This is the story of my run at the Plastic Surgery Fellowship Match of 2005.

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Sunday, July 11, 2004

Application Service now open

The letter from the application service came. I plan to get all my stuff done within the next week. Here is the website:

Central Application

Here is a brief list of the things you need to complete application.
1) Transcript from your medical school and a copy of the deans letter. These need to be sent from the medical school to the CAS. They have a form letter to fill out and send. Looks easy.
2) Copy of the confirmation letter from the ABPS that says you are ready to go.
3) Copy of the letter from SFMATCH that says you are registered.
4) Address for your department of surgery
5) Address for each of your 3 (and only 3) letter writers, one of which has to be the program director.
6) State license number.
7) Have to have the USMLE send exam scores to them.
8) answers to these 8 questions about why you want plastics, your weaknesses etc. As it turns out no personal statement is required.
9) there are 50 programs, and on the site is a checklist to decide which ones you want to apply to. Just have to print that off and check the ones you are interested in.
10) Application fee of $25 per program. To apply to all 50 its $1250.
11) A recent photo of you for each program you are applying to and one extra for the CAS.