For the employment history section of the secondary app, does that refer only to paid employment? Or does that include employment for which we were not compensated for??
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so if they screen would they automatically throw out an app to someone that has a bcpm of less than 3.0? what if they are urm, does that matter? not to mention an mcat of 17 :'(
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employment you weren't paid for sounds a lot like volunteer work
I have no idea what their cut offs are but unless you have listed an upcoming mcat date on your primary, they might screen you out with scores like that. I don't know that they look at URM status during the first screening, but I could be wrong. I don't know how much URM is going to save you with an MCAT of 17
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Urgh, they still haven't uploaded my letters and the online status is yelling at me "User needs to submit letters"
I wanna yell back at it "I DID! 3 weeks ago!"
lol, I'mma call them tomorrow morning.
I wanna yell back at it "I DID! 3 weeks ago!"
lol, I'mma call them tomorrow morning.
i JUST got off the phone with them and they looked me up and were like "yep, we see all your letters here, we're gonna complete you today" 🙂
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i did the same thing last week. if you're not compelte within a few weeks, i suggest calling them to make it complete. you don't want to waste anytime.
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Welcome. Please remember the general etiquette of web forums - read the thread before you ask a question that may have been (and was, in fact) answered already. 🙂
The status page is here. Good luck.
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UIC only requested three letters but I sent five to AMCAS which went to all schools including UIC. So will UIC look at other two that I haven't listed on the secondary or not?
Anyone know for sure/ Any guesses?
Anyone know for sure/ Any guesses?
if it was in a packet, I think they will. If they were separate letters, they might because they'll have to figure out which ones are your science and which is non science so they might go ahead and read them all. On the status page there is space for them to recieve 5 individual letters.
just to keep some other people informed that are in the same situation as me- if your letters have not been uploaded yet I called the office and the admission person said that they have not uploaded all of them yet (obviously) but that it is OK because they are not even going to start reviewing application until next month sometime (so its not like your application is not being looked at right now when others are or something like that)
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So, does this mean that right now, everyone's status is: "Application is in process"?
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mine is application is in progress.
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is there a difference b/w "application in progress" and "applicant in process"????😕
look earlier in this thread. someone posted what all the statuses mean and where you can go from each one
Also am applicant in process. But per what people have said in here, I guess it dosn't mean anything yet.
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Right.
you say august like it isn't tomorrow. haha i'm guessing you mean mid to late august?
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Patience is key.
👍 Agree. I submitted this secondary in early July, but was wondering what the hold up was for receiving a complete status. I called the admissions office and the lady I spoke with downloaded and printed off my LORs as we spoke.
or everyone can just chill out and wait a few days because they don't take THAT long to upload the letters (keep in mind that allot of us are checking the status pages probably too often)
I submitted my app in late july and now on Aug 4th they uploaded the LOR and I am complete (is that too long to wait?)
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Hmm, I didn't waive my rights to see my letters. Hadn't thought much of it at the time, but now that I'm submitted and everything I am kinda curious to see the letters.
Might as well since I can... but there is nowhere on the website that displays the letters. Lol, oh well.
Might as well since I can... but there is nowhere on the website that displays the letters. Lol, oh well.
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Lacipart, I'd leave as well alone - at least until after the application cycle.
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Isn't it frowned upon to not waive your rights to see the letters? Besides, letter writers generally decline if they can't write a good one for you.
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Yea, I'll take that advice Zip. I'll just pretend I never checked that box...
Anyway, I'm not going to worry about it.
Yea, i don't know what I was thinking at the time. I guess I was just curious and thought it was kinda silly for there to be laws that give students rights to these things... but then you are all but required to waive your rights. Kinda silly.
Anyway, I'm not going to worry about it.
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Percent time. Were you full time (100%), half time (50%), etc.
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So...I just managed to somehow submit the UIC secondary without having saved my responses to the "extracurricular activities" section.
It's completely blank. Crap.
I immediately emailed the admissions office asking what I could do to remedy the situation, but I'm still waiting for a response.
Zip, do you know how accommodating the admissions office is in dealing with this type of thing? Am I completely hosed?
It's completely blank. Crap.
I immediately emailed the admissions office asking what I could do to remedy the situation, but I'm still waiting for a response.
Zip, do you know how accommodating the admissions office is in dealing with this type of thing? Am I completely hosed?
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Things happen. Call the admissions office and explain the error; they might be able to help you out.
Looking forward to hearing from this school, although I'm afraid if I do get an interview, Zip will be my interviewer and make me cry.
Very funny. I am NOT mean. 🙁
Haha, I'm just yanking your chain. Slow/long night at work tonight. Floor has been so quiet!
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He said earlier sometime in August, and since August is now 1/3 done, I'm sure it will be soon.
In response to the applicant who submitted an online secondary application and then realized that their extracurricular activities page was not correct/blank, as Zip points out, things happen. What usually doesn't happen is that those things are anticipated by the IT guys that program the application. However, in this case, and I am NOT (/cough) tooting my own horn, we anticipated this particular situation. Woot us! So admissions should be able to "reset" the submission allowing you to correct the erroneous page and then submit the application again. If all things work correctly (crosses his fingers) then you will be able to submit the application and not pay again. If anything occurs other than my above interpretation of how the application will work, then post here, and I'll look into it specifically. I don't know your Amcas ID, but call College of Medicine Admissions and tell them to contact the supplemental application web architect, and let him know your amcas ID.
Oh, and if everything works as intended, then that was my code, otherwise it was a bug introduced by one of my programmers 😉.
Oh, and if everything works as intended, then that was my code, otherwise it was a bug introduced by one of my programmers 😉.
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UIC IT Guy, you're the man! 👍 I hope the admissions office is as awesome and understanding as you.
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Have I said again how awesome it is that you are on here? Way cool.
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Well at least the later the interviews start, the closer they will be to first decision in October. I just hope applying early pays off still. From those stats I definitely feel like a competitive applicant but who knows what kind of ECs they are looking for and such.
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Well at least the later the interviews start, the closer they will be to first decision in October. I just hope applying early pays off still. From those stats I definitely feel like a competitive applicant but who knows what kind of ECs they are looking for and such.
i wish they started sooner! i know the concept of safety schools is questionable . . . but as an IL resident with odd/unbalanced but overall good stats, it would definitely ease my mind a lot to at least have an interview here. especially now that i've gotten my first rejection (damn Wake Forest 👎) i'm especially hesitant to spend the $100 each on SLU and RFU, since i'd rather go to UIC- but if they wait a long time i better just bite the bullet and submit them and not try to hold out for UIC first
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Thanks, Zip. If UIC doesn't start reviewing until 2 weeks from now, how come some applicants are getting "Applicant in Process" and others are still at "Application is in Process"? I'm still at "Application" and I've been complete for a couple of weeks now.
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maybe those people are the first people who are going to be looked at, but they're still in a holding pattern for the next 2 weeks too until "active review" begins
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