Main Residency Match Programs & Institutions Calendar
View important dates below, color-coded to show where you are in the Match cycle. Add dates to your personal calendar to keep track of Match deadlines throughout the process.
Process Status
- Registration
- Ranking
- Match Week
Registration Opens
Institution and program users can register their individual user account, sign the Match Participation Agreement, and review program details in the R3 system.
Quota Change Deadline
- Deadline to increase or decrease the number of positions your program desires to fill through the Match.
- Deadline to enter your program’s SOAP participation status.
- Deadline to withdraw your program from the Match.
Support Guide: Changing Quota & Program Details
Ranking Opens
Login to R3 to build and edit your Rank Order List.
Support Guide: Enter and Certify a Rank Order List for Programs
Match Week Begins
Applicant match status and program fill status available (by email and R3 system).
Regional Match Statistics report available.
Soap Round 4
Deadline to certify program preference list for Round 4 offers.
6:00 pm ET: Applicants receive Round 4 offers.
8:00 pm ET: Applicant deadline to accept/reject Round 4 offers.
8:30 pm ET: Programs update their number of remaining unfilled positions on the List of Unfilled Programs.
9:00 pm ET: SOAP ends with posting of final List of Unfilled Programs in the R3 system.
Match Day Results Release
Program Match Results by Ranked Applicant and SOAP Programs Preferred Applicants reports available.