2014-2015 University of Illinois Application Thread

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So according to previous posts, if i get the "A final decision was made on your application on 11-21-14. Please allow two-weeks to receive the correspondence in the mail. If you do not receive this correspondence in two-weeks" status change before I got an interview, I essentially have been rejected?
 
has anyone who interviewed in Chicago 10/20 gotten a status change?
 
apuman04 said:
So according to previous posts, if i get the "A final decision was made on your application on 11-21-14. Please allow two-weeks to receive the correspondence in the mail. If you do not receive this correspondence in two-weeks" status change before I got an interview, I essentially have been rejected?
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i am pretty sure that you need to interview before you have a chance at acceptance first.
 
yeahscience said:
has anyone who interviewed in Chicago 10/20 gotten a status change?
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Hey there,
I interviewed in Chicago on (10/24) and got the Final Decision made with Additional Correspondence tab on my status page last Thursday (11/20).
 
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Arrowsmithgal said:
Hey there,
I interviewed in Chicago on (10/24) and got the Final Decision made with Additional Correspondence tab on my status page last Thursday (10/20).
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gahh so looks like 1 more month of waiting! Thankful for the acceptance I do have! Thanks for the info!
 
adimelon said:
still in progress since early august.. this is just getting annoying
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I'm in the same boat. Complete since 8/25. Have these guys really not looked at our applications yet or did they just forget to update our statuses completely?
 
idk...hope its not the latter coz that would imply they aren't interested in us :-(
 
Adulting said:
i am pretty sure that you need to interview before you have a chance at acceptance first.
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I understand that you need a interview first. What I am curious about is if the status saying "Final Decision on your application has been made" means that you are rejected outright. I have not had an interview yet so it can only mean that I am rejected or that I will be given an interview. Sounds more like a rejection to me but I was just trying to see if someone could clarify.
 
apuman04 said:
I understand that you need a interview first. What I am curious about is if the status saying "Final Decision on your application has been made" means that you are rejected outright. I have not had an interview yet so it can only mean that I am rejected or that I will be given an interview. Sounds more like a rejection to me but I was just trying to see if someone could clarify.
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Unfortunately, yes, it means a rejection. Had you been selected for an interview, you would have been prompted to view the interview dates and then call the admissions office for scheduling. You also would have received an interview invite email.
 
SubwayMonster383 said:
Unfortunately, yes, it means a rejection. Had you been selected for an interview, you would have been prompted to view the interview dates and then call the admissions office for scheduling. You also would have received an interview invite email.
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That's what I figured. Thanks for the response. Good luck to the rest of you guys!
 
Hello! This is my first post on sdn. I interviewed in Peoria on 11/14. My new application status is: "A final decision was made on your application on 11-20-14". It says "Additional Correspondence" next to my confirm interview date (it's not really a tab). Has anyone from early November received their mail correspondence yet? I am cautiously optimistic.
 
BabyStepsToTheElevator said:
Hello! This is my first post on sdn. I interviewed in Peoria on 11/14. My new application status is: "A final decision was made on your application on 11-20-14". It says "Additional Correspondence" next to my confirm interview date (it's not really a tab). Has anyone from early November received their mail correspondence yet? I am cautiously optimistic.
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I'm in pretty much the same boat, but I'm cautiously pessimistic. What is the difference between a tab and just the words "additional correspondence"?

I'm kind of freaking out.
 
BabyStepsToTheElevator said:
Hello! This is my first post on sdn. I interviewed in Peoria on 11/14. My new application status is: "A final decision was made on your application on 11-20-14". It says "Additional Correspondence" next to my confirm interview date (it's not really a tab). Has anyone from early November received their mail correspondence yet? I am cautiously optimistic.
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Hmmmm. I interviewed a few days prior to that, but mine still says "Decision Pending." :-/
 
zschoppes said:
I'm in pretty much the same boat, but I'm cautiously pessimistic. What is the difference between a tab and just the words "additional correspondence"?

I'm kind of freaking out.
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Hopefully I can put you at ease, but I believe that everyone who has the "Additional Correspondence" doesn't have a tab per say. Mine isn't a tab, it just says the words next to my interview date. I'm sure this is true for everyone so you should be happy because you most likely got accepted 🙂
 
It looks like this (dates removed):

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Hey guys, does anyone know if the interview is open file? Or partial file? What types of questions were you asked? I appreciate any feedback 😀
 
ccrod2014 said:
Hey guys, does anyone know if the interview is open file? Or partial file? What types of questions were you asked? I appreciate any feedback 😀
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I interviewed in Chicago and I think the style of interview is different depending where you interview.

But for Chicago, I interviewed with 3 people one on one. A student, and 2 professor/doctor there. The only info they had on my were my personal essays and basic identifying info...aka no MCAT and no GPA. They werensuperblaid back and more like conversations. I did get asked why medicine and I also was asked why a doctor and not like a nurse or something. Other than that I talked about my alms mater, my interest in travel, coffee, fashion...it was actually really nice. They didn't decide on me for the first round of acceptances but I have received the final decision + additional correspondences tab on 11/20 so I am cautiously optimistic.

Good luck!
 
Adulting said:
I interviewed in Chicago and I think the style of interview is different depending where you interview.

But for Chicago, I interviewed with 3 people one on one. A student, and 2 professor/doctor there. The only info they had on my were my personal essays and basic identifying info...aka no MCAT and no GPA. They werensuperblaid back and more like conversations. I did get asked why medicine and I also was asked why a doctor and not like a nurse or something. Other than that I talked about my alms mater, my interest in travel, coffee, fashion...it was actually really nice. They didn't decide on me for the first round of acceptances but I have received the final decision + additional correspondences tab on 11/20 so I am cautiously optimistic.

Good luck!
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Thank you so much! I've heard from a few people now that the interviews are very laid back and not stressful. Knowing me though, I'm a huge ball of stress, lol. Hopefully I can calm down for this one and not be so nervous. 🙂

I'm sure you're accepted. How exciting! Let us know when you get your acceptance letter for sure!
 
About how long did it take people to get letters? I got my final + additional on 11/20 and it says two weeks and i know patience but...as you can understand...slightly going insane right now. Do you think for the people they made decisions on this past meeting the letters got sent out friday or just yesterday??
 
Adulting said:
About how long did it take people to get letters? I got my final + additional on 11/20 and it says two weeks and i know patience but...as you can understand...slightly going insane right now. Do you think for the people they made decisions on this past meeting the letters got sent out friday or just yesterday??
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About a week. 10/24 status changed --> 11/1 received letter (on a Saturday) - postmarked 10/29.
 
rejected pre interview via snail mail, no email. post marked 11/21
OOS
 
rejected pre-interview via mail as well... 3.95 gpa at their undergrad university in math, 34 MCAT, in state resident....don't really understand how I don't even get an interview. This state sucks...
 
jjkelly3 said:
rejected pre-interview via mail as well... 3.95 gpa at their undergrad university in math, 34 MCAT, in state resident....don't really understand how I don't even get an interview. This state sucks...
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Damn man sorry to hear. Hope you're getting replies from other places! I haven't heard back with II from anyone and the wait sucks.
 
thakurabhi16 said:
Damn man sorry to hear. Hope you're getting replies from other places! I haven't heard back with II from anyone and the wait sucks.
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Yeah I heard back from a couple places early but other than those few schools just rejections or waiting. Gotten a decent amount of those "we're still looking at your application even though its been months" emails as well. Luckily I have one acceptance so I at least know I'm going somewhere.
 
jjkelly3 said:
Yeah I heard back from a couple places early but other than those few schools just rejections or waiting. Gotten a decent amount of those "we're still looking at your application even though its been months" emails as well. Luckily I have one acceptance so I at least know I'm going somewhere.
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Perhaps your ec were weak


jjkelly3 said:
rejected pre-interview via mail as well... 3.95 gpa at their undergrad university in math, 34 MCAT, in state resident....don't really understand how I don't even get an interview. This state sucks...
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I posted asking about this a while back, but is there anyone else applying to the RMED program?
 
For those of us who will be receiving letters from the November adcom meeting, is our chance of getting our first campus preference still pretty high?
 
Victorys MG said:
No
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So if I interview on 2/3 and get accepted, am I not going to be able to get a Chicago campus spot? It's my first choice.

I'm married and live nearby. My husband works downtown. I hear they take that stuff into consideration for campus preference. Is that true?
 
ScrubsLover9319 said:
Really? Aren't we only the second wave though?
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I'm not sure why that guy posted what he did, but he's absolutely wrong. You can and most likely WILL get your first choice. When I called them after my acceptance last months they told me that only 50 or so people had been accepted. There are over 150 spots at Chicago alone if I recall correctly.
 
DirkN said:
I'm not sure why that guy posted what he did, but he's absolutely wrong. You can and most likely WILL get your first choice. When I called them after my acceptance last months they told me that only 50 or so people had been accepted. There are over 150 spots at Chicago alone if I recall correctly.
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Thats what I thought, I figured he just didn't even know. Thanks, I was getting worried because I've already been looking at neighborhoods in Chicago to live in 😀
 
Does anyone know when the adcom is meeting again? I interviewed 10/20 and have been decision pending ever since :O Hoping to get some good news before christmas!
 
yeahscience said:
Does anyone know when the adcom is meeting again? I interviewed 10/20 and have been decision pending ever since :O Hoping to get some good news before christmas!
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The Adcom meets every third Thursday of the month so their next meeting should be on 12/18!
 
If you got the additional correspondence and final decision tab but no cbc email is that a rejection?
 
Adulting said:
If you got the additional correspondence and final decision tab but no cbc email is that a rejection?
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Not necessarily. Someone made a post on pg 13 that said they got the status change+ additional correspondence, received their acceptance a week later, submitted their site preference and deposit and 2-3 weeks after that still hadn't received the CBC.

Edit: But I feel your anxiety. If I don't get a letter in the mail today I may just go camp out by the med school in Chicago and raid their mailboxes...
 
tanner2 said:
Not necessarily. Someone made a post on pg 13 that said they got the status change+ additional correspondence, received their acceptance a week later, submitted their site preference and deposit and 2-3 weeks after that still hadn't received the CBC.

Edit: But I feel your anxiety. If I don't get a letter in the mail today I may just go camp out by the med school in Chicago and raid their mailboxes...
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Seriously it has GOT to be today right?!
 
Adulting said:
Seriously it has GOT to be today right?!
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There must be some seriously sadistic people on the admissions board. Literally they're saying "we made our decision, but we won't tell you what it is for two weeks. Neener neener neener"
 
I've been "Applicant in Process" since 9/23. Does anyone know if this means I am on hold?
 
premedsara said:
I've been "Applicant in Process" since 9/23. Does anyone know if this means I am on hold?
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They don't have a formal hold status. "Applicant In Process" just means that your file is complete and is under consideration. I don't know what goes on in the background, but some on here got an ii or rejection within a few weeks, others like you and me get to play the check status game some more.

Looking at last year's thread, it seems a round of ii's went out this time last year for those complete late-Sept/early-Oct.
 
@Adulting @tanner2 - That's why I don't bother checking my status page! 1st off, until seeing the "flow chart" on this website, it is impossible to figure out what any of the statuses actually mean. Then you could be stuck in one status forever!! I actually never even knew I was under review or anything until I received my ii email. Never checked my status. It was an awesome surprise!
However, I say this now, but once I interview, my feelings may change!
Anyway... I hope you are both accepted!!!! 🙂 Hoping for good news!
 
Has anybody gotten "additional correspondence" and not been accepted?
 
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