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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…

The process of ranking your programs.

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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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An overview of NRMP and The Match

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