Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program® (SOAP®): View

Supplemental Offer and

Acceptance Program

®

(SOAP

®

): View &

Respond to Offers

Main Residency Match

Users:

• Fully Unmatched

or Partially

Matched

Applicants

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Note: This SOAP: View & Respond to Offers guide explains how to complete this task using a desktop.

The menu options are the same whether using a mobile device or desktop.

Applicants may receive offers in the Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP) through the NRMP’s Registration, Ranking, and

Results

®

(R3

®

) system. Offers are issued in order of a program’s preference list and according to the number of unfilled positions remaining

in the program. Applicants do not create preference lists during SOAP. Instead, applicants express their preferences by applying to

programs using ERAS

©

.

There are multiple SOAP Offer Rounds. In each Offer Round, applicants have two hours to accept or reject offers in the R3 system. Offers

not accepted or rejected expire automatically.

NOTE: The steps explained in this guide are the same for each Round.

Login:

1. Enter the Username and Password you

created for accessing the R3 system.

2. Click Login.

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Match Home Page:

The Match Home page displays.

3. Click SOAP → Offers.

4. The SOAP Offers page displays.

5. Banner Messages: Provide details about

whether offers have been generated, when

offers will expire, and when the next SOAP

Offer Round begins. These messages

change throughout SOAP Rounds.

Note: The example banner message

displays details prior to the start of Round

1.

6. Offer Tabs: Provide details about the state

of an offer. These details will change

throughout SOAP Rounds based on

applicant offers and decisions.

a. Accepted: provides program details

about any accepted offer(s).

b. Pending: provides program details

about any current available offer(s)

and is where applicants accept or

reject offer(s).

c. Rejected: provides program details

about any declined offer(s).

d. Expired: provides program details

about any expired offer(s).

7. The numbers in the parentheses indicate

how many programs are in that offer

category.

8. Clicking the down arrow provides program

details.

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SOAP Offers Page – No Offers:

1. The banner message indicates there are

no offers and when the next SOAP Offer

Round begins.

2.

The Offers tabs contain no program

details as this example applicant has no

offers.

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Viewing and Accepting Pending Offers:

1. The Pending Offers tab displays the

number of offers the applicant received in

the Round. Click the down arrow on the

Pending Offers tab to view the offer(s).

2. Click View Offer.

3. The Offer Details page displays. Select a

response:

a. Reject Offer

b. Accept Offer

c. Return to the View Offers page.

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4. To accept an offer, click Accept Offer

and a pop-up displays. If you want to

accept the offer, enter your password

and click Accept. By accepting an offer,

you enter into a binding commitment with

the program to enter training.

a. Click Cancel to return to the Offer

Details page.

5. The Accepted Offers tab displays the

program details.

Applicants who do not have a

full course of training may

continue in subsequent SOAP

Rounds to attempt to secure a

complementary position.

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6. Once you have accepted an offer, your

accepted offer(s) will display on the

Match Home Page.

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Rejected and Expired Offers:

1. For applicants who accept an offer in a

SOAP Round, the R3 system automatically

rejects any concurrent year offer and lists

program details in the Rejected Offers tab.

2. Offers that are not accepted or rejected

during the two-hour SOAP Round are listed

in the Expired Offers tab.

An offer that is rejected or expires

will not be extended to the

applicant again in future SOAP

Rounds.

NOTE: For all subsequent Rounds, follow

the above steps to respond to offers.

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Once SOAP concludes, if you still have not secured a position, you can contact programs with unfilled positions directly. The final List of

Unfilled Programs is available in the R3 system one hour after the final SOAP Offer Round concludes and includes programs that did not

participate in SOAP.