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.

ResidencyCAS Application_Whats Next Release Notification.

  • Within the Evaluations section of your application.

ResidencyCAS Application_Evaluation Release in fourth Quadrant

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:

  1. Click Learn More in the Evaluations section of the application.
  2. Click the checkbox to confirm the release of your letters. 
  3. Click Confirm.

ResidencyCAS Application_Letters of Recommendation ERAS Release Confirmation Screen.

Importing Letters from ERAS

Letters of recommendation obtained during the Main Match in your ERAS application can be imported into your ResidencyCAS application during SOAP. Follow instructions within your ERAS application to release your letters to ResidencyCAS. These letters show in ResidencyCAS in the Evaluations section, under SOAP External Letter from MyERAS.

Note: you must verify that your Date of Birth and NRMP ID are entered accurately. This information is required to ensure your letters of recommendation are correctly matched to your ResidencyCAS application. You can find your Date of Birth in the Biographic Information section and your NRMP ID in the Other Information section under Personal Information.

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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.
  • ResidencyCAS allows specialties to create very targeted letters of recommendation and evaluation forms, such as the OB/GYN SLOE and the Emergency Medicine eSLOE, and programs have specific requirements for each.  This means that for this cycle, letters cannot be transferred between these specialties and must be requested directly to ensure the correct evaluation form is used.