2018-2019 University of Illinois

[aleezard21]

Withdrew my acceptance here, hope it goes to one of you!

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[mylittlepony15]

Did anyone hear back regarding campus re-assignments yet?

How did you go about requesting a reassignment?

 

[muffin14]

Did anyone hear back regarding campus re-assignments yet?

No I haven't - I was told they would evaluate them in April but silence so far

 

[muffin14]

How did you go about requesting a reassignment?

I submitted a statement to admissions giving reasons why I should be reassigned

 

[Hollygriffins]

How did you go about requesting a reassignment?

Same here. Just listed reasons why a campus reassignment would benefit me.

 

[muffin14]

Same here. Just listed reasons why a campus reassignment would benefit me.

I just e-mailed admissions and they said they will compile all campus requests at the end of April. They also said they will notify us if we are granted reassignment so I'm not sure but it seems like we can assume we weren't granted a site change if they don't get back to us.

 

[Dr. To Be]

Also SPP people are you doing dorms or finding housing???

Dorms

 

[Cjth402]

Still haven’t heard back from financial aid. Anyone else in the same boat?

 

[VikMed1790]

Still haven’t heard back from financial aid. Anyone else in the same boat?

Same.

 

[VikMed1790]

Assigned to Peoria campus! I figured this would happen, since I am from Peoria.

 

[epremed]

Assigned to Peoria campus! I figured this would happen, since I am from Peoria.

Welcome to the club!

 

[VikMed1790]

Welcome to the club!

Thank you! Glad to be part of it

 

[gram.negative]

were any spp people placed in chicago? show yourselves lol

 

[Hollygriffins]

were any spp people placed in chicago? show yourselves lol

I just got placed in Chicago!

 

[hopefullydoc117]

Anyone who attended second look in chicago - can you share the packet you received? Trying to see if it had any pertinent housing info

 

[mylittlepony15]

Building off of that.. can anyone share the packet from peoria??

 

[jolukemi]

Any word on an official waitlist?

 

[ddog123]

Any word on an official waitlist?

Would also love to know this

 

[vm91x]

Does anyone know what the Castlebranch company is about? It seems like some kind of a background company that the UIC works with.. Can anyone add a little more detail/knowledge about this?

 

[minisusiukuk]

Here are the Peoria housing resources! I won't be attending unfortunately but hope this helps. Images should be in order but there are page numbers at the bottom of each page to help orient you.

 

[mdfaithful]

Here are the Peoria housing resources! I won't be attending unfortunately but hope this helps. Images should be in order but there are page numbers at the bottom of each page to help orient you.

You’re a saint. God bless you

 

[mylittlepony15]

Here are the Peoria housing resources! I won't be attending unfortunately but hope this helps. Images should be in order but there are page numbers at the bottom of each page to help orient you.

You're amazing for this, THANK YOU

 

[epremed]

that apartment half a block from school sure sounds appealing...LOL

 

[WhenTheSaintsGoMarchingIn]

Hello everyone. Has anyone heard back from the Patient Centered Medicine Program yet?

 

[Ivan1342]

Hey guys! So I’m in the dark here. I haven’t received any notification post interview. Does that mean I’m waitlisted?

 

[ddog123]

Hey guys! So I’m in the dark here. I haven’t received any notification post interview. Does that mean I’m waitlisted?

This is the same thing many of us are wondering.

 

[mmgrit35]

Hey guys! So I’m in the dark here. I haven’t received any notification post interview. Does that mean I’m waitlisted?

I spoke with the admissions director last week who said they're still working through everyone who interviewed, especially if you only have 2 interview scores. She didn't tell me anything about a waitlist, but she said they were expecting to send out a lot more acceptances once people withdraw on the 30th.

 

[jolukemi]

Hey guys! So I’m in the dark here. I haven’t received any notification post interview. Does that mean I’m waitlisted?

I think that’s what the speculation is here.

I spoke with the admissions director last week who said they're still working through everyone who interviewed, especially if you only have 2 interview scores. She didn't tell me anything about a waitlist, but she said they were expecting to send out a lot more acceptances once people withdraw on the 30th.

Do you know what the issue is with the interview scores? I wasn’t aware that there isn’t a standard interview process across all interviews...

 

[Cjth402]

Hello everyone. Has anyone heard back from the Patient Centered Medicine Program yet?

I asked and they said they would be sending acceptance letters out sometime next week.

 

[mmgrit35]

I think that’s what the speculation is here.

Do you know what the issue is with the interview scores? I wasn’t aware that there isn’t a standard interview process across all interviews...

I've been told that a non-insignificant number of people have only 2 interview scores due to one of 3 reasons:
1. A score was removed at the applicants request
2. An applicant only ever interviewed with 2 interviewers (due to interviewer availability)
3. A score was "lost" (this part is still unclear on exactly what the deal is)

And for whatever reason, the committee is still working on evaluating these people.

 

[pinecakes]

I only had two interviews, interviewed in October, and was accepted in December. Seems really weird... Also for those waiting for financial aid, it is just going to be loans...

 

[eat.sleep.caffeine.]

Where on the portal can you withdraw your application? Or do you have to call?

 

[1e4]

The MSAR says 50-70 people will be waitlisted. Does anyone know what percent of those people get accepted? Any information on last year's waitlist movement?

 

[deleted966008]

The MSAR says 50-70 people will be waitlisted. Does anyone know what percent of those people get accepted? Any information on last year's waitlist movement?

I don’t know if this year can really be compared to last due to how slow UIC has been moving this cycle. There’s far more than 70 applicants who haven’t heard back yet and, if past years are any indication, a significant number of acceptances left to give out in May

 

[soillpremed]

Withdrew acceptance today. Best of luck to those waiting!

 

[tgc21]

So are we just not getting post-interview decisions back before April 30th?

 

[ddog123]

So are we just not getting post-interview decisions back before April 30th?

I mean April 30th is tomorrow

 

[adventurousapollo]

check your portals.. you may have a surprise acceptance!

 

[1e4]

check your portals.. you may have a surprise acceptance!

Or, hear me out, I check and it says the same thing it's said for 165 days.

 

[ddog123]

Or, hear me out, I check and it says the same thing it's said for 165 days.

lmao same here

 

[mdfaithful]

Does UIC have any direct policy about the PTE or CTE on the AMCAS choose your school tool??

 

[run12345]

Does anyone know what happens if you are currently holding on to an acceptance and then accepted to UIC in the next couple weeks? How long will we have to hold on to both acceptances / would we know our campus placement right away?

 

[VikMed1790]

Does anyone know what happens if you are currently holding on to an acceptance and then accepted to UIC in the next couple weeks? How long will we have to hold on to both acceptances / would we know our campus placement right away?

https://www.aamc.org/download/490772/data/webinarpowerpoint.pdf

should be page 14 where it explains traffic rules

 

[pieceofmeat96]

For those of you who live near UIC (Chicago), do you know what the average rent we can expect?

 

[mmgrit35]

For those of you who live near UIC (Chicago), do you know what the average rent we can expect?

Depends hugely on where you want to live and if you're renting a room vs an entire apartment. If you want to be right around the medical district, you're probably looking at ~$750-800 for a room and $1,250+ for a one bedroom.

Then again, the medical district isn't exactly a "hip and young" area, so you might want to commute anyway, especially if it brings your costs down. Just be sure you take into account how you're getting to school - if you don't have a car/don't want to deal with one, then you want to live off the pink or blue line (which stop at campus) or a bus that runs frequently/express (like the Ashland bus).

 

[pieceofmeat96]

Depends hugely on where you want to live and if you're renting a room vs an entire apartment. If you want to be right around the medical district, you're probably looking at ~$750-800 for a room and $1,250+ for a one bedroom.

Then again, the medical district isn't exactly a "hip and young" area, so you might want to commute anyway, especially if it brings your costs down. Just be sure you take into account how you're getting to school - if you don't have a car/don't want to deal with one, then you want to live off the pink or blue line (which stop at campus) or a bus that runs frequently/express (like the Ashland bus).

Thanks for this! Just to clarify, what do you mean for a room vs a bedroom - are you referring to a studio vs bedroom, or more like getting an apartment with a roommate/suitmate vs getting an individual apartment?

Also, is the medical district area unsafe? Do you suggest living away? Little Italy vs Tri-towers?

 

[mmgrit35]

Thanks for this! Just to clarify, what do you mean for a room vs a bedroom - are you referring to a studio vs bedroom, or more like getting an apartment with a roommate/suitmate vs getting an individual apartment?

Also, is the medical district area unsafe? Do you suggest living away? Little Italy vs Tri-towers?

I mean like a room in a several bedroom apartment with roommates, sorry.

The medical district isn't "unsafe." It's not super bougie either, it's just kind of a typical neighborhood. If you go particularly west of campus, you'll get into lower income areas (Lawndale, Garfield, Heart of Chicago, etc.). Tri-Taylor is pretty nondescript and residential. Little Italy/University Village is a bit family orientated, but there's lots of restaurants on Taylor between campuses.

I don't recommend not living near campus, but I also don't recommend not-not living near campus, you know? Ultimately, if you just don't want to commute, live close by, just know you're going to be surrounded by hospitals and south of campus is a couple blocks of industrial park. If it's important to you to live in a "trendy" neighborhood with "hip" bars and shops, consider Pilsen, West Town, Ukrainian Village, or Wicker. Near West would be a decent close option too, but there's less going on. If you want to be around skyscrapers and big brand name stores, go South Loop or China Town.

Anything east of I-90 and north of the Loop, I consider annoying to get to campus from, though River North and Wrigleyville are very popular neighborhoods amongst out-of-state college grads. Logan is probably the "hippest" neighborhood in the city currently, but it's an hour+ on the blue-line from campus (though I know multiple people who live there and drive to campus).

 

[BasedKahuna]

‘Forwarded to Admissions’ gang how we doing?

 

[liutimot]

‘Forwarded to Admissions’ gang how we doing?

Same old

 

[tgc21]

‘Forwarded to Admissions’ gang how we doing?

I actually called today out of curiosity & the message was that committee is meeting may 16, acceptances may come out before that, wait list probably out may 17