Tulane medical students to learn residency assignments on National Match Day

**MEDIA ADVISORY**

WHO: Faculty, friends and family members will cheer on 191 graduating fourth-year students of Tulane University School of Medicine’s Class of 2018 as they learn where they’ll spend the next chapter of their medical careers.

WHAT: Tulane University School of Medicine’s annual Match Day ceremony

WHEN: Friday, March 16. Doors open at 10 a.m.; Program starts at 11 a.m. 

WHERE: Celestin Ballroom, Hyatt Regency New Orleans, 601 Loyola Ave.

MORE: Match Day is the culmination of four challenging years, and, in some ways, is the most exciting day of the medical school experience. Every year at a predetermined time, medical students across the country learn simultaneously which hospital will educate them for the next three to seven years. This year’s national Match is expected to be the largest in history, exceeding the more than 43,000 applicants who registered for the 2017 Match and the more than 31,000 positions offered last year.