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ERAS Use During the Scramble Period
TheOne - 03-06-08 17:36
From 12 noon Eastern Time on Tuesday until 12 noon Eastern Time on the Thursday during Match Week in March each year, there is a "Scramble" period just before the NRMP Match Day results are released. During this period, applicants who did not match to a position attempt to fill remaining unfilled positions.
ERAS is available to applicants to apply to a maximum of forty-five (45) programs free of charge. Thirty (30) of those programs can be new programs and fifteen (15) can be programs to which the applicant has applied during the ERAS season. The applicant must meet the following criteria:
1) Must have participated in ERAS during the regular season. This means you must have applied to (and paid for) at least one program.
2) Account must be paid in full no less than two weeks prior to the Scramble period.
-Courtsy of AAMC.
TheOne - 03-06-08 17:36
From 12 noon Eastern Time on Tuesday until 12 noon Eastern Time on the Thursday during Match Week in March each year, there is a "Scramble" period just before the NRMP Match Day results are released. During this period, applicants who did not match to a position attempt to fill remaining unfilled positions.
ERAS is available to applicants to apply to a maximum of forty-five (45) programs free of charge. Thirty (30) of those programs can be new programs and fifteen (15) can be programs to which the applicant has applied during the ERAS season. The applicant must meet the following criteria:
1) Must have participated in ERAS during the regular season. This means you must have applied to (and paid for) at least one program.
2) Account must be paid in full no less than two weeks prior to the Scramble period.
-Courtsy of AAMC.
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Re: ERAS Use During the Scramble Period
TheOne - 03-06-08 17:49 And just to add, The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) recently announced an increase in the number of unfilled positions to which participants in the Post-Match Scramble may apply using ERAS.
This information has just been emailed to all candidates. So for all of you who had problems with few or no interviews, here's a good chance.
Good luck.
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Re: ERAS Use During the Scramble Period syed12 - 03-06-08 19:47 The one, I just wanted to ask if someone had already applied to program thru eras how could he apply again during that period if the seats were unfilled. Thanks
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Re: ERAS Use During the Scramble Period doctor1 - 03-06-08 19:48 hey i have a question, how can The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) already announce an increase in the number of unfilled positions , this is way before the match day , also is it 30 or 45 programs to which it can be applied free of cost
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Re: ERAS Use During the Scramble Period syed12 - 03-06-08 19:49 just want to clearify what is the steps of reapplying in scramble to a program already applied to.
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Re: ERAS Use During the Scramble Period TheOne - 03-06-08 20:22 Syed12, if a program is unfilled in the 2-day scramble you can reapply the same way you applied during the regular season.
Just contact the program, preferbly by phone, show your interest and ask them if your credentials match their criteria then apply through ERAS. The number 45 is posted by AAMC, and it's simply divided into 30-15 which means 30 (new) and 15 (old) and by "old" I mean "unfilled programs on the scramble that you've applied to during the regular season".
I hope I answered your question doctor1 and btw, AAMC already knows the stats about the Match, so don't be surprised..
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Re: ERAS Use During the Scramble Period radhamesramos - 03-07-08 09:32 I ogt the e-mail from them, but thanks TheOne!
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Re: ERAS Use During the Scramble Period minafazil - 03-12-08 15:16 i could not understand the logic of reapplying in 15 programs ,u have already applies.bcoz i think if u applied tho a program through ERAS and they have unfilled spot in postmatch,what is the logic of reapplying through ERAS to that program,as uthey already had applicants stuff in ther systems,
i want to clear this,coz last yr the program i already applied ,just asked my AAMC I.D number to pull my application out of their system durung the scramble,so WHat this Reapplying to 15 programs mean,
pls clear this for me,
thanks
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Re: ERAS Use During the Scramble Period TheOne - 03-12-08 15:24 It's simply to make sure that these programs do have your documents, in case they discard it during the season or their system may automaticlly remove all non-interviewed & non-matched applicant from their mainframe.
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Re: ERAS Use During the Scramble Period radhamesramos - 03-13-08 09:41 And to make them sure that you did not Match, and that if they need somebody you are available...like that, they will check you application again
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