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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 programs that are linked to one or more advanced programs on the primary ROL,…

Types of program positions in the Main Match: Program Types in the Main Residency Match

The NRMP’s Registration, Ranking, and Results (R3) system offers institutions the option to revert, or donate, unfilled positions in one program to another during the matching process. If a donor program does not fill its quota, a designated number (equal to, or less than, the quota) of its unfilled positions can be added automatically to…

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 2027 Main Residency Match Week and SOAP calendarHow a SOAP Round WorksProgram SOAP Preference ListSOAP Highlight for Programs IMPORTANT: To ensure applicants are eligible for…

The process of ranking your programs.

The process begins with an attempt to match an applicant to the program most preferred on that applicant’s rank order list (ROL). If the applicant cannot be matched to that first choice program, an attempt then is made to place the applicant into the second choice program, and so on, until the applicant obtains a tentative match…

Participating in an NRMP Match as a couple allows two applicants to link their rank order lists, usually for purposes of obtaining positions in the same geographic location. When applicants participate in a Match as a couple, their rank order lists form pairs of program choices that are considered by the matching algorithm. A couple…

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