Optional Letter Sharing During SOAP
Overview
ResidencyCAS offers an optional letter-sharing feature during SOAP to support applicants working within a compressed timeline. This feature allows eligible applicants to share existing Letters of Recommendation with ERAS, if they choose to do so.
Accessing Letter Sharing
If you are eligible for letter sharing during SOAP, banner notifications appear in ResidencyCAS beginning the Monday of SOAP in the following locations:
- On the ResidencyCAS homepage, under What’s Next.
- Within the Evaluations section of your application.
These banners indicate that the letter-sharing option is available, not that any letters have already been shared. Click the banner to proceed to the letter share confirmation prompt.
Confirming Letter Sharing
Before any letters are shared with ERAS, you must explicitly authorize the release. To confirm:
- Click Learn More in the Evaluations section of the application.
- Click the checkbox to confirm the release of your letters.
- Click Confirm.
Additional Information
- Sharing letters and assigning letters are separate steps.
- Sharing letters with ERAS does not automatically assign them to programs.
- You must still assign letters within each system and submit them with your applications.
- Once letters are released to ERAS, the action cannot be undone.