PHILADELPHIA -- David Wilson didn’t want to say where he hoped to be working as a doctor, but the Thomas Jefferson University medical school student was willing to say this about his No. 1 choice: “It’s whatever is in the envelope.”
Friday was “Match Day” at Jefferson and the nation’s other 155 accredited medical schools, a rite of passage during which soon-to-be graduates open envelopes and find out where they will be doing their residencies — their hospital “match.” It’s a competitive process, and for the last two years, students haven’t been able to gather to celebrate the result because of the pandemic. Last year, the ceremony was held via Zoom, and the March before that, in 2020, the world was nearly at a standstill.
But on Friday, champagne flowed. Flowers and balloons were in abundance. Students were joined by parents, siblings, and friends, and shouts of joy — albeit through masks — were in the air.
