{"id":142954,"date":"2026-03-20T14:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/?post_type=bu-article&p=142954"},"modified":"2026-09-09T13:46:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T17:46:29","slug":"md-class-of-2026-match-into-residency-training-programs","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/news-events\/articles\/2026\/md-class-of-2026-match-into-residency-training-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"MD Class of 2026 Match into Residency Training Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"\t
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At exactly noon EST, on Friday, March 20, more than 15,000 fourth-year medical students from across the country, including 135 at the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, opened envelopes to discover where they would be spending the next three to seven years. Gathered in the George Sherman Union\u2019s Metcalf Hall on the Charles River Campus, families and friends celebrated as the soon-to-be MDs matched to residency training programs where they would learn their specialty under the supervision of experienced physicians.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWhen you started, I helped to welcome you to medical school, but now, in what seems like a nanosecond to me, I get to welcome you as a colleague,\u201d said Kristen Hanssen<\/a>, MD, associate dean of admissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Match Day traditionally falls on the third Friday in March, which this year happened to be the first day of spring, a day of new beginnings. Organized by the Student Affairs Office and the Student Match Day Committee, the event was the public part of a process overseen by the National Resident Matching Program, which uses an algorithm to pair students with residency programs according to preference lists developed by the students and the programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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