Loma Linda University (LLU) Class of 2029 Interview/Acceptance Thread

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Class of 2024 (ADEA Guide) General Stats:
Overall GPA: 3.49
Science GPA: 3.37
DAT: 20.5AA, 20.2TS, 21.1PAT
Applied: 1200
OOS: 619 Applied, 577 Interviewed, 66 Accepted
IS: 481 Applied, 374 Interviewed, 110 Accepted
International: 100 Applied, 53 Interviewed, 18 Accepted
# Enrolled: 100
OOS Students Enrolled:
AZ‑1, CO‑1, FL‑6, GA‑1, HI‑2, IN‑1,
KS‑1, MA‑1, MI‑1, MO‑1, NC‑1, NY‑1,
OH‑2, OR‑2, TN‑1, TX‑1, UT‑2, WA‑6,
China‑1, India‑1, Malaysia‑1, South Korea‑9		Class of 2026 (ADEA Guide) General Stats:
Overall GPA: 3.50
Science GPA: 3.42
DAT: 21.0AA, 20.6TS, 21.1PAT
Applied: 1,344
OOS: 653 Applied, 70 Accepted
IS: 551 Applied, 106 Accepted
International: 140 Applied, 16 Accepted
# Enrolled: 100
5th-95th Percentiles
Science: 2.84-3.94
Overall: 2.85-3.95
OOS Students Enrolled:
AZ-1, FL-3, GA-4, GU-1, ID-1,
IL-1, MD-1, NE-1, NJ-1, NC-2,
OH-1, OR-1, SD-1, TN-1, TX-2,
VA-1, WA-4, Canada-3, Iran-1,
Jordan-1, South Korea-5, Taiwan-1,
Vietnam-1		Class of 2028 (ADEA Guide) General Stats:
Overall GPA: 3.62
Science GPA: 3.53
DAT: 21.2AA, 20.7TS, 21.1PAT
Applied: 1,478
OOS: 702 Applied, 78 Accepted
IS: 625 Applied, 102 Accepted
International: 151 Applied, 11 Accepted
# Enrolled: 98
5th-95th Percentiles
Science: 3.01-3.93
Overall: 3.12-3.95
OOS Students Enrolled:
AZ-1, CO-1, FL-1, GA-4, IL-1, MD-2, MI-4, NJ-2, NV-1, NY-1, OR-1, TN-3, TX-1, UT-1, WA-5, WI-1, South Korea-7


**Note: LLU requires a spiritual leader LOR to apply!

Good luck everyone!
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Hello I was wondering if anyone found the spiritual leader form? Or did you choose to get a letter of recc from them?
 
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Hello, does anyone know if the chances of getting accepted increase when you interview in person vs online? Also anyone know LLU's post-ii acceptance rate?
 
Hello, does the LOR of a spiritual leader require a letterhead or anything? does anyone have any examples
 
has anyone who received file under review notif in september gotten an interview??
 
How was the in-person interview? Any tough or specific questions? Was it open-file or a closed-file?
 
I saw your other post on here asking about UNLV.... if you get in, go to UNLV. I'm not just saying that because I went there, but go there because it's CHEAPER. You get in-state tuition at UNLV after the first year. I saved literally $120K off other schools my friends went to (Midwestern, Roseman, etc.) and got the same degree at the end. Quick glance at Loma Linda and it's WAY more expensive than UNLV. Just my 2 cents
 
Bigjt1420 said:
I saw your other post on here asking about UNLV.... if you get in, go to UNLV. I'm not just saying that because I went there, but go there because it's CHEAPER. You get in-state tuition at UNLV after the first year. I saved literally $120K off other schools my friends went to (Midwestern, Roseman, etc.) and got the same degree at the end. Quick glance at Loma Linda and it's WAY more expensive than UNLV. Just my 2 cents
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Yeah but im not sure whats going on with my UNLV app...submitted in early July and haven't even gotten Kira and they said my application is still under review. I don't know if I glitched my application within their system (I paid the supplemental fee before submitting AADSAS and had to go back and forth with them on getting the right type of LOR) or if I'm gonna be ghosted/rejected. UNLV seems like a great choice though, I'm highly considering.
 
SuperLion said:
Yeah but im not sure whats going on with my UNLV app...submitted in early July and haven't even gotten Kira and they said my application is still under review. I don't know if I glitched my application within their system (I paid the supplemental fee before submitting AADSAS and had to go back and forth with them on getting the right type of LOR) or if I'm gonna be ghosted/rejected. UNLV seems like a great choice though, I'm highly considering.
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same here. submitted early July and paid supplemental but haven't heard anything back since..
 
thetaneggroll said:
same here. submitted early July and paid supplemental but haven't heard anything back since..
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What does your AADSAS status say for UNLV? My status says Received/Application Complete but I emailed them and they said my application is still under review. Im not sure how its still under review when there are people who applied in September and already got Kira + interview...
 
SuperLion said:
What does your AADSAS status say for UNLV? My status says Received/Application Complete but I emailed them and they said my application is still under review. Im not sure how its still under review when there are people who applied in September and already got Kira + interview...
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I don't know what KIRA is (I applied in 2017 when they didn't have that), but I distinctly remember the status of "Received/Application Complete" being a thing for UNLV and I was frustrated with it at the time as well. Basically your application is under review still and you're in limbo -- it is what it is.

What happened to me was the following: I had called the school in December of 2017 (after acceptance day and with my application status never changing away from "Received/Application Complete") and they said something to the effect of "you have not been accepted or denied at this time, we are going to review your application again." So then I was just waiting and waiting and then in mid-January 2018 I checked the portal randomly one day and it said "offer extended" or something like that. I didn't even get an email notification or anything, I just randomly checked haha. But then of course I did get an email eventually and a packet in the mail and all that stuff.

So yeah, I think UNLV is kinda weird with all of that stuff. Keep in mind I got into Indiana as well and I had my status change on Acceptance Day. Hope this helps!

Edit: All of this was after I had my interview with them and was waiting for acceptance. I don't know the protocol for getting an interview invitation. Sorry!
 
Bigjt1420 said:
I don't know what KIRA is (I applied in 2017 when they didn't have that), but I distinctly remember the status of "Received/Application Complete" being a thing for UNLV and I was frustrated with it at the time as well. Basically your application is under review still and you're in limbo -- it is what it is.

What happened to me was the following: I had called the school in December of 2017 (after acceptance day and with my application status never changing away from "Received/Application Complete") and they said something to the effect of "you have not been accepted or denied at this time, we are going to review your application again." So then I was just waiting and waiting and then in mid-January 2018 I checked the portal randomly one day and it said "offer extended" or something like that. I didn't even get an email notification or anything, I just randomly checked haha. But then of course I did get an email eventually and a packet in the mail and all that stuff.

So yeah, I think UNLV is kinda weird with all of that stuff. Keep in mind I got into Indiana as well and I had my status change on Acceptance Day. Hope this helps!

Edit: All of this was after I had my interview with them and was waiting for acceptance. I don't know the protocol for getting an interview invitation. Sorry!
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Got it, this was very informative, thank you for your response!!
 
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Received an interview today. 20 AA 3.92 GPA. Application status change Sept. 11
 
Anyone else still haven't heard back after sending in secondary?
 
Is it normal to get rejected without even an interview ? I had great extracullircualr activites with 3.6 sGPA and 3.5 cGPA, 19TS/AA DAT but 16 on PAT and RC.
 
ommo1610 said:
Is it normal to get rejected without even an interview ? I had great extracullircualr activites with 3.6 sGPA and 3.5 cGPA, 19TS/AA DAT but 16 on PAT and RC.
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I had interview with MUCH lower sGPA & cGPA. The DAT scores are probably the issue (specifically the 16RC).
 
Happyhappy48 said:
If we interviewed and haven’t heard back are we waitlisted?
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I don’t think so. Someone else that interviewed said they got officially waitlisted recently. So if you interviewed, and it still says “invited for interview”, then they haven’t made a decision yet. When did you interview? Mine was on 1/9
 
This morning, my status for LLU changed from “invited for interview” to “received/application complete.”

Does anyone know what this might mean? My interview was on 1/9/25. What does everyone else’s status say?
 
delonk123 said:
This morning, my status for LLU changed from “invited for interview” to “received/application complete.”

Does anyone know what this might mean? My interview was on 1/9/25. What does everyone else’s status say?
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mine did the same thing. They said it was a mistake/glitch. Nothing to worry about!
 
delonk123 said:
This morning, my status for LLU changed from “invited for interview” to “received/application complete.”

Does anyone know what this might mean? My interview was on 1/9/25. What does everyone else’s status say?
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Mine did the same thing. Generally the status does not indicate anything changing.
 
Does anyone have information regarding the waitlist process. If somebody rejects their offer in the next week for example does that mean they will contact someone from the waitlist right away. Also how big the waitlist usually is?
 
Do you guys know of anyone that received any kind of decision after December 13th? As in, any student that has interviewed getting either a rejection of acceptance.

I’ve seen a few people get rejected pre-interview, and a few people get waitlisted. But I haven’t seen any rejection with interview or acceptance
 
delonk123 said:
Do you guys know of anyone that received any kind of decision after December 13th? As in, any student that has interviewed getting either a rejection of acceptance.

I’ve seen a few people get rejected pre-interview, and a few people get waitlisted. But I haven’t seen any rejection with interview or acceptance
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This is a great question and something I was wondering myself. I interviewed in January and got waitlisted. I haven't seen many acceptances post December which may indicate the class is full right now or they are waiting to fill the final few seats.
 
Smiles 4 Miles said:
This is a great question and something I was wondering myself. I interviewed in January and got waitlisted. I haven't seen many acceptances post December which may indicate the class is full right now or they are waiting to fill the final few seats.
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I interviewed in January as well (January 9th). How do you know that you got waitlisted? Are you assuming you did since you haven’t heard anything back, or did they actually email you saying you’re waitlisted? I haven’t heard anything from them since my interview
 
delonk123 said:
I interviewed in January as well (January 9th). How do you know that you got waitlisted? Are you assuming you did since you haven’t heard anything back, or did they actually email you saying you’re waitlisted? I haven’t heard anything from them since my interview
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I received an email that I was selected as an alternate. Your interview date was before mine so they could potentially still be considering it. Good luck and let us know how it goes!!
 
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