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Phase I:
Programs agree to participate in the match and are provided with an identification number. Participating programs agree not to make any appointments or commitments prior to the match and after the match not to make any commitments to residents matched with other programs.

Phase II:
Applicants obtain their own Identification Number from the Urology Residency Matching Program.

Phase III:
Applicants are responsible for contacting programs and going through the interview process. The function of the Urology Residency Matching Program during this phase is to assign identification numbers to applicants and programs. Applicants should provide their AUA identification number to each program when contacted or at the time of interviews.

Phase IV:
All programs and applicants submit rank-ordered preference lists on line to the Urology Residency Matching Program no later than Monday, January 5, 2009. If we do not receive your ranking list by that date you will not be included in the match.

Phase V:
The actual match is performed.

There are several facts applicants and program directors should know about this phase.

You will not be forced to accept a program or an applicant you do not want. If you do not include a program or an applicant on your list you cannot be matched with it/them. Ranking a program is a binding commitment to accept that program if you are matched with it. Programs commit to accept any applicant on their ranking list. Your rank-ordering affects the program or applicant with which you are matched. We try to match applicants with the first program on their list. If they are first choice on that program's list, they are matched. We will not match anyone with programs low on their list until those programs they have ranked higher do not match with them. We try to match programs with the first applicant on their list. We will not match a program with anyone lower on their list until those applicants ranked higher do not match with the program because they received an offer from a program higher on their list or have not listed that program at all.
If two or more programs make offers to an applicant, the applicant is matched with the program highest on the applicant's list.
Not everyone is matched. If an applicant is not ranked by any program on the applicant's list or all his/her ranked programs fill their vacancies before the applicant's name is listed on the program's rank list, the applicant will not be matched. If a program is not listed by any applicant, or its listed applicants have already been matched with programs they have ranked higher, there will be an empty position. Vacancies after the match may be listed on the AUA website, click "Residency", and unmatched applicants may make individual arrangements with programs that still have vacancies.

Phase VI:
Results are e-mailed (for receipt by Monday morning, 9:00 A.M. EST, January 26, 2009) to all programs, medical schools, and applicants. This should provide applicants with the information necessary to participate or not in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP).