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google12 said:
For anybody that's interviewed, when does the day actually begin? It says check-in starts at 8, but that everything really starts at 8:45. At other interview days that 45 minutes was usually downtime to talk to other applicants, is it the same thing here? Is it okay if I come in at like 8:30 or do I need to be there before 8?
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It was mostly downtime. Eating breakfast and chitchatting from what I remember.
 
google12 said:
For anybody that's interviewed, when does the day actually begin? It says check-in starts at 8, but that everything really starts at 8:45. At other interview days that 45 minutes was usually downtime to talk to other applicants, is it the same thing here? Is it okay if I come in at like 8:30 or do I need to be there before 8?
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On my interview day we spoke to the M1 and M2 students at check in before formal introductions and that was very invaluable
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It was mostly downtime. Eating breakfast and chitchatting from what I remember.
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I definitely wouldn’t miss out on this, either. It’s a nice way to start off the day and you get to meet some people and talk about being a med student and the school itself and being a student there.
 
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google12 said:
Were there no other times to talk to M1/M2 students? I plan on being there on the earlier side (closer to 8), but I was asking just in case I do end up stuck in traffic/navigating the garage etc.
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During tour and then during lunch but it was so nice to break the ice with the students.
 
osmosis2019 said:
Thank you! OOS! Which is why I am even more shocked.
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Congrats 🙂

@osmosis2019 or any other OOS folks, does campus selection for OOS happen the same way as for IS? Or do all OOS people end up at the Chicago campus?
 
maha2018 said:
Congrats 🙂

@osmosis2019 or any other OOS folks, does campus selection for OOS happen the same way as for IS? Or do all OOS people end up at the Chicago campus?
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I have no idea but I'm from NYC originally so I imagine that my interest in Chicago due to my urban experiences, contributes to the choice.
 
So my secondary was submitted on 7/6. I'm not sure what date I became complete because my casper came in a little later. I never received an email but have all green checkmarks. For those of you that got interviews, did you ever get a notification/ did your portal ever say something along the lines of "your application is under review" or did it just say your application was complete? I'm slowly starting to lose hope that I'll get an interview at uic and it is one of my top choice schools. :/
 
pochead said:
So my secondary was submitted on 7/6. I'm not sure what date I became complete because my casper came in a little later. I never received an email but have all green checkmarks. For those of you that got interviews, did you ever get a notification/ did your portal ever say something along the lines of "your application is under review" or did it just say your application was complete? I'm slowly starting to lose hope that I'll get an interview at uic and it is one of my top choice schools. :/
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I emailed the admission; they stated if you have all green checks you are under review.
 
pochead said:
So my secondary was submitted on 7/6. I'm not sure what date I became complete because my casper came in a little later. I never received an email but have all green checkmarks. For those of you that got interviews, did you ever get a notification/ did your portal ever say something along the lines of "your application is under review" or did it just say your application was complete? I'm slowly starting to lose hope that I'll get an interview at uic and it is one of my top choice schools. :/
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I also emailed admissions, since my CASPer wasn't showing for ~3 weeks even though my results were delivered. The next day I got an informal complete & under review email. Not sure if this is typical, I applied pretty late in the cycle...
 
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google12 said:
One of my friends got IMED
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Congrats to him/her! Can I ask when they got the II? I've heard the program interviews in 3 waves (September, January, March) and I'm wondering if they've started inviting the January group yet.
 
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Are they receptive to post interview updates during the consideration period, or is it best to wait until a decision is reached first?
 
I went to look on my application portal today to see if there were any updates. I submitted my secondary in July.
Apparently my application was never marked complete because one of my professors never signed his letter of recommendation...
So that's been holding my application from being reviewed, but I never noticed until I randomly decided to check today.
 
AsprDoc said:
Just saw this happened to me as well. I talked to admissions, who claim it shouldn't delay things when I asked. I submitted a little later, so already at a disadvantage, but I found it strange how I never received a complete notification. I know sometimes UIC's portal is wonky so I just thought they didn't send emails for such a thing.
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Same. I thought it was just them being wonky and not sending a complete email.
 
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I interviewed mid-September and have not heard back yet. I’m afraid that at this point this may mean I’m just waiting on the inevitable R/Waitlist.
 
In case it helps anyone out, I interviewed Oct 30 at the Chicago campus and they told us the committee meets the third Thursday of each month and send either an acceptance or a deferred decision, I dunno how well that promise is holding up but I'm keeping my hopes up for this coming Thursday/Friday
 
cacerot13 said:
In case it helps anyone out, I interviewed Oct 30 at the Chicago campus and they told us the committee meets the third Thursday of each month and send either an acceptance or a deferred decision, I dunno how well that promise is holding up but I'm keeping my hopes up for this coming Thursday/Friday
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I interviewed late september and havent heard anything yet so I don't think that is set in stone lol
 
For those of you who have received your acceptances, do we have to "accept offer" before ranking our campus preferences? Kind of confused because what exactly does "accept offer" mean? Does it mean we are for sure going or?
 
Does anyone have any comments about UMED or GMED that they have heard from current students in the program. I’m not sure which one to pursue they are both very interesting to me.
 
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Jumping in as another IS complete in July and yet to hear anything :/ I have average stats and always thought UIC would be my best chance at getting in lol clearly not
 
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