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Summary Results of the Match
for Positions Beginning in 2010

RESIDENCIES AND PROGRAMS

NOTE: These statistics pertain to the matching process only, and therefore exclude 81 PGY2 programs and 114 PGY2 positions that were filled through the Early Commitment Process.

PARTICIPATION
  PGY1 PGY2 Total
 
Residencies Participating in the Match

 709 275 984
Programs Participating in the Match

 813 277 1090
Positions Offered in the Match

 1951 325 2276

RANKINGS
  PGY1 PGY2 Total
 
Rankings Submitted by Programs

 7950 831 8781
Number of Mutual Rankings
(i.e. program and applicant ranked each other)

 6781 716 7497
Average of the Number of Rankings Submitted
Per Position for Each Program
       Programs Filling All Positions
       Programs With Unfilled Positions
       All Programs

4.5
2.1
4.2

3.0
1.3
2.5

4.2
1.8
3.7
Number of Applicants Ranked By At Least One Program
("Acceptable Applicants")

 2641 356 2997
Ratio of "Acceptable Applicants" Per Position

 1.35 1.10 1.32

MATCH RESULTS
  PGY1 PGY2 Total
 
Filled: Programs Filled in the Match 688 211 899
  Positions Filled in the Match 1801 255 2056
 
Unfilled: Programs with Unfilled Positions 125 66 191
  Positions Remaining Unfilled 150 70 220
 
  Note: No ranks were submitted to the Match for 46 of the unfilled positions (22 PGY1 positions and 24 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 1.5 240 127 367
        1.5 to less than 2.0 112 9 121
        2.0 to less than 2.5 166 53 219
        2.5 to less than 3.0 62 1 63
        3.0 to less than 3.5 76 16 92
        3.5 to less than 4.0 21 1 22
        4.0 or higher 68 6 74
        No Positions Filled

 68 64 132
        Total

 813 277 1090
        Overall Average 2.1 1.5 2.0


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