It's a Match!
On Thursday, March 17th, the 102 graduating seniors of the Pritzker Class of 2005 opened their Match Day envelopes at 11 a.m. along with all 14,700 U.S. medical school seniors competing for residency positions through the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) this year—the highest number in almost 20 years. U.S. medical school seniors constituted 58% of the 25,300 applicants in the 2005 match, which also included foreign medical school graduates and graduates of osteopathic medical schools. Nationally, 78% of all applicants matched to a first-year residency program and nearly 83% of the matched applicants were paired with one of their top three residency program choices. As in previous years, U.S. medical school seniors enjoyed a higher success rate than other applicants; nearly 94% matched and more than 86% of those students were assigned to one of their top three choices.
The most popular career choice among Pritzker graduates continues to be Internal Medicine with 26% of the class matched to categorical programs, and Pritzker students continue to be highly sought after at the most competitive programs throughout the country.
2005 Match
| Specialty Choices | % Pritzker Students |
|---|---|
| Internal Medicine | 26% |
| Pediatrics | 13% |
| Emergency Medicine | 5% |
| General Surgery | 5% |
Orthopaedic Surgery |
5% |
| Psychiatry | 5% |
| Residency Programs | # Pritzker Students |
|---|---|
| University of Chicago Hospitals | 20 |
| Harvard University Programs | 11 |
| University of Washington Hospitals | 8 |
| Stanford University Programs | 6 |
| Northwestern-McGaw Hospitals | 6 |
| University of Michigan Hospitals | 4 |
| Barnes-Jewish/Washington University | 4 |
| NYU School of Medicine | 4 |
University of Pennsylvania Programs |
4 |
| UCLA Medical Center Programs | 4 |
