I am an OLD graduate (2004) with a six year break in medical school studies due to personal reasons. How do I play it on ERAS application where it asks if I have any extensions or break in studies? Shall I just say no and proceed or explain it all. How well do the programs look into the ERAS application?
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You should definitely just lie about it. Programs totally won't care and will just skim right over it.
Is this a serious question? Did you read the ERAS rules/TOS before you signed up? (Don't be ashamed...nobody does.) But just so we're clear, the route you're proposing virtually guarantees that you will either not match or, if you do match, will have your match agreement nullified when the program discovers that you lied to them.
thanx fpr the reply but i am more confused now. First u said lie about it and then u say my contract will be nullified if the ERAS found out the truth. the fates on my degree tell them that it took me 12 years to finish med school. Any one can see that there must have been a break.
so the solution is to tell the truth ???? How badly will it impact my match chances???
so the solution is to tell the truth ???? How badly will it impact my match chances???
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This is what the kids call sarcasm.
Please tell me you're not really asking if telling the truth is the right thing to do here.
No idea. But again, lying about it and getting caught virtually guarantees that you will never complete a residency in any specialty in the US.
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Gutonc was being sarcastic. Given that you missed his sarcasm, I am assuming that you are also a foreign doc/IMG? Why did it take so long? I am all up for giving people hope and telling them to go for their dream, but taking 12 years to graduate is a bit too much, imo. So you definitely need to be honest, because no one who has eyes and a brain will not see this.
Explain why, how whatever prevented you from finishing earlier has been addressed/resolved, how you will be able to complete a program in a regular time frame, etc.
Definitely do not lie. It will simply augment the already difficult situation.
thanx guys. Sorry for missing the sarcasm 🙂 I am seriously worried about my issue so I guess I didnt think about some one joking about it.
anyways, I am an IMG, got married in third year and moved to USA. took 6 years to get back to finishing my school. came back and took my exams ( step 1and 2 and CS). so on my degree it says 1992 - 2004 🙁
anyways, I am an IMG, got married in third year and moved to USA. took 6 years to get back to finishing my school. came back and took my exams ( step 1and 2 and CS). so on my degree it says 1992 - 2004 🙁
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you did not explain why you took so long though. so you got married 3rd year, and what happened? a lot of people get married in med school, most don't take years off. were you doing school abroad? what did you do in those years? did you go back to your country to finish?
Also what happened between 2004-2012: that's another 8 years.
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