ERAS 2013 - MyERAS User Guide for Residency Applicants
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• If you selected a COMLEX transcript and assigned it to at least one program to which you have
applied, the NBOME will receive a request for a transcript, and a list of programs to which you
assigned your transcript.
• Your Designated Dean’s Office is sent a list of programs that you applied to and the documents
you assigned to those programs.
• If your Designated Dean’s Office has already uploaded your medical school transcript or MSPE,
those documents will be queued for the programs, along with your MyERAS application and
personal statement.
• Any LoRs received and transmitted to the ERAS PostOffice that you assigned to the program will
be queued for the programs, along with your other documents.
• 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.
• LoRs uploaded by LoR Authors are transmitted from the ERAS LoR Portal to the ERAS PostOffice
and are placed in the programs’ mailboxes.
• Most uploaded files become available immediately. MSPEs, however, are not viewable until
October
1
st
for LCME residency programs and October 15
th
for osteopathic residency
programs.
• Programs must log into 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(s). Refunds will
not be given if residency programs do not download files that are available in the ERAS
PostOffice.
• 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.
Direct 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.
Note Programs do not receive a list of other programs you applied to, nor the number of applications
that you have submitted.
15Communication with Programs
Program directors may contact you at any time regarding your application via e-mail, telephone, or
regular mail. Programs use your e-mail address to send invitations to interview and to ask for
additional information. Be sure to check your e-mail regularly while your applications are active. The e-
mail address entered in your Profile needs to be up-to-date and active. If you will not have access to
your e-mail (e.g., you may be away), be sure someone keeps you updated.