MATCH UPCOMING DEADLINES
11:59 p.m. ET : Applicant Standard Registration Deadline for the Match and SOAP
($50 additional fee for late registration)
- Program quota change, program withdrawal, and program SOAP participation status deadlines
FEB 1
12:00 p.m. ET : Ranking opens
- Medical schools begin verifying student/graduate graduation credentials
MARCH 2
9:00 p.m. ET : Rank Order List Certification Deadline
- Applicant late registration for the Match and SOAP and Match withdrawal deadline
- Medical school student/graduate graduation credentials verification deadline
- Institutional official change approvals deadline
- Program reversion deadline
MARCH 14
Match Week
8:30 a.m. ET : Medical school Unmatched Applicants report available (embargoed until 9:00 a.m.)
Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP) begins
9:00 a.m. ET :
- Applicant match status and program fill status available(by email and R3 system)
- Regional Match Statistics report available
MARCH 17
8:00 a.m. ET : Confidential Advance Data Tables report available to medical schools, programs, and institutions
- Medical school confidential Match results reports and Match notification letters available
9:00 a.m. ET – 8:00 p.m. ET : SOAP Rounds
2:00 p.m. ET : Program Confidential Roster of Matched Applicants report available (by email and R3 system)
9:00 p.m. ET : SOAP ends with posting of final List of Unfilled Programs in the R3 system
MARCH 18
Match Day!
12:00 p.m. ET : Applicant Match results available (by email and in the R3 system)
- Advance Data Tables available on NRMP public website
- Program Match Results by Ranked Applicantand SOAP Programs Preferred Applicants reports available
2022 Match Week & SOAP® Schedule
MARCH 14
8:30 a.m. ET School officials can access Unmatched Applicants report in R3 system (embargoed until 9:00 a.m. ET).
9:00 a.m. ET Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program® (SOAP®) begins Applicants learn if they matched (by email and R3 system).
SOAP-eligible unmatched and partially matched applicants can access the List of Unfilled Programs in the R3 system.
Programs learn if they filled (by email and R3 system). Medical schools receive List of Unfilled Programs (by email and R3 system).
Regional Match Statistics available.
10:00 a.m. ET AAMC ERAS® opens MyERAS for SOAP applicants to start preparing applications.
Applicants and their representatives CANNOT communicate with a program until contacted by that program.
MARCH 15
8:00 a.m. ET AAMC ERAS® opens the Program Director Work Station (PDWS) for programs to begin reviewing SOAP applications. Programs may contact applicants upon receipt of an application.
11:30 a.m. ET Programs may begin creating SOAP preference lists in the R3 system (Applicants do not submit a preference list for SOAP).
MARCH 16
Programs review applications in PDWS, conduct interviews, and create/certify SOAP preference lists in the R3 system.
MARCH 17
8:00 a.m. ET Confidential Advance Data Tables available to medical schools, programs, and institutions in R3 system.
Medical school confidential Match results reports and Match notification letters available in R3 system.
SOAP Round 1
8:55 a.m. ET Deadline to certify program preference list for Round 1 offers.
9:00 a.m. ET Applicants receive Round 1 offers by logging in to R3 system. Medical schools can view the SOAP Schools Report (updated in real time) to track students/graduates.
11:00 a.m. ET Applicant deadline to accept/reject Round 1 offers. List of Unfilled Programs updated in R3 system.
SOAP Round 2
11:55 a.m. ET Deadline to modify and re-certify program preference list for Round 2 offers.
12:00 p.m. ET
2:00 p.m. ET Applicants receive Round 2 offers.
Applicant deadline to accept/reject Round 2 offers.
List of Unfilled Programs updated in R3 system.
Program Confidential Roster of Matched Applicants available (by email and R3 system).
SOAP Round 3
2:55 p.m. ET Deadline to modify and re-certify program preference list for Round 3 offers.
3:00 p.m. ET Applicants receive Round 3 offers.
5:00 p.m. ET Applicant deadline to accept/reject Round 3 offers. List of Unfilled Programs updated in R3 system
SOAP Round 4
5:55 p.m. ET Deadline to modify and re-certify program preference list for Round 4 offers.
6:00 p.m. ET Applicants receive Round 4 offers.
8:00 p.m. ET Applicant deadline to accept/reject Round 4 offers. List of Unfilled Programs updated in R3 system.
8:30 p.m. ET Programs update their number of remaining unfilled positions on the List of Unfilled Programs.
9:00 p.m. ET. SOAP ends
List of Unfilled Programs, updated to include unfilled programs not participating in SOAP, is available from R3 system top menu bar to all unmatched and partially matched applicants. Applicants can begin contacting all remaining unfilled programs Programs can update the List as positions are filled.
MARCH 18
12:00 p.m. ET Match Day Applicant Match results available (by email and R3 system).
Medical school Match Day ceremonies.