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Results of the Matching Program
for 2008-2009 Positions


APPLICANTS

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PARTICIPATION

Number of Applicants Registered for the Match 2839
Number of Applicants Who Withdrew or Did Not Return A Rank Order List 696
Number of Applicants Participating in the Match 2143

 

RANKINGS
  GPR AEGD OMS PED ORTHO TOTAL

Applicant Rankings By Program Type:
     Only This Program Type 510 132 345 431 465 1883
     This Program Type Plus Others:            
         - This Program Type First 113 65 12 27 43  
         - Other Program Type First 120 137 8 22 0  
     All Applicants Ranking This Type 743 334 365 480 508  
             
Rankings Submitted by Applicants 2440 557 2225 2027 2191 9440
             
Average Number of Ranks per Applicant Who Ranked the Indicated Program Type At Least Once 3.3 1.7 6.1 4.2 4.3 4.4
             
Total Number of Applicant Ranks Divided By Total Number of Programs Offered (this indicates overall rankings per program) 16.8 14.3 22.3 28.2 42.1 23.1
             
Total Number of Applicant Ranks Divided By Total Number of Positions Offered (this indicates overall rankings per position) 3.2 2.7 11.4 7.0 8.6 5.5
 
Number of Mutual Rankings (i.e. applicant and program ranked each other) 1498 305 1186 1095 1080 5164

 

MATCH RESULTS
  GPR AEGD OMS PED ORTHO TOTAL
             
Applicants Matched 524 147 193 280 249 1393

Participating Applicants Not Matched

 750
Match Results by Rank on Applicant’s List
  Number Matched
Rank Number GPR AEGD OMS PED ORTHO TOTAL
1 369 112 99 178 171 929
2 104 21 32 57 39 253
3 34 8 29 22 19 112
4 12 4 14 12 11 53
5 2 0 8 4 5 19
6 or higher 3 2 11 7 4 27

 

MATCH RESULT BY TYPE OF APPLICANT

  Matched Unmatched Total
  GPR AEGD OMS PED ORTHO    
School of Graduation

US Dental School 497 117 184 267 227 534 1826
Non-US Dental School 27 30 9 13 22 216 317
School Unknown

 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 524 147 193 280 249 750 2143

Graduation Date and Graduate Training

2008 Graduate 500 125 133 174 164 291 1387
Pre-2008 Graduate:
- No Previous Graduate Training 17 19 19 58 38 241 392
- Previous Graduate Training 7 3 41 48 47 218 364
- All Pre-2008 Graduates 24 22 60 106 85 459 756
Graduation Date Unknown:
- No Previous Graduate Training 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Previous Graduate Training

 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 524 147 193 280 249 750 2143

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