Monday, March 11, 2013

NRMP / SOAP schedule

Good luck to all of my clients and to residency applicants from around the world! Here's what the NRMP has posted as this week's Match and SOAP schedule (all times are Eastern):


Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP) starts on 03/11/2013

Monday
Send Applicant and Program Match results to ERAS before 12:00 p.m.
11:30 a.m. Schools: Unmatched Seniors Report (R3 System)
12:00 p.m. Programs Did I Fill? by email and R3 System
12:00 p.m. Applicants: Did I Match? by email and R3 System
12:00 p.m. List of Unfilled Programs (R3 System)
12:00 p.m. Regional Match Statistics (R3 System )
1:00 p.m. ERAS opens in SOAP-mode
2:00p.m. ERAS begins sending applications; only eligible applicants can send
applications and only to unfilled match-participating programs
Program-initiated telephone communications between applicants and programs
may begin, but no offers allowed

Tuesday
Applicants and programs communicate by program-initiated telephone interviews
11:30 a.m. Programs can begin preference list in R3 System

Wednesday
11:55 a.m. Program preference list certification deadline for first offer round
12:00 p.m. Electronic offers extended using R3 System
12:00 p.m. School Report on seniors who accepted positions through SOAP
available and updated continuously.
2:00 p.m. Deadline for Applicants to accept / reject offers
2:55 p.m. Deadline for programs to add to and certify preference list for next round
3:00 p.m. Electronic offers extended using R3 System
5:00 p.m. Deadline for Applicants to accept/reject offers

Thursday
Offers extended every three hours beginning at 9:00 a.m. with last offers valid
3:00-5:00 p.m., using same update schedule noted on Wednesday
8:00 a.m. Schools: Match Notification Letters (R3 System)
8:00 a.m. Schools: Electronic Match Results (R3 System)
8:00 a.m. Schools: Match Results (R3 System)
8:00 a.m. Schools: Applicant Choices by Specialty (R3 System)
8:00 a.m. Advance Data Tables (R3 System)
2:00 p.m. Programs: Roster of Matched Applicants (R3 System)
SOAP Schedule
Main Residency Match - 2013 Main Residency Match

Friday
Match Day!
Offers made every three hours beginning at 9:00 a.m. with last offers valid 3:00-5:00
p.m., using same update schedule noted on Wednesday
12:00 p.m. School Ceremonies
1:00 p.m. Applicants: Where Did I Match? (R3 System)
3:00 p.m. ERAS SOAP-mode ends
List of Unfilled Programs posted through May 1 (R3 System)

Monday
12:00 p.m. Match Outcome for All Programs (R3 System)
12:00 p.m. Match Results by Ranked Applicant (R3 System)
12:00 p.m. SOAP Results by Listed Applicant (R3 System)


If you didn't match and can't find a program through SOAP, I encourage you to read one of my earlier blog posts. Please get in touch with me - we can work together to find you the residency program you've been dreaming of!