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UMed acceptance! Officially attending
UMed acceptance! Officially attending
Thanks. This should put to rest the idea that the Chicago campus completely fills up in February and that there's no chance of getting in with a late acceptance. Congrats on your admission!
Yeah, I think it is more of a fluctuating acceptance. Chicago spots probably periodically open up throughout the season.
I would think, based on my experience, it really has nothing to do when you apply and nothing to do with spots opening up. I think where you live/grew up is the biggest placement decision. I was accepted in December... ranked Chicago first, Champaign second, and Peoria third: got placed in Rockford (live 40 miles west of Rockford).
At that time there were still many spots open at each site.
Oh... and I mentioned in my secondary and my interview I had no interest in Primary care and preferred my sites because of Research possibilities.. .which made my placement all the more confusing to me.
I'm thinking that they use the "magic 8 ball" approach for placement.
Actually, if you factor in interest it is much more than 400k. Assuming that you undertake a 4 year residency, the bill by the time your 8 years of combined school and residency is finished will be nearly $700k. Remember, as a graduate/professional student you will not qualify for subsidized loans. The majority of your loans will also be GradPlus loans, with an interest rate of 7.8%. The interest on each years loans starts as soon as they're dispersed. So by the end of residency, the nearly 100k you took out your first year balloons to about 160k.really liked the school and thankful for an acceptance.. but this price tag for OOS is so enormous.. it literally makes it the most expensive medical school in the US... and its highly likely it'll be all loans..
wouldnt that mean you're 400k in debt when you graduate?
Actually, if you factor in interest it is much more than 400k. Assuming that you undertake a 4 year residency, the bill by the time your 8 years of combined school and residency is finished will be nearly $700k. Remember, as a graduate/professional student you will not qualify for subsidized loans. The majority of your loans will also be GradPlus loans, with an interest rate of 7.8%. The interest on each years loans starts as soon as they're dispersed. So by the end of residency, the nearly 100k you took out your first year balloons to about 160k.
if youre out of state and this is the only school you get into, you might as well reapply. no point whatsoever in going here for OOS.
Actually, if you factor in interest it is much more than 400k. Assuming that you undertake a 4 year residency, the bill by the time your 8 years of combined school and residency is finished will be nearly $700k. Remember, as a graduate/professional student you will not qualify for subsidized loans. The majority of your loans will also be GradPlus loans, with an interest rate of 7.8%. The interest on each years loans starts as soon as they're dispersed. So by the end of residency, the nearly 100k you took out your first year balloons to about 160k.
I agree with you wholeheartedly. A bird in hand is worth 20 in the bush when it comes to being accepted to medical school, even if it is as expensive as U of Illinois. There are many ways around the loans available. As mentioned you could go the non-profit hospital route, the MSP program, the military scholarship, and the health services corp. Also there is a military reserve program that will pay you 2k a month during residency and the 40k a year in loan forgiveness up to 250k (which is a program I plan on taking advantage of).Technically you will start to pay off the loans as a resident, and depending on how austere you are willing to live I imagine you could pay off a fair amount in four years, thus avoiding the huge interest. I'm on a military scholarship (and also IS), but if I weren't, there is a pretty awesome loan forgiveness plan that will forgive most of your government loans after having worked for 10 years in public service. You can do a graduated payment plan such as 10% of whatever you make for 10 years and have all government loans forgiven 4-6 years after residency (assuming your residency is at a nonprofit hospital). To turn down a med school with no other acceptances is foolish when there are ways around loans. 10% of what you make for 10 years is totally doable, and all nonprofit hospitals (a ton of university hospitals are nonprofit) will count as public service. Sounds like a steal to me. You probably would only pay a total of 100,000 off in that period of time( though I haven't done the math as the program is not a possibility for me)
Actually, if you factor in interest it is much more than 400k. Assuming that you undertake a 4 year residency, the bill by the time your 8 years of combined school and residency is finished will be nearly $700k. Remember, as a graduate/professional student you will not qualify for subsidized loans. The majority of your loans will also be GradPlus loans, with an interest rate of 7.8%. The interest on each years loans starts as soon as they're dispersed. So by the end of residency, the nearly 100k you took out your first year balloons to about 160k.
by this logic, if you are OOS, then there is no point in even applying
I think you are mistaken as to how students loans are charged. Usually loans are charged interest by the year, not the month (though I'm not positive in this case, so you might want to check). So if you take out 400,000 over the course of 4 years, at 8 percent interest, you'll owe around 500K by the end of 4 years. Now assuming you can throw down the interest payments while you're a resident, that number wont change until you're a practicing independent physician. Then if you figure that you'll specialize (I think most people do with nurse practitioners and PAs taking over the primary care fields), you can expect to make anywhere from 150K-600K a year. You'll be debt free and ballin by your mid 30s as long as you're not stupid with your money. And also keep in mind that this interest rate is subject to change (it's a major campaign issue in congress and the presidency) and Obama is trying to keep it at 3.4 percent. If you got in and didn't take it because of fear of debt, you need to really plan out your financial situation before you finalize that decision. Also keep in mind getting Illinois residency would not be impossible (though you will have to deal with paying taxes to a govt that is TERRIB LE with their money haha)
you have a point. i should have looked at costs before i applied. also, i assumed that IL is like normal states, where you get in state tuition after 1 year.
The cost is really too high, especially for OOS and it makes a lot of sense to allow OOS student to transition to IS after the first year. It certainly makes it a difficult situation for many qualified applicants.
Anyone know if there is a FB group for the Chicago campus? Or UI in general?
I still have a decision pending.......since january.........
Do you know if that is an automatic waitlist or if they are going to have one more cut?
I think they'll have one more cut before the waitlist is made, according to what happened last year. Still languishing in 'Decision Pending' land, since Dec.
I have been placed on the UPR Track but was really hoping for the Chicago Track. The research opportunities are more plentiful and I love Chicago. I do plan on petitioning for a track change, but if it does not work out, I have thought about giving up my spot and enroll at Chicago Medical School (Rosalind Franklin University). It is not in Chicago, but much closer to the city than Urbana, Peoria or Rockford. I am really not keen on living in a rural area!!!
Can someone give me their thoughts on this to help me in my decision making?
I have been placed on the UPR Track but was really hoping for the Chicago Track. The research opportunities are more plentiful and I love Chicago. I do plan on petitioning for a track change, but if it does not work out, I have thought about giving up my spot and enroll at Chicago Medical School (Rosalind Franklin University). It is not in Chicago, but much closer to the city than Urbana, Peoria or Rockford. I am really not keen on living in a rural area!!!
Can someone give me their thoughts on this to help me in my decision making?
Terrible idea. You are choosing to go to a worse school simply to avoid living in Rockford/Peoria...I have been placed on the UPR Track but was really hoping for the Chicago Track. The research opportunities are more plentiful and I love Chicago. I do plan on petitioning for a track change, but if it does not work out, I have thought about giving up my spot and enroll at Chicago Medical School (Rosalind Franklin University). It is not in Chicago, but much closer to the city than Urbana, Peoria or Rockford. I am really not keen on living in a rural area!!!
Can someone give me their thoughts on this to help me in my decision making?
North Chicago is not Chicago...no one from CMS touts their location as a plus...Hey I am having the same problem. The main issue is that they do not look at petitions until after May 15th. This amounts to making us choose between UPR and our other acceptances. We can gamble and hope that they give us our campus, but if you are happy with your other acceptance, it seems to be a fairly dangerous risk. I haven't made my decision yet, and I have sent in a campus petition, but the other school has a comparable match list and a better location than UPR. Controversies, while unsettling, are generally bigger on sdn than they are in the real world. In reality, the match lists of schools that aren't top twenty are pretty similar, so make the decision you can live with.
Can anyone tell me how difficult it would be to get a site assignment change? I was assigned Peoria but want Urbana for the UPR Track. Thanks.
North Chicago is not Chicago...no one from CMS touts their location as a plus...
There is an active bias from established physicians against CMS students at the local hospitals where they rotate with UIC students (referring mostly to the Advocate hospitals). Sure, their match list is not really any different than UIC's, but they have to overcome quite a few hurdles to get there.
Terrible idea. You are choosing to go to a worse school simply to avoid living in Rockford/Peoria...
While Rockford/Peoria may not be Chicago, they still turn out excellent physicians in every field.
Obama is trying to keep it at 3.4 percent for SUBSIDIZED Student Loans. I did the math 500k would be about 32k in interest per year while in residency, your not going to be able to pay that on a 50k residents salary. If you borrow maximum cost of attendance youll have to pay $7,500 a month on a 10 year repayment plan to pay it down. A pretty hefty sum. Though if you can make 250K starting as an attending ( a lofty sum starting out) then you can pay it back. it is possible, it just tkaes serious discipline and sacrafice.
I have been placed on the UPR Track but was really hoping for the Chicago Track. The research opportunities are more plentiful and I love Chicago. I do plan on petitioning for a track change, but if it does not work out, I have thought about giving up my spot and enroll at Chicago Medical School (Rosalind Franklin University). It is not in Chicago, but much closer to the city than Urbana, Peoria or Rockford. I am really not keen on living in a rural area!!!
Can someone give me their thoughts on this to help me in my decision making?
Plus you can always do your M3/M4 clinicals in Chicago
congrats digitalsea! i guess they started looking at them before may 15 after all... i guess this means you're picking UIC over NYMC?
hey digitalsea, you sent your site placement letter in february right? or was it march? couldn't remember.
Congrats!!! I will see you this fallI was assigned Chicago - got the letter yesterday! So excited!