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Guide to Enter and Certify a Rank Order List for Programs

If the program has a status of Withdrawn that means it is no longer participating in the Match. You may want to confirm the program code to ensure it is correct. You do not have to change your rank order list. The algorithm will simply skip over that rank as if it were not there.

Rank Order Lists cannot exceed 300 ranks total. The Match registration fee includes the listing of up to 20 unique NRMP program codes on the primary rank order list (and in the Main Residency Match, up to 20 unique NRMP codes on all supplemental rank order lists combined). Additional ranks are $30 per rank for…

A program coordinator can create, view, and edit rank order lists. A program coordinator cannot certify rank order lists and is prohibited by the NRMP from assuming that responsibility. Use of a program director’s username and password by the program coordinator to access the R3 system is a breach of the Match Participation Agreement and could…

If your program has been activated in error and you did not intend to participate, the program should be withdrawn from the Match. If you did not have any suitable applicants to rank in the Match and would like to be listed on the List of Unfilled Programs, then your program does not need to…

If you did not receive any interviews or do not have any suitable programs to rank, you will not enter a rank order list. You will remain in Active status in the Match and can still participate in the Match and SOAP (in the Main Residency Match only) if you are eligible.

Yes. The matching algorithm attempts to place you in the most preferred program possible, regardless of the specialty of the program, so be sure to rank programs in order of your true preference and not where you think you will match.