I also have an ERAS question.

I am wondering about Publications/Abstracts in the ERAS application. Is there anyway to indicate that you have "submitted" a publication to a journal? It seems that when you list something, the application asks for a date of publication... any thoughts?

I plan on have them listed on my CV, but I wonder if most places would not even bother lookin at CV's as the one on ERAS is standardized.

Thanks,
WISC-ite

Having an incomplete application past the programs due date will likely be a big program. I know some programs that will not review your application if it is incomplete past their deadline. If you absolutely can't get any letters by a program's deadline (check their websites-some have deadlines in mid october), then don't waste your money there. If you can get some other letters you could always use them as a backup. Never underestimate how long it will take for some people to get their letters written. You don't want to end up with not enough letters on Nov 1 when most programs deadlines are.

As for the publications question, I left the date blank and put submitted under volume. Anybody have any input on this?

I'm kind of curious about the rec letter thing too since I think most of us won't have all our letters before Sept 1st. Then again, a lot of programs wait till the deans letter which doesn't go out till Nov 1st anyway.



As for the publication thing, my advisor just told me to put: Journal name, 2006 In Press. Luckily since that time the article has come out so I didn't try to enter it into ERAS, I don't know if they would let you stick that in one of the fields or not.