- Programs begin viewing SOAP applications in AAMC’s ERAS system and may contact applicants upon receipt of an application. No offers or commitments allowed outside R3 system.
- Applicants and programs continue to communicate by program-initiated communication.
- Programs begin creating SOAP preference lists in the R3 system. Students do not submit a preference or rank order list for SOAP.
Students are unable to apply to programs during Offer Rounds in ERAS, but may continue to apply to programs during periods between Offer Rounds (1 hour).
- SOAP Offer Round 1-4: Applicants begin receiving offers. Applicants accept or reject offers via the R3 system. List of Unfilled Programs is updated at the end of each round. All unmatched applicants can contact programs directly about remaining unfilled positions.
If an applicant rejects an offer or allows an offer to expire then no further offers will be made to that applicant by the same program.
Once an applicant accepts an offer then the applicant will not be able to send additional applications via ERAS. Offers extended by programs and accepted by applicants during SOAP will create a binding commitment. Failure to honor that commitment or failure to adhere to SOAP policies will be a violation of the “Match Participation Agreement.”