Match Day
At precisely 11 am Central Standard Time, 97 Pritzker students opened their envelopes along with more than 15,000 U.S. medical school seniors across the country and discovered where they will spend their years of residency training.
According to the NRMP Press Release, this year there were a record number of seniors applying for residencies through the National Resident Matching Program, nearly 200 more than in 2006, reflecting recent increases in medical school enrollment. Of the 14,201 U.S. medical school seniors who matched to a residency position this year (93% of all seniors who applied), 84% matched to one of their top three choices.
Important national statistics:
- More than 98% of available internal medicine residency positions were filled this year, continuing a three year increase.
- General surgery continues to be a very competitive specialty. All but two of the 1,057 available positions were filled.
- Interest in obstetrics/gynecology residencies has been increasing over the past few years. In the 2007 match, 99.5% of the available positions were filled.
