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Results of the Matching Program
for 2007-2008 Positions


INSTITUTIONS AND PROGRAMS

(To view summary statistics and comparisons to previous years click here.)
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PARTICIPATION
  GPR AEGD OMS PED ORTHO TOTAL
             
Institutions Participating in the Match

 143 35 88 60 52 378
Programs Participating in the Match

 147 38 99 66 53 403
Positions Offered in the Match

 753 213 195 265 257 1683
Distribution of Positions to Programs
  Number of Programs
Number of Positions GPR AEGD OMS PED ORTHO TOTAL
1 5 4 28 3 2 42
2 21 6 52 14 1 94
3 19 4 14 10 11 58
4 29 3 4 15 13 64
5 24 7 1 12 8 52
6 19 5 0 7 8 39
7 6 0 0 2 6 14
8 or more 24 9 0 3 4 40

 

RANKINGS
  GPR AEGD OMS PED ORTHO TOTAL
             
Rankings Submitted by Programs

 2150 419 1227 1131 1121 6048
Average of the Number of Ranks Submitted Per Position Offered for Each Program            
       Programs Filling All Positions 3.8 2.2 6.9 4.7 4.8 5.1
       Programs With Unfilled Positions 2.3 2.3 5.0 2.6 3.4 2.5
       All Programs 3.0 2.3 6.7 4.6 4.6 4.3
             
Number of Mutual Rankings (i.e. program and applicant ranked each other) 1557 272 1139 1033 1062 5063
             
Number of Applicants Ranked By At Least One Program (“Acceptable Applicants”) 747 268 257 386 363
             
Ratio of “Acceptable Applicants” Per Position Offered 1.0 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.4

 

MATCH RESULTS
    GPR AEGD OMS PED ORTHO TOTAL
               
Filled: Programs Filled in the Match 73 13 90 61 48 285
  Positions Filled in the Match 525 135 181 254 251 1346
               
Unfilled: Programs with Unfilled Positions 74 25 9 5 5 118
  Positions Remaining Unfilled 228 78 14 11 6 337

Notes on Unfilled Programs and Positions:
  GPR: No ranks were submitted for 21 positions in 10 programs. Three programs (5 positions) requested that their unfilled positions be excluded from the list of programs with available positions after the Match.
  AEGD: No ranks were submitted for 27 positions in 11 programs.
  OMS: No ranks were submitted for 2 positions in 1 program. Six of the unfilled programs (9 positions) were MD required programs.
  PED: One program (2 positions) requested that their unfilled positions be excluded from the list of programs with available positions after the Match.


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 GPR AEGD OMS PED ORTHO TOTAL
     1.0 to less than 1.5 37 10 27 19 11 104
     1.5 to less than 2.0 16 3 11 11 8 49
     2.0 to less than 2.5 27 3 18 14 9 71
     2.5 to less than 3.0 12 4 2 10 7 35
     3.0 to less than 3.5 13 4 13 4 10 44
     3.5 to less than 4.0 8 0 8 3 3 22
     4.0 and higher 24 5 15 5 5 54
     No Positions Filled 10 9 5 0 0 24
 
   Total
147
38
99
66
53
403
 
   Overall Average
2.7
2.4
2.4
2.1
2.6
2.5

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