2010-2011 Loyola (Stritch) Application Thread

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This thread is so nice. Thanks to all of you. Sometimes its nice to have people who are going through it too and understand.

DocBell, I think we are bound to be at the same interview as one another at some point, and then go to the same school...

I would love that. Hopefully it is multiple interviews and this is the start of a beautiful friendship!
 
Now I officially only want to go to Stritch to hang out with DocBell and NHBPFA5.

Okay, not really... I actually just want them to come to the Minnesota with me.
 
what did the status say?
My status changed to "Your file has been reviewed by the Committee on Admissions and they regret to inform you they are unable to grant you an interview for this year. We thank you for the interest you have shown in our program."
- Hopefully yours doesn't say the same, GL
 
Have interviews started going out here? I see several rejections lately but that's all. I've been "under review" since around 7/20.
 
Have interviews started going out here? I see several rejections lately but that's all. I've been "under review" since around 7/20.

They have; several people on here have received invites thus far, and one poster said that the admissions office told him that dates were booked all the way to December!

Yeah I checked my status, and for the past month or so, it's been the same, "Your file is complete and under review by the Committee on Admissions. The review process is continuous from now until the conclusion of our interview season in mid-April. If you are granted an interview, you will be contacted by phone and/or email."

Not sure what to think. I guess we should just keep in mind that this school seems to go about this process somewhat randomly (look at the disbursing of secondaries) so maybe we shouldn't read too much into the lack of any immediate news. Good luck! :luck:
 
So I regularly check my online status at the schools I've applied to. I noticed my Loyola status changed to "Complete, now under review..." on 8/23. Today I just got an email saying my status has been updated. My heart starts racing... it's either a quick rejection or invitation... and my status is "Complete, now under review..."

Way to give me a heart attack, Loyola 😛

I really hope I get to interview here! I've always been interested in this school since I first started looking into med schools.

And to those of you feeling inadequate with only 2 interviews in the season... I only have one (which I'm really grateful!!), but I know what you mean, when it seems like everyone on SDN has already got 6 interviews....

SDN is not a representation of much of what goes on during the admission process, but rather a measure of our won neuroticism. A great number of schools do not even send their Committee Letters until mid august and throughout september and I have to question whether that in fact represents a disadvantage. I just became complete at about half of the schools that I applied to and my numbers are significantly above the average and the mean of all the schools I applied to. I still do not have any interviews, although I expect some to come up in the next couple of weeks. So we will see.

Very few people have interviews by now for a whole variety of reasons, so hang in there!! And don't make me more anxious that what I already am !! 😀
 
Wow that makes me nervous cuz that makes me think that us who are still waiting for mcat scores in september or who just sent stuff a few weeks ago have little chance for interview if they are already that filled up for interview slots. :scared::scared:

See I don't know if it's true though. Not calling the poster a liar, but I have a hard time believing that a school that operates this slowly/randomly has all of its interview slots filled up till December... Most schools that I know of that are offering invites are maybe filled till October. To be filled till December, means that they are probably more than halfway done with handing out invites.

I wouldn't worry that much. There doesn't seem to be an average length or anything that one must wait before being offered an invite; for all you know, you get one the very next day after your application arrives 🙂
 
See I don't know if it's true though. Not calling the poster a liar, but I have a hard time believing that a school that operates this slowly/randomly has all of its interview slots filled up till December... Most schools that I know of that are offering invites are maybe filled till October. To be filled till December, means that they are probably more than halfway done with handing out invites.

I wouldn't worry that much. There doesn't seem to be an average length or anything that one must wait before being offered an invite; for all you know, you get one the very next day after your application arrives 🙂


This makes me feel so much better about my current lack of interviews! 😱
 
A lot of people also withdraw after October 15th which should open some things up in November and December if they aren't already.
 
still havent even gotten secondary... amcas verified early august, mcats in aug 17th
 
Does anyone know what it means if you get this status:

This automated notice has been sent to alert you that your Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine application status has changed. To review your current status please login to the Loyola Student Portal at:

but your status doesnt actually change on the website??? so scary.
 
My status changed from complete to complete and under review.
 
Did anyone get an interview today? It seems the majority have been going out on Mondays.
 
Are there students willing to host interviewees at Loyola?
 
Still waiting on my secondaries 🙁

Can someone please post the questions from the secondary? I just want to be prepared if I do receive them. Tnx
 
Still waiting on my secondaries 🙁

Can someone please post the questions from the secondary? I just want to be prepared if I do receive them. Tnx

The first page has the questions! Good luck!
 
Are there students willing to host interviewees at Loyola?
I can if you're a dude. PM me with details, and I'll see what I can swing. Have you asked the admissions office?
 
Thank you so much! Good luck to you as well!!

Sorry I lied! The prompts are usually on the first page but this one didn't seem to make it. I pasted them below.

1. What do you consider a valuable experience in your personal development? This might be a decision you have made, an achievement of which you are particularly proud, or a person who has influenced your life.
2. Please provide information or experiences working with individuals from diverse backgrounds. What were they? and how did they affect you?
3. Describe briefly how you have dealt with a personal or academic problem you have encountered.
4. How did you reach your decision to enter medicine? Describe your participation in any health care or other activities, which reinforced your decision. (Please include any experience involving the care of others.)
5. Please describe any self-education, research, or independent scholastic work have you undertaken and what do you feel you have accomplished in this work.
6. If you will not be enrolled as a full-time student during the current academic year, please explain what you will be doing prior to your planned matriculation into medical school.
7. Please use this space to bring the information contained on your AMCAS application up-to-date. Indicate grades earned, alterations in your proposed course work or graduation date, address changes, additions to your list of activities, and anything else you feel we should know.
 
does anyone remember when Pigma said, "Your daddy screamed reeeeeeeal good before he DIED"

Just... wow... it cut so deep...
 
"Hey wiseguy--I'm on your side!"

(I shot my own teammates a lot...)
My friends and I always say that one crossed the line, lol

Pigma should have been on Law and Order SVU for that line.

Slippy always annoyed me more than Falco. "Heyyyy, help me! Thanks Fox, I thought they had me."

If only they had you, Slippy. If only...
 
My friends and I always say that one crossed the line, lol

Pigma should have been on Law and Order SVU for that line.

Slippy always annoyed me more than Falco. "Heyyyy, help me! Thanks Fox, I thought they had me."

If only they had you, Slippy. If only...

And I thought I was the only nerd here...haha
 
My friends and I always say that one crossed the line, lol

Pigma should have been on Law and Order SVU for that line.

Slippy always annoyed me more than Falco. "Heyyyy, help me! Thanks Fox, I thought they had me."

If only they had you, Slippy. If only...

Exactly. Sometimes I just let Slippy die, because it's like, dude...I know your just gonna stupidly get yourself into trouble again in another 2 minutes no matter how often I rescue you. c'mon. FROGS CAN'T FLY FIGHTER JET STARSHIP THINGIES
 
i still have not received the secondary. at this point, is it even worth returning if i do get it?
 
2ndary request today. Yeah!!!

AMCAS verified 8/6.

Their office has got to be close to their peak of app processing, and it is fair to say they are reviewing each and every app thoroughly. Patience is hard but... gotta get used to it. It takes many months for this process to shake out.

btw, this is an incredible school! If you are clinical and service oriented you can't do better. The students I've met love it. The atmosphere is very collegial. (And the gym looks amazing).
 
Exactly. Sometimes I just let Slippy die, because it's like, dude...I know your just gonna stupidly get yourself into trouble again in another 2 minutes no matter how often I rescue you. c'mon. FROGS CAN'T FLY FIGHTER JET STARSHIP THINGIES

Oh man, I have tried to tell people that for YEARS, but they never listen...
 
Oh man, I have tried to tell people that for YEARS, but they never listen...
Maybe they should have put Slippy in the submarine instead of Fox. Ya know, because he's a freakin' frog.

...nvm that level would have been terrible then.
 
2ndary request today. Yeah!!!

AMCAS verified 8/6.

Their office has got to be close to their peak of app processing, and it is fair to say they are reviewing each and every app thoroughly. Patience is hard but... gotta get used to it. It takes many months for this process to shake out.

btw, this is an incredible school! If you are clinical and service oriented you can't do better. The students I've met love it. The atmosphere is very collegial. (And the gym looks amazing).

just got mine today, verified 8/9...but i was looking forward to a relaxing weekend.
 
I got this in my email today :xf:

"
This automated notice has been sent to alert you that your Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine application status has changed. To review your current status please login to the Loyola Student Portal at:http://www.stritch.luc.edu/supplementalapplication

Thank you,
Office of Admissions
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine"


this was at 5:30PM, but until now nothing has changed... still says under review... you think maybe I'm getting this email... say maybe 2wks 2 late?
 
I got this in my email today :xf:

"
This automated notice has been sent to alert you that your Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine application status has changed. To review your current status please login to the Loyola Student Portal at:http://www.stritch.luc.edu/supplementalapplication

Thank you,
Office of Admissions
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine"


this was at 5:30PM, but until now nothing has changed... still says under review... you think maybe I'm getting this email... say maybe 2wks 2 late?

I got the same thing. At first it freaked me out because most times, it seems that an email prompting you to check a status has meant a rejection (for me personally at Case Western and then also from the Georgetown board).

I hope it just was a late email to my status that has remained constant for a couple weeks now.
 
nah last time I applied to loyola they were not one of those like BU that give a lot of rejections right away. But I don't think they get as many applicants as BU either to be fair since they do a partial screening here which BU does not due til they've eaten up your money.

lol

I feel like my experience was the schools that give rejections right away from my previous time applying of which I applied to were VCU pre secondary, BU post secondary, Uvermont post secondary, and FIU post secondary and GW as well to some degree. I feel like a lot of others wait til later to reject you if they are going to reject you. and loyola was like that. they didn't give quick rejections.


This is soooo...sooo... weird, I wrote them about getting a status change.. .but that my status looked like what I saw 2 days ago..and they sent this "Hi, there was a change yesterday. The status prompt is the same as the previous status because our review process is ongoing."

So does that mean, I'm in re-review??? 😳

Why would they send a status change when it's the same as previous... as if we premeds weren't neurotic enough; they will give me a heart attack, cos I was checking every 5mins yesterday until I could muster some strength to go to sleep. 😴
 
I got the status change email as well...before I even paid the application fee. I think it was a computer glitch.
 
I got the status change email as well...before I even paid the application fee. I think it was a computer glitch.

Yeah, seems more like a glitch, it would be good if the could admit it though... so to make my mind settle a lil bit.
 
rejected 🙁 I kind of figured though.
 
rejected 🙁 I kind of figured though.

seriously? 🙁 was this by status change? what are your stats?

I'm getting nervous as my 'secondary has been received - waiting on LORs, etc' for quite a while now. All my LORs have been in since 7/19.

sorry, DocBell - hope you have more luck at other schools - crossing my fingers for the both of us!
 
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