Medical Schools Match 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
Begin Uploading Rising Seniors
Begin uploading rising US senior students in the Registration, Ranking, and Results (R3) system.
Support Guide: Upload Student List & Student Details
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.
Student/Graduate Credentials Verification Opens
Begin verifying student/graduate graduation credentials in the R3 system.
Support Guide: Verifying Graduation Credentials
Match Week Begins
Medical school Unmatched Applicants report available (embargoed until 9:00 a.m.).
Regional Match Statistics report available.
9:00 am ET: Applicant match status and program fill status available (by email and R3 system).
Soap Round 1
Confidential Advance Data Tables available (R3 system).
Confidential Match results reports and Match notification letters available (R3 system).
9:00 am ET: 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.
Match Day Results Release
Applicant Match results available (by email and within the R3 system).
Medical school Match Day ceremonies.