*RUSM has a first-time residency attainment rate of 96%, calculated as the percent of students attaining a 2025-26 residency position out of graduates or expected graduates in 2024-25 who were active applicants in the 2025 NRMP match or who attained a residency position outside the NRMP match. AUC’s first-time residency attainment rate for 2024-2025 graduates and expected graduates is 95%. SABA’s four-year residency placement rate of 97% is calculated as the percent of students attaining a residency position out of all graduates or expected graduates in 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 who were active applicants in the NRMP match or attained a residency outside the NRMP match. As of July 17, 2025, they have not published their 2025 rates. SGU’s US residency placement rate of 94% pertains to graduates over five years from 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 with the rate calculated as the total number of students/graduates who obtained a US residency divided by the total number of students/graduates who applied to a US residency program in a given year as of April 2025.
Describing medical school as a “massive adventure,” recent Ross University School of Medicine (RUSM) graduate, Christopher Mays, MD’20, advises current and future Rossies to stay the path no matter what.
“This is an undertaking that not many people get to go through in their life,” explained Christopher, who recently matched at his number one rank — Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine’s Internal Medicine program in Huntington, West Virginia. “Keep pushing through any mental, physical and emotional challenges. Show up every day and bring your best and you’ll get a great educational experience. It’s such an honor to get to this point and worth every moment of struggle and heartache.”
Born and raised in Kentucky, Christopher is thrilled to circle back to his roots with his new bride, a local nurse whom he met last year. “It’s great to be home,” said the Marvel movie buff. “I’d like to eventually become a pillar of the area — an outstanding hospitalist taking care of my neighbors and family friends; someone everyone can trust.”
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