Sep 23, 2026
CASPA charges $185 for the first PA program and $65 for each one after that, plus an optional transcript-entry fee, and the $250 fee waiver has rules that can quietly cost you part of it.
What September 23 actually is in the AAMC's own words, a correction to our last issue, and the two Match fees that bill the moment you certify.
Sep 19, 2026
The three things every accredited nurse anesthesia program must require, what "critical care" means on paper, and where the rest of the list comes from.
Sep 9, 2026
AMCAS counts math inside its science GPA and AACOMAS files it under non-science, and both services count every attempt of a repeated course.
NRMP's algorithm is applicant proposing: your rank order list, not the program's, initiates placement, and no match is final until every applicant's list has been considered.
AMCAS charges $180 for the first school and $48 for each one after, and the AAMC waiver that covers up to 20 schools only counts if it was approved before you submitted.
ERAS charges $11 per program for the first 30 in a specialty and $30 for every one after, and the count resets with each new specialty.
ECFMG says you do not need to be certified to participate in the Match, but you must hold a valid, unexpired certificate to enter an ACGME program, and a 2027 Pathways certificate expires December 31, 2029.
NRMP registration opens September 15 at noon Eastern. Here is the whole week in one plan.
Sep 6, 2026
The status ladder in plain English, what actually makes an application complete, and how to count backwards from your program's deadline.