"Match Day" is part of "Match Week." In January and February, the residency applicants submitted their Rank Order Lists of preferred programs while the residency programs submitted their Rank Order Lists of preferred applicants to the NRMP. Then everyone awaited the match results, which were announced during "Match Week."
On Monday, the applicants found out whether or not they recieved a match. On Tuesday, residency programs were informed how many, if any, positions were unfilled in the match. Then the unmatched applicants and unfilled programs "scrambled" to find matches. Fortunately, the UAMS Radiology Department did not have to scramble; all of our positions were filled in the main match. On Wednesday, the program directors discovered which residents matched with their own program, but that information was not disclosed to the new residents until "Match Day" (Thursday, March 17, 2005).
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