Undergrad IA and residency

[damagedcomm]

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Hey, I was wondering if anyone knows whether having academic integrity infractions during undergrad will affect your residency applications.

 

[moneymikekif]

No, eras only asks where you went to college

 

[KirksvilleKrunk]

You can look at the PDF of the eras app and there's no mention of this.

 

[mrbreakfast]

ERAS doesn't have to ask, because all med schools ask, and at many med schools any undergraduate disciplinary action, no matter how mild, is grounds for categorical rejection.

 

[GoSpursGo]

Moving to pre-med

ERAS doesn't have to ask, because all med schools ask, and at many med schools any undergraduate disciplinary action, no matter how mild, is grounds for categorical rejection.

That's an overstatement. It depends what you did, and how competitive the rest of your app is. A school isn't going to turn their nose up on a highly qualified applicant because of something trivial. Caught drinking when you were 20? Probably not a dealbreaker. Cheated on a test 2 months before submitting your app? Much harder to walk that back.

 

[LizzyM]

ERAS doesn't have to ask, because all med schools ask, and at many med schools any undergraduate disciplinary action, no matter how mild, is grounds for categorical rejection.

Not sure where you came up with this statement but it is not true.