Match Day

Watch the webcast

Read the VUMC Reporter article about Match Day 2008, including Residency Assignments.

Match Day 2008 was March 20 at 11 am CDT

This is it! The culmination of four challenging and arduous years, in some ways the most exciting day of the Medical School experience. Students received notice of their residency matches, beginning at 11:00AM, on the third Thursday in March.

By Vanderbilt tradition, names are randomly selected by the Associate Dean for Students, and as each person receives the envelope, he or she places one dollar in a fishbowl, the last person called gets to keep all the money, as a reward for patience in the face of high anxiety.

The medical school sponsors a reception for students, faculty and significant others immediately following the Match Day ceremony. The celebration then continues at a variety of local establishments.

Although the huge majority of VUSM students successfully match, each year about 2 or 3 students do not, for a variety of reasons, often strategic. In the past, unmatched students have secured a position within 24hrs, aided by the Dean's Office and faculty advisors.

See Where Previous Graduates Matched!

• 2007 Graduates
• 2006 Graduates
• View residency statistics from previous years 1999-2006
• Match results from 2000 are as follows: Of all VUSM students who matched through the NRMP:
  • 72% matched at their first choice.
  • 91% matched at one of their first three choices

View Archived Match Day Webcasts

• Watch a webcast of Match Day 2007
• Watch a webcast of Match Day 2006
• Watch a webcast of Match Day 2005

The Vanderbilt University School of Medicine is accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME).