Future Doctors Get Their Matches

Future Doctors Get Their Matches

George Washington University senior medical students sit in a packed auditorium with a white envelope in their hands.

The 172 students are surrounded by their best friends, significant others and family members who traveled from around the country for this very moment. There are blue and gold balloons, bouquets of flowers, cupcakes with thick icing, and glasses of champagne ready for toasting.

It's Match Day. That means when the clock hits noon, they can rip open that envelope and learn which teaching hospital they will spend the next three to seven years of their life as residents. At that exact same moment, about 16,000 other U.S. medical school seniors will do the same.

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