Asking for a letter of recommendation for residency application can be tricky especially during COVID times, when time spent with attending physicians may be minimized as a result of social distancing and hiatus from clerkships. When determining a strong letter writer, you will want to make sure you are asking a physician who you have […]
Residency Application – The ERAS Headshot
Something that is an important part of the ERAS application but I find many people forget about is the application headshot. Many choose to use their hospital badge picture and crop it to size requirement, but I opted to ask a friend who runs his own photography business to take my photo. Even though it […]
Pressing Submit on ERAS
It’s one of the most fulfilling and scariest moments of a med student’s career. ERAS, the Electronic Residency Application Service, is the central hub where med students apply to residency programs. It’s like AMCAS, but for residency. This is where we upload our applications, our transcripts, send our letters. We spend hours upon hours over […]
