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Your Guide to Helping Students

Medical school officials have an important role in The Main Residency Match. They identify and verify the students who are eligible for Match participation, track student registration for and participation in the Match and remind their students to certify rank order lists on time.

Medical Schools and the Matching Process

Main Residency Match Checklist

for Medical Schools in the 2025 Main Residency Match

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Explore the over 6,000 PGY-1 and PGY-2 programs participating in the Main Residency Match

The program directory provides the application service requirements of Match-participating programs along with other key program information including location, links to the institution and program websites, NRMP program code, and program type. The program directory is updated daily.

Choosing Programs

What qualities and criteria do applicants look for in programs they apply to? Watch as program directors and advisors give advice to applicants on how to choose programs as well as what previous Match applicants looked for when researching programs.

Interviewing Tips

What’s the best advice Match participants have about interviews? Learn the best advice for interviewing from program directors and advisors and hear from previous Match applicants sharing what they wish they had known about the interview process. 

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