Pharmacy Match - Program Withdraw or No Ranks

Withdrawing a Program vs. No Applicants to Rank

Withdrawing a Program

If a program that is registered for the Match no longer has any positions available to begin in 2012, you must withdraw the program from the Match. A withdrawn program will not be included in the matching process, will not be matched with any applicants, will not revert any unfilled positions to another program or receive any unfilled positions from another program, and will not be included on the list of programs with available positions that is posted on this web site after the Match for the use of unmatched applicants.

You must withdraw the program using the ROLIC system, which will be available from February 20, 2012 through March 9, 2012. Sign on to the ROLIC system by entering the program Code Number and password/PIN, select the Withdraw button on the initial program information page that is displayed after you sign on, then follow the instructions provided on the screen to complete the withdrawal process.

If you withdraw a program, any rankings of applicants that may have been submitted for the program will not be used in the Match. Programs that submit a certified Rank Order List, and that do not withdraw by the Rank Order List deadline, will be included in the Match and will be obliged to accept the Match results.

Reinstating A Withdrawn Program: If you previously withdrew a program, but subsequently decide to submit rankings of applicants for the Match or to include the program on the list of programs with positions available after the Match, you can reinstate the program through the ROLIC system when the system is accessible. To reinstate the program, sign on to the ROLIC system by entering the program Code Number and password/PIN, select the Reinstate button on the initial program information page that is displayed after you sign on, then follow the instructions provided on the screen to complete the process.

No Acceptable Applicants to Rank

If a program does not have any acceptable applicants to rank for the Match, there are three alternatives for the position(s) available in the program:

If you wish to continue to offer the position(s) in this program to applicants after the Match, you should indicate "no applicants to rank" for the program using the ROLIC system. To do this, sign on to the ROLIC system by entering the program Code Number and password/PIN, select the No Applicants to Rank button on the initial program information page displayed after you sign on, then follow the instructions provided on the screen to certify the Rank Order List with no ranks. In this case, the program will remain active in the Match but will not be matched with any applicants. Since the unfilled position(s) will remain in the program, the program will be included on the list of programs with available positions that is posted on this web site after the Match, so that applicants who are not matched will be informed that the position(s) are still available in the program.

Note: Indicating a program has no applicants to rank is not the same as withdrawing the program from the Match. A program with positions available but with no applicants to rank may stay active in the Match in order to be included on the list of programs with available positions that is posted on this web site after the Match. A withdrawn program will not be included on the list of programs with available positions after the Match.
You may wish to move the position(s) to another program within your organization where the position(s) may be filled in the Match, in order to maximize the total number of positions filled in the Match for your organization. In this case, prior to the Rank Order List deadline, you must use the ROLIC system to withdraw this program from the Match and increase the number of positions to be filled in the other program accordingly. Since the program is withdrawn and the position(s) have been moved to another program, this program will be excluded from the list of programs with available positions that is posted on this web site after the Match.

Note: Moving the position(s) to another program in this manner is not the same as reverting the unfilled position(s) within the matching process. In this case the decision to move the position(s) is made in advance of the matching process and no attempt is made to fill the position(s) within the matching process (i.e., no Rank Order List of applicants is submitted for the program).
If you have decided to not offer the position(s) to any applicants this year, and you do not wish to move the position(s) to another program, you should withdraw the program from the Match using the ROLIC system. A withdrawn program will not be matched with any applicants and will be excluded from the list of programs with available positions that is posted on this web site after the Match.

Note: If you previously submitted instructions to revert the unfilled position(s) for a program that now has no applicants to rank, you should instruct NMS in writing to delete the previously submitted reversion. If you want to move the position(s) to another program, this should be done in the ROLIC system before the Rank Order List deadline by withdrawing the program and increasing the positions to be filled in the other program, as described above. If you do not want to move the position(s) to another program, and wish to either withdraw the program or leave the program active in the Match and include it on the list of programs with positions available after the Match, then you should not revert the unfilled position(s) to another program.