SMHS to Hold Match Day Ceremony for Fourth-Year Medical Students

Woman holding her residency match letter jumping for joy

WASHINGTON (March 12, 2013) – Medical students at the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) will join together in a Match Day ceremony on March 15 at noon, where they will simultaneously receive and open envelopes revealing where they’ll spend the next several years of their residency training. 

Like thousands of fourth-year medical students across the country, GW SMHS students will read letters from the National Resident Matching Program, a private, not-for-profit corporation established to provide a uniform date of appointment to positions in graduate medical education in the U.S., experiencing what many call the most pivotal moment of their medical education. 

What: GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences Match Day Ceremony

When: Friday, March 15, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Letters opened at noon.

Where: Ross Hall, Room 101, 2300 Eye Street, NW, Washington, D.C.

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