Did anyone else use CAPS in Eras?

[mackie]

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ERAS recommended against it, but it made my application easier to read IMO. Anyone decide to ignore this recommendation?

 

[Amy]

I really don't think it's a good idea to ignore any recommendation made by ERAS or anyone involved in the residency application process! If you've already submitted, though, you can't change it, so I wouldn't worry about it. Just pray there aren't any spelling or grammatical errors.

 

[Jaded Soul]

ERAS recommended against it, but it made my application easier to read IMO. Anyone decide to ignore this recommendation?

Did you use caps to emphasize certain things or did you fill out your entire app in caps? I used caps to emphasize the titles of research projects and positions I held, which looks fine. If your whole application is in an caps, that could be very annoying to read.

 

[mackie]

Did you use caps to emphasize certain things or did you fill out your entire app in caps? I used caps to emphasize the titles of research projects and positions I held, which looks fine. If your whole application is in an caps, that could be very annoying to read.

I only used them for emphasis when listing honors and awards. Like this:

HONOR/AWARD, description of what it's about.

 

[kristing]

I only used them for emphasis when listing honors and awards. Like this:

HONOR/AWARD, description of what it's about.

At first I was very concerned, because using all caps is such a no-no - it decreases readability - most people don't read words ONE letter at a time, they read by the shape of the word, and we are trained to read in little letters. But since you just used it occasionally for emphasis, it should be ok. (I think ERAS just means not to use it for the entire document. Otherwise, how would people list AOA and things like that? It would look so stupid in little letters!)

 

[Apollyon]

Otherwise, how would people list AOA and things like that? It would look so stupid in little letters!

That's why I didn't trouble myself with such things.

 

[fourthyearmed]

I think they meant to not use caps only. I'm sure they didn't mean to never use capital letters. Do you really think they wouldn't want you to start a sentence when a capital letter? I think this is being taken a little too literally!