On March 21 this year, fourth-year medical students from across North America took part in a significant milestone known as Match Day. At 9 a.m. PDT on the dot, each student tore open an envelope containing the name of the program that will be their home for residency training. Prior to this moment, candidates had submitted applications to potential postgraduate specialties and destinations, ranking them in order of preference, through the National Resident Matching Program. Everything is revealed on Match Day, which always falls on the third Friday of March.

At USC, the big moment was met with yelps of joy and arms flung high in triumph. The cohort’s overall match rate for 2025 was 97.4%.

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