Plastic surgery resources for med students
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You get 20 program signals in ERAS, no gold/silver tiers. They go in with your application and lock once program review opens, so the list is a strategy decision, not an afterthought.
ACEPS Signaling FAQs & AAMC program-signaling documentation, 2025–26 cycleOfficial guidance: signal your home program and the places you rotated. Signals aren’t just for long shots; they confirm interest where you’re already known.
ACEPS Signaling FAQs; AAMC program-signaling guidancePrograms use signals differently. Some won’t review an application without one; for others it’s a bump in review. Assume a non-signaled application may never be read.
ACEPS Signaling FAQsThe data: signaled applications showed ~5.7× higher odds of an interview and ~5.2× higher odds of matching; in an earlier survey, 41% of signalers got an interview versus 7% of non-signaling non-rotators.
Texas STAR 2017–2024 (Kotlier et al., 2025); national survey (Sergesketter et al., J Surg Educ, 2024)Spread them realistically: ACEPS explicitly cautions against sending every signal to reach programs. A signal only helps at a program that might plausibly interview you.
ACEPS Signaling FAQsEvery signal needs a written explanation: for 2027, each of your 20 signals carries a mandatory 300-character “why this program” statement (it won’t save without one). Plastics also requires three specialty-specific essay questions, alongside anesthesiology and neurosurgery, answered before you can apply.
AAMC program-signaling documentation & 2027 MyERAS Applicant User GuideYour list is stored only in this browser and is never sent to us. This tool does not estimate interview or match probability, and selecting a program here has no connection to ERAS. Assign your actual signals in ERAS itself.