^^ yeah... I'm hoping they don't... hopefully it's a deterrent for lying about hours spent or something. If they called the president of AMSA and asked about me, they'd be like.... wat? Who is that?
Ugh why am I having such trouble with the second question? I already wrote about my major non academic EC in the other ones, so I can only think of silly hobbies to write about for the second one.
Haha dude photography sounds legit, all artsy and stuff. Haha don't you wish our hobby was writing ingeniously about ourselves in response to vague prompts
From the UIC website (emphasis mine):So I have a question about the letters of rec...
I have a letter packet ( 5 total letters)...UIC wants either three from professors, or just 1 that is a composite letter from the school. Should I just write down 3 out of the 5 professors that I have letters from in my packet? The entire packet will be sent to UIC.
Thanks!
From the UIC website (emphasis mine):
Candidates must also submit a minimum of three letters of academic recommendation or one composite letter from a preprofessional committee.
http://www.medicine.uic.edu/admissions
Sounds like you should be okay if your letter packet has 5 letters.
when filling out UIC's pre req courses. For bio, can you list for example physiology or neurobio instead of the basic beginning bio courses? The reason being is I did well in upper division biology courses and not so much the lower core bio classes.
Website's been down for a while now 🙁
I want to submit!
Founding a sorority didn't stress you out ever?
I live in a house with 20 other people and there are times when I just scream at them. I wrote about one of those times (minus the screaming part -- and trying to make it more about working with diverse people to come up with a solution to something, ect)
Definitely... I guess I try to block out all the hard problems and issues we had getting started because I like to focus on the fact that we actually suceeded haha.
Or I guess I could write about the living situation thing... I lived in our sorority house my last two years and I found it soooo much more difficult than I thought it would be to live with that many girls haha, even in a single room! I guess I'd forgotten about it because it's been over a year since I lived there. Thanks for the brainstorming!
I wrote about deciding to put my dog down. I hope it didn't come out pro-euthanasia. lol....
It was one of the stranger topics I wrote about in a secondary, but i'm hoping it's at least different and gets a look.
So for this stressed essay, I want to mention something that happened in high school. Would that be ok to write about or should I try to figure out something from college?
For the hobby essay, I was also thinking of talking about the same kind of thing I focused on in my PS. Maybe I can talk about it from a different angle?
I think you should be fine with a high school experience -- if it's a good one, and one were you were stressed out yet managed to come to a good solution.
Is it bad that last September I lived through the most stressful situation in my life... and the entire time I was thinking, this is going to be great for medical school applications (oi vey).![]()
i would avoid writing about something that stressed you in high school since that was presumably a long time ago. the only way that might work is if it significantly impacted your college career in some way. while it's hard to know what to write, i would for sure try to stay as current as possible.
Is it really necessary for you to take three behavioral/social science classes?
Yes -- and it sounds like they have to be complete by the time you apply. You can also send in courses that are "behavioral/social science" like -- but they had me send in a syllabus -- for a french history class i took.
From the UIC website:
Candidates must complete three (3) courses in the Behavioral/Social Sciences (for example, psychology, anthropology, or sociology). Two of the three courses must be in the same field of study. Other behavioral or social science courses will be considered to fulfill this requirement. Applicants must provide documentation on the content of such courses to be given consideration.
edit: at the same time they mention elsewhere that they need to be completed by the time you matriculate (on the page were you fill out the courses you took). But I feel like you will be at a disadvantage if you atleast haven't completed the behavioral/social science part already... but I might be wrong.
Two of the three need to be in the same field? That's really dumb, I wonder why they do that. I have taken two social science classes: psychology and an aging class. I am taking an anthropology/history class this fall. I wish I had known this prior to applying.
Yes -- and it sounds like they have to be complete by the time you apply. You can also send in courses that are "behavioral/social science" like -- but they had me send in a syllabus -- for a french history class i took.
From the UIC website:
Candidates must complete three (3) courses in the Behavioral/Social Sciences (for example, psychology, anthropology, or sociology). Two of the three courses must be in the same field of study. Other behavioral or social science courses will be considered to fulfill this requirement. Applicants must provide documentation on the content of such courses to be given consideration.
edit: at the same time they mention elsewhere that they need to be completed by the time you matriculate (on the page were you fill out the courses you took). But I feel like you will be at a disadvantage if you atleast haven't completed the behavioral/social science part already... but I might be wrong.
Hi everyone! I decided to post this time line (posted on past years' threads) that was of great service to me this past cycle. I hope that it finds you well. 🙂
START
I. Submit Primary.
II. Wait for the email from UIC giving you your login information for the Applicant Status Check site (usually arrives within 2 weeks of submitting your primary): https://mercury.comd.uic.edu/appstat
III. Login, and check your status in the second page.
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A. "Application Not Complete" = Secondary not yet complete.
B. "Application in Process" = You are complete. --> Goto C.
C. "Applicant in Process" = Your file is being reviewed, 3 Possible Status Changes:1. "Select Interview Date" = You are good enough for an interview. --> Goto D.D. "Select Interview Date" (A grid of dates shows up) = Call and schedule an interview date, after which "Interview Scheduled on ... " shows up. After the interview, Goto F.
2. "Application in Process" = You are not good enough to grant an interview yet, but might be later on in the cycle. Check back periodically. --> Go back to B.
3. "Final Decision Made ..." = You are not good enough. --> Goto X.
F. "Decision Pending" = File pending review at the next adcom meeting (every 3rd Thursday of the month). There are 2 options from here, depending on the month:1. Before May. --> Goto M.M. Before May, 2 Possible Status Changes:
2. On or After May. --> Goto N.1. "Final Decision Made ... " --> Goto S.N. On or After May, 2 Possible Status Changes:
2. "Decision Pending" (No Status Change) + "We'll keep reviewing you" Email (a few days later) = You are a good candidate, but not good enough to grant an acceptance yet. UIC will keep reviewing you at every adcom meeting. --> Go back to F.1. "Final Decision Made ... " You are (very likely) rejected. --> Goto X.S. There are 2 additional conditions from here:
2. "Applicant is Waitlisted" = Waitlisted. --> Goto Y.1. There is an "Additional Correspondences" Tab in the upper-right corner on your status page AND you get a CBC Email (a few days later) = You are (very likely) accepted. --> Goto Z.X. "Final Decision Made ..." = Rejection 🙁 ... Wait for a "Thin Letter" via snail-mail.
2. There is no "Additional Correspondences" Tab and/or you don't get the CBC Email = Rejection. [Note: This is tricky. The CBC email usually comes a few days after (1-4 is the consensus) the status change. Be patient. Sometimes, the email never comes, which might be because you already had a CBC done due to an acceptance at another school. In some instances, the CBC Email even comes after the snail-mail. If after a week, neither the tab nor the CBC email shows up, it's very likely a rejection. You've probably already received snail-mail by now alerting you to it.] --> Goto X.
Y. "Applicant is Waitlisted" = Waitlisted.... The CBC Email no longer acts as an indicator of an acceptance. If you get accepted off of the waitlist, then Goto Z, else Goto X.
Z. "Final Decision Made ..." + "Additional Correspondences" Tab + CBC Email = (very likely) Acceptance 😀 ... Wait for a "Fat Packet" via snail-mail. [Note: Sometimes CBC emails come after the packet. CBC emails also might never arrive if you got an acceptance to another school that also does CBC through AMCAS.]
FINISH
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*** PLEASE BEAR IN MIND that this info came from last year's thread! Therefore, the whole process may have changed since then, and there is no guarantee to this information. But it worked for me (even though I was given the same warning) and the time line was accurate.
Good look to all of you class of 2015 applicants!! 😀
UIC sent an email before the secondary with a link to check on the status. At least that's where I've been looking.
youre awesome, thanks!
Thanks for this bit of information! So does taht mean I'm the odd-one-out with my earlier post...the "funky status" that doesn't appear in the above list lol..
anyone else still not received a secondary? I am getting pretty worried that I was screened out... I was hoping to apply to rural assistance too, so it would suck to be rejected from uic before i get a chance to go rimsap
have you heard back yet? I haven't heard either and I was in the first wave of AMCAS also
I put down shadowing but since you can only enter the number of hours as hours/week, I was a little unsure of what to do. I called the admissions office and was told to put down the lowest number of hrs/week possible (1 hr/week) and it should be fine as long as you broke down the hours and stuff on your primary.Also what about shadowing? Is anyone including it here?
I recently finished up this secondary and noticed that there was a Next button at the bottom of the status page screen. Currently I am Applicant in Progress. What's everyone's status?
I recently finished up this secondary and noticed that there was a Next button at the bottom of the status page screen. Currently I am Applicant in Progress. What's everyone's status?