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Program Directors participating in the Main Residency Match® can choose to participate in the Match Week Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program® (SOAP®) if they learn on Monday of Match Week they are unfilled. In order to participate in SOAP, program directors must set their SOAP participation status to “YES” in the Registration, Ranking, and Results® (R3®) system. Things to Keep…

The Match maintains videos, support guides, and other resources to help programs understand, prepare for, and move through the Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program. SOAP for Programs Schedule and Resources 2026 Match Week and SOAP ScheduleHow a SOAP Round WorksProgram SOAP Preference ListSOAP Highlight for Programs IMPORTANT: To ensure applicants are eligible for your program…

Guide to SOAP: Monitoring a Preference List

Guide to SOAP: Creating a Preference List

Guide to Setting SOAP Participation Status

Guide to SOAP: View & Respond to Offers

Guide to SOAP: Viewing Unfilled Programs

No. You must be verified by the ECFMG as having completed the necessary requirements for ECFMG certification to participate in the Match and SOAP.

No. Until SOAP® concludes, SOAP policy requires SOAP-participating programs to offer unfilled positions only through the Registration, Ranking, and Results® (R3®) system and only to SOAP-eligible applicants. Unfilled positions in non-SOAP-participating programs cannot be offered at all until SOAP concludes.