Step 9: Apply to Programs
To transmit your application to programs, you must make a payment
in MyERAS. Before you complete the payment process:
- Make sure you have contacted the programs to confirm their
participation in ERAS.
- Review your list to ensure that you have met all program eligibility
requirements and deadlines.
- Review the ERAS fee schedule to understand how your ERAS fees
were calculated.
Note: ERAS does not offer refunds for any reason.
Refunds will not be given for applications sent to programs
not participating in ERAS or whose deadlines have passed. You should
contact the program before applying via ERAS.
When you click on Apply to Programs, you will be asked to
select the programs you want to apply to from those currently listed.
Check the programs to which you want to apply. You will be taken
to the invoice page. Please review your invoice carefully. Once
you have completed the payment process, print a copy of your final
invoice for your records.
Note: ERAS uses a secure server to transmit your credit
card information and does not retain your credit card information
for future use. If payment method is check or money order, you must
submit payment within 10 business days to avoid the risk of withdrawal
of your applications.
What Happens When You Transmit Your Application
1. All programs to which you applied are sent your CAF and Profile
information, as well as any personal statement that you created
and assigned to them.
2. If you selected a USMLE transcript and assigned it to at least
one program, the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) or
ECFMG, will receive a request for the transcript, and a list of
programs to which you assigned your transcript.
3. If you selected a COMLEX transcript and assigned it to at
least one program, the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners,
Inc. (NBOME), will receive a request for a transcript, and a list
of programs to which you assigned your transcript.
4. Your designated dean's office is sent a list of programs that
you applied to and the documents you assigned to these programs.
5. According to their schedule, your designated dean's office
downloads the list of programs and supporting document assignments
and attaches the corresponding documents to an electronic file
folder assigned to you on the DWS:
- MSPE
- Medical school transcript
- Photograph
- LoRs
Note: Your designated dean's office may not receive all
the documents immediately. As LoRs arrive, they will be attached
and transmitted to the ERAS PostOffice if you have assigned them.
If you have not assigned them, then they will be attached but not
transmitted. It is your responsibility to follow up on LoRs to see
that they are received and processed by your designated dean's office.
6. According to their schedule, your designated dean's office
will upload the attached files to the ERAS PostOffice. ERAS documents
are transmitted from the Dean's Office Workstation (DWS) to the
ERAS PostOffice, and are placed in the programs' mailboxes. (Most
uploaded files become available immediately). MSPEs, however,
are held until November 1st for residency programs only.
7. Using the Program Director's Workstation (PDWS), application
documents are downloaded by participating programs. Program directors
may print, review, and evaluate applications using criteria they
establish.
Note: Programs do not receive a list of other programs you
applied to nor the number of applications that you have submitted.
Programs must login to the ERAS PostOffice to download files. Applications
transmitted after a program's deadline may not be downloaded by
the program. It is your responsibility to ensure that application
materials are transmitted to programs before their deadline. Refunds
will not be given if programs do not download files that
are available in the PostOffice.
Direct all questions regarding the uploading of your application
and supporting documents to your designated dean's office. Direct
questions concerning why your documents have not yet been downloaded
to the program to which you applied.
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