The MATCH process officially begins at the beginning of a medical student’s fourth year. However, students start their path to residency early in their medical training. Throughout medical school, students take part in clinical rotations in different areas of medicine, which helps them determine what specialty or specialties they’d like to pursue. The culmination of this training is The MATCH process, which includes:\r\rSubmitting applications to residency programs\rInterviewing with program teams\rCreating a Rank Order List (ROL) of preferred programs\rWaiting while the NRMP calculates results and releases them on Match Day\rAfter residency interviews, students create a “rank-order list” of their preferred programs, and that is matched against a list of preferred candidates created by the residency programs. In mid-March during Match Week, students learn if they have been matched with one of their preferred residencies. The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) instituted and maintains The MATCH system. The Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS) is an organization that provides matching by algorithm for medical residency training throughout Canada.