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I called admissions and they said you need CASPer graded in order to have your application marked as complete. Is this the first year they're doing that? I thought it would be complete even without CASPer graded
 
Does anyone have their letters marked as "received"? If so did you have to call the admissions office?
Would also like to know, my show up in there, but still marked as "Not received." 🙁
 
Anyone else OOS apply and then notice how much their tuition is.....lol....?
 
I dont get it. What does "statement of your interest mean"? Do they mean "why do you want to attend this school specifically" or "what areas are you interested in"? I am confused
Second this. My friend told me he talked about the two areas you select above, why you chose that, and how it could help you become a better physician.
 
Submitted; email that they have received (not an email of completion).
 
Has anyone's application been marked as "complete" yet?
I think mine has, but honestly the email I received was super confusing. Also they didn't even mention if they received or say anything at all really about the CASPers
 
I think mine has, but honestly the email I received was super confusing. Also they didn't even mention if they received or say anything at all really about the CASPers
Under document status, does your application say your letters of reference have been received?
 
Under document status, does your application say your letters of reference have been received?
Yeah I think so. Let me double check and see if they marked a date.

Edit: Document status page says received 5/30 and regular status page just says received
 
Confused.... did everyone get their new application already? Or have they still not fixed the bug with creating a login
 
is anyone having issues with letters of reference not being marked as received? they've been assigned on AMCAS for weeks, and when i click on them on the document status they say they were recieved
 
is anyone having issues with letters of reference not being marked as received? they've been assigned on AMCAS for weeks, and when i click on them on the document status they say they were recieved
I called them and they manually marked it as received for me!
 
is anyone having issues with letters of reference not being marked as received? they've been assigned on AMCAS for weeks, and when i click on them on the document status they say they were recieved
update: i contacted them and they marked them!
 
For the areas of interest essay... are people writing one essay talking about both of the two areas of interest or more one essay for each
 
For the areas of interest essay... are people writing one essay talking about both of the two areas of interest or more one essay for each
I incorporated both ideas into one essay because the two I chose connected. But you could probably do 2 separate 250 essays as well if you feel you can’t connect them!
 
I'm still not able to login to the portal. Anyone else struggling too?
 
Does anyone know when we are able to conduct research as a medical student? I scoured the website and it seems that it is between 1st and 2nd year, but honestly there was no name of the program or direct statement saying that: "research can be conducted during _ year"

Sorry I really can not find this information on the website...

This is the closest I got: Summer Opportunities Between M1 & M2 Year
 
I think I'm going to call Monday and ask before submitting to be safe
Were you able to call? I cut my response down to 250 and it still won't let me submit my application. I get an error message but it's unclear what the error is for...
 
For those who have everything submitted but still marked as incomplete: I just called admissions and a super sweet lady told me that they are basically locked out of their own system as of yesterday and apologize deeply for the trouble. They're working on it and encourage us to check the portal often and reach out to them if there is no change for a few days.
 
Does Casper need to be sent to UIC to be considered complete?
 
So I was thinking about the second essay. What do they mean academic medicine?
 
I checked my portal this evening and my application now has a green check and says it’s complete. I didn’t get an email for it, so double check your status on the portal.
 
I checked my portal this evening and my application now has a green check and says it’s complete. I didn’t get an email for it, so double check your status on the portal.
When did you submit if you don’t mind me asking?
 
Checked today and got the green check mark. I submitted about 2 weeks ago as well, so I assume they're starting to get through submitted apps.
 
Anyone who submitted early still have their application marked incomplete? I submitted 7/5, and it still shows as incomplete.
 
I am interested in integrative medicine but am unsure what area of interest that would fall under for the secondary essay
 
Anyone who submitted early still have their application marked incomplete? I submitted 7/5, and it still shows as incomplete.
I submitted 7/5 and checked yesterday, turns out one of my letters wasn't on letterhead w signature so if your letters haven't been marked as received, you should email them to ask. They reply promptly.
 
So I actually ended up calling them today about my secondary since it still wasn’t marked complete after submitting over 2 weeks ago and good thing I did because I was missing something minor that didn’t show up on the portal and they resolved it over the phone with me immediately. If anyone else has been waiting a long time to be marked complete I recommend calling them! They were super nice & helpful
 
So I actually ended up calling them today about my secondary since it still wasn’t marked complete after submitting over 2 weeks ago and good thing I did because I was missing something minor that didn’t show up on the portal and they resolved it over the phone with me immediately. If anyone else has been waiting a long time to be marked complete I recommend calling them! They were super nice & helpful
what number/extension did you use to call them? I cannot get to a real person, only automated messages
 
what number/extension did you use to call them? I cannot get to a real person, only automated messages
Just the regular admissions office number! If you wait and don’t press any of the numbers it says eventually at the end it says or please hold to be directed to a staff member!
 
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