I have been following the thread for a while, Chicago has been full for at least a month.
If you get placed in Chicago, you do all four years there. If you get placed in Urbana you do one year there, then the rest in Peoria or Rockford.
Thanks for the quick replies fellas! So, I just scheduled my interview and asked the lady on the phone if Chicago spots were open and she said YES! 😀 Do they allow students to be in Chicago with genuine reasons? I have personal reasons due to which I need to be close to Chicago. Please let me know guys! Thank you!
From what I've seen in this thread they have not been granting Chicago placement for over a month. Maybe if your personal reason is that you are on house arrest and are not legally allowed to leave the city of Chicago then maybe they will make some exceptions to the rule 😉.
You can appeal your placement after receiving it but I am not sure how often those appeals are successful.
Sorry to ask this, but what is the "second look day"? I've heard this said a few times and don't know what they mean!!
Second look day is an informational event session that most medical schools hold for accepted students. It gives students the opportunity to visit again and get their questions answered about the school outside of the stressful interview setting, and is especially useful for students with multiple acceptances who may not have decided which school is their best "fit".
Thanks! My secondary went through first week of November. I took my MCAT in September so pretty much waited till I got my results back to submit the secondary. I knew it was a long shot but took the chance. I went "in process" early January and then got interview early March. I'm continuing to keep my hopes up high that I get accepted and not waitlisted or denied. Always keep dreaming!
Yeah that is a crazy turnover. I submitted August and only heard back for ii now
My LizzyM isn't super strong, but I guess it's not too bad (about a 69-70). I took the new MCAT and scored equivalent to a 32-33 on the old one. So MCAT is decent as well I assume. I am a non traditional applicant with a very strong background in healthcare. This may have played somewhat of a role. Honestly, I thought I was waiting forever. I know someone who submitted in November and got an interview within a month at UIC. But they had a 36 MCAT. The admissions process at all medical schools is very arbitrary to a certain degree. Just must remain positive. I hope you hear good news soon. They are interviewing into April I was told.
I have a 3.6 GPA and 32 MCAT (non-URM) and interviewed back in September so who knows what they look for when processing applications....But then again I'm still at decision pending so even though I interviewed early, they've probably put me in the low priority pile for decisions 😛
It means that at the last committee meeting, assuming they didn't just run out of time or something, they deemed us not good enough to be accepted outright in comparison to the other applicants they were reviewing, but not bad enough to be waitlisted or rejected. I think it makes sense that they would do this more and more as it gets later into the season, especially now that they know where their accepted students have also been admitted, and they have a better idea of what the class is going to look like.
I have absolutely no explanation for why they would do that. How did you feel the interview went?
I personally felt that my interviews went well; I really clicked with the interviewers and the only thing I can think of is that since it was my first interview, I was too nervous...there were some questions that I could've answered better (but that's going to be the case for every interview) but I didn't think I was terrible.
If you drew a portrait for your interviewer, I'm sure your interview went well. I don't know why you have been pushed back so long, but after reading this thread, there have been people who received a post-interview hold rather than a delayed decision--so it is not the worst situation.
I had called about sending post-interview updates and unfortunately they don't accept them 🙁
I'm pretty sure UIC doesn't accept any kind of update. 🙁
That's highly unfortunate. I guess there's nothing to do but wait, then.
I tried sending updates as well and was told they don't accept any. For some people that can be a big hit seeing that applicants can have substantial updates during their application year (like me 🙂)
No, they told us not to.
I assume it's one committee that votes...otherwise that wouldn't seem to make much sense. I suppose it's possible that your interviewers have to be at the committee meeting for them to make a decision on your application, and it's not outside the realm of possibility that some faculty interviewers from Peoria couldn't drive down to Chicago last committee meeting for whatever reason.
If anyone interviewed at Peoria and can state what their outcome was, it would greatly be appreciated.
I sincerely doubt it makes a difference. There are people from each location who got in and who are still pending.
At my interview, they mentioned sending all the files back to Chicago. I believe the committee meets there, and just reviews the files that your interviewers have contributed to.
