How to Apply to the MacNeal Internal Medicine Residency

Thank you for your interest in our program! If you would like to apply for a residency position, please submit all required information through ERAS.

Interview Season Philosophy on Equity

Our Internal Medicine Residency Program is committed to fostering a diverse and equitable environment of excellence. We conduct application reviews blinded to photos to ensure impartiality and focus solely on the merits of each candidate's qualifications. Our interviewers undergo training to mitigate bias, ensuring fair and objective evaluations. In alignment with national recommendations, we avoid in-person visits of any kind during the application process, including “second looks.” We believe this provides all candidates with an equal opportunity regardless of their geographic or financial circumstances. We believe these practices strengthen our program and contribute to the development of outstanding physicians.

General Information

• Applications will be accepted only through ERAS. 

• Applicant interviews for the residency will be virtual. 

  • Interviews are scheduled by invitation only.

    • We will use Zoom for interviews.

    • Interview instructions and information are sent to invited applicants. 

• The Internal Medicine Residency Program accepts U.S. Citizens, Permanent U.S. Residents, and J1 Visa applicants. The residency program does not sponsor H1B visas. The J1 Visa applicants must be sponsored by the ECFMG.

• Applicants from international medical schools must be ECFMG eligible prior to any interview and certified prior to starting residency, if matched. 

• All residency positions are filled through the NRMP match. 

• U.S. clinical experience is not a requirement.

Criteria for Application Review

• Each application is reviewed holistically.

• A minimum USMLE Step 1 score of 235 on the first attempt.

• A minimum USMLE Step 2 CK score of 235 on the first attempt.

• For candidates who took USMLE Step 2 CS, Pass on the first attempt.

• For graduates from Osteopathic schools, COMLEX Level 1 and Level 2 are accepted.

• At least three letters of recommendation (up to four) reflecting an applicant's clinical abilities in any setting and specialty are required. We strongly encourage that one of these letters be a letter from a Department of Medicine Chair or Dean.

• Traditionally, successful candidates must have graduated from medical school within the preceding three years.

Program Signaling

For the 2025 ERAS^® recruitment season residency applicants who are applying to participating programs can use program signals to show their interest. During our holistic review of applications, we preferentially review applications from those who signal our program, we also consider applicants who do not signal us. Signaling a program for which an applicant is deemed qualified may increase the likelihood of obtaining an interview offer from the program. Signaling a program for which an applicant is not deemed qualified is unlikely to increase the likelihood of obtaining an interview offer; i.e., a signal does not guarantee an interview.

Our Commitment to Diversity

Loyola Medicine Graduate Medical Education continues in our mission to develop and support a diverse physician work force to best meet the needs of the diverse communities to which we provide care. Diversity of our workforce includes, but is not limited to, diversity in age, gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, and all other protected statuses.

No decision on an applicant’s qualifications will ever be based solely on race or any protected class.