September 1, 2011

Applicant registration begins at 12:00 noon eastern time.

September 1, 2011

Institution/Program registration begins at 12:00 noon eastern time.

November 30, 2011

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, 2012

Rank order entry list begins.
Applicants and programs may start entering their rank order lists at 12:00 noon eastern time.

January 31, 2012

Quota Change Deadline.
Programs must submit final information on quotas and withdrawals by 11:59 pm 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 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 12, 2012

Applicant matched and unmatched information posted to the web site at 12:00 noon eastern time.

March 14, 2012

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 16, 2012

Match Day!
Match results for applicants are posted to the web site at 1:00 p.m. eastern time.

March 17, 2012

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 2012 Match results at 1:00 p.m. EST Friday, March 16, 2012 is also a violation of the Match Participation Agreement.