Match Application Process

Students will begin the majority of the work for residency application in the third & fourth years.

Third Year, 2024-25:

September 20, 2024:

  • Third Year Career Fair

October 7, 2024:

  • Class Meeting on the Fourth Year Schedule

November 20, 2024:

  • Class Meeting on “A Look Ahead”, meet with Fourth Year students

January 30, 2025:

  • Class Meeting on Residency Application, meet with BMC Residency Program Directors

March 24, 2025:

  • Biosketches and CV’s due

Fourth Year, 2025-2026:

May 2025:

  • Start Personal Statement drafts

June 2025:

  • ERAS opens for applicants (NRMP and AUA Matches)
  • ResidencyCAS  application cycle opens (Obstetrics/Gynecology)
  • AUA Urology Match information & registration available
  • The Central Application Service program opens (Plastic Surgery and some Anesthesiology) (link not currently available)
  • Military students automatically registered for Army, Air Force and Navy matches

July 2025:

July & August, 2025:  Personal Statement workshops

August 2025:  transcripts scanned in for the SF Match

September  2025:  ERAS is open for application submission to residency programs

September  2025: CaRMS (Canadian Match) opens for application

September 2025: Review MSPE

September 2025:  Transcripts scanned into ERAS

September 1, 2025: SF Match Ophthalmology target date for application submission

September, 2025: ResidencyCAS target date for application submission

September 15, 2025: NRMP opens for registration

September  2025:  NRMP & AUA Program Directors will be able to download ERAS application information.

September 2025: MSPE submitted for students nationwide in all matches.

September, 2025: ResidencyCAS application deadline

October, 2025: ResidencyCAS application information released to residency programs

October 2025: Interview Workshop and mock interviews

October 2025-February 2026: Residency Interviews

December 2025:  Military Match results released

January 2026: Urology Rank Lists due

January  2026:  Ophthalmology Rank Lists due

January-February 2026

  • CaRMS National Interview Period

February  2026:

  • Ophthalmology Match results released
  • Urology Match results released
  • CaRMS Rank Lists due

March 2026:  NRMP Rank Lists due

March  2026:  NRMP Match Day, results released

March 2026:  CaRMS Match results released