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Applicants

Thank you for your interest in our program.

We request that you submit your application through ERAS.

Please include the following as part of your application:

  • Letter from the Department of Medicine (Chair)- note to our preliminary medicine applicants, this is NOT needed for your applications
  • Two additional Letters of Reference. These may come from faculty in any department.

We have the following requirement(s) for International Medical Graduates:

  • One year of Clinical Experience in the United States with supporting letters.
  • We only sponsor J1 VISAs.

Applicants interested in the Physician Scientist Training Program, click here.

Applicants interested in the Internal Medicine–Pediatrics Residency Program, click here.

Email: imresprg@med.unc.edu

Thank you for applying to our program.  We will continue to offer only virtual interviews for the 2023-2024 application cycle.

As in prior years, we continue to review our applications in a holistic manner, and do not have specific cut-offs for USMLE scores or grades. We also take pride in the fact that we personally review our applications and wait until we receive the MSPE (Dean’s letters) before we send out invitations to interview.

We will send invitations to interview to our categorical applicants around the week of October 11th. We wait to send invitations to our preliminary applicants until around November 3rd to give them more time to receive invitations from their Advanced programs and to gather more of an idea of where they are interested in training overall. Rejection notices for categorical applicants will be sent by November 3rd, and by November 17th for our preliminary applicants. We aim to be fair and transparent in this process and feel strongly that it is not right to leave applicants in the dark about their status.

The interview day will include an interview with a core faculty member, one of our Chief Residents, and a one-on-one meeting with the Program Director. Given our goal to make this a high-quality experience for every applicant, interview slots are limited.  We also promise to have an available slot for every applicant we invite to interview. 

Fewer interview invitations means that we will lose out on meeting many outstanding and wonderful applicants, but we hope that this process is fair and transparent and offers the best experience that we can in a virtual format.

To summarize:

  • We do not send out interview invitations before we have the MSPE.
  • We let all applicants know whether or not they are invited to interview.
  • Invitations to interview will be sent out beginning in early to mid-October.
  • Categorical applicants who are not invited to interview will be informed of our committee’s decision by the first week of November.
  • If you are invited to interview, we guarantee that we will have an available slot to interview you at some point during the interview season.
  • We do not use the USMLE scores to stratify applicants.
  • We aim to be transparent and fair in our process to every applicant.
  • We adhere to all NRMP rules and regulations.
  • It is our sincere goal to make the entire interview process a personal one that follows the “UNC Way” – even in the virtual world.

Information about the ERAS supplemental application:

For the 2024 ERAS® cycle, our program will be participating in the supplemental ERAS application offered through the AAMC’s ERAS program. Applicants will be required to complete the MyERAS application, and participation in the supplemental ERAS application is optional.