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Summary Results of the Match
for Positions Beginning in 2011

RESIDENCIES AND PROGRAMS

NOTE: These statistics pertain to the matching process only, and therefore exclude 103 PGY2 programs and 144 PGY2 positions that were filled through the Early Commitment Process.

PARTICIPATION
  PGY1 PGY2 Total
 
Residencies Participating in the Match

 774 304 1078
Programs Participating in the Match

 880 307 1187
Positions Offered in the Match

 2173 370 2543

RANKINGS
  PGY1 PGY2 Total
 
Rankings Submitted by Programs

 9394 1030 10424
Number of Mutual Rankings
(i.e. program and applicant ranked each other)

 8209 907 9116
Average of the Number of Rankings Submitted
Per Position for Each Program
       Programs Filling All Positions
       Programs With Unfilled Positions
       All Programs

4.8
2.7
4.5

3.3
1.3
2.8

4.4
2.2
4.1
Number of Applicants Ranked By At Least One Program
("Acceptable Applicants")

 2966 401 3367
Ratio of "Acceptable Applicants" Per Position

 1.36 1.08 1.32

MATCH RESULTS
  PGY1 PGY2 Total
 
Filled: Programs Filled in the Match 767 237 1004
  Positions Filled in the Match 2027 294 2321
 
Unfilled: Programs with Unfilled Positions 113 70 183
  Positions Remaining Unfilled 146 76 222
 
  Note: No ranks were submitted to the Match for 33 of the unfilled positions (8 PGY1 positions and 25 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 1.5 246 134 380
        1.5 to less than 2.0 103 16 119
        2.0 to less than 2.5 175 48 223
        2.5 to less than 3.0 68 4 72
        3.0 to less than 3.5 91 21 112
        3.5 to less than 4.0 39 4 43
        4.0 or higher 100 11 111
        No Positions Filled

 58 69 127
        Total

 880 307 1187
        Overall Average 2.3 1.7 2.2


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