NRMP to Implement Managed Scramble.
adonis123 - 06-13-09 04:38

The NRMP Board of Directors, meeting in Washington, DC on May 4, 2009, voted to proceed with implementation of a "managed" Scramble for the Main Residency Match. A joint NRMP-AAMC work group will continue to refine the plan, which will require programs to offer and applicants to accept unfilled positions through the NRMP R3 System during Match Week. A "managed" Scramble would be implemented no earlier than the 2011 Match, according to NRMP.

Here is a summary of this new process:

"Applicants in the scramble will have 48 hours to apply and interview at programs, so much of the time pressure is removed from the scramble. Programs will then rank applicants. Then, once the offers start, applicants will get offers in batches every 2 hours. Applicants can then take a single offer, or decline them and wait for another round. Once an applicant declines an offer, there is no getting it back . Applicants can get multiple offers in a single round, and then they get to choose one.
Time pressure is gone. Applicants have 48 hours to apply for spots, and they cannot be filled before then.
Applicants get 2 hours to decide when they get an offer.
The scramble is now part of the match. "Scrambles" are now bound by the match rules.
Applicants can apply to multiple fields.
In each round it will be made clear how many spots are left ."

Good Luck.