2012 Main Match Schedule

September 1, 2011

Registration opens at 12:00 noon eastern time for applicants, institutional officials, program directors, and medical school officials.

Applicant early registration deadline
Note: Applicants may register for $50 until 11:59 p.m. eastern time. Applicants who register after November 30 must pay an additional $50 late registration fee ($100 total fee) until February 22, 2012, when registration closes.

January 15, 2012

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

January 31, 2012

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

February 22, 2012

Deadline for registration and ROL certification

Rank order list certification deadline
Applicants and programs must certify their rank order lists before 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 before 9:00 p.m. eastern time.

March 12, 2012

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

Filled and unfilled results for individual programs posted to the Web site at 12:00 noon eastern time.

Locations of all unfilled positions are released at 12:00 noon eastern time only to participants eligible for the Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP).

March 13, 2012

Programs with unfilled positions may start entering their Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP) preference lists at 11:30 a.m. eastern time.

March 14, 2012

Programs with unfilled positions must finalize their first-round Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP) preference lists by 11:55 a.m. eastern time.

Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP) offer rounds begin at 12:00 noon eastern time.

March 16, 2012

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

Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP) concludes at 5:00 p.m. eastern time.

March 17, 2012

Hospitals begin sending letters of appointment to matched applicants after this date.