I had an academic dismissal from a U.S. school in MSII and am now applying after completing the last couple years at a Carib school. There's a section in the ERAS application under "miscellaneous" where ERAS asks if there were any gaps in education, and I was going to explain the situation there. Do you all think I should also devote a little space in my 1-page personal statement to this situation as well? When I do address it, I was thinking I should use a sentence or 2 to "explain why," but mostly not want to make excuses and just say what I learned from the situation. Any suggestions/feedback for how to handle this? I'm sure I'll have to explain at interviews as well. I did get a good step 1, clinical grades, and LORs at least, so I hope I won't be looked upon too harshly even though I'm an IMG and have this red flag on my application.
Thanks so much for your time and help!
Thanks so much for your time and help!
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