NRMP 2012 Residency Match Schedule

2012 Main Match Schedule

September 1, 2011	Registration opens at 12:00 noon eastern time for applicants, institutional officials, program directors, and medical school officials.
November 30, 2011	Applicant early registration deadlineNote: Applicants may register for $50 until 11:59 p.m. eastern time. Applicants who register after November 30 must pay an additional $50 late registration fee ($100 total fee) until February 22, 2012, when registration closes.
January 15, 2012	Rank order list entry beginsApplicants and programs may start entering their rank order lists at 12:00 noon eastern time.
January 31, 2012	Quota change deadlinePrograms must submit final information on quotas and withdrawals by 11:59 p.m. eastern time.
February 22, 2012	Deadline for registration and ROL certification Rank order list certification deadline Applicants and programs must certify their rank order lists before 9:00 p.m. eastern time. Staff will be available to answer your questions during the final deadline hours.CERTIFIED applicant and program rank order lists and any other information pertinent to the Match must be entered in the R3 System by this date and time. Withdraw deadline  Independent applicants who have accepted a position through another national matching plan or by agreement outside the Matching Program must withdraw before 9:00 p.m. eastern time.
March 12, 2012	Applicant matched and unmatched information posted to the Web site at 12:00 noon eastern time. Filled and unfilled results for individual programs posted to the Web site at 12:00 noon eastern time. Locations of all unfilled positions are released at 12:00 noon eastern time only to participants eligible for the Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP).
March 13, 2012	Programs with unfilled positions may start entering their Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP) preference lists at 11:30 a.m. eastern time.
March 14, 2012	Programs with unfilled positions must finalize their first-round Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP) preference lists by 11:30 a.m. eastern time. Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP) offer rounds begin at 12:00 noon eastern time.
March 16, 2012	Match Day! Match results for applicants are posted to Web site at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP) concludes at 5:00 p.m. eastern time.
March 17, 2012	Hospitals begin sending letters of appointment to matched applicants after this date.

Note: SOAP-eligible unmatched applicants shall initiate contact with the directors of unfilled programs only through ERAS. Other individuals or entities shall not initiate contact on behalf of any SOAP-eligible unmatched applicant prior to contact from directors of unfilled programs. Such contact is a violation of the Match Participation Agreement. Contact between programs and matched applicants prior to the general announcement of 2012 Match results at 1:00 p.m. eastern time Friday, March 16, 2012 also is a violation of the Match Participation Agreement.

Updated 07/01/2011

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