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Hopefully this week. The office, upon return from break, was inundated with scheduling some of the last interviews; hopefully they've gotten to your cards by now and the replies are in the mail. 🙂
2008-2009 University of Illinois (UIC) Secondary Application Thread
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It's a professional school, so you're not required to provide parental information. That said, you do need to if you're looking for need-based institutional scholarships.
Hi guys, I know I applied pretty late in this cycle. For last three weeks my status was "applicant in process" but it changed back to "application is in process". this status is making me nervous that I might have been rejected. Did this happen to anyone before?
Why would you need your parents' info? What if they don't want to provide that? (Haven't asked yet but would rather not).
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Just rules that FAFSA set I guess. If your parents don't want to provide that, I suppose that would disqualify you from need-based aid, but you'd still be able to qualify for loans.
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No, no. Since you're attending professional school, FAFSA does not require any parental information with regard to Stafford or PLUS loans. You'll get those, no problem. If you want UIC to consider you for its internal need-based scholarships/grants, then you need to include parent income information.
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Congrats. 🙂
ChichiMD, Chicago!! That's great! can you tell us when you turned in your card and when it said they received it. We thought we'd get it today but instead we got a letter rejecting us from our state school. Darnet. But hey, we are VERY grateful for our UIC acceptance!
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ChiChi are you from chicago/illinois?
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Thanks guys! I am so grateful rite now!!
ok so here's the deal. I got my packet on the 24th night. I have been following this blog for a while so I knew people weren't getting chicago so I decided to go turn in my card personally. I went on the 5th around noon-ish and met the secretary and I asked to speak with whoever was in charge of site placement but the whole staff were in some sort of meeting cos the whole office was empty except for her. I cannot remember the name of the lady I was supposed to speak with tho..
anyways, the secretary gave me a pen and paper and asked me to write the reasons why I wanted the chicago campus and that if its a good one they'll consider it even tho the ad come had the final say. so I literally drafted a 3 paragraph letter that I didn't think would be looked at..( I mean it was on yellow writing pad..lol).
I don't know if this had much if anything to do with my assignment but I figured I might as well say wat transpired. I am going to call and thank that secretary tommorow.
yes I am an illinois resident but have no family affiliations with any part of this state..
I guess now we do know for sure that chicago is not full.
and yes we should get together in may to celebrate.
I hope u guys' petition is granted and we can all be classmates. feel free to ask any more questions..
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No I am not from chicgo. I live in the northern suburbs of illinois.. lake forest area to be specific
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sorry for the multiple posts but I keep forgetting to answer people's questions (long day at work).
according to the status page thingy..it says they received it on the 6th even though I turned it in on the 5th.
and just if anyone was wondering..i am a traditional student even tho I finished undergrad two years ago.... I am 22 yrs old.
I hope all this helps...
according to the status page thingy..it says they received it on the 6th even though I turned it in on the 5th.
and just if anyone was wondering..i am a traditional student even tho I finished undergrad two years ago.... I am 22 yrs old.
I hope all this helps...
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Chichi, congrats. They didn't have to look at your appeal letter; there are spots left in Chicago outright. Appeal letters are not considered until after May 15th.
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Anyone sent in their petition letter yet? I think I may start on mine before the start of school next week. maybe.....maybe...
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I've been procrastinating too... I think I'll start mine this week as well. Do you think it matters whether we get it in early or late? Does getting it in early signify more need/desire for a reassignment?
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No. Petition letters are evaluated based on the merits of the letter itself; they are not first-come, first-served. When you send it in (provided it's before 5/15) will have no bearing on whether it's granted.
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Is the Adcom meeting tomorrow? I read that they meet every third Thursday but am just curious because of the holiday and all.
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To the best of my knowledge.
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Historically, if your status on the status page changed to something like "A decision was made on <date>. You will receive further correspondence in the mail. If you don't receive anything in 7-10 days, please call the office," it meant you were admitted.
...there does come a point in the process, though, where that status change starts to appear for those who are receiving rejections, as opposed to being reviewed the following month. You'd have to check last year's UIC thread to see when that shift started to happen.
I spoke with the Director of Admissions the other day and he said the committee has been very conservative with the number of acceptances they give out each month due to an unusually high number of qualified applicants, so maybe we're still early enough in the game that such a status change is something to be excited over. 🙂
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thanks zipmedic. do you know where the link to that thread is? I did a search but didn't find it. Thanks again!
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zipmedic, you never replied to my personal message??? whats up with that???
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I live in CA and I have yet to receive my site-assignment. Hmm...I hope I get into the Chicago Track, but I won't keep my hopes high. Any West-coaster heard from UIC yet?
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does anyone when the committee is meeting this month? is it today or next thursday?
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As far as I know, it's today. Keep an eye out for status changes today and tomorrow. If there are none, we'll know they postponed it.
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Sorry, been busy and just answering questions in this thread from my iPhone. I'll take a look now. 🙂
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Can anyone give me any advice on the types of questions I could be asked at my interview (Chicago campus - March)
What does it mean when they do closed-file interview?
Is the interview in groups of 3 or 3 interviewers or 1-on-1 with 3 interviewers?
Does UIC focus on current events in Chicago, ethical issues in healthcare, politics, medical technology...??
I would appreciate any insight!! THANKS 🙂
What does it mean when they do closed-file interview?
Is the interview in groups of 3 or 3 interviewers or 1-on-1 with 3 interviewers?
Does UIC focus on current events in Chicago, ethical issues in healthcare, politics, medical technology...??
I would appreciate any insight!! THANKS 🙂
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Closed file interview means that the person interviewing you (at least at uic) has only your amcas personal statement and the answers you gave to the essay questions on your uic secondary. They do not know your GPA or MCAT score or that kind of stuff. No one is going to ask you why you (hypothetically speaking of course) got a "C' in physics (which is kind of nice).
It is a 1 on 1 interview with 3 different people. I had a pHD, an MD and some kind of undergrad advisor lady (she was the toughest).
As for current events, different folks different strokes they say. The most current event question (so to speak) I got was "name the prolems our healthcare is facing currently". Some other people I interviewed with had more intricate questions with very short tempered interviewers. If I were you and especially since I am interviewing in march, I would bring my A+ game. Know EVERYTHING about the school, read up on current events and know your application WELL. Go through the UIC interview questions thread. I personally loved it.
Goodluck dear!
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I got asked if healthcare was a right or a privilege and then was asked how I would fix the current health care crisis! 😱
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That's a good one.
Site assignment results are in.....1st choice was Chicago then Peoria. We got PEORIA! We aren't too unhappy about it because Peoria will offer some great one-on-one as we have heard!! That should be great for matches to residency! 🙂 Anyone else get theirs today?
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am i the only one waiting on a response today? (albeit this is my 2nd month under review). should i be hopeful for an answer today, or will it most likely go all the way down to the wire in may? is anyone else getting a status change today? have you already?
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you are not the only one waiting for a decision. quit stressing. the longer we are in decision pending is better b/c we are not being denied. we have done all that we can to get in, now we just need to wait.
if they did have a decisions meeting today...awesome. if not, then next week should be just as exciting. focus on school and work....then good things will come!!!
if they did have a decisions meeting today...awesome. if not, then next week should be just as exciting. focus on school and work....then good things will come!!!
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no site assignment for me yet. I think there's a super-massive blackhole in the great midwest, funneling all the mail before it reaches Cali. 😀
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might be the disgusting super freeze that we are experiencing, or the usps is caught up in obama inauguration frenzy.
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the high today was like -3 and its about -15 as i sit here... so i bet the mailmen are struggling a bit
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I knew it, it was a white-hole and not a blackhole! tricky tricky midwest, hehe. How's everyone today?
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doing well. i took a hiatus for awhile...sdn obsession should be studied by a future md phd someday.
very cold. my nose froze today while walking to class. sad day.
very cold. my nose froze today while walking to class. sad day.
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yikes. bundle up! yea, I'm trying to ween myself off of SDN, too. I don't really have any business to be on here anymore, but it's like a TV-show addiction.
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anyone else still able to log onto their application status check??? i thought that it was supposed to be down by now?
too much fun!
too much fun!
I got my campus assigment today....Rockford. Not happy at all. This changes my desire to even attend UIC. I was all for it if i got into chicago, because i really like the fact it has all the hospitals to rotate in. but rockford...-_-.
does anyone know if the committee responds to petitions...like say if i stated it were to change my choice of school, if they would notify me before may? i dont want to choose UIC to only find out im stuck at rockford! 😱
does anyone know if the committee responds to petitions...like say if i stated it were to change my choice of school, if they would notify me before may? i dont want to choose UIC to only find out im stuck at rockford! 😱
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First off, Rockford isn't a bad place to be. Second, they'll absolutely respond to petitions. You'll need a much more compelling reason than "I think Rockford sucks and I'm mad," though. They're looking for things like, ""My fiancé is getting her Ph.D. in Chicago," "I want to be near my sick father, who lives in Chicago," or even "My family and entire support structure is in Chicago." It's got to be something significant like that. If they were just going to move you to the city because it's your strong preference, they'd have assigned you there to begin with, don't you think?
Simply saying, "I'll go to a different school if you don't put me in Chicago," isn't going to cut it. They won't respond favorably to a threat; statistically, you need the spot more than they need you. If this is truly make-it-or-break-it, then perhaps you should consider your other options before the May 15th deadline. Either way, good luck. 🙂
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i didn't. i've already checked 3 times today :/ when did you interview?
thanks! im not threating them, i was just wondering if my petition would be considered before may 15, but from what it sounds like, probably not. if so, i guess i have a hard decision to make! 😕
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