Dear ERAS Residency Applicant:
Beginning at 12:00 noon ET on Tuesday of Match Week, a brief period of time,
commonly known as “Scramble”; is set aside for unmatched applicants and
unfilled programs to fill positions that went unfilled during the NRMP Match.
This brief period occurs between 12:00 noon ET on Tuesday, March 16th and
12:00 noon ET on Thursday, March 18th.
During this period, allopathic residency applicants who did not match to a
position may use ERAS to send applications to a maximum of thirty (30)
ACGME-accredited programs to which they’ve never applied, as well as fifteen
(15) applications to ACGME-accredited programs where they applied previously
during the ERAS application season, all free of charge based on the following
criteria: their account must be paid in full by 3:00 P.M. ET on Friday, March
12th and they must have applied to and paid for at least one ACGME-accredited
program by 5:00 P.M. ET on March 15th.
Please consult with your designated dean’s office for assistance when applying
to programs during Scramble. If you have any questions about using ERAS
during Scramble, contact our HelpDesk at 202-862-6264 for assistance.
Additional information about using ERAS during Scramble can be found on the
Residency Applicants home page: http://www.aamc.org/students/eras/start.htm.