Tips for Using the MyERAS® Portal

The ERAS® program will not collect or process any applicant documents. Supporting documents are received and processed by your Designated Dean’s Office. LoRs must be uploaded by the LoR Author or their designee via the ERAS Letter of Recommendation Portal (LoRP).
To begin using the MyERAS portal, residency and fellowship applicants must obtain an ERAS token from their Designated Dean’s Office.
The EFDO is the Designated Dean’s Office for all fellowship applicants, including graduates of U.S. and international medical schools.
To begin using the MyERAS portal, fellowship applicants must obtain an ERAS token from the EFDO.
Refer to the Applicant Data and LoR Import sections to understand what material the ERAS program retains for use in subsequent seasons. Make sure to certify and submit your application before the season closes if you would like to import your application and/or certain supporting documents.
The ERAS program does not set application deadlines or requirements for programs because they are set and communicated by individual programs. You are advised to contact programs directly for deadlines and program requirements.
You must certify and submit your MyERAS application before you can apply to programs.
Once you have certified and submitted your application, you will not be able to make any changes to your application outside the information contained on the Personal Information section of the MyERAS application as well as the personal statement. For example, the NRMP® ID is listed in the Personal Information section. As a result, it can be updated even after certifying and submitting the application.
For LoRs, you must add and confirm letter of recommendation entries. When you confirm an entry, the system will generate a personalized Letter Request Form, which you will need to provide to the LoR Author. You can provide the Letter Request Form to the author via email, postal mail, fax, or in person since a PDF version of the form can be downloaded.
Once you have released your USMLE and/or COMLEX-USA transcript, assigned it to programs and paid the transcript fee, the ERAS program will send your transcript requests for those programs to the NBME, ECFMG (for IMG applicants), or NBOME for processing.
Exam transcript requests are usually processed on the same day, but under special circumstances, it can take up to 5 business days from the date of your request for exam score transcripts to be processed and made available to programs. When new transcript scores are uploaded, the most recent upload date will display in the MyERAS portal.
When searching for programs in the MyERAS portal, if a program has a status other than participating, you should contact the program directly about their participation status with the ERAS program. Be sure to follow due diligence and research your programs even if they have marked themselves as participating.
Some programs have state work authorization requirements to which they must adhere. Contact the programs directly to find out their requirements before you apply.
Remember to check the Message Center for important communications from programs or your Designated Dean’s Office in regard to your application and documents.
Remember to check the Assignments Checklist to ensure that your documents are assigned and sent properly to the programs to which you have applied.

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Registration

To access the MyERAS application, first contact your Designated Dean’s Office; they will issue you an ERAS token, a one-time access code for registering on the MyERAS portal.

Note: Your Designated Dean’s Office establishes their own processing procedures for ERAS applicants.

These procedures include the schedule for distributing materials and uploading and processing documents. Contact your Designated Dean’s Office to check their schedule and procedures.

What You Should Know Before Registering for the MyERAS Portal

Residency applicants must obtain an ERAS token from their Designated Dean’s Office. For fellowship applicants this is the EFDO. If you use an ERAS token from another school or organization, your documents cannot be accurately uploaded.
The system will not allow you to use an ERAS token from a previous season.
An ERAS token can be registered only once. Be sure to enter all requested information accurately.
You need an AAMC account to register your ERAS token. If you do not have an AAMC account from a previous ERAS season or use of another AAMC service, you will need to create an account.
Third-year medical school tokens will only allow you to update the Personal Information section and upload LoR in preparation for the following season. The rest of the application will become active at that time.

Note: Registration with the ERAS program does not register applicants for any established match. The program is a separate entity and does not provide matching services. If you intend to participate in a match (military, NRMP®, San Francisco, or urology), you must contact that organization for registration, eligibility, and participation information.

How to register for the MyERAS application

Go to the MyERAS application.
Sign in with AAMC account or register for an AAMC account if login credentials do not exist.
Enter a valid ERAS token and select “Continue.”
Review and accept the MyERAS portal terms and conditions.
Review or enter your medical school information, review and agree to the AAMC Policy Notice and select “Continue.”
Review your information and select “Continue,” if correct.
If given the option to import application material from a previous season, select the appropriate residency or fellowship application or LoRs to be imported.

Step 1: Select an available residency or fellowship application to import and select “Continue.”

Note: You will have access to only your most recent residency and fellowship application (ERAS 2016 application season and onward) that was certified and submitted before the season ends.

Step 2: Select the LoR from the table to import and select “Continue.”

Note: LoR entry information and viewing rights will be consistent with the original and cannot be changed; however, the letter author does maintain the right to upload a new version of the LoR.

Step 3: Verify the selections for Application Data and LoRs and select “Confirm Import” when ready.

Note: If you opt to skip this step or cancel the import of application data or LoRs, you may still complete the import from the History tab. Find out more information in the History section of the user guide.

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Dual Applicants

If you are applying for a residency and fellowship position during a single ERAS season, you will be able to register both a residency and fellowship token. Once you have registered your first token (residency or fellowship) and are on the MyERAS Dashboard, there will be a drop-down option at the top of the page that allows you to register your second token. Selecting this option takes you to the token entry page, where you can repeat items 3-7 in the “How to register for the MyERAS application” section above.

After you register both tokens, you will log in to the MyERAS portal using a single AAMC account and be able to toggle between the fellowship and residency applications from the drop-down menu.

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