Med Student Record for Residency Applications

[sam500]

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Hi folks,
Does anyone know how much information is included in a Med Student's record when applying to residency? Do they keep your LOR from when you applied to med school, your AMCAS, MCAT scores, your undergrad materials?

Or is basically a clean slate upon entering med school and you're only assessed on what you do there for residency?

I'd prefer responders who have concrete information on this (ie: Have requested and looked into their student records) or who are associated with the residency application process.

Thanks very much in advance.

Yours,
Sam

 

[sylvanthus]

Residencies could care less about your undergraduate records and MCAT. Look at ERAS sometime and see what is included on there.

 

[Isoprop]

The school has all that information, but no they don't forward it to residencies except the name of your undergrad.

There are some undergrad stuff that goes into ERAS/CV, especially research, jobs, and professional organizations. Check out https://www.aamc.org/students/medstudents/eras/ to see the actual application. There's a powerpoint at the bottom showing what's included. Also, check out sample "dean's letters".

So the short answer, nobody cares about your MCAT, undergrad LORs, GPA, etc. You pretty much have a clean slate from the first day of MS-1.