Bringing UMass Medical students together, at a safe distance, to celebrate Match Day

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

Updated: 8:34 PM EDT Apr 22, 2021

Bringing UMass Medical students together, at a safe distance, to celebrate Match Day

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

Updated: 8:34 PM EDT Apr 22, 2021

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>> SUN IS A WELCOMES NOT — SITE — SONUN IS A WELCOME SIGHT. >> ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THE OPENING OF THIS ENVELOPE. >>ALIA IS HOPING TO MASS — MATCH AT DUKE. >> I’M FEELING COMPETENT. — COMPETENT — CONFIDENT. >> DEREK KENNEDY IS GOING INTO GENERAL SURGERY. — CARA KENNEDY IS GOING INTO GENERAL SURGERY. >> IT’S GOT YOUR MATCH RIGHT IN THERE, BUT YOU CAN’T OPEN IT UNTIL 12:00. >> 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. >> IT I DID NOT MATCH WITH ONE OF MY TOP TWO CHOICES, BUT I WOULD RANK WHERE I WENT MY NUMBER ONE. >> PEEL 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. >> THE CLASS OF 202 HAS FACE MORE CHALLENGES, DEMONSTRATED MORE RESILIENCE, — YOU WILL NEVER FORGET MATCH DAY. NEVER MIND THAT IT HAD TO BE HERE AND LIKE THIS. >> 10, 9, 8 — >> HAS 12 NOON DRAWS NEAR. >> 5, 4, 3, 2, ONE. HAPPINESS DAY — HAPPY MATCH DAY. >> UC DAVIS IN CALIFORNIA FOR GENERAL MEDICINE. >> I’M GOING TO BRIGHAM. >> I MATCHED AN OB/GYN AT UCONN. >> THE LACES ARE STUDENTS MATCHED ARE EXCEPTIONAL. I AM HAPPY FOR THEM. >> SOME OF THAT SAFE DISTANCING UNDERSTANDABLY DISSOLVED INTO A LOT OF HUGGING. BUT ALL MEDICAL STUDENTS WERE VACCINATED EARLY ON. DESPITE THE PANDEMIC, MORE THAN 36,000 POSITIONS WERE MATCHED THIS YEA

Bringing UMass Medical students together, at a safe distance, to celebrate Match Day

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

Updated: 8:34 PM EDT Apr 22, 2021

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

NEEDHAM, Mass. —

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