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2011 Main Match Schedule

August 15, 2010

Applicant registration begins at 12:00 noon eastern time.

September 1, 2010

Institution / program registration begins at 12:00 noon eastern time.

November 30, 2010

Applicant registration deadline
Note: Applicants may register for $50 until 11:59 p.m. eastern time. After this deadline, applicants can register by paying an additional $50 late registration fee ($100 total fee) until February 23, 2011, when registration closes.

January 15, 2011

Rank order list entry begins
Applicants and programs may start entering their rank order lists at 12:00 noon eastern time.

January 31, 2011

Quota change deadline
Programs must submit final information on quotas and withdrawals by 11:59 p.m. eastern time.

February 23, 2011

Deadline for registration and ROL certification

Rank order list certification deadline
Applicants and programs must certify their rank order lists by 9:00 p.m. eastern time. Staff will be available to answer your questions during the final deadline hours. CERTIFIED applicant and program rank order lists and any other information pertinent to the Match must be entered in the R3 System by this date and time.

Withdraw deadline
Independent applicants who have accepted a position through another national matching plan or by agreement outside the Matching Program must withdraw by 9:00 p.m. eastern time.

March 14, 2011

Applicant matched and unmatched information posted to the Web site at 12:00 noon eastern time.

March 15, 2011

Filled and unfilled results for individual programs posted to the Web site at 11:30 a.m. eastern time.

Locations of all unfilled positions are released at 12:00 noon eastern time. Unmatched applicants may begin contacting unfilled programs at 12:00 noon eastern time.

March 17, 2011

Match Day! Match results for applicants are posted to Web site at 1:00 p.m. eastern time.

March 18, 2011

Hospitals send letters of appointment to matched applicants after this date.

Note: Any contact between programs and unmatched applicants (or their designees) prior to 12:00 noon eastern time, Tuesday, March 15, 2011, is a violation of the Match Participation Agreement. Contact between programs and matched applicants prior to the general announcement of 2011 Match results at 1:00 p.m. eastern time Thursday, March 17, 2011 also is a violation of the Match Participation Agreement.

Updated 05/07/2010

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