Timeline

2009 Main Match Schedule

August 15, 2008	Applicant registration begins at 12:00 noon eastern time.
September 1, 2008	Institution / program registration begins at 12:00 noon eastern time.
November 30, 2008	Applicant registration deadline Note: Applicants may register after this deadline by paying an additional late registration fee of $50.00 when registering after 11:59 PM eastern time.
January 15, 2009	Rank order list entry begins. Applicants and programs may start entering their rank order lists at 12:00 noon eastern time.
January 31, 2009	Quota change deadline Programs must submit final information on quotas and withdrawals by 11:59 PM eastern time.
February 25, 2009	Late registration deadline Rank order list certification deadline Applicants and programs must certify their rank order lists by 9:00 PM eastern time. Staff will be available to answer your questions during the final deadline hours. CERTIFIED applicant and program rank order lists and any other information pertinent to the Match must be entered in the R3 System by this date and time. Withdraw Deadline Independent applicants who have accepted a position through another national matching plan or by agreement outside the Matching Program must withdraw by 9:00 PM eastern time.
March 16, 2009	Applicant matched and unmatched information posted to the Web site at 12:00 noon eastern time.
March 17, 2009	Filled and unfilled results for individual programs posted to the Web site at 11:30 am eastern time. Locations of all unfilled positions are released at 12:00 noon eastern time. Unmatched applicants may begin contacting unfilled programs at 12:00 noon eastern time.
March 19, 2009	Match Day! Match results for applicants are posted to Web site at 1:00 pm eastern time.
March 20, 2009	Hospitals send letters of appointment to matched applicants after this date. Note: Any contact between programs and unmatched applicants (or their designees) prior to 12:00 noon eastern time Tuesday, March 17, 2009, is a violation of the Match Participation Agreement. Contact between programs and matched applicants prior to the general announcement of 2007 Match results at 1:00 pm eastern time Thursday, March 20, 2008, also is a violation of the Match Participation Agreement.