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To participate in the Main Residency Match, a program must be either: Each program must meet these requirements by the Rank order List Certification Deadline.  A program cannot enroll in the Match until the designated institutional official has registered with the NRMP through the Registration, Ranking, and Results® (R3®) system.

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Guide to Updating Unfilled Positions for Residency Programs

Guide to Updating Unfilled Positions for Fellowship Programs

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…

Applicants and programs are not authorized to release each other from a binding commitment.  As stated in the Match Participation Agreement, once a party has matched, or a position has been offered and accepted during SOAP®, a waiver of the binding commitment may be obtained only from the NRMP.  Moreover, the Agreement also prohibits any program at a…

No. The prohibition on questions about other programs to which an applicant is applying pertains to all programs regardless of PGY level.

No. The restriction on questions about applicants’ interviewing behaviors includes geographic region; however, programs can ask applicants why they are interested in the city or state where that program is located.