Residency & Match Assistance
The faculty and staff in the Office of Student Programs are fully committed to help our students match successfully in residency programs. In addition, we have an outstanding group of faculty career advisors ready to advise and assist our students. From the initial career planning and the application stage, through residency interviews, program selection, and matching, there are many details to which students must pay attention. We are here to help our students sort out these requirements and complete all of the necessary steps on time.
The Help Our Students Travel (HOST) program, coordinated by the University of Michigan Medical Center Alumni Society (MCAS), connects M4 students with alumni volunteers during the M4 residency interview process, and later connects recently graduated students with members of their new medical residency community.
Even though career planning begins as early as the first year of medical school, most of the actual application process happens during fourth year. Following are some general time guidelines for the application and match process.
| March and April- M3 year | ||
| Initial Meeting / Faculty Career Advisor Selection Think about who you will ask for letters of recommendations |
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| May- M4 year | ||
“Decision” Electives Schedule the MSPE (Dean’s letter) |
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| June | ||
| MSPE appointments Begin requesting faculty letters of recommendation Late June - ERAS tokens distributed by email from Student Programs (estimated date) |
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| July | ||
| 7/1 | MyERAS opens. Begin to work on the Common Application Form (CAF) Request Faculty Letters of Recommendations; supply ERAS cover sheet Must be scheduled for USMLE Step 2 Clinical Knowledge Must be scheduled for USMLE Step 2 Clinical Skills Begin Research on residency programs |
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| August | ||
| Letters of Recommendation - follow-up with
mentors/faculty to ensure letters are sent NRMP Match Agreements available on-line Early match specialties begin taking applications |
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| 8/14 | NRMP applicant registration begins at 12:00 noon eastern time | |
| September | ||
| Last opportunity to submit any additional grades or CV information for MSPE | ||
| October | ||
| 10/1 | MSPE final student review begins | |
| November | ||
| 11/1 | MSPE released to ERAS and San Francisco
Matching Program Residency Program interviews begin |
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| December | ||
| 12/1 | NRMP Match Agreement deadline - without late fee, ($50 late fee after this date) | |
| 12/1 | Deadline for USMLE Step 2 Clinical Knowledge | |
| January | ||
| 1/15 | Match Ranking Registration Deadline -Tips (estimated date) Early specialty match deadlines & match results at http://www.sfmatch.org and http://www.auanet.org |
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| February | ||
| 2/25 | Match Ranking deadline - closes at 9:00 pm EST, estimated date | |
| March | ||
| 3/16 | Scramble Day - please let Student Programs know
how to contact you. |
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| 3/18 | Match Day - 12:00 pm | |
| April -May | ||
| Financial Aid Exit Interview - Mandatory for all student loan borrowers | ||
| May | ||
| 5/14 | Commencement (for Class of 2010) | |
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