{"id":3478,"date":"2017-12-20T10:19:20","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T15:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/?page_id=3478"},"modified":"2025-04-28T15:41:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T19:41:05","slug":"applicant-eligibility-and-selection-criteria","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/psychiatry-residency-program\/applicant-eligibility-and-selection-criteria\/","title":{"rendered":"Applicant Eligibility and Selection Criteria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-3478\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-3478-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-3478-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-3478-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>The Resident Selection Committee looks for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>USMLE Minimum Score Requirements: A passing score for both Step 1 and Step 2 Clinical Knowledge.\u00a0<strong>The committee does not consider applications with more than three attempts on an exam.<\/strong>\u00a0Step 1 is required to be eligible for interview.<\/li>\n<li>COMLEX Minimum Score Requirements: A passing score for both COMLEX LEVEL 1 and LEVEL 2 CE. <strong>The committee does not consider applications with more than three attempts on an exam.<\/strong>\u00a0COMLEX 1 is required to be eligible for interview.<\/li>\n<li>International Medical Graduates must pass USMLE Step 1, and Step 2 Clinical Knowledge.<\/li>\n<li>Graduation from medical school within the past five years is preferred, but not required.<\/li>\n<li>U.S. clinical experience is preferred.<\/li>\n<li>Three Letters of Recommendation are required. The letters of recommendation do not have to be SLORs.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Standardized letters of recommendation).<\/li>\n<li>CV must be current.<\/li>\n<li>We accept international medical graduates on J-1 Visas only.<\/li>\n<li>Proficiency in the English language (both spoken and written) is required.<\/li>\n<li>Applicants should apply through ERAS by November 1.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sample Contract:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/12\/sample_contract-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download and\/or Print a Sample Contract<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/eligibility-requirements-and-selection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View more information on Eligibility Requirements and Selection<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Our program does not discriminate with respect to gender, race, age, religion, color, natural origin, disability, or any other applicable legally protected status.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Resident Selection Committee looks for: USMLE Minimum Score Requirements: A passing score for both Step 1 and Step 2 Clinical Knowledge.\u00a0The committee does not consider applications with more than three attempts on an exam.\u00a0Step 1 is required to be eligible for interview. COMLEX Minimum Score Requirements: A passing score for both COMLEX LEVEL 1 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"parent":3336,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-02 02:24:04","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3478"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3478"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34449,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3478\/revisions\/34449"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}