Photos: Match Day for UA medical students
Smiles, hugs and happy tears flowed as 114 UA College of Medicine fourth-year medical students learned where they will head for residency during Match Day.
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UA Match Day for medical students

Tiffany Pouldar, facing camera, leaps into the arms of fellow medical student Tijana Milinic after Pouldar learned she matched to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Milinic to the University of Colorado College of Medicine.
UA Match Day for medical students

Fourth-year students grab their named bags bearing their residency fate.
UA Match Day for medical students

Danielle Nahal, right, who matched to the University of California-San Francisco, congratulates fellow medical student Ajjya Acharya who matched to U.C.-Davis Medical Center.
UA Match Day for medical students

Melody Marouf, left, shares in celebration with Melissa Tran, right, as Tran learned she matched to Hofstra Northwell in New York.
UA Match Day for medical students

Fourth-year medical students, led by Vicky Khoury at bottom, count down until they open their match envelopes.
UA Match Day for medical students

Tiffany Pouldar, top, leaps into the arms of friends after learned she matched to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
UA Match Day for medical students

Balloons bearing the images of fourth-year medical students are tied to match envelopes.
UA Match Day for medical students

Friends, family and medical students laugh during the cohort's comic relief emcees take the stage to give a playful ribbing.
UA Match Day for medical students

Aamir Ahmad, right, shares a tender moment with proud mom Shaguffa Ahmad, after he learned he matched to the University of New Mexico School of Medicine for orthopedic surgery.