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Results of the Matching Program
for 2008-2009 Positions


INSTITUTIONS AND PROGRAMS

(To view summary statistics and comparisons to previous years click here.)
(To view statistics for applicants click here.)

PARTICIPATION
  GPR AEGD OMS PED ORTHO TOTAL
             
Institutions Participating in the Match

 143 37 89 63 51 383
Programs Participating in the Match

 145 39 100 72 52 408
Positions Offered in the Match

 765 210 196 290 255 1716
Distribution of Positions to Programs
  Number of Programs
Number of Positions GPR AEGD OMS PED ORTHO TOTAL
1 3 3 32 3 2 43
2 16 6 47 16 1 86
3 22 3 16 12 10 63
4 31 7 3 16 14 71
5 20 5 2 12 8 47
6 21 5 0 7 8 41
7 8 2 0 1 4 15
8 or more 24 8 0 5 5 42

 

RANKINGS
  GPR AEGD OMS PED ORTHO TOTAL
             
Rankings Submitted by Programs

 2124 452 1255 1185 1148 6164
Average of the Number of Ranks Submitted Per Position Offered for Each Program            
       Programs Filling All Positions 3.8 3.0 7.1 4.5 4.8 5.1
       Programs With Unfilled Positions 2.3 2.0 4.4 2.5 4.2 2.3
       All Programs 3.0 2.4 7.0 4.2 4.8 4.4
             
Number of Mutual Rankings (i.e. program and applicant ranked each other) 1498 305 1186 1095 1080 5164
             
Number of Applicants Ranked By At Least One Program (“Acceptable Applicants”) 749 303 284 377 382
             
Ratio of “Acceptable Applicants” Per Position Offered <1.0 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.5

 

MATCH RESULTS
    GPR AEGD OMS PED ORTHO TOTAL
               
Filled: Programs Filled in the Match 72 17 98 64 49 300
  Positions Filled in the Match 524 147 193 280 249 1393
               
Unfilled: Programs with Unfilled Positions 73 22 2 8 3 108
  Positions Remaining Unfilled 241 63 3 10 6 323

Notes on Unfilled Programs and Positions:
  GPR: No ranks were submitted for 24 positions in 12 programs. One program (2 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 14 positions in 8 programs. Two programs (2 positions) requested that their unfilled positions be excluded from the list of programs with available positions after the Match.
  OMS: Both unfilled programs were MD required programs.
  PED: No ranks were submitted for 1 position in 1 program.


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 35 10 38 21 15 119
     1.5 to less than 2.0 19 8 13 15 9 64
     2.0 to less than 2.5 26 6 7 15 13 67
     2.5 to less than 3.0 10 6 8 9 3 36
     3.0 to less than 3.5 10 1 11 6 7 35
     3.5 to less than 4.0 7 0 5 1 0 13
     4.0 and higher 24 2 17 4 4 51
     No Positions Filled 14 6 1 1 1 23
 
   Total
145
39
100
72
52
408
 
   Overall Average
2.8
3.0
2.3
2.1
2.2
2.5

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