Applications and the Match are separate steps.
Understand what your planning workspace does, where applications go, and where ranking happens.
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Confirm the service each program uses.
ERAS is an application service. NRMP operates a matching process. Creating an account in one does not register you for the other. Check your specialty and each program’s official instructions for the current cycle.
Some specialties use different application or matching services, including ResidencyCAS and SF Match. Avoid assuming that an ERAS calendar or fee estimate applies to every program on your list.
Track requirements before you pay.
Record the exact track, application service, deadline, required letters, examination requirements, visa policy, and any graduation-year restrictions. Link back to the program’s current page and note when you checked it.
A directory entry alone does not establish eligibility. If published information is ambiguous or appears old, ask the program coordinator for clarification.
Use your workspace to stay organized.
RMR gives you a private checklist, program notes, a fee worksheet, a rank-list draft, and an official-date calendar. Marking an application “Applied” in RMR is a personal record; it does not submit an application.
Submit and pay in the official application service. Register for the appropriate Match separately. Use the official matching service to enter and certify your final rank list.