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Guide to SOAP: Viewing Unfilled Programs

No, program offers and applicant acceptances of unfilled positions during SOAP® can be executed only through the NRMP’s R3® system. It is a violation of the Match Participation Agreement for a program to suggest or inform an applicant that placement on the program’s SOAP preference list is contingent upon the applicant’s verbal or written statement of…

NRMP partnered with the AAMC’s ERAS program and ResidencyCAS to host a Navigating Match Week and SOAP for Applicants webinar. The webinar and slide presentation provides an overview of the 2025 Main Residency Match Week and SOAP, including important deadlines, information on how SOAP will work with multiple application services, and policy information. Application service representatives…

The NRMP partnered with the AAMC’s ERAS program and ResidencyCAS to host a Navigating Match Week and SOAP for Medical Schools webinar. The webinar provides an overview of the 2025 Match Week and SOAP, including important deadlines, information on how SOAP will work with multiple application services, and policy information. Application service representatives answered questions…

The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) has published its annual Main Residency Match Results and Data report for Main Residency Match participants, stakeholders, educators, and policymakers focused on graduate medical education. The comprehensive data report documents training outcomes by specialty and applicant type and highlights trends in applicant match rates and applicant preferred specialty.  The…

New whitepaper explores the applicant Match Rate vs. Placement Rates. The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) announced today new reporting for the overall placement rate of participants in the Main Residency Match and the Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program® (SOAP). The NRMP has released a whitepaper, Applicant Placement Rate in the Main Residency Match and…

The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) has posted the Match Participation Agreements (“Agreements”) for the 2024 Main Residency Match. Although participants in an NRMP Match are responsible for reading the entire Agreement, we wish to highlight some new and updated policies to support Match participants as they prepare for the upcoming transition cycle. View slides…

Programs will be required to disclose to applicants, at the start of recruitment, the application service or process they will require for the Main Residency Match and Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP). The NRMP R3 system also will identify the program’s selections and expects programs to clearly communicate that information and make it readily…

The NRMP is aware of the recent announcement made by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) regarding a new application service for OB/GYN applicants and programs beginning with the 2024-2025 residency application cycle. This announcement joins the ongoing efforts of the American Council of Academic Plastic Surgeons (ACAPS) to utilize their own application…