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Hi all - thank you in advance for any information that may help me with my situation
I am a US MD M4 who is applying to EM residencies this September.
I am one rotation off-cycle, starting my fourth year in August with my home ED rotation. Because of this, I will have one EM rotation completed when applications go out mid-September. (I will at that point be on my second EM month, first away).
Because of this, my Deans asked me to prepare LORs from my third year so I don't have only 1 letter (home SLOE) going out when apps are submitted.
I volunteered last December in our Peds ED and did a lot of shifts with our head of PEM - this person has written me a letter regarding my PEM clinical performance. Furthermore, I have done 3 years of EM research under our old department chair who is now department chair at another hospital/residency's ED - this person has also written me a letter regarding my exceptional work in the ED over three years.
Therefore, September 15th I will be prepared to send one SLOE and those two letters. At the end of September I finish my first away rotation and have a second SLOE coming from a community ED/residency program, that makes 4 letters.
In November I do my second EM away rotation at an urban EM program. Multiple residency directors have told me (in video conferences, personal conferences) to get SLOEs from aways regardless of how late they are. This second away rotation/third EM rotation will give me a SLOE in late Nov/early Dec making for my third SLOE and fifth overall letter.
Apparently ERAS lets you give a program only 4 letters. Therefore, I have only few available on Sept 15 (research letter, PEM one-faculty letter, home SLOE), or only 1 if we only count the sloe. I have five letters, too many, when all is counted. I don't know how to remedy this situation. I guess I should determine whether or not to value the last sloe since it's in december. i wish i could add it to every app and put the programs on notice for another LOR because I will be performing my best work and it is in a great location for other ER programs to value it. Or, I value having the research letter and the PEM letter early. Thanks for your thoughts on my issue
I am a US MD M4 who is applying to EM residencies this September.
I am one rotation off-cycle, starting my fourth year in August with my home ED rotation. Because of this, I will have one EM rotation completed when applications go out mid-September. (I will at that point be on my second EM month, first away).
Because of this, my Deans asked me to prepare LORs from my third year so I don't have only 1 letter (home SLOE) going out when apps are submitted.
I volunteered last December in our Peds ED and did a lot of shifts with our head of PEM - this person has written me a letter regarding my PEM clinical performance. Furthermore, I have done 3 years of EM research under our old department chair who is now department chair at another hospital/residency's ED - this person has also written me a letter regarding my exceptional work in the ED over three years.
Therefore, September 15th I will be prepared to send one SLOE and those two letters. At the end of September I finish my first away rotation and have a second SLOE coming from a community ED/residency program, that makes 4 letters.
In November I do my second EM away rotation at an urban EM program. Multiple residency directors have told me (in video conferences, personal conferences) to get SLOEs from aways regardless of how late they are. This second away rotation/third EM rotation will give me a SLOE in late Nov/early Dec making for my third SLOE and fifth overall letter.
Apparently ERAS lets you give a program only 4 letters. Therefore, I have only few available on Sept 15 (research letter, PEM one-faculty letter, home SLOE), or only 1 if we only count the sloe. I have five letters, too many, when all is counted. I don't know how to remedy this situation. I guess I should determine whether or not to value the last sloe since it's in december. i wish i could add it to every app and put the programs on notice for another LOR because I will be performing my best work and it is in a great location for other ER programs to value it. Or, I value having the research letter and the PEM letter early. Thanks for your thoughts on my issue