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Medical School Welcome Newsletter

Dear Medical School Officials and Administrators,

The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) is pleased to welcome you to the 2025 Main Residency Match®! Registration opens at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, September 16. Below is information on getting started as well as links to important resources. 

Review the 2025 Main Residency Match Calendar to keep track of Match deadlines for you and your students throughout the process. Match Week and the Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program® (SOAP®) will be March 17-21, with Match Day occurring on March 21, 2025. The Match Week and SOAP schedule can be found on the NRMP website along with FAQs, step-by-step support guides, and Match checklists to help you navigate the Match process.

The NRMP is looking forward to a great Match!

Welcoming Two New Specialties

We are excited to welcome two new specialties to the 2025 Main Residency Match! Learn more about these specialties that create healthier communities:

Most Occupational and Environmental Medicine and Public Health and General Preventive Medicine residency programs will be using AAMC’s ERAS® to accept applications, and we encourage you to share the two new specialties joining the Match with your students.

Getting Started

On Monday, September 16, designated school officials and administrators will receive an email with instructions for Match registration. The NRMP’s Registration, Ranking, and Results® (R3®) system is used by school officials to verify students’ and graduates’ credentials, monitor Match participation status, and obtain Match results and statistics. Once registered, school officials should get started on the Medical School Match Checklist. 

Below are links to other resources to prepare you for the Match season.

NEW THIS YEAR! The AAMC ID is recommended, but not required, for applicants to register for the Main Residency Match. Please share this information with your medical students and encourage them to list their AAMC ID in their Match registration, if they have one.

Program Directory for Applicants

In light of the various application services being used by some specialties and programs, medical schools should be aware that programs participating in the 2025 Main Residency Match and the Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP) will be required to disclose, at the start of recruitment, the application service or process their program will require applicants to use for both the matching algorithm and SOAP.

The NRMP maintains a Program Directory for applicants, displaying participating program information and the application service programs are using, where provided, for over 6,000 PGY-1 and PGY-2 positions.

The directory also will be available in the R3 system upon registration for the Match and will be updated as programs continue to provide their application and program information. We encourage you to share the Program Directory with your students.

NRMP and the different application service providers (AAMC’s ERAS, ResidencyCAS, and CentralApp) are separate organizations and applicants must register for both the NRMP and the application service required by the program(s).

Policies

During registration, medical school officials and administrators will be asked to read and electronically sign the Match Participation Agreement (MPA) for Medical Schools. The MPA outlines the rights and responsibilities of medical schools that participate in the Main Residency Match.

Every medical school official and administrator should read the MPA thoroughly because it is binding. That said, here are some important policies to keep in mind:

Section 5.1 Duty to Act in an Ethical and Professional Manner: School officials and all other Match participants must always conduct their affairs responsibly, starting with the application and extending through the interview and matching processes, SOAP, and through the 45th day following the start date of training in the appointment contract.

Section 5.2 Completeness, Timeliness, and Accuracy of Information: At all times, medical school officials must be transparent with programs and convey all information related to an applicant’s medical school experience, as reflected on the Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE), in a manner that ensures accuracy of information exchanged. A medical school shall amend or attach an addendum to an applicant’s MSPE if the school has confirmed knowledge the MSPE, as written, is no longer accurate.

Section 5.3 Confidentiality and Restrictions on Persuasion: Medical schools may not request, require, or otherwise pressure, persuade, or coerce an applicant to disclose their rank order lists or SOAP preferences. The school may offer to review rank order lists or SOAP preferences to support the applicant in the matching process.

Section 5.4: Three-Year Medical Education Curriculum: Medical schools participating in a 3-year medical education curriculum must ensure that the school and any affiliated Match-participating programs are not entering into agreements with students regarding training positions outside the Match.

NEW THIS YEAR!

Section 16.0 Dispute Resolution: The NRMP has modified language to clarify the requirements for pursuit of dispute resolution for parties to the Match Agreement that are identified as state entities.

To foster and provide clarity on Match etiquette, the NRMP has a Match Code of Conduct for Medical Schools. In addition to language codified in the Match Agreement, the NRMP expects every medical school official, staff, and faculty member to:  

  • Refrain from inappropriate Match Week communication.
  • Respect the binding nature of the Match commitment.

Don’t hesitate to reach out to policy@nrmp.org with any questions. We are here to help you throughout the transition. 

Improved Match Data Section on the Website

The NRMP has a variety of data and research reports available to assist Main Residency Match participants. To make the information easy access, the new Match Data section has been improved to feature curated, timely content and now offers a robust filter option to help you find current and previously archived data reports by various reports, topics, themes, and years.

A few specific data reports to highlight as you advise students in the Main Residency Match:

New Video Series

The NRMP has launched a series of advising videos to assist applicants in navigating the application, interview, and matching process. Our recent videos include Choosing Programs and Different Paths to Residency.

We encourage you to share these videos with your students and stay tuned for more videos throughout the Match season!

Fees

Below is the list of applicant Match fees for the 2025 Main Residency Match. Match fees are non-refundable, so applicants should carefully consider whether to participate in the Match as a couple or include extra ranks on their rank order list. Applicants with outstanding fees will not be able to participate in the Match until all fees have been paid. 

  • $70 standard registration fee (includes up to 20 unique program codes on the primary rank order list and up to 20 unique program codes on all supplemental rank order lists combined)
  • $30 extra rank fee (per each unique program code over 20, up to a max of 300 ranks)
  • $50 late registration fee (after January 31)
  • $45 per partner for couples

 A length of rank order list fee also will be levied for rank order lists with 100 or more ranks. Visit the Match Fees page on the NRMP website to learn more.

Support Services

Assistance is available from the NRMP support staff Monday – Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time by emailing support@nrmp.org or calling 866-653-NRMP (6767).