2016-2017 University of Illinois Application Thread

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They said 180 on the Chicago campus, and approximately 60 each on the Peoria and Rockford campuses.


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If I had to reschedule my interview for Nov. 11th. Can I first of all? And would I be pushed to interviewing in February?
 
Ok. Thats what I thought. I'll still make it! Sacrifices for MED SCHOOl! DREAM BIG!
Hehehe
 
Withdrew the interview and application. Good luck everyone.
 
Can students do pre-clinical years at one campus and move to another for rotations or are they locked into a campus for four years?
 
just double-checking: no one who interviewed on 10/12 has heard back, yes?

since a batch of interviewees heard back on 10/14-ish, I think UICOM changed their adcom meetings from the third week of each month to the second week instead. 10/12 was then too close to their deadline to be included in that batch of acceptances. 10/12 would then be reviewed in the next two weeks. the staff did tell us we would hear back by Thanksgiving, which lines up with this theory. I think this is what's going on, but I want to see if anyone has evidence to the contrary.
 
FlipOneSock said:
just double-checking: no one who interviewed on 10/12 has heard back, yes?

since a batch of interviewees heard back on 10/14-ish, I think UICOM changed their adcom meetings from the third week of each month to the second week instead. 10/12 was then too close to their deadline to be included in that batch of acceptances. 10/12 would then be reviewed in the next two weeks. the staff did tell us we would hear back by Thanksgiving, which lines up with this theory. I think this is what's going on, but I want to see if anyone has evidence to the contrary.
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Also interviewed on 10/12 and I have yet to hear back so I'm thinking you're probably right about that!
 
FlipOneSock said:
just double-checking: no one who interviewed on 10/12 has heard back, yes?

since a batch of interviewees heard back on 10/14-ish, I think UICOM changed their adcom meetings from the third week of each month to the second week instead. 10/12 was then too close to their deadline to be included in that batch of acceptances. 10/12 would then be reviewed in the next two weeks. the staff did tell us we would hear back by Thanksgiving, which lines up with this theory. I think this is what's going on, but I want to see if anyone has evidence to the contrary.
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YungGeezy said:
Also interviewed on 10/12 and I have yet to hear back so I'm thinking you're probably right about that!
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StephenCurry1 said:
Anyone from October 7th interview group hear back?
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I interviewed early October and yet to hear back, don't think I saw anybody else from October receive any news. Admissions office told me (a few weeks ago) that early october interviewees would hear back by end of october / early november, but I don't think this is the case.
I was also thinking that we'd hear back 11/10, but I'm just going to assume what @DrMantisTobogganMD posted is correct and that we'd hear back by 11/17. I'd just rather defer anxiety than get my hopes up for something sooner.
 
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Hello all! I have been reading on SDN in previous threads that the post-interview acceptance rate is around 79% for IS interviews. Is this correct? From MSAR it seems to be more around 50-60%.
 
PurpleMilosz said:
Hello all! I have been reading on SDN in previous threads that the post-interview acceptance rate is around 79% for IS interviews. Is this correct? From MSAR it seems to be more around 50-60%.
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I don't believe MSAR has post interview acceptance rate information. MSAR has information regarding matriculants as opposed to acceptances
 
Don't know if this question has been asked but does it matter which site you interview at in terms of where you wish to be placed?
 
nobletea said:
Do you guys think that the admissions committee is meeting the 2nd Thursday of each month based on the acceptances so far this cycle?
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Dirtybird said:
I interviewed Oct 7 and yet to hear back, don't think I saw anybody else from October receive any news. Admissions office told me (a few weeks ago) that early october interviewees would hear back by end of october / early november, but I don't think this is the case.
I was also thinking that we'd hear back 11/10, but I'm just going to assume what @DrMantisTobogganMD posted is correct and that we'd hear back by 11/17. I'd just rather defer anxiety than get my hopes up for something sooner.
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Bump. Either of you heard anything about a meeting date?
 
Just to give others a timeline since it's a bit confusing to figure where they are at this school:

II yesterday 11/09, OOS
Submitted secondary application 09/12, Casper taken on 09/18... found out that results were sent to the school on 10/08 so I guess that was when I was complete (assuming they looked at my Casper before the invite)?
Hope that helps!
 
for those who got IIs do you remember what was on your "application status page"?

Mine just says this: "Your Application has been successfully submitted."
 
medbunny56 said:
for those who got IIs do you remember what was on your "application status page"?

Mine just says this: "Your Application has been successfully submitted."
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Mine said "its lit"

But actually it will change to applicant "in proGRess" once they have everything checked in and then applicant "in proCess" when they are actually reviewing it (literally the most neurosis inducing nuanced letter change), then eventually if you get an II it'll come up with a grid of dates.
 
Woodbro Chillson BROTUS said:
Mine said "its lit"

But actually it will change to applicant "in proGRess" once they have everything checked in and then applicant "in proCess" when they are actually reviewing it (literally the most neurosis inducing nuanced letter change), then eventually if you get an II it'll come up with a grid of dates.
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never mind i re-checked and have this "Applicant in progress" hoping for a good result!
 
Current Status: Applicant in progress ???? what does this mean ?
 
Drbee1992 said:
Current Status: Applicant in progress ???? what does this mean ?
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I had that status for most of the last 4 months. I searched SDN threads about it. As I understand it, "Applicant in progress" means that your application is complete and (sitting somewhere) waiting to be reviewed. In my case, I sent my secondary and took the CASPer test in early July. I sat at "Applicant in Progress" until approximately 3 weeks ago when my status changed to "Applicant in Process" (which apparently meant that UIC was reviewing my application materials). Today (11/10/16) at 4:20 pm, I was notified that I had been granted an interview invitation.

Moral: This process is lengthy and requires a measure of patience (which, admittedly, is not one of the top five personality traits for most pre-meds, including me).

There are a number of past threads that describe the meanings of these statuses (especially the nuanced Applicant in PROGRESS vs. Applicant in PROCESS). For example, If you search the forums with the keywords "UIC flowchart" or something similar there is a chart floating about in the electrons that explains in some detail what these status changes mean.

Hopefully that helps a bit. I can only speak for my experience, but I would be prepared to sit at that status for several weeks. As I said, it was the better part of 3.5-4 months in my case.
 
ProCal2016 said:
I had that status for most of the last 4 months. I searched SDN threads about it. As I understand it, "Applicant in progress" means that your application is complete and (sitting somewhere) waiting to be reviewed. In my case, I sent my secondary and took the CASPer test in early July. I sat at "Applicant in Progress" until approximately 3 weeks ago when my status changed to "Applicant in Process" (which apparently meant that UIC was reviewing my application materials). Today (11/10/16) at 4:20 pm, I was notified that I had been granted an interview invitation.

Moral: This process is lengthy and requires a measure of patience (which, admittedly, is not one of the top five personality traits for most pre-meds, including me).

There are a number of past threads that describe the meanings of these statuses (especially the nuanced Applicant in PROGRESS vs. Applicant in PROCESS). For example, If you search the forums with the keywords "UIC flowchart" or something similar there is a chart floating about in the electrons that explains in some detail what these status changes mean.

Hopefully that helps a bit. I can only speak for my experience, but I would be prepared to sit at that status for several weeks. As I said, it was the better part of 3.5-4 months in my case.
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This post was really helpful. thank you so much and congrats on your II.
 
ProCal2016 said:
I had that status for most of the last 4 months. I searched SDN threads about it. As I understand it, "Applicant in progress" means that your application is complete and (sitting somewhere) waiting to be reviewed. In my case, I sent my secondary and took the CASPer test in early July. I sat at "Applicant in Progress" until approximately 3 weeks ago when my status changed to "Applicant in Process" (which apparently meant that UIC was reviewing my application materials). Today (11/10/16) at 4:20 pm, I was notified that I had been granted an interview invitation.

Moral: This process is lengthy and requires a measure of patience (which, admittedly, is not one of the top five personality traits for most pre-meds, including me).

There are a number of past threads that describe the meanings of these statuses (especially the nuanced Applicant in PROGRESS vs. Applicant in PROCESS). For example, If you search the forums with the keywords "UIC flowchart" or something similar there is a chart floating about in the electrons that explains in some detail what these status changes mean.

Hopefully that helps a bit. I can only speak for my experience, but I would be prepared to sit at that status for several weeks. As I said, it was the better part of 3.5-4 months in my case.
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Thank you so much. I will just be patient.
 
So I got an II on 11/09, and every time I check the portal to see if there are any available interview slots there never are...anyone have an idea as to when these will open and if they will open. I can only see dates from 11/18-1/13
 
ChaBoi22 said:
So I got an II on 11/09, and every time I check the portal to see if there are any available interview slots there never are...anyone have an idea as to when these will open and if they will open. I can only see dates from 11/18-1/13
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Yea same situation here. There were a few interview spots that opened up for 1/13 last week but they were snatched up pretty quickly. The people answering the phones told me to continue checking the website periodically. Frustrating, but happy to have the invite.
 
So I interviewed on November 11th and my status on the website just changed to "Decision Pending" - Does this mean the committee received my interview results. Because before it was something about evaluation not complete.

Does the committee meet on Tuesday or Thursday once a month? Did they meet today? Or is it this Thursday?

Spooky status changes...
 
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