A FAIR Match for All: Accepting COMLEX to Improve Specialty Access

Following Match week 2025, OMS IV Jett Murray reflects on his medical school journey and some of the obstacles that he faced along the way to obtaining residency placement. From being told during first-year orientation week that competitive specialties would be nearly out of reach, to spending more than $2,500 to take the USMLE in addition to the COMLEX, to only being asked about USMLE scores during residency interviews, Jett highlights the stresses many of his DO student peers face. Read his story and learn how the FAIR Act, H.R. 2314, would make the Match more equitable for all.