill upload it 6 send hi% the letter re0uest +or%-
3or 7oth )ai*ed and un)ai*ed letters, &oR authors %ust 7e +inali,ed in MyERAS-

3or Un)ai*ed &'Rs, it does not %atter )hether you +inali,e the author 7e+ore or a+ter you ha*e
uploaded the letter- 'nly a+ter you +inali,e the author, the &'R )ill sho) up in AD8S-

AAMC ID is not re0uired to 7e on your &'R- I+ you ha*e it, great- I+ you don9t, then no need to
)orry-

Si,e o+ &'R is :!!;7 i suppose- <1= > 11 I.C?ES I. DIME.SI'.S-
3or any progra% you can use only a %a4i%u% o+ @ &'Rs through ERAS, rest you can ta;e the%
to Inter*ie)-

Roughly it ta;es a ti%e o+ )ee;s +or un)ai*ed &'Rs to appear on your ERAS post o++ice- 2ou
can trac; it on AD8S- I+ its not seen )ithin 6" )ee;s call to ERAS and +ind out the status- But
)ai*ed letters appears earlier in post o++ice 1)ithin a )ee;5, i+ you ha*e +inali,ed the% on ti%e-

Depart%ent co6ordinators ha*e ad%in accounts +or &'RA +or the )hole di*ision at %any
hospitals- &etters uploaded 7y the% are processed +aster and sho) up relatiely +aster in AD8S-

2ou can also %essage EC3MG through Message Center in ERAS- 8hey reply to your 0ueries-

Super*isor6can 7e the person )ho accepted you +or a rotation or your letter )riter i+ nothing such
as a preceptor e4ists-

Re+er to the &'R portal here$
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E4perience $


(hether its an electi*e or o7ser*ership or e4ternship you can include all in )or; e4perience- 2ou
)ere acting li;e a doctor and not a *olunteer-

Coluntary e4perience is so%ething totally di++erent and descri7ed in ERAS too as e4tra6curricular
acti*ities-

Description o+ Rotation you did$ Google )hate*er ;ind o+ a7o*e " %entioned rotations you ha*e
done- 8here is an e4cellent description o+ each o+ the%-

?ouse Surgeon=Internship can 7e included under )or; e4perience- It can 7e included as a )hole
)ith superintendent or dean o+ the hospital as super*isor-

I+ you are a post graduate +ro% outside US, then you can include your training in the prior
residency training ta7-

Research goes under separate ta7 )here you can see it in ERAS-

Au7lications $

I+ you ha*e so%ething pu7lished on Au7%ed, needless to say it goes in the +irst category i-e- Aeer
Re*ie)ed Dournal Articles=A7stracts
I+ you ha*e an a7stract that )as presented at a con+erence and )as pu7lished in a Dournal, it also
goes into the +irst category-
I+ you ha*e an a7stract or a pu7lication )hich ha*e 7een accepted 7ut not yet pu7lished, it co%es
under the second category i-e- Aeer Re*ie)ed Dournal Articles=A7stracts 1'ther than Au7lished5 6
Statuses can 7e$ Su7%itted, Aro*isional Accepted, Accepted or In6Aress-
9Au7lication na%e9 is the na%e o+ Dournal )here the article has 7een pu7lished and 9Dournal
Article1s5=A7stract1s5 8itle9 is the na%e o+ your original research article-
A-S$ I+ you go through research ta7 you ha*e all the options you )ant listed as a dropdo)n %enu-
?ope it helps-

MSAE =8RA.SCRIA8S $ Si,e li%it is 1!! ;7 -

1-2ou upload the% *ia EC3MG 6E 'ASIS 6E ERAS Support ser*ices 6E Upload
-Scan it in a lo) resolution , Use a AD3 co%pressor 6 nee*iapd+ is good
"-I+ it still doesn9t )or; , upload 7lac; and )hite , doesnt %atter- Arogra%s )ill any)ay print it in
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@- I+ your school is enrolled it the EMS(A , they )ill upload it directly /
:- 8ranscript %ay contain %ar;s or hours description- Anything that says a transcript is good to
go- 13or%at changes +ro% uni*ersity to uni*ersity5-
F- Aer+or%ance graphs on MSAE $ I+ you ha*e, it is de+initely good- I+ you dont ha*e it , it is still
o;- Many people ha*e %atched )ithout it- So go ahead and upload )hat you ha*e-

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Guidelines +or Su7%itting a Ahotograph
Be+ore you atte%pt to su7%it a photograph, %a;e sure that it con+or%s to the +ollo)ing
speci+ications$
It %ust 7e in the Doint Ahotographic E4perts Group 1DAEG5 +or%at-
8he %a4i%u% +ile si,e accepted is 1!,@!! 7ytes 11!! KB5-
It %ust 7e no larger than -: 7y "-: inches in si,e, )ith a %a4i%u% resolution o+ 1:! DAI-
It %ust 7e a clear, +ull +ront *ie) o+ your head and shoulders- 2our +ace should 7e in the %iddle o+
the photograph, and your e4pression should 7e natural )ith your eyes open and loo;ing directly
ahead-
&og in to EC3MGGs 'ASIS and clic; on the lin; +or ERAS Support Ser*ices- 3ro% the ERAS
Support Ser*ices page, select HUpload Ahotograph-I Clic; the HBro)seI 7utton to select the
photograph +ile +ro% your co%puter, then clic; HUploadI to upload the photograph-
2ou )ill recei*e con+ir%ation o+ acceptance i+ the syste% uploads your digital photograph
success+ully-
I+ your photograph is reJected, you )ill need to resu7%it it-
8o %a;e your photograph a*aila7le to progra%s, you %ust assign it on the Arogra%s ta7 o+
MyERAS-
Alease allo) t)o 7usiness days +or the photograph to 7e uploaded to your ERAS application-
3or resi,ing and co%pressing your photographs, this %ay 7e help+ul-
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Rest all options are sel+6e4planatory- I+ you need any help, ho)e*er, )e can add %ore in+or%ation
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