2023 Main Residency Match Applicants 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
Match Registration opens and you can create your R3 account.
NRMP and ERAS are two separate organizations and you must register for both services.
Standard Registration is available until January 31, 2023.
Standard Registration Deadline
Applicant Standard Registration Deadline for the Match and SOAP.
There is a $50 additional fee for late registration after January 31.
View all Match fees.
Ranking Opens
Login to R3 to build and edit your Rank Order List.
Medical schools begin verifying student/graduate graduation credentials.
Support Guide: Enter and Certify a Rank Order List for Applicants
- Enter and Certify a Rank Order List for Residency Applicants
- Recommendations for Constructing a Rank Order List
- Viewing and Certifying Rank Order Lists for Residency Couples
- Creating a Supplemental Rank Order List
- How does the matching algorithm work?
- Should I rank all the programs at which I interviewed?
- Can I rank multiple specialties?
- How many programs can I rank?
- I want to participate in the Match as a couple. Is there a limit to how many programs my partner and I can rank?
- Do I need a supplemental rank order list?
Rank Order List Certification Deadline
Applicant late registration for the Match and SOAP and Match withdrawal deadline.
Medical school student/graduate graduation credentials verification deadline.
- Enter and Certify a Rank Order List for Residency Applicants
- How do I know that my Rank Order List is certified and I am ready for the Match?
- Can I make changes to my rank order list (ROL) after I certify it?
- Can I certify a blank rank order list?
- I did not receive any interviews in the Main Residency Match. Do I need to enter a rank order list?
- What happens between Rank Order List Deadline and Match Day?
Match Week Begins
Applicant match status and program fill status available (by email and R3 system).
2023 Match Week and SOAP Schedule Detail coming soon
Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program Begins
11:00 am ET: SOAP applicants can start preparing applications in the AAMC ERAS® system.
Applicants and their representatives cannot communicate with a program until contacted by that program.
Soap Round 1
Applicants receive Round 1 offers by logging in to R3 system.
11:00 am ET: Applicant deadline to accept/reject Round 1 offers.
List of Unfilled Programs updated in R3 system.
Soap Round 2
Applicants receive Round 2 offers.
2:00 pm ET: Applicant deadline to accept/reject Round 2 offers.
List of Unfilled Programs updated in R3 system.
Soap Round 3
Applicants receive Round 3 offers.
5:00 pm ET: Applicant deadline to accept/reject Round 3 offers.
List of Unfilled Programs updated in R3 system.
Soap Round 4
Applicants receive Round 4 offers.
8:00 pm ET: Applicant deadline to accept/reject Round 4 offers.
9:00 pm ET: SOAP ends with posting of final List of Unfilled Programs in the R3 system.
Match Day Results Release
Applicant Match results available (by email and within the R3 system).
Medical school Match Day ceremonies.
Advance Data Tables available.