View important dates below and add these dates to your personal calendar to keep track of Match deadlines throughout the process.
Registration Opens
Match Registration opens and you can create your R3 account.
You must register for both the NRMP and the application service or process required by the program.
Standard Registration is available until January 31, 2025.
2025 Main Residency Match Calendar PDF
- Match Code of Conduct for Applicants
- Policy Highlights and Pitfalls for Applicants
- Professional Behavior
- Login and Register Help
- How do I register for the Match?
- Do I have to register for ERAS® or the application service designated by the program and NRMP to participate in the Match?
- Am I required to include my AAMC ID when I register for an NRMP Match?
Standard Registration Deadline
Applicant Standard Registration Deadline for the Match and SOAP.
There is a $50 additional fee for late registration after January 31.
View all Matchfees.
- Is there a separate registration for the Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP)?
- Do I have to register for ERAS® or the application service designated by the program and NRMP to participate in the Match?
- What requirements for ECFMG certification must I complete to be eligible to participate in the Main Residency Match?
Ranking Opens
Login to R3 to build and edit your Rank Order List.
The number of positions in each program (quota) has been finalized and can be reviewed in the Program Directory.
Medical schools begin verifying student/graduate graduation credentials.
Support Guide:Enter and Certify a Rank Order List for Applicants
- Policy Highlights and Pitfalls for Applicants
- Enter and Certify a Rank Order List for Residency Applicants
- Recommendations for Constructing a Rank Order List
- Viewing and Certifying Rank Order Lists for Residency Couples
- Creating a Supplemental Rank Order List
- How does the matching algorithm work?
- Should I rank all the programs at which I interviewed?
- Can I rank multiple specialties?
- How many programs can I rank?
- I want to participate in the Match as a couple. Is there a limit to how many programs my partner and I can rank?
- Do I need a supplemental rank order list?
Rank Order List Certification Deadline
Medical school student/graduate graduation credentials verification deadline.
- Enter and Certify a Rank Order List for Residency Applicants
- How do I know that my Rank Order List is certified and I am ready for the Main Residency Match?
- Can I make changes to my rank order list (ROL) after I certify it?
- Can I certify a blank rank order list?
- I did not receive any interviews in the Main Residency Match. Do I need to enter a rank order list?
- What happens between Rank Order List Deadline and Match Day?
Registration Deadline
Applicant late registration for the Match and SOAP and Match withdrawal deadline.
Applicant match status available
Applicants learn if they matched (by email and R3 system).
2025 Match Week and SOAP Schedule PDF
- How will I know if I have matched in the Main Residency Match?
- What happens if I do not match to a position?
Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP) Begins
SOAP-eligible unmatched and partially matched applicants can access the List of Unfilled Programs in the R3 system. The NRMP is the authoritative source for applicant SOAP eligibility status. Applicants are responsible for ensuring they apply only to positions for which they are eligible, as shown on the SOAP List of Unfilled Programs in the NRMP’s R3 system.
Applicants and their representatives cannot communicate with a program until contacted by that program.
- Policy Highlights and Pitfalls for Applicants
- SOAP: Viewing Unfilled Programs
- Do programs usually conduct interviews during SOAP?
- Can I apply to a different specialty during SOAP than I applied to during the regular Match season?
- Do I need to reapply to programs after the first SOAP round?
SOAP applicants can start preparing applications
Contact the application service designated by the program with any questions.
Programs begin reviewing SOAP applications
Programs may contact applicants upon receipt of an application and begin interviewing.
Contactthe application service designated by the program with any questions.
SOAP Round 1
9:00 am EDT: Applicants receive Round 1 offers by logging in to R3 system.
11:00 am EDT: Applicant deadline to accept/reject Round 1 offers.
List of Unfilled Programsupdated in R3 system.
SOAP Round 2
12:00 pm EDT: Applicants receive Round 2 offers.
2:00 pm EDT: Applicant deadline to accept/reject Round 2 offers.
List of Unfilled Programsupdated in R3 system.
SOAP Round 3
3:00 pm EDT: Applicants receive Round 3 offers.
5:00 pm EDT: Applicant deadline to accept/reject Round 3 offers.
List of Unfilled Programsupdated in R3 system.
SOAP Round 4
6:00 pm EDT: Applicants receive Round 4 offers.
8:00 pm EDT: Applicant deadline to accept/reject Round 4 offers.
SOAP Ends
SOAP ends with the posting of the finalList of Unfilled Programsin the R3 system. The List is updated to include unfilled programs not participating in SOAP.
Applicants can begin contacting all remaining unfilled programs. Programs can update the List of Unfilled Programs as positions are filled.
Match Day
Applicant Match results available (by email and within the R3 system).
Medical school Match Day ceremonies.
Advance Data Tablesavailable on www.nrmp.org.
- Reporting and Investigation of Violations
- Requesting a Waiver
