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Cracking the Match: Everything a current (or future) residency applicant needs to know about the Match algorithm

By The DO Staff

02.18.22

Few buzzwords are more unnerving to a medical student than mentioning “The Match.” Other items on the dreadful shortlist might be “board exams,” “night shift,” or “student loans.” These fearsome notions, while menacing, are far less nebulous than the omnipotent algorithm that dictates the fate of student-physicians with a single keystroke.

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