Your school will establish processing procedures for the ERAS, the schedule for distributing on-line application packets and processing application documents. Schools scan transcripts, attach documents, process letters of recommendation, send files to selected programs via the ERAS PostOffice, etc. ERAS instructions and your token or key to the ERAS WWW will be distributed from your Dean's office after June 30, 2000. Individual programs set deadlines. Contact the programs directly for more information about their requirements, facilities, and deadlines.
Some programs send brochures and fact sheets to prospective applicants.
I don't know anything about computers. ERAS is designed to be very user-friendly. It has been used by thousands of medical students, many of whom were unfamiliar with computers, Windows, or the World Wide Web. I like the old-fashioned typewriter, pen, and paper format. But, if we must go computer, this format is pretty easy to use.