Program requirements
Filter and sort accurately, on verified criteria and years of applicant data.
On your own: scattered across sites, with filters that can remove programs you actually qualify for.
The original IMG-friendly residency platform · since 2004
The residency match, built for IMGs.
See exactly where you qualify across 4,400+ programs, scored to your profile, your scores, and your visa.
✓ Know exactly where you match
✓ Context-based requirements
✓ Free to start
Takes 30 seconds
240,000+
IMGs guided since 2004
4,400+
ACGME® programs, 18 specialties
20+ yrs
Of real applicant outcomes
1 place
For your entire match
Why strong applicants still go unmatched
It is rarely just your ability.
It is how you prepared.
Most capable IMGs who go unmatched made avoidable mistakes: a weaker application than their profile deserved, or a program list that is not going to consider them. Both are fixable. That is the part we help with.
Real applicant data
Feedback from real applicants shows which IMGs, including grads of your own school, matched where.
On your own: you chase it down across forum threads, and never get the full picture.
Application budget
Your budget mapped to specific programs, ranked by compatibility, so every application counts.
On your own: every irrelevant program you apply to is money lost.
Complete preparation
Every part of the application supported in one place, backed by our team throughout.
On your own: you jump between separate services to piece together one prep.
Applying on your own
With Match A Resident
Program requirements
Scattered across sites, with filters that can remove programs you actually qualify for.
Filter and sort accurately, on verified criteria and years of applicant data.
Real applicant data
You chase it down across forum threads, and never get the full picture.
Feedback from real applicants shows which IMGs, including grads of your own school, matched where.
Application budget
Every irrelevant program you apply to is money lost.
Your budget mapped to specific programs, ranked by compatibility, so every application counts.
Complete preparation
You jump between separate services to piece together one prep.
Every part of the application supported in one place, backed by our team throughout.
Everything your match needs
One platform, from your list to Match Day.
Start with the list. Add the pieces you need, when you need them.
Start here
Your Residency List
The customized, IMG-friendly list of programs you actually qualify for, across 4,400+ ACGME® programs. Context-based requirements, a compatibility score for every program, your Top 100 ranked, and a Meet My Budget tool that maps your budget to the right programs. Free Rank Assist and Interview Manager tools come with it.
See how many programs you qualify for, free →
Personal Statement
Draft, review, and edit a statement that reads the way program directors expect, in your own voice.
Learn more →MyERAS Application
Directors read the whole application, not just the personal statement. Draft, edit, or assess all 19 components against what they actually evaluate.
Learn more →Program Insider
Ask any program anything. Answered from 20+ years of data found nowhere else, plus reliable sources.
Learn more →Interview Prep
70+ real questions with STAR feedback and unlimited retries, tuned to your specialty.
Learn more →Residency Letters
Letters of interest, intent, and thank-you notes, structured to land at the right moment.
Learn more →Match Advising
One-on-one time with a resident physician for the judgment calls a tool cannot make.
Learn more →
Your #2 priority, after the list
Your story, told the way program directors read.
The personal statement is often the first thing a director reads. We draft from your own answers so it stays in your voice, structured around what programs actually look for. Three modes, Draft, Review, and Edit, take you from a blank page to a statement that earns the interview. And you see exactly where you stand with a free assessment before you spend anything.
DraftBuild a complete statement from guided prompts, in your voice.
ReviewScore an existing draft for clarity, structure, and fit.
EditRefine grammar, style, and flow with unlimited passes.
Draft
Active
Review
Structure92
Voice & fit88
Edit
Unlimited passes
How it works
From your profile to a real plan, in minutes.
1
Tell us your profile
Your scores, visa need, USCE, and specialty. About a minute, no card needed.
2
See where you qualify
Create a free account to see your first 3 matches, with compatibility scores, so you see exactly where you stand.
3
Unlock your full list
Get every program you qualify for, ranked. Then build the rest of your application, interview prep, and advising in the same place.
Free for every IMG
Explore your specialty, then see where you qualify.
Free specialty pages with real IMG match stats, competitiveness, and the average profile of matched applicants. Pick yours, enter your credentials, and get your compatibility instantly. No card, no account to look.
Why Match A Resident
Built different, on purpose.
We call the programs
Every year, June to August, our team confirms program requirements by phone. Your data reflects this cycle, not a stale snapshot.
20+ years of outcomes
Our compatibility scoring is built on 20+ years of real IMG match results, since 2004. That track record is hard to match, and it is what makes the scores trustworthy.
Built for IMGs
This is not a general admissions firm with an IMG add-on. Every tool is built for the international graduate's path, the visa questions, the USCE, the year-of-graduation limits, the score scrutiny. The whole product assumes your reality.
From 240,000+ IMGs guided since 2004
The decision that changed their cycle.
✓ Verified Match
“I definitely would recommend that applicants use Match A Resident because it really saves you a lot of time, as well as a lot of money, and it really alleviates most of the stress that comes with trying to find which programs one is most compatible with.”
✓ Verified Match
“The Match A Resident custom list came in to help me in the best way possible because it has a lot of information that is not found anywhere. Features like I-Link, Country-Link, and School-Link make MAR an unbeatable choice when you're applying to a residency program.”
✓ Verified Match
“Based on my scores and stats I shouldn't have matched, so to have had 9 interviews for neurology is not a small feat. I really do credit Match A Resident in helping me select the programs that made the most sense for me instead of just blindly applying.”
✓ Verified Match
“A lot of people make the mistake of applying everywhere without research, and half of those programs were never going to look at you. So applying "smart" is very important. I used the Match A Resident bundle.”
✓ Verified Match
“The program list was brilliant. I shortened my list from 145 programs to under 120 and ended up getting 20 interviews. Match A Resident also had a scheduler I could use for my interview dates — amazing tools as well!”
✓ Verified Match
“I was able to see how many people with similar credentials got selected for interviews or matched from the same country. That was a real confidence booster. Match A Resident is extremely useful and I suggest it to my close friends and upcoming applicants.”
✓ Verified Match
“I want to shout out Match A Resident for how much they helped me during my application season. Using their specialty navigator for General Surgery allowed me to find a program that really caters to the IMG experience.”
✓ Verified Match
“When I applied to the match I only had average scores and 0 publications. Applying was a big risk because the match gets more competitive every year. Luckily, Match A Resident was there to help me and I matched on my first cycle.”
Your strongest cycle starts with one honest list.
See how many programs you qualify for, free, then create a free account for your first 3 matches with compatibility scores. From there, build the rest of your match: the documents, the interview prep, the advising, all in one place.
240,000+ IMGs guided since 2004.