Application Calendar

2011 Main Match Schedule

August 15, 2010	Applicant registration begins at 12:00 noon eastern time.
September 1, 2010	Institution/Program registration begins at 12:00 noon eastern time.
November 30, 2010	Applicant Registration Deadline. Note: Applicants may register for $50 until 11:59 p.m. eastern time. After this deadline, applicants can register by paying an additional $50 late registration fee ($100 total fee) until February 23, 2011, when registration closes.
January 15, 2011	Rank order entry list begins. Applicants and programs may start entering their rank order lists at 12:00 noon eastern time.
January 31, 2011	Quota Change Deadline. Programs must submit final information on quotas and withdrawals by 11:59 pm eastern time.
February 23, 2011	Deadline for registration and ROL certification Rank order list certification deadline Applicants and programs must certify their rank order lists by 9:00 PM 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 by 9:00 pm eastern time.
March 14, 2011	Applicant matched and unmatched information posted to the web site at 12:00 noon eastern time.
March 15, 2011	Filled and unfilled results for individual programs posted to the website at 11:30 a.m. eastern time. Locations of all unfilled positions are released at 12:00 noon eastern time. Unmatched applicants may begin contacting unfilled programs at 12:00 noon eastern time.
March 17, 2011	Match Day! Match results for applicants are posted to the web site at 1:00 p.m. eastern time.
March 18, 2011	Hospitals send letters of appointment to matched applicants after this date.
Note: Any contact between programs and unmatched applicants (or their designees) prior to 12:00 noon eastern time Tuesday, March 15, 2011 is a violation of the Match Participation Agreement. Contact between programs and matched applicants prior to the general announcement of 2011 Match results at 1:00 p.m. EST Thursday, March 17, 2011 is also a violation of the Match Participation Agreement.