Interview season is over! There’s just one last hurdle in this residency application process to overcome- ranking and matching! Join our education fellow, Dr. Jessica Millar, and Dr. Charles Friel as they pull back the curtain on the ranking process and discuss how tooptimize your success in the match! 

Guest:

Charles Friel, MD- Professor of Colorectal Surgery, Surgical Director - Digestive Center of Excellence, Chief - Section of Colon & Rectal Surgery, and General Surgery Residency Program Director- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

“How the NRMP Matching Algorithm Works”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvgfgGmemdA&list=PLr0LH_NifZSpvQTwTqXVYn9jXfUKOTFN6&index=11

Important Dates 

1.     Ranking opens 2/1 at 12PM 

2.     Rank lists are due 3/1 at 9PM 

3.     Match status available 3/13 at 10AM  

4.     Match day results available 3/17 at 12PM EST

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