ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

Class Act Writing Group, LLC (“CA”) provides its service to you, subject to the following Terms of Service (“TOS”), which may be updated by us from time to time without notice to you. You can review the most current version of the TOS at any time at: https://classacterasconsulting.com/terms-and-conditions. In addition, when using particular CA owned or operated services, you and CA shall be subject to any posted guidelines or rules applicable to such services which may be posted from time to time. All such guidelines or rules are hereby incorporated by reference into the TOS. CA may also offer other services that are governed by different Terms of Service.

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE

CA provides general copywriting services, Match Consulting services, residency application editing/review services for the MyERAS© Application, Personal Statements and Letters of Recommendation, the service accessed through any various medium or device now known or hereafter developed (the “Service”). You also understand and agree that the Service may include advertisements and that these advertisements are necessary for CA to provide the Service. You also understand and agree that the Service may include certain communications from CA, such as service announcements, administrative messages and the CA Newsletter, and that these communications are considered part of CA membership and you may not be able to opt out of receiving them. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that augment or enhance the current Service, including the release of new CA properties, shall be subject to the TOS. You understand and agree that the Service is provided “AS-IS” and that CA assumes no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any user communications or personalization settings. You are responsible to transfer the edited/reviewed copy of your application to the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS©) in order for ERAS to transmit your application the programs you choose to select in their system. You are responsible for the fees, including the fees associated with applying to their residency programs. In addition, you must provide and are responsible for all equipment necessary to access the Service.

You have the sole responsibility of uploading your application content into ERAS (Electronic Residency Application System) and Certifying so that programs have access. CA will not access your ERAS account under any circumstances. This means that you, and not CA, are entirely responsible for the validity and accuracy of this information. CA does not control or have any knowledge of the information applicants choose to input into ERAS. Under no circumstances will CA be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in any Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via the Service.

YOUR REGISTRATION OBLIGATIONS

In consideration of your use of the Service, you represent that you are of legal age to form a binding contract and are not a person barred from receiving services under the laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdiction. You also agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the Service’s registration form (such information being the “Registration Data”) and (b) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or CA has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, CA has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Service (or any portion thereof).

CA PRIVACY POLICY

Registration Data and certain other information about you is subject to our Privacy Policy. For more information, see our full privacy policy at https://classacterasconsulting.com/privacy-and-policy

MEMBER CONDUCT

You understand that all information and other materials (“Content”) you have provided in your application form are edited/reviewed by individuals trained by CA to provide you with utmost quality of service, but it’s your responsibility to verify the work provided by your Expert before transferring to the official application service (ERAS). This means that you, and not CA, are entirely responsible for the validity and accuracy of this information. CA does not control the information made available to it by you after the completion of the work. Under no circumstances will CA be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in any Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via the Service.

You agree to not use the Service to:

 

1. upload, post, email, share with, transmit or otherwise make available any Content to other individuals or applicants other than yourself;
2. impersonate any other person or applicant;
3. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
4. disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to “scroll” faster than other users of the Service are able to type, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users’ ability to engage in real time exchanges;
5. interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks connected to the Service, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Service;
6. intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law;
7. collect or store personal data about other users in connection with the prohibited conduct and activities.

 

You agree to these service-specific Terms:

Use of AI

1. You agree not to provide Class Act with any AI-generated or assisted writing. We value the authenticity of human-generated content on our platform.  

1. Phase 1 of our Elite Consulting Services must be completed within 4 weeks from the date of engagement; exceptions are uncommon and made exclusively at the company’s discretion. Unlimited revision requests are permitted during the 4 week time frame.
2. Timely completion of Phase 1 is crucial for providing you with the best service and ensuring the success of your project.

All Other Services: Time Frame

1. For all other services, you must finalize your document(s) within 30 days of engagement. Unlimited revision requests are permitted during this time frame.
2. Class Act ERAS Consulting is committed to providing timely responses and revisions, typically within 24-48 hours, to facilitate the document finalization process.
3. This time frame ensures efficiency and allows us to serve all our clients fairly and effectively.
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You acknowledge that CA may or may not pre-screen Content, but that CA and its designees shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to pre-screen, refuse, or move any Content that is available via the Service. Without limiting the foregoing, CA and its designees shall have the right to remove any Content that violates the TOS or is otherwise objectionable. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such Content. In this regard, you acknowledge that you may not rely on any Content created by CA or submitted to CA, including without limitation information in CA Message Boards, and in all other parts of the Service.

You understand that the technical processing and transmission of the Service, including your Content, may involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.

You understand that the Service and software embodied within the Service may include security components that permit digital materials to be protected, and use of these materials is subject to usage rules set by CA and/or content providers who provide content to the Service. You may not attempt to override or circumvent any of the usage rules embedded into the Service. Any unauthorized reproduction, publication, further distribution or public exhibition of the materials provided on the Service, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited.

SPECIAL ADMONITIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL USE

Recognizing the global nature of the Internet, you agree to comply with all local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable Content. Specifically, you agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside.

CONTENT SUBMITTED OR MADE AVAILABLE FOR INCLUSION ON THE SERVICE

CA does not claim ownership of Content you or CA submit or make available for inclusion on the Service.

INDEMNITY

You agree to indemnify and hold CA, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other partners, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of Content you or residency programs submit, post, transmit or make available through the Service, your use of the Service, your connection to the Service, your violation of the TOS, or your violation of any rights of another.

NO RESALE OF SERVICE

You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of the Service, use of the Service, or access to the Service.

GENERAL PRACTICES REGARDING USE AND STORAGE

You acknowledge that CA may establish general practices and limits concerning use of the Service, including without limitation the maximum number of days that the uploaded Content will be retained by the Service. The maximum disk space that will be allotted on CA’s third-party system servers on your behalf, and the maximum number of times (and the maximum duration for which) you may access the Service in a given period of time. You agree that CA has no responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure to store any messages and other communications or other Content maintained or transmitted by the Service. You acknowledge that CA reserves the right to log off accounts that are inactive for an extended period of time as determined by CA. You further acknowledge that CA reserves the right to modify these general practices and limits from time to time.

MODIFICATIONS TO SERVICE

CA reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that CA shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.

TERMINATION

You agree that CA may, under certain circumstances and without prior notice, immediately terminate your CA account, any associated email address, and access to the Service. Cause for such termination shall include, but not be limited to, (a) breaches or violations of the TOS or other incorporated agreements or guidelines, (b) requests by law enforcement or other government agencies, (c) a request by you (self-initiated account deletions), (d) discontinuance or material modification to the Service (or any part thereof), (e) unexpected technical or security issues or problems, (f) extended periods of inactivity, (g) you have engaged in fraudulent or illegal activities, and/or (h) nonpayment of any fees owed by you in connection with the Services. Termination of your CA account includes (a) removal of access to all offerings within the Service, including but not limited to your application content materials.(b) deletion of your password and all related information, files and content associated with or inside your account (or any part thereof), and (c) barring further use of the Service. Further, you agree that all terminations for cause shall be made in CA’s sole discretion and that CA shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your account, any associated email address, or access to the Service.

DEALINGS WITH ADVERTISERS

Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through the Service, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such advertiser. You agree that CA shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers on the Service.

LINKS

The Service may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other World Wide Web sites or resources. Because CA has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that CA is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any Content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that CA shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such Content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource.

CA’S PROPRIETARY RIGHTS

You acknowledge and agree that the Service and any necessary software used in connection with the Service (“Software”) contain proprietary and confidential information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws. You further acknowledge and agree that Content contained in sponsor advertisements or information presented to you through the Service or advertisers is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws. Except as expressly authorized by CA or advertisers, you agree not to modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on the Service or the Software, in whole or in part.

CA grants you a personal, non-transferable and non-exclusive right and license to use the object code of its Software on a single computer; provided that you do not (and do not allow any third party to) copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to discover any source code, sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any right in the Software. You agree not to modify the Software in any manner or form, or to use modified versions of the Software, including (without limitation) for the purpose of obtaining unauthorized access to the Service. You agree not to access the Service by any means other than through the interface that is provided by CA for use in accessing the Service.

NO GUARANTEES FOR SECURING INTERVIEWS OR A RESIDENCY POSITION

Your use of this service does not in any way guarantee securing any interview offer from any residency program in any specialty. Also you understand that this service does not in any way guarantee a position in any residency training program in any specialty throughout the United States and its territories. A Match is not guaranteed.

1. NO REFUNDS OR CANCELLATIONS AFTER A PURCHASE IS MADE

You agree that any purchase of the services provided on this site after it has been assigned to the Expert is non-refundable, non-transferable and cannot be cancelled. All purchases made are final. Revision requests are unlimited.

2. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

You agree to not use the Service to:

 

1. 1. YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. CA EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

1. 1. CA MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (ii) THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, AND (V) ANY ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED.

1. 1. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.

1. 1. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM CA OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TOS.

1. 1. A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF USERS MAY EXPERIENCE EPILEPTIC SEIZURES WHEN EXPOSED TO CERTAIN LIGHT PATTERNS OR BACKGROUNDS ON A COMPUTER SCREEN OR WHILE USING THE SERVICE. CERTAIN CONDITIONS MAY INDUCE PREVIOUSLY UNDETECTED EPILEPTIC SYMPTOMS EVEN IN USERS WHO HAVE NO HISTORY OF PRIOR SEIZURES OR EPILEPSY. IF YOU, OR ANYONE IN YOUR FAMILY, HAVE AN EPILEPTIC CONDITION, CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN PRIOR TO USING THE SERVICE. IMMEDIATELY DISCONTINUE USE OF THE SERVICE AND CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS WHILE USING THE SERVICE — DIZZINESS, ALTERED VISION, EYE OR MUSCLE TWITCHES, LOSS OF AWARENESS, DISORIENTATION, ANY INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT, OR CONVULSIONS.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT CA SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF CA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE; (ii) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE; (iii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iv) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICE; OR (v) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SERVICE.

EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF SECTIONS 17 AND 18 MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

SPECIAL ADMONITION FOR SERVICES RELATING TO FINANCIAL MATTERS

If you intend to create or join any service, receive or request any news, messages, alerts or other information from the Service, please read the above Sections 19 and 20 again. They go doubly for you. In addition, for this type of information particularly, the phrase “Let the investor beware” is apt. The Service is provided for informational purposes only, and no Content included in the Service is intended for trading or investing purposes. CA and its licensors shall not be responsible or liable for the accuracy, usefulness or availability of any information transmitted or made available via the Service, and shall not be responsible or liable for any trading or investment decisions made based on such information.

NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES

You agree that, except as otherwise expressly provided in this TOS, there shall be no third-party beneficiaries to this Agreement.

NOTICE

CA may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the TOS, by either email, regular mail, or postings on the Service. CA may e-mail offers and promotions to their members as they become available. Members who wish not to receive offers and promotions should e-mail CA using our contact us link and request to unsubscribe.

TRADEMARK INFORMATION

The “Class Act ERAS Consulting,” “Class Act Writing Group, LLC,” “CA logo,” “Class Act Strategy,” “Distinctive Writing. That’s the Difference,” “Dedicated ERAS Advisor,” CA trademarks and service marks and other CA logos and product and service names are trademarks of CA (the “CA marks”). Without CA’s prior permission, you agree not to display or use in any manner, the CA marks.

NOTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT OR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT

CA respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. CA may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who infringe upon this policy.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Entire Agreement. The TOS constitutes the entire agreement between you and CA and governs your use of the Service, superseding any prior agreements between you and CA with respect to the Service. You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use or purchase certain other CA services.

Choice of Law and Forum. The TOS and the relationship between you and CA shall be governed by the laws of the State of Indiana without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You and CA agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the county of Crown Point, Indiana.

Waiver and Severability of Terms.  The failure of CA to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the TOS shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the TOS is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the TOS remain in full force and effect.

No Right of Survivorship and Non-Transferability. You agree that your CA account is non-transferable and any rights to your CA I.D. or contents within your account terminate upon your death. Upon receipt of a copy of a death certificate, your account may be terminated and all contents therein permanently deleted.

Statute of Limitations. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Service or the TOS must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.

The section titles in the TOS are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.

VIOLATIONS

Please report any violations of the TOS to our customer care group.