This is just a quick reminder that residency applicants can begin applying to Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) residency programs tomorrow, September 15.
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Application Support for IMGs
Starting July 1 IMG residency applicants can reach ERAS Support Services through extended hours Monday through Thursday 8a-6p EST and Friday 8a-5p at 215-966-3520. Remember too that applicants can get some questions answered by e-mail at eras-support@ecfmg.org. I’ve emailed the ERAS Support Services before, and they respond relatively quickly. If they don’t have your answers, they’ll point you in the right direction.
Tags: Eras, Img, Residency Applicants
That Foreigner Song
As soon as June 1 hits, I have a multitude of medical school candidates panicking about the urgency of their application submissions. Plan ahead! Good writing takes a long time.
Even if you have a super-fast editor like me on your side :), you should expect that you will revise your materials multiple times and that each revision will take you many days or weeks.
Residency applicants: Take note. Start working on your written materials now, as some of my organized clients have already done.
“You say it’s urgent
Make it fast, make it urgent
Do it quick, do it urgent
Gotta rush, make it urgent
Want it quick
Urgent, urgent, emergency
Urgent, urgent, emergency
Urgent, urgent, emergency
Urgent, urgent, emergency
So urgent, emergency
Emer… emer… emer…
It’s urgent”
The Time Pressure of Pre-Match Offers
A few of my residency applicants have already been given pre-Match offers. Can anything be done to alleviate the time pressure often associated with these early acceptances?
First of all, I’m always impressed with pre-Match offers that do not require a rapidly-forced reply from the applicant. Better programs have the confidence to afford their applicants some time to think.
If you are made a pre-Match offer, there is no down side to requesting more time to make your decision. If the program says no, nothing is lost and if they say yes, you have a bit more time to think or interview at other institutions.
I’ve had applicants ask me if they should accept a pre-Match offer or take their chances with the Match. Of course, there’s no simple answer. Factors to consider include the strength of an applicant’s candidacy, the quality of the program and the applicant’s risk tolerance.
Tags: Residency Applicants
Mock Interview Scheduling
Dr. Finkel is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Medical School. On completing her residency at Harvard, she was asked to
stay on as faculty at Harvard Medical School and spent five years teaching at the world-renowned Massachusetts General Hospital.
She was appointed to the Assistant Residency Director position for the Harvard Affiliated
Emergency Medicine Residency where she reviewed countless applications, personal statements and resumes. Read more
