Recommendation forms...

Recommendation forms...

wakka_x_3 08 Oct 2007 21:56

Many students to not know this but I found it helpful. Did you know that you don't have to have your ERAS completed before submitting your letters of recommendation? You can save yourself some valuable time by submitting your letters of recommendation early.

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Re: Recommendation forms...

BuffFan08 31 Oct 2008 18:52

Likewise, you don't have to have all of your letters in before submitting ERAS either. If you have ERAS filled out and completely other than letters and it is past sept 1st, you should send it in. In terms of letters, most programs ask for 3 or 4 letters. It is wise to get more than you need bc if one attending does not get around to writing you one….some attending are notoriously bad at this….then you will at least have enough letters in.
Most important, make sure you validate/authorize your board scores. I heard of one person who didn't do what eras wanted you to do in terms of validation was wondering why he/she didn't have an interview by
november. Honestly for some programs you could hand in your board score and your name and get an interview…..so make sure you authorize it! Also in terms of sending in step 2 scores….if you take step 2 before
september you have no say whether or not schools get your score….bc they are getting it. Aka another reason not to take step 2 early. When you go through the usmle portion of eras, if you don't want to send in
step 2 results there is an option for that…..I would always say choose that option. You can always send step 2 scores individually later on if you feel like it. On the contrary if you choose the option to send step 2
out then there is no way to reverse it. Just game planning folks.