First Look At Applications

[certain]

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Hi

When do the program directors actually have a look at the applications.Is it in September or October.Thank you.

 

[Winged Scapula]

Depends.

They probably look at the first group that comes in and is downloaded from ERAS in September.

Residency is not like medical school. Every program does things differently, on a different time scale.

If you are asking if you can wait until October to submit your ERAS application, technically you can...but if you apply at the beginning of the application cycle, you may get earlier interviews (depending on the reason for delay of application).

See other thread here where applicant talks about waiting until Oct/Nov to apply last year and only getting 6 interviews (and presumably not matching) with applying in September and dramatically increasing his number of interviews.

 

[certain]

Thank you for the info

 

[yaah]

I think you would be safe to assume that as soon as you apply to a program and upload your information, it may be looked at at any time. Once you submit, it is basically out of your hands anyway so when they actually put their eyes on it should not really matter to you, apart from trying to alleviate some anxiety or whatever. I think sometimes med students and residents worry too much about things beyond their control.

 

[Faebinder]

Some program directors dont look at the applications till the day of the interview. 😆