2016-2017 Southern Illinois University Application Thread

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Quick question, I have been fortunate enough to have been accepted to a few other schools. If I get into siu however I will be going there. My question is for the school that I am continuing with should I accept my awards (loans) even if in a couple weeks I may be accepted to siu? Does anyone know the protocol involving loans you accepted and then don't need?
 
DOCzilla15 said:
Quick question, I have been fortunate enough to have been accepted to a few other schools. If I get into siu however I will be going there. My question is for the school that I am continuing with should I accept my awards (loans) even if in a couple weeks I may be accepted to siu? Does anyone know the protocol involving loans you accepted and then don't need?
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Disbursements aren't until 2-3 weeks after the semester starts, so you will just have to call the financial aid office and let them know. They are used to this for lots of students who are accepted later in the cycle.
 
RRRCP said:
I also received an acceptance Friday and am starting to look at at apartments in Carbondale, does anyone have any recommendations?
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There are some apartment recommendations earlier in the thread; otherwise, join the class Facebook to figure out where your fellow students are going to be living!
 
I wish there was a way to know how many people are left on the AWPA list. I hope SIU addresses this issue in the upcoming years. All this waiting and anxiety can't possibly be necessary.
 
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It would be greatly appreciated to the people on the waitlist if the people who get accepted off of AWPA post about it just so we have an idea of how much movement is happening. And also if anybody reading this thread and decides to withdraw, a post letting us know would be great.

Thanks guys! Stressful times for the rest of us on AWPA.
 
What's the percentage of people who get accepted from AWPA? I read somewhere it's close to 90% but that was from a while ago. I die a little bit everyday that goes by without an email from SIU 🙁
 
nlmacbu said:
What's the percentage of people who get accepted from AWPA? I read somewhere it's close to 90% but that was from a while ago. I die a little bit everyday that goes by without an email from SIU 🙁
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Based on their numbers from last year's class, it seems like it's closer to 70%.
 
nlmacbu said:
What's the percentage of people who get accepted from AWPA? I read somewhere it's close to 90% but that was from a while ago. I die a little bit everyday that goes by without an email from SIU 🙁
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It was, but each year we get more and more applicants so the percent is getting lower. They don't let us know the exacts, but it is around 70% on average. All depends on who accepts
 
smalltownkid said:
Based on their numbers from last year's class, it seems like it's closer to 70%.
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How long does this go on for? Each person that gets accepted from AWPA now has 2 weeks to respond according to someone.

People who end up not being accepted, do they get some kind of notice that students are not being accepted anymore?
 
nlmacbu said:
How long does this go on for? Each person that gets accepted from AWPA now has 2 weeks to respond according to someone.

People who end up not being accepted, do they get some kind of notice that students are not being accepted anymore?
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They have 1 week to respond now. And I believe we just assume by June 1st that movement is finished.
 
nlmacbu said:
So pretty much in 3 weeks if we don't get accepted we're out of luck **sigh**
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There is an extremely small chance that you'd get notified after the first week of June. Its happened, but rare. At that point if you haven't heard anything, it would be smart to get a backup plan in the works.
 
ncklkrt said:
There is an extremely small chance that you'd get notified after the first week of June. Its happened, but rare. At that point if you haven't heard anything, it would be smart to get a backup plan in the works.
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Just talked to Beth. She says historically the movement tends to die off around the beginning of June. Although very slow and rare, there could be some movement until August. And people still in AWPA gets a letter after the class has been closed in August.
 
nlmacbu said:
Just talked to Beth. She says historically the movement tends to die off around the beginning of June. Although very slow and rare, there could be some movement until August. And people still in AWPA gets a letter after the class has been closed in August.
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So movement is still happening?
 
Sorry if this isn't related, but does anyone know SIU's LOR policies? I have been all over MSAR and the school's web site and can't find anything besides 4 being the minimum # of letters.
 
Long time lurker here, but just wondering if there has been any recent movement off the AWPA.
 
twichyroo07 said:
Long time lurker here, but just wondering if there has been any recent movement off the AWPA.
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Someone posted they got accepted Wednesday, 6 days ago. Movement is still happening and will continue until slowing down by June.
 
slappysrevenge3 said:
Sorry if this isn't related, but does anyone know SIU's LOR policies? I have been all over MSAR and the school's web site and can't find anything besides 4 being the minimum # of letters.
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LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION:
SIUMED accepts letters of recommendation submitted through AMCAS’ letters of evaluation utility. AMCAS offers a number of ways through which letters can be submitted. Visit the AMCAS letters of evaluation page to learn more about how your letters could be sent.

SIUMED requests applicants to submit letters of recommendation at the time they are invited to submit a supplementary application. At that point applicants have two options:

  1. Submit one pre-health professions committee letter or other composite letter of recommendation.
  2. Submit four individual letters. This option requires three letters written by academic sources (i.e. professor or research advisor) and one personal or professional letter. All supplementary materials, the application and letters of recommendation, must be received by the Admissions Office by February 1.
*** Letters from political sources are not recommended***
 
I was wondering if anyone could tell me more about financial aid. I recently received my financial aid award letter which basically consisted of loans (obviously). I asked Leslie Fry about SIU's institutional scholarships, and she said those are usually awarded by the end of summer. Does anyone know how likely it is for students to receive an institutional scholarship and whether they're based on merit or need?
 
rojomobo08 said:
I was wondering if anyone could tell me more about financial aid. I recently received my financial aid award letter which basically consisted of loans (obviously). I asked Leslie Fry about SIU's institutional scholarships, and she said those are usually awarded by the end of summer. Does anyone know how likely it is for students to receive an institutional scholarship and whether they're based on merit or need?
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It's rare, especially considering we are a public school and Illinois hasn't had a budget since before our class even started school. Most scholarships are need based, with some merit based ones coming out through the year that she emails everyone a heads up about.
 
Update on movement after discussion w/Beth: still continuing, but the bulk of it is over. It's impossible to predict how much and when any remaining movement may occur.
 
PB11 said:
Has there been any movement this week?
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No way to confirm either way, unfortunately. A good rule of thumb is if you haven't heard anything by now, you should be getting started on a backup plan. There may be a few more acceptances here and there, but as Pasmal said, it's impossible to predict.
 
Question for ncklkrt and Pasmal. When I interviewed here a question I asked my interviewer what he thinks needs to be improved at SIU. He said that he didn't like the 1 year at carbondale 3 years springfield model. He then went on to explain why it started out this way. However, I would like to know why they kept it like this for so many years. What are the benefits to it? Thanks !
 
ALLMIGHT_SMASH said:
Question for ncklkrt and Pasmal. When I interviewed here a question I asked my interviewer what he thinks needs to be improved at SIU. He said that he didn't like the 1 year at carbondale 3 years springfield model. He then went on to explain why it started out this way. However, I would like to know why they kept it like this for so many years. What are the benefits to it? Thanks !
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Not sure what their rationale is, though I suspect it has something to do with most of the basic science faculty being located at SIUC. Much more convenient to have us come down there for a year than have to have faculty traveling multiple times per week between Cdale and Springfield.

From a student perspective, I liked it overall. Moving twice back to back was kind of a drag, and we didn't really get to know most of the upperclassmen until we came to Springfield, but everything else was cool. Still kinda felt like college. That was kinda lame because BRUH WE ARE MS1s but it was good in that we could have fun on weekends without worrying about running into residents/attendings (happens frequently in Springfield). You get to know your class really well. So IMO it was a nice transitional year. Also the hiking/wineries down there are awesome.
 
Pasmal said:
Not sure what their rationale is, though I suspect it has something to do with most of the basic science faculty being located at SIUC. Much more convenient to have us come down there for a year than have to have faculty traveling multiple times per week between Cdale and Springfield.

From a student perspective, I liked it overall. Moving twice back to back was kind of a drag, and we didn't really get to know most of the upperclassmen until we came to Springfield, but everything else was cool. Still kinda felt like college. That was kinda lame because BRUH WE ARE MS1s but it was good in that we could have fun on weekends without worrying about running into residents/attendings (happens frequently in Springfield). You get to know your class really well. So IMO it was a nice transitional year. Also the hiking/wineries down there are awesome.
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The faculty thing is what I figured. It seems like you are cut off a valuable resource such as the upper classmen and some other opportunities at the medical campus. Would you say it was a major distraction to move to springfield your second year. What I mean by that is did you feel like it was almost M1 all over again trying to find a place and not really knowing the area very well. How long did it take you to adjust in M2? Thanks for the input! 🙂
 
ALLMIGHT_SMASH said:
The faculty thing is what I figured. It seems like you are cut off a valuable resource such as the upper classmen and some other opportunities at the medical campus. Would you say it was a major distraction to move to springfield your second year. What I mean by that is did you feel like it was almost M1 all over again trying to find a place and not really knowing the area very well. How long did it take you to adjust in M2? Thanks for the input! 🙂
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They pair you with an upperclassman (M2 I think) as a one-on-one mentor to help with stuff, and give you their cellphone #/email etc. So that's there for you at least. W/that and mutual friends usually you're able to find help/advice if you need it (you can always message one of us on here as well). As far as other opportunities, not really missing much with respect to like research (PM me if you want more deets about that but there is plenty of options). Really the only thing is connections with residents/faculty here, which you don't really need until M2/M3 anyways.

Nah it wasn't a major distraction. By that time you're so fried from basic science stuff that putting together some new IKEA whatever with some friends and a case of beer seems like a pretty fun time. You have plenty of time to move that summer and rest while gearing up for M2. Getting to know the area took some time, but you can do that during that summer, and the upperclassmen generally invite everyone out so you get used to where people go for fun as well.

Most people are pretty well adjusted after the first unit. It's tough bc there is def a learning curve even after 1st year with all the new path stuff, so after people pass that unit exam it's a little more like "ok, we can do this" and people find their groove.
 
Accepted today! I know there is a Facebook page for the entering class, who adds you to that?
 
EEC3GT said:
Accepted today! I know there is a Facebook page for the entering class, who adds you to that?
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You need to request to join the group. You should be added fairly quickly.
 
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