CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) --Thousands of medical school students will learn where their medical careers will launch on Match Day.
Graduating medical students gathered at the Union League Club for Match Day to learn where they will begin their residency training after graduation from Rush Medical College at Rush University.
Emma Radley is headed to the neurology department at Northwestern Medicine and she couldn't be happier.
"I am overwhelmed with excitement, " she told WBBM. "I'm so happy. I'm so proud of all of us today."
Reilly Frauchiger-Ankers is going into plastic surgery at the University of Nebraska.
"It kind of feels like all the hard work and sacrifices that I made for many years beyond medical school have come to a head and taking the next steps now," he said.
Dr. Beth Baker, Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education at Rush Medical College gives advice to the new graduates.
"Please remember the opportunity that you are being given-to be a physician," she said. "It's a wonderful career-the chance to do something meaningful with your life."
Medical students across the U.S. "simultaneously" learn their residency match based on a program that uses a computerized mathematical algorithm to match applicants with hospitals.
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