ERAS question

[efh4]

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For LORs, I was under the impression that one letter writer could write multiple letters. Is that true?

 

[Winged Scapula]

Assuming you mean multiple letters for DIFFERENT specialties right? IF so, the answer is yes. However, they obviously cannot write you multiple letters for the same specialty.

 

[efh4]

thanks for the clarification! yes, i meant for different specialties!!

 

[ApacheIndian]

Are you sure about that Kim? I thought I remember reading that an applicant can only submit one letter per letter writer to be scanned...?

 

[kenfused]

Each letter writer can write multiple letters. You will later specify precisely which letter goes to each residency program.

Your writer could write 50 letters if they wanted, each going to a single different residency program...

 

[ApacheIndian]

Hmm... I dunno... I was facing this dilemna last year. I had my first couple letter writers give me 3 versions each for the same LoR... one for Rads, one for Gas, and one "generic" LoR. But then later I found this out...

(taken from http://www.ecfmg.org/eras/)
How many LoRs am I allowed to send?
You can send as many LoRs as you think you want to use. However, even if you send more than four, you can assign only four LoRs to any one program.
Most important: Each letter writer should write only one LoR for you. We attach LoRs strictly by name. If you send us ten LoRs and list ten names in MyERAS, we will attach Dr. Patel's LoR to his name, Dr. Ahmed's LoR to his name, etc.
If you list Dr. Smith twice, let's say as LoRs #3 and #4, we do not know which of the two letters that we have from Dr. Smith to attach to Dr. Smith #3 and which one to Dr. Smith #4.
Our high volume does not permit us to read your LoRs to determine for which specialty each is written. Furthermore, we do not know which LoR you have assigned to which specialty. So, in this example there is a 50 percent chance of mixing up the LoRs.

I don't know if they enforce this though...

 

[maxheadroom]

I had one attending write two different letters; one for GenSurg and another for PRS. You have to assign them two different letters within ERAS, but as long as the office doesn't screw up and scan them in wrong (i.e. GenSurg letter scanned into PRS designated file) then there shouldn't be a problem.

 

[efh4]

Is this for foreign medical graduates only?
Who is saying that they have too high a volume to read the LORs? I thought your dean's office scanned in the LORs and thus assigned them to each letter number. Am I wrong...does ERAS do the assigning?
thanks!

 

[ApacheIndian]

Ahhh... I think that's it. For IMGs we can only send 1 LoR per letter writer... according to ECFMG-ERAS policy. But for all you U.S. grads I suppose you can indeed submit multiple letters from the same writer... b/c your Dean's office does the scanning for you.

Sorry for any confusion caused...