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Application evidence
Assess whether experiences, service, scholarship, leadership, and clinical work credibly support your application.
For residency applicants
US Residency Entry Diagnostic & Readiness Assessment
Your application. Your specialty pathway. Your next step.
A personalized, specialty-specific assessment of what your application communicates, how well your evidence supports your story, and what to clarify, strengthen, practice, verify, and plan before residency.
Start My Specialty Assessment — $49
Portal + Physician Strategy — $159
Last-Minute 2027 ERAS Review — $189
12 specialtiesSecure portal workspacePhysician optionAction plan
Built around your record
Not generic application advice.
Your case begins with your chronology, experiences, supporting evidence, specialty direction, application concerns, clinical-transition needs, and residency goals—not a generic checklist.
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Narrative coherence
Examine whether your chronology, specialty direction, transitions, and professional identity make sense together.
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Specialty alignment
Map your evidence and work preferences to the specialty pathway you are pursuing.
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Residency readiness
Identify priorities in communication, teamwork, supervision, professional presence, and transition into U.S. training.
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Interview transfer
Test whether you can explain your choices, experiences, growth, setbacks, and specialty fit credibly.
One assessment · 12 pathways
Choose the specialty most relevant to your current decision.
Each pathway uses specialty-specific evidence prompts, readiness considerations, culture-and-fit questions, program-planning tools, and interview-transfer exercises.
Internal MedicineFamily MedicineEmergency MedicinePediatricsPsychiatryNeurologyGeneral SurgeryAnesthesiologyPathologyObstetrics & GynecologyPhysical Medicine & RehabilitationDiagnostic Radiology
Transparent specialty insight
The assessment does not choose a specialty for you or predict a Match outcome. It helps you examine your evidence, work patterns, preferences, eligibility questions, and unknowns so you can make a more informed decision.
How it works
From source evidence to a focused next-step plan.
Complete your baseline
Tell us about your stage, specialty, timeline, experiences, application concerns, and transition goals.
Build your evidence record
Organize source documents, chronology, claims, meaningful experiences, and areas requiring clarification.
Receive your readiness map
See priorities organized as Clarify, Strengthen, Practice, Verify, and Plan.
Take the next step
Work independently, add portal-based physician strategy, or choose an urgent manual 2027 ERAS review without portal access.
Find your diagnostic match
Answer three short questions.
We will recommend the strongest starting point for your situation. You can still choose any of the three options.
- No email required to see your result
- Your answers stay in this browser until you continue
- Your specialty carries into the enrollment request
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Your recommended starting point
Your recommended focus
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Enrollment selections are reviewed before access is activated. Use the same email at enrollment and portal sign-in.
Choose your level of support
Three specialty-specific ways to move forward.
Choose independent portal work, portal-supported physician strategy, or an urgent manual review of your current 2027 ERAS package.
Self-directed
$49
Residency Entry Diagnostic + Portal
Best for applicants who want a serious specialty-specific starting point and are comfortable working independently.
- Specialty-specific baseline diagnostic
- Application evidence and chronology review
- Narrative and specialty-fit checkpoints
- Residency-readiness and interview-transfer priorities
- Program Match and Culture & Fit planning tools
- Personalized next-step plan
- Specialty guides, workbooks, and toolkits
- Professional ERAS-compatible Photo Studio
Physician-guided
Portal + physician strategy
$159
Diagnostic + 45-Minute Physician Review
Best for complex, time-sensitive, unclear, or reapplication situations that benefit from expert interpretation.
- Everything in the self-directed assessment
- Pre-session review of your completed diagnostic
- One 45-minute live physician review and strategy session
- Evidence, narrative, gap, and transition interpretation
- Specialty-specific positioning discussion
- Interview-transfer priorities
- Program-strategy guidance and verification questions
- Written prioritized Residency Entry Action Plan
2027 season
Urgent manual review
$189
Last-Minute 2027 ERAS Physician Review
Best for applicants whose application is nearly ready or already submitted and who need urgent physician perspective. No portal access is required or included.
- One primary specialty and one current application package
- 45 minutes of physician pre-meeting review
- ERAS application, CV, and personal statement review
- Program-signal and program-fit strategy review
- Chronology, red-flag, and coherence analysis
- One 45-minute live physician review meeting
- Clear final priorities for the 2027 season
- Secure personal submission link
Who this is for
Use it before submission, after submission, or while planning the next cycle.
The assessment is designed for U.S. medical students, IMGs, reapplicants, career changers, and applicants with either straightforward or complex paths.
Close to submission
Understand what your materials communicate and what still needs attention.
IMG or complex profile
Clarify transitions, chronology, U.S. clinical context, and likely reviewer questions.
Reapplicant
Review prior strategy before repeating the same approach.
Next-cycle planner
Build a stronger evidence record while there is still time to act.
Frequently asked questions
Before you begin
No. It is designed for U.S. medical students, IMGs, reapplicants, career changers, and applicants with straightforward or nontraditional paths.
Yes. It can still help you prepare coherent explanations, identify interview priorities, clarify readiness gaps, and decide what to strengthen for the current or a future cycle.
No. VignetteRx helps you organize evidence, clarify your own story, identify unsupported claims, and improve truthful communication. You remain the author of your materials.
No. It is an educational diagnostic and planning service. Program-fit tools organize eligibility, preferences, evidence, uncertainty, and verification questions; they do not predict Match outcomes.
You receive a prioritized Residency Entry Action Plan in your portal. Your next step may be self-directed portal work, specialty-fit development, application repair, clinical reasoning practice, or another VignetteRx service.
No. It is a fully manual service for one primary specialty and one current 2027 ERAS application package. It includes 45 minutes of physician pre-review and one 45-minute live physician meeting.
Your access period is shown at enrollment. It includes the assessment workspace, saved responses, included tools, and specialty library resources for the selected specialty and ERAS season.
Begin with an assessment built around you
Understand what your application communicates.
Then decide what deserves focused work next.
Disclaimer
VignetteRx provides independent educational assessment, coaching, and simulated practice. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by ERAS, AAMC, NRMP, ECFMG, ACGME, USMLE, NBME, or any residency program.