Timeline
What To Do...
...During Year Three Into Year Four
Ongoing
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Access the AOA Opportunities page for listings and descriptions of AOA residency programs; access AMA's FREIDA for listings and descriptions of residency programs.
September through October
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Consider requesting a letter of recommendation for your residency application once you have successfully complete a rotation.
March-Ongoing
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Begin drafting your personal statement and CV. You will find complete personal statement writing instructions here. For CV writing assistance, click here.
April through August
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Schedule your Dean's interview with Dr. Bruce Dubin by contacting Andy Axsom.
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Provide the Office of Student Affairs with a copy of your personal statement and CV for your student file.
May through August
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Request information from AOA and ACGME programs; make a note of the deadline dates for application completion and interviewing.
- Follow-up with physicians who are writing letters of recommendation for you. Make sure you send thank you notes once you have received your letters.
June through September
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Complete the AOA Match Agreements; watch your email for notices from the Office of Clinical Education and the Office of Student Affairs.
...During Year Four
July through November
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Complete NRMP Match Agreement as an Independent Applicant; obtain ERAS materials and instructions. Watch your email for notices from the Office of Clinical Education and the Office of Student Affairs.
July through September
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Your ERAS "token" will be emailed to you from the Office of Student Affairs. Complete the online application and select your programs.
- Complete a request with the Registrar's Office for ERAS transcripts to be sent to the Office of Student Affairs.
August through September
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Contact programs not participating in ERAS to confirm receipt of all necessary application documents. Review your Dean's letter for content accuracy; distribution of Dean's letters occurs.
August through January
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Interviewing at residency training programs begins. Important note: Check with each individual program regarding their deadlines.
November 1st
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Dean's letters are released to those AMA programs participating in ERAS.
December through January
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Early Match (AMA Specialty) and Military Matches occur.
Late January
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Submit your AOA rank order list; date to be specified.
Late February
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Submit your NRMP rank order list; date to be specified.
Second Week of February
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AOA Match results; second Monday in February.
Third Week of March
- AMA match results; the third Monday in March.
