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Question 3. Do I need to use more than one Rank Order List?
While each internship applicant submits one Rank Order List, an internship program has the option to submit more than one such list. Experience from other Matching Programs indicates many programs prefer to submit only one list, allowing the Match Program to perform the best match possible from a single list. However, some programs have special needs, and the use of multiple lists can provide a great deal of flexibility.
A program may have as many Rank Order Lists as they have intern positions to fill. For example, an internship site with four positions may:
- choose to fill all four positions from one list;
- choose to fill two positions from one list and two positions from another list;
- choose to fill three positions from one list and one position from another list;
- choose to fill one position from each of four lists
For example, assume that a hospital has five internship positions: three "general" positions, one "neuropsychology" position, and one "gerontology" position. In this example, the hospital may choose to have three Rank Order Lists, and ask the Matching Program to select three interns from the "general" list, one from the "neuropsychology" list, and one from the "gerontology" list. Furthermore, if the "gerontology" position remains unfilled in the match, the hospital may instruct the Matching Program to select an additional intern from the "general" list instead.
This example is only one in a range of possibilities. Programs may devise their own strategies and criteria in developing their lists. NMS provides individualized consultation to programs with special or complex needs.
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6 March 2002
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