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Unless they have specifically enrolled in the Military Match, which occurs in December, all graduating medical students and medical school graduates seeking a residency position should enroll in the Match.
Matching can be broken down into six major steps. Applicants sometimes go through an additional step on the path to matching: entering the Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program. Through this program, the week before Match day, applicants who did not match and residency programs that did not fill all of their positions have the opportunity to connect and receive and make offers.
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Strolling Through the Match is updated each year with the most current guidance and data. Start reading it from day one of medical school for advice on building your CV and consult it as you get ready to start researching residency programs. Download a digital version or order a free printed copy of the guidebook here. If you're residency faculty or staff looking for Match information and tools for your program, we've got you covered.
In , the NRMP established a new computerized matching algorithm. The NRMP has two primary matches — the general residency match and specialty fellowship matches. The NRMP was established in to provide a fair, objective, and unbiased method to match applicants with residency programs based on residency applicant and residency program preferences. Deciding where to apply can be difficult.
In determining how many applications you should submit, a lot depends on your competitiveness. Some applicants who are concerned about their competitiveness may apply to more than programs to increase the likelihood of matching while others are successful applying to only Some programs have great websites from which you can glean a lot of information while others do not. Often, it is tough to get a real sense of a program before your interview there.
But keep in mind that you will learn more about the program, its affiliated hospitals and didactics during your interview day. You will also meet residents and faculty from whom you will learn about the program.
I suggest using this resource as a starting point when deciding where to apply. You can find the following information on FREIDA: Program director and program contact information, program website link, length of program and institutions affiliated with each program, faculty makeup, work schedule and educational environment.
After composing a preliminary program list, talk to your mentors about which would be the best programs for you, taking into consideration your geographic requirements and preferences. When all applicants have been considered, the match is complete and all tentative matches become final.
Participants in the NRMP ultimately complete, submit, and certify a Rank Order List ROL of the programs with which they would like to be paired, in order of preference top-ranked program at the top of the list, second-best in the number two position, etc.
These rank order lists must be completed and finalized by mid-February each year. The deadline to finalize is in mid-February. Check NRMP for specific deadlines. Military Match participants should have been provided due dates for ROL by the military and will receive their results in December.
Check with the military for specific deadlines. Results are released in late-January. Students who match with a urology program must determine if they must go through the NRMP Match for surgery training at that same institution.
Check Urology match for specific deadlines.
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