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The Match Participation Agreement you signed electronically when you registered for the Match states that a match between an applicant and a program creates a binding commitment to accept a position if a match results and to start training in good faith (i.e., with the intent to complete the program) on the date specified in the appointment…

NRMP’s Chief of Staff, Olivia Orndorff, and representatives from Pediatrics recently hosted a Q&A on the Voluntary Program Rank Order List (ROL) Lock pilot. This recording features a Q&A session on the Voluntary Program ROL Lock pilot, an initiative launching in the 2026 Main Residency Match® for programs in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Vascular Surgery…

NRMP’s Chief of Staff, Olivia Orndorff, and representatives from Internal Medicine recently hosted a Q&A on the Voluntary Program Rank Order List (ROL) Lock pilot. This recording features a Q&A session on the Voluntary Program ROL Lock pilot, an initiative launching in the 2026 Main Residency Match® for programs in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Vascular…

In a Joint A/P arrangement, applicants can only rank the joint preliminary PGY-1 program on a supplemental rank order list if that list is attached to the joint advanced PGY-2 program on the primary rank order list. Only applicants who rank the advanced program can rank the joined preliminary program, and only applicants who match to…

If your program has been activated in error and you did not intend to participate, the program should be withdrawn from the Match.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.

Applicants participating in the Main Residency Match can submit a primary rank order list (ROL) with a combination of categorical, preliminary, and advanced programs. Those who rank advanced (PGY-2 level) programs on their primary ROLs also can submit supplemental ROLs of preliminary PGY-1 programs that are linked to one or more advanced programs on the…

An applicant participating in the Main Residency Match who is ranking advanced programs (PGY-2 programs that begin in the year after the Match), can submit supplemental rank order lists linked to the advanced programs on their primary rank order list. These supplemental lists will contain preliminary PGY-1 programs that the applicant would like to match…