The written information concerning the Match has confused some of
the medical students over the years:
- ``...each applicant is matched to the hospital program highest on
the applicant's rank order list that has offered the applicant a
position...'' (1995 NRMP Handbook)
Is this correct?
Someone, at some point, decided that this wasn't fair (both the
description and the process). Some quotes from AMSA, October 1995.
- ``Don't let the NRMP alone plan your future. The American Medical
Student Association, as your advocate and voice, is demanding that the
scales be tipped in YOUR favor to give the power of choice back
to the MEDICAL STUDENT.'' (October, 1995).
- ``The NRMP and its algorithm can be thought of as the rules to a
game with the hospital and the students acting as players (a game with
important consequences, as the outcome greatly affects careers and
lives).''
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