Welcome. This is episode 534 of the Divine Intervention Podcast.

Into this podcast I'm going to be addressing a topic I title, Addressing

Eras Application Red Flax. Addressing Erras Application Red Flags.

Addressing Erras Application Red Flags.

A red flag is basically something on your application

that you're worried about that will potentially make it harder for you to match into residency.

So my goal in this podcast is to address some general principles,

and then after that I'll go into some specific common situations I have accumulated over the years

from my experience working with lots of people that are applying for

residences in the US. I believe I will cover pretty wide swath of situations. So chances are you would

find this podcast to be helpful for your situation. So let's jump right into it and discuss some general principles.

So what are some general principles to keep in mind with addressing red flags on your application?

Number one is don't lie. Don't lie. Don't try to forge the numbers when you're discussing your red flag.

Again, some people that are very experienced in the process can see right through a person trying to be deceitful.

So don't lie.

Second thing I will see to keep in mind as a general principle is to be concise in your descriptions.

You see people, they write a whole essay relating to the red flag,

and then their personal statement essentially goes from

becomes like a three-page tomb that's not the kind of thing you're trying to achieve

with these things. The third general principle to keep in mind is that this should be

made in a separate paragraph. Most times if something is a significant enough red flag,

you should address it in your personal statement. You should give it a separate paragraph, but again let

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