I don't think viewing the match result early like this is really an ethical issue. It's bs that we are expected to wait until Friday in the first place. However, I don't see how it is not a "match violation". It is a "match violation" to do something as simple as opening the envelope sitting in front of you at 11:59 am. Part of the NRMP's mission statement is to provide a "fair, efficient, transparent, and reliable" process. The purpose of the match is to "establish a uniform date of appointment". Whether it was NRMP committing the violation by hiding the info in the code or the applicant by looking for said info, the simple fact is that the match process, for this year at least, is now broken. It is bs that so many people found out their match results 4 days early and the rest of us still have to wait, considering the above stated purpose of the NRMP.
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