www.nrmp.org

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www.nrmp.org

• Creating Your Rank Order List

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Remember

• NRMP Match is a 1 year CONTRACT
• Rank only those programs you would definitely go
  to if matched there
• Rank programs in the order that you want to
  attend them
• Dont try to out-think the process

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Before Submitting ROL

• Re-visit program of greatest interest
• Send letters expressing great interest in your
  top ranked programs

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Getting Started

• Complete Applications and Interviews
• Review ROL section of User Guide -
  http//www.nrmp.org/res_match/appl.pdf
• Have your NRMP/AAMC ID (Applicant Code) and
  Password to login
• Couples - need to register your partners AAMC ID
  in your NRMP file
• Enter your NRMP/AAMC ID into your ERAS
  application

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Definitions Match Status ACTIVE
Registered RANKING ROL Started
CERTFIED ROL Certified Fee Status PAID No
Fees Due Credential Status VERIFIED by
School (for US and Canadian applicants) ECFMG
Status VERIFIED by ECFMG (for IMGs and 5th
Pathway applicants)
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Deadlines and Dates

• January 15, 2002 Ranking Opens in R3
• January 31, 2002 Final Program Quotas
• February 21, 2002 Ranking Closes in R3
• 1159 PM EST
• March 18, 2002 Did I Match?
• Noon EST
• March 19, 2002 List of Unfilled Programs
• Noon EST (Unmatched Applicants can
• contact Unfilled Programs)
• March 21, 2002 Match Day
• 1 PM EST (Where Did I Match?)

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• Strategies
• 1. Assess competitiveness
• Specialty
• Program
• Yourself
• 2. Assess the Program
• 3. Make your ROL long enough
• 4. Go for the reach program
• 5. Include a failsafe program

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How the Match Algorithm Works

• Applicant Proposing
• Starts with an attempt to place an applicant in
  the program ranked 1
• Tentative Match
• If the program also ranked the applicant and
• the program has unfilled positions.
• If the program is filled but the applicant is
  ranked higher than another applicant tentatively
  matched.

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• How the Match Algorithm Works - continued
• No Match
• If the program did not rank the applicant.
• If the program ranked the applicant but is filled
  with other more preferred applicants.
• Couples
• The algorithm places a couple in their highest
  ranked pair of programs where both matched.
• Final Matches
• When the algorithm completes its cycles, all
  tentative matches become final.
• More information
• http//www.nrmp.org/res_match/algorithms.html

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NRMP Rules

• Programs at Teaching Hospitals in the Match can
  take US Seniors only through the NRMP Match or
  other matches
• You can express a high degree of interest in the
  program but you cannot ask how you will be ranked
• Applicants and programs are bound by the Results
  of the Match
• Report Match violations to the NRMP

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FAMOUS EASTERN MEDICAL SCHOOLGENERAL HOSPITAL
Dear Applicant We have thoroughly enjoyed your
visit with us and it is clear that you will excel
wherever you choose to go. You represent the
kind of candidate that has traditionally done
well in our program and we hope to have the
opportunity to work with you in the coming
year. Yours sincerely, Program Director
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Summary

• Prepare a Rank Order List worksheet with Program
  Codes in order of preference before entering My
  Rank Order List
• Be sure to certify your Rank Order List.
• Complete your list at least a week before the
  February 21 deadline.
• Relax!

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For more information about the Match, visit the
NRMP website www.nrmp.org Residency Match
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Remember

• NRMP Match is a 1 year CONTRACT
• Rank only those programs you would definitely go
  to if matched there
• Rank programs in the order that you want to
  attend them
• Dont try to out-think the process

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What If I Dont Match?

• You WILL find a residency position
• This happens to some students every year
• You will speak to MSS Deans on Monday
• You will come to Bham MSS on Tuesday morning to
  work with advisors
• Scramble Days are Tuesday and Wednesday

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What Happens on Match Day?

• Report to LR A at 9 AM for cap and gown
  measurements
• Bring checkbook, 1 and make sure Grad.
  Questionnaire has been completed
• Remarks from Class officers and MSS staff
• Lottery Distribution of Match Results begins at
  11AM
• Web results available at Noon for those not
  participating