The Archives
-
04.12.08HOW DO I REGISTER FOR THE NRMP MATCH?U.S. Seniors In the spring of your third year of medical school, you will receive a preprinted student agreement form to review and sign. Make sure that the name listed on the agreement matches the name you use on your residency applications. The current registration fee is $40, payable to the NRMP, and is nonrefundable. Upon registering, you will be assigned an NRMP Applicant Code that you will use to identify yourself on residency applications and correspondence. The deadline for registration is in July at the start of your senior year. Consult the current edition of the NRMP Handbook for Students for additional registration details. U.S. Graduates If you graduated from ...
-
08.01.06Researching Which Programs to Apply ToOnce you have decided on a specialty, it is time to begin looking at various sources of information about programs within that specialty. Many specialty organizations maintain databases on accredited programs, searchable by state/location. Often, the listed program names are links to individual program websites. Alternatively, you can use the official database, called FRIEDA, which lists all accredited programs in all specialties and is searchable by many criteria. The data in FRIEDA is always fairly accurate, but is updated most frequently during the active months of the matching cycle (September-March). Another source of information about good programs to apply to is ...
