Applicant registration begins at 12:00 noon eastern time.

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

November 30, 2008

Applicant Registration Deadline.
Note: Applicants may register after this deadline by paying an additional late registration fee of $50.00 when registering after 11:50 pm eastern time.

January 15, 2009

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

January 31, 2009

Quota Change Deadline.
Programs must submit final information on quotas and withdrawals by 11:50 pm eastern time.

February 25, 2009

Late Registration Deadline
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.

March 16, 2009

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

March 17, 2009

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 19, 2009

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

March 20, 2009

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 17, 2009 is a violation of the Match Participation Agreement. Contact between programs and matched applicants prior to the general announcement of 2009 Match results at 1:00 p.m. EST Thursday, March 19, 2009 is also a violation of the Match Participation Agreement.