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Summary Results of the Match
for Positions Beginning in 2008

RESIDENCIES AND PROGRAMS

NOTE: These statistics pertain to the matching process only, and therefore exclude 60 PGY2 programs and 81 PGY2 positions that were filled through the Early Commitment Process.

PARTICIPATION
  PGY1 PGY2 Total
 
Residencies Participating in the Match

 607 219 826
Programs Participating in the Match

 721 222 943
Positions Offered in the Match

 1769 263 2032

RANKINGS
  PGY1 PGY2 Total
 
Rankings Submitted by Programs

 6129 548 6677
Number of Mutual Rankings
(i.e. program and applicant ranked each other)

 4797 441 5238
Average of the Number of Rankings Submitted
Per Position for Each Program
       Programs Filling All Positions
       Programs With Unfilled Positions
       All Programs

4.1
2.1
3.5

2.6
1.2
2.1

3.8
1.8
3.2
Number of Applicants Ranked By At Least One Program
("Acceptable Applicants")

 2016 263 2279
Ratio of "Acceptable Applicants" Per Position

 1.14 1.00 1.12

MATCH RESULTS
  PGY1 PGY2 Total
 
Filled: Programs Filled in the Match 519 150 669
  Positions Filled in the Match 1487 186 1673
 
Unfilled: Programs with Unfilled Positions 202 72 274
  Positions Remaining Unfilled 282 77 359
 
  Note: No ranks were submitted to the Match for 72 of the unfilled positions (39 PGY1 positions and 33 PGY2 positions).


Distribution of the Ratio of the Highest Matched Rank to the Number of Positions Filled (this indicates "how far down the list" a program went to fill its positions)

  Ratio of Highest Matched Number of Programs
  Rank/Positions Filled PGY1 PGY2 Total
 
        1.0 to less than 1.5 176 105 281
        1.5 to less than 2.0 89 9 98
        2.0 to less than 2.5 131 24 155
        2.5 to less than 3.0 50 1 51
        3.0 to less than 3.5 73 14 87
        3.5 to less than 4.0 20 0 20
        4.0 or higher 64 2 66
        No Positions Filled

 118 67 185
        Total

 721 222 943
        Overall Average 2.2 1.4 2.1


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