quick question:

what does certifying your application on eras mean?
how do you do it?

as oppose to submitting your application?


thanks in advance :)

No difference, as far as I know. Once you submit, and check the box, you have certified.

Is your application on ERAS complete if you have submitted:

photo
CAF
profile
PS
LOR-3 of them
USMLE transcript
Transcript
Deans letter

Am I missing anything?

:? :? :?

and once its certified I dont think you can make any additional changes to it.

Applying has 3 steps.

1) Submitting your application. This means you have entered all of the necessary information on the "Application" tab; ie, personal info, experiences, educational background, etc. This does not require LOR's or personal statement. Once you are finished, you submit the application to ERAS. This is not sent to programs until you authorize that.

2) Completing your documents. This entails certifying your USMLE transcript release, doing your pers statement, and entering your LOR writers.

3) Applying to programs. Once you apply to programs, your app and personal statement are uploaded to the ERAS postoffice. Your deans office is then notified to begin uploading LOR's and transcripts to the post office for programs to download.