{"id":211155,"date":"2024-03-15T15:30:57","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T19:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=211155"},"modified":"2024-03-15T15:46:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T19:46:07","slug":"match-day-thrills-at-uconn-school-of-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2024\/03\/match-day-thrills-at-uconn-school-of-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Match Day Thrills at UConn School of Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jasmin Williams and Abigail Boursiquot emotionally embrace after opening their Match Day envelopes on March 15 (UConn Health Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Friday, March 15 at the strike of noon, UConn School of Medicine\u2019s Academic Rotunda erupted with the sounds of white envelopes being ripped open and with joyful laughter, screams, and tears.<\/p>\n

The exhilaration was courtesy of national residency Match Day, with 97 soon-to-be doctors at UConn\u2019s medical school learning their residency training program destinies. The fourth-year medical students in the Class of 2024 will receive their medical degrees at Commencement on Monday, May 6.<\/p>\n

UConn School of Medicine is Connecticut\u2019s largest producer of new physicians. UConn\u2019s next class of new doctors will be headed to hospitals across Connecticut and the country for advanced residency training for the next several years in primary care fields and medical specialties.<\/p>\n