By Virginia Hilton
On Friday, March 21, graduating medical students at Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences Eastern Virginia Medical School at Old Dominion University joined medical students across the nation in celebrating Match Day by opening their envelopes and learning where in the country they will spend their residency.
According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, more than 52,000 U.S. and international applicants will match to residency training positions at the nation's teaching hospitals this year. A total of 151 students participated in Match Day and are headed to several of the nation’s most prestigious residency programs, including the University of North Carolina, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Virginia.
See the full Match Day 2025 to learn where medical students matched.
“This is an exciting time in the lives of our medical students,” said Ronald Flenner, MD (MD ’89) vice dean for Academic Affairs. “We are very proud of the work and dedication our students have put forth to get to this point in their medical school careers.”
The matching process is organized by the National Resident Matching Program, which uses an algorithm to pair medical students and residency programs. Fourth-year medical students across the nation apply to residency positions in their chosen specialty — such as pediatrics or surgery. After hitting the interview trail, the students rank the programs according to those they would prefer to join. The programs, in turn, rank the students they feel will make the best fit. Nearly all applicants learn the results of that ranking process at the same time.
See all of the Match Day 2025 photos.