Bringing UMass Medical students together to celebrate Match Day

Despite the pandemic, more than 36,000 residency positions were filled nationally this year, the largest match on record

Updated: 8:30 PM EDT Jun 29, 2021

Bringing UMass Medical students together to celebrate Match Day

Despite the pandemic, more than 36,000 residency positions were filled nationally this year, the largest match on record

Updated: 8:30 PM EDT Jun 29, 2021

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ANTHONY: SUNSHINE IS A WELCOME SIGHT ON THIS BLUSTERY MARCH MORNING. SNOW WAS IN THE FORECAST. BUT SNOW COULD NOT DAMPEN THE EXCITEMENT FOR THESE STUDESNT. >> ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THE OPENING OF THIS ENVELOPE. >> ALIA IS HOPING TO MASS, MATCH AT DUKE. >> I AM FEELING CONFIDENT. ANTHONY: DEREK KENNEDY IS INGGO INTO GENERAL SURRYGE — CARA KENNEDY IS GOING INTO GENERAL SURGERY. >> IT’S GOT YOUR MATCH RIGHT IN THERE, BUT YOU CAN’T OPEN IT TIL UN12:00. >> THIS IS A SAFE WAY TO HAVE EXCITEMENT. >> I COULDN’T CHOOSE WHO MY FAVORITE PEOPLE WERE, SO I BROUGHT ALL OF THEM. >> ALL OF MY GOOD LUCK CHARMS ON AND READY TO GO. >> SOME ADVICE FROM THOSE WHO TRAVELED THIS ROAD IN 2015. >> REASSEUR THEM THAT THE TRAINING THEY GOT AT UMASS DOES SET EMTH UP FOR GREAT SUCCESS. >> I DID NOT MATCH WITH ONE OF MY TOP TWO CHOICES. TBU IF I COULD GO BACK SIX YEARS AGO, I WOULD CHOOSE UMASS AS MY NUERMB ONE BECAUSE I ENJOYED EVERY MOMENT OF IT. >> FEEL OUT WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE YOU WANT TO WORK WITH, INPATIENT OR OUTPATIENT AND MATTER FOR LIFE AFTER RESIDENT. >> IS A PRIVILEGE AND A TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS HONOR TO BE ABLE TO CARE FOR PATIENTS. >> IT IS IRFA TO SAY THE CLASS OF 2021 HAS FACED MORE CHALLENGES, DENSMOTREDAT MORE RESILIENCE, MORE COVERAGE — COURAGE THEN A PRIOR CLASS. >> 86 WILLTAY S IN THE COMMONWEALTH FOR SOME OR ALL OF THEIR TRAINING. >> YOU WILL NEVER FORGET MATCH DAY. NEVER MIND THE FACT THAT IT HAD TO BE HE AREND LIKE THIS. >> HERE WE GO. ANTHONY: AS 12:00 NNOO DRAWS NEAR, — >> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. HAPPY MATCH DAY. >> UC DAVIS IN CALIFORNIA FOR GENERAL MEDINECI >> I’M GOING TO BRIGHAM. I AM VERY HAPPY FOR HER. SHE WORKED REALLY HARD. >> I MATCHED AN OB/GYN AT UCONN. >> THE PLACES OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING ARE SPECTACULAR. I AM VERY HAPPY FOR THEM. ANTHONY: OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THE SOCIAL DISTANCING BROKE DNOW THAT CELEBRATION

Bringing UMass Medical students together to celebrate Match Day

Despite the pandemic, more than 36,000 residency positions were filled nationally this year, the largest match on record

Updated: 8:30 PM EDT Jun 29, 2021

The University of Massachusetts Medical School, the state’s first and only public medical school, is about to graduate its largest class in nearly 50 years.

NEEDHAM, Mass. —

The University of Massachusetts Medical School, the state’s first and only public medical school, is about to graduate its largest class in nearly 50 years.