2013-2014 Loyola University (Stritch) Application Thread

[WalterPinkman]

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One day after calling the Admissions office, my status changes from "under review" to "has been reviewed". Ahhh, what does it all mean 😕

 

[13132]

One day after calling the Admissions office, my status changes from "under review" to "has been reviewed". Ahhh, what does it all mean 😕

I think this is typically considered a hold.

 

[jamiechan]

to those that have been interviewed already and not received an acceptance call:

have you received any communication? mail, email?

thx


edit; i called. they sent out letters today so it should be coming nxt week. im sooooo bummed and sad bc i know its a waitlist/rejection. 🙁

 

[Medicalhopeful]

Still under review since 9/27. As a DACA applicant, I really am blessed for Loyola's policy in accepting students like myself. If I gain an acceptance here, I will most definitely attend!

I wonder if any other DACA applicant is applying and has heard any good news? Please PM!

Good luck everyone!

 

[mkmix04o0]

Still under review since 9/27. As a DACA applicant, I really am blessed for Loyola's policy in accepting students like myself. If I gain an acceptance here, I will most definitely attend!

I wonder if any other DACA applicant is applying and has heard any good news? Please PM!

Good luck everyone!

Hey, quite a few applicants have been "under review" for much longer than that. Give it a little more time and in the meantime hang in there!

 

[Mmedran]

Dear M1s,

Out of curiosity, have any of you purchased either the required or recommended textbooks for your courses? If not, why? If so, have they been useful?


Thanks!

 

[cyaneidae]

Well, my first interview was very chill and conversational and went so well, I only had 10min to make it to the next one! He asked me why I wanted to be a doctor and then asked about my family, research, travels abroad, and most importantly, why Loyola!?
Second interviewer was more formal but still comfortable and he asked more challenging questions... He asked if Ive ever seen someone die and how would I handle it? My thoughts on the time committment and missing kids' birthdays and holidays, etc? He was big on my research and we discussed the importance of publication. What my family thought of my pursuit of medicine? Etc.

Key: Everyone from interviewer to adcom chair asked me why Loyola? Also, your file is closed for both interviews (but they both asked my MCAT score...), fyi.

What I liked best: The students seem genuinely happy and have more free time than I ever imagined a medstudent would have! Also, their curriculum is dynamic. They just started anatomy and tried a different curriculum and students were not happy, so they changed it the following week to accommodate their M1s. The gym is spectacular! Oh and puppy therapy every other friday!
Liked the least: Goes without saying, but the pricetag! Also, they make you sign pages saying you understand that its your responsibility to qualify for loans, otherwise, your SOL... and that's just disheartening. Also, there's people everywhere! Bc facilities are shared with the hospital and school of nursing, there's a lot of hustle and bustle and Im used to more quiet (but thats a personal opinion)... this also leads to major trafffic en route to Maywood.👎


Hope that helps 🙂 Best of luck!

Great post!! Have my interview tomorrow; Loyola's become a favorite of mine already so I really hope it goes well. Thanks for the tips! 🙂

 

[BurberryDoc]

Great post!! Have my interview tomorrow; Loyola's become a favorite of mine already so I really hope it goes well. Thanks for the tips! 🙂

Please tell them to consider me for an interview!!! 🙂

 

[Girly X]

Dear M1s,

Out of curiosity, have any of you purchased either the required or recommended textbooks for your courses? If not, why? If so, have they been useful?


Thanks!

Lecture notes, power point slides and lecture videos usually have everything you need to know. There really isn't much time to read textbooks in the way you may be used to. So most of us use them more for reference than as a primary source.

I personally did not buy (and hardly used) any textbooks for our first course (Molecular/Cell Bio/Genetics). Got the required text from an M2..seriously people are so nice they just hand down books for free 😀. Also picked up several of the recommended ones from our Academic Center for Excellence...where Loyola keeps tons of the most popular textbooks for students to borrow and keep for however long you want.

There is also a textbook sale at the beginning of the school year where many upperclassmen sell their books for cheap.

For this current block (Anatomy), I bought two Atlases (Thieme and Rohen's) and I also got Gray's Anatomy for Students from the ACE center. I have been using all three and wikipedia 😛

Do not buy any books before you start, trust me. Wait to see what you can borrow or get for free.

 

[mttamgirl]

I'm getting excited to interview here on the 31st! Anyone else going to be there that day? I'm pretty pumped because my M1 friend just told me that they'll be dissecting hearts, which is by no means coincidental for Halloween... fun!

 

[yoyohomieg5432]

can anyone comment on how many interviews and how long they were? were the interviews relaxed?

 

[McMeowerson]

can anyone comment on how many interviews and how long they were? were the interviews relaxed?

I had two that were about 30 minutes each. One was extremely conversational and relaxed, while the other was more standard in that they asked more typical interview questions.

 

[cyaneidae]

can anyone comment on how many interviews and how long they were? were the interviews relaxed?

I think it depends on what day you interview (whether weekday or weekend) and who you do it with.

I interviewed on a Saturday (yesterday, actually) and had two 1hr interviews (both went over but were still supposed to be 50 mins each). Both were very conversational, but one was very much about my motivations for & interest in medicine (and about my personality in general) and the other was about a lot of my activities (answering brief questions about each) and ethical dilemmas in medicine (the ethical questions were by no means stressful, though--it was all very conversational and allowed me to direct the conversation and discuss my opinion).

Again, my interviews were very conversational & stress-free--but it was still kind of exhausting, doing hour-long interviews back to back (there's no break in between for Saturday interviews).


I think the interview format for weekday interviews is completely different, though (breaks and possibly shorter interviews) so disregard my post if you're interviewing on a weekday.

 

[Mmedran]

I think it depends on what day you interview (whether weekday or weekend) and who you do it with.

I interviewed on a Saturday (yesterday, actually) and had two 1hr interviews (both went over but were still supposed to be 50 mins each). Both were very conversational, but one was very much about my motivations for & interest in medicine (and about my personality in general) and the other was about a lot of my activities (answering brief questions about each) and ethical dilemmas in medicine (the ethical questions were by no means stressful, though--it was all very conversational and allowed me to direct the conversation and discuss my opinion).

Again, my interviews were very conversational & stress-free--but it was still kind of exhausting, doing hour-long interviews back to back (there's no break in between for Saturday interviews).


I think the interview format for weekday interviews is completely different, though (breaks and possibly shorter interviews) so disregard my post if you're interviewing on a weekday.

I discussed my interviews in post #498, but it was very similar to cyan's despite it being on a thursday. My first interview was, legit, pushing 90 minutes, but we seriously had a great convo! The second was closer to the 50min-1hr mark.
Good luck, friend!

 

[yoyohomieg5432]

guys, i have an interview coming up soon. I've been looking around on the website to try to find info on their curriculum but I'm not finding anything. I think I must be blind.. can anyone point me to it?😀

edit: i found the page below but i was hoping to find more than just a list of classes.. i.e. general descriptions of M1-M4, important aspects of the curriculum, research opportunities for med students, etc..
http://www.lumen.luc.edu/lumen/index.cfm

 

[McMeowerson]

Has anyone gotten their acceptance letter yet?

JK just got mine!

 

[378123435]

I've been complete since 8/19 and my application status is still "under review..." as opposed to "has been reviewed...". Anyone else in my boat?! And have any ideas what it implies?

 

[Spica]

I've been complete since 8/19 and my application status is still "under review..." as opposed to "has been reviewed...". Anyone else in my boat?! And have any ideas what it implies?

It implies you should be patient and they will get to you eventually 😀

 

[Ginred]

to those that have been interviewed already and not received an acceptance call:

have you received any communication? mail, email?

thx


edit; i called. they sent out letters today so it should be coming nxt week. im sooooo bummed and sad bc i know its a waitlist/rejection. 🙁

So they don't send emails, but letters instead?

 

[jamiechan]

Ya.... mail says I'm on alternatr list.........ugh this is so frustrating. Does anyone know if alternate list is worse than waitlist

 

[andub]

The alternate list = wait list at Loyola.

 

[IL Pre Med]

Your file has been reviewed by the Committee on Admissions. The review process is continuous from now until the conclusion of our interview season in April. If you are granted an interview, you will be contacted by phone and/or e-mail.

That's my status, I think someone said this is a hold, anyone know for sure? Afraid it's a rejection...

 

[jamiechan]

The alternate list = wait list at Loyola.

does anyone have any info on an alternate list.

how many ppl are on it? earliest notifications? did anyone get a rejection or is everyone pretty much on waitlist until after may 15?

thx


T_T im gonna go to the corner and cry now.

 

[darkknight9000]

Has anyone complete after September 8 gotten interview invite?

 

[jk1006]

That's my status, I think someone said this is a hold, anyone know for sure? Afraid it's a rejection...

thats a hold, it could possibly turn into a rejection

 

[IL Pre Med]

thats a hold, it could possibly turn into a rejection

Ah darn it. At least a hold is better than a rejection. That's what I get for applying late with low stats, oh well... It's beginning to look like I'll be reapplying next year.

 

[jk1006]

Ah darn it. At least a hold is better than a rejection. That's what I get for applying late with low stats, oh well... It's beginning to look like I'll be reapplying next year.

theres a small chance youll be taken off the hold and back to the "under review" category. i was on the hold for about a day then back under review. i know it happened to at least one other person on this thread. considering thats 2 people out of a bunch chances are slim, and we dont even know yet what that means

 

[andub]

does anyone have any info on an alternate list.

how many ppl are on it? earliest notifications? did anyone get a rejection or is everyone pretty much on waitlist until after may 15?

thx


T_T im gonna go to the corner and cry now.

I'm not sure about the movement of the alternate list prior to May 15th. IIRC, they said that around that time they go back to the alternate list and review the applicants to rank the list into, I think, thirds. Some years their class can be made up of about 1/3 of people off of the waitlist, so it's not a death sentence.

 

[smru32]

Just got my acceptance letter in the mail! I was freaking out because I never received a phone call. For those of you in the same situation, there's no reason to count yourself out just yet!

 

[Hipocrates]

Just got my acceptance letter in the mail! I was freaking out because I never received a phone call. For those of you in the same situation, there's no reason to count yourself out just yet!

Congrats! What day did you interview?

 

[smru32]

Congrats! What day did you interview?

Thanks! I interviewed 9/17

 

[nuwc2013]

Has anyone complete after September 8 gotten interview invite?

I was complete around that time too. Can anyone attest to this? Still says "under review"
By the way, how receptive is Loyola to letters of update? I started clinical research and one of my papers got published after I submitted the secondary.

 

[Hjbo]

I was complete late August and still "under review."

 

[13132]

i was complete late august and still "under review."

+1

 

[akaMondo]

I was complete around that time too. Can anyone attest to this? Still says "under review"
By the way, how receptive is Loyola to letters of update? I started clinical research and one of my papers got published after I submitted the secondary.

I was complete around the first-second week of September and got an interview invite 10/9. "Under review" the whole time.

 

[rfvbnmju]

II for 1/8
Completed since early September.
So excited!

 

[kittykattat]

II for 1/8
Completed since early September.
So excited!

Same here! See you on the 8th 🙂

 

[GBODumich2012]

Same here! See you on the 8th 🙂

Congrats! When were you complete?

 

[kittykattat]

Congrats! When were you complete?

I was complete on 8/23, Lizzy M = 70, OOS 🙂

 

[ThunderBear]

Fellow October interviewees.. Tomorrow is the day!!!! Ahhh!!!! ><

 

[Mmedran]

Fellow October interviewees.. Tomorrow is the day!!!! Ahhh!!!! ><

Oy! Soooo trying not to stress over it and maybe attempt to be a productive individual today 🙂 Best of luck to my October ppl!

 

[ThunderBear]

so................

anything?

 

[andub]

Nothing yet... I think we can expect to wait another couple hours. It seems calls go out around 6 pm CST.

 

[Mmedran]

so................

anything?

Last year, they called in the evening ... As late as 9pm cst.
Since oct 15 landed on a tues, the adcom probably met the day before and were able to call during business hours. I imagine they're meeting now and calling afterward...?

Alas, only a theory...

 

[ThunderBear]

Nothing yet... I think we can expect to wait another couple hours. It seems calls go out around 6 pm CST.

Thanks andub, for some reason my notes said they'd call by 4pm CT and I don't quite remember what they said exactly.

The wait continues...

 

[andub]

Yeah, I was only basing my info on last year's thread. It's gonna be a slow evening...

 

[ThunderBear]

Last year, they called in the evening ... As late as 9pm cst.
Since oct 15 landed on a tues, the adcom probably met the day before and we're able to call during business hours. I imagine they're meeting now and calling afterward...?

Alas, only a theory...

This wait is agonizing. Its almost 6pm CT..

 

[huskysagehen]

Hey y'all! I just got the call from Dean Jones. So excited. I loved the interview and I am thrilled to possibly be a part of the Loyola family.

 

[andub]

Hey y'all! I just got the call from Dean Jones. So excited. I loved the interview and I am thrilled to possibly be a part of the Loyola family.

Congrats huskysagehen! Hoping to get that call soon!

 

[medsf]

ACCEPTED! Dean Jones called me too! SO EXCITED. I loved Loyola! 🙂