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i believe the admission committee at UIC is meeting for the last time this month (april) before the waitlist is created in may. do you guys know what date they are meeting?
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Whats up calbears84? Based on the times that I keep getting that no decision e-mail, I would say they meet towards the last half of the month, probably closer to the last week. I don't know of a specific date though. Hopefully we can get an acceptance before the waitlist is formed, but all is not lost even if we get on the waitlist since there is usually a ton of movement. Too bad that the Chicago campus will be filled, but I don't care at this point, I just want an acceptance somewhere already. Does anyone else know when they are meeting? I sent them a letter of interest last week, hopefully that helps for something.
 
I agree with Solidgold, I think they will meet sometime in the last week of the month (21-25). Good luck!
 
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Hey guys, quick recap of me --> I'm 10-8-10-S ... great recs, ECs incl. research at Rush a summer and at a youth service last summer

I'm looking at a possible acceptance at 2 other schools ... but one thing has mystified me. AT UIC, I was rejected post secondary-no interview in NOVEMBER! The crazier thing is that I am from IL!!!

I just found it hard to believe that at least I wouldn't be considered up to the Feb-March-April time ...

It could be my personal statement, or it could be the fact that their secondary doesn't allow them to see you better, but I just wanted to get your opinions. One other thing is that I majored in Spanish and I can speak it ... I just don't understand why I was rejected so gosh darn early

Hopefully I'll get in elswhere and say "tadow how you like my now, biotches"

Gumshoe
 
hey solidgold...i called UIC a week ago and spoke with an admission officer. he informed me that documents such as letters of interest and update letters play "absolutely no factors into the admission decision".....I recommend that you send them a letter of recommendation specifically to UIC saying you are still very much interested in their program.
 
Hey Gumshoe.
Sorry to hear about your troubles. I am also from IL and this is my second year applying to UIC. I am on the "no decision" list right now.

I am a white male 35 yr old mcat 9-10-13 Q w/ 3.5 gpa, a masters degree with medium - low clinical experience and no research experience.

I was wait listed last year and about killed Dr. Girotti when he said they were 5 light on last years enrollment, but I restrained myself. I talked to the counsellor last year and he said the only reason he could see that I wasn't accepted was clinical experience so I volunteered in a local ER. This year I applied again and was REJECTED post-secondary. I went to see the counsellor and asked what was going on. How could I get waitlisted last year, make the corrections they requested, and then get rejected this year? He said I should send a letter asking to be reconsidered. A week later I got a request to interview.

I had a good interview and the Dr. I interviewed with shook my hand and said "UIC would be lucky to have you." I had high hopes and then got the "no decision" email.

The point of this long story is that the UIC admissions comittee has their head up their butt. The med school admissions process in general is the most assinine system imaginable. The only possible excuse for it is that it develops skills for handling debt and frustration. PERSISTENCE is the KEY!

Good luck and I sincerely hope you get in somewhere else!
 
Originally posted by calbears84
hey solidgold...i called UIC a week ago and spoke with an admission officer. he informed me that documents such as letters of interest and update letters play "absolutely no factors into the admission decision".....I recommend that you send them a letter of recommendation specifically to UIC saying you are still very much interested in their program.
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Yeah, I figured that, but at least they know I'm still interested.
 
The point of this long story is that the UIC admissions comittee has their head up their butt. The med school admissions process in general is the most assinine system imaginable. The only possible excuse for it is that it develops skills for handling debt and frustration. PERSISTENCE is the KEY!
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Haha, so funny because it's true. They do go through a lot of apps, but this process is insane. Forget about them, go after someone else.

Who knows. You'd think you would get in for sure with those numbers and experience BEFORE clinical, ****. That's ridiculous. I sometimes wonder (of course I would never do it) about someone putting their self as a minority falsely ... AdComs should be abused like that for all the crap that they pull. Hey, persistence, as you say. Do it right and good luck. i'll tell you if my other schools come through. Keep at it.

Gumshoe
 
hey guys does anyone know exactly when the next committee meeting is? Does anyone know chicago is full? I know this is the last one before the waitlist....good luck guys....hopefully second time around is my lucky one.....
 
The next committee meeting is probably sometime next week. They always seem to be meeting around the last week or so of the month.

Chicago is probably full, but spots will open up as some of them will withdraw. Luck will be needed though in order to get a spot there because you would need to be accepted and they need to receive your location choices right when there is an open spot for Chicago.
 
Gumshoe-

Instead of contemplating tricks to get into med school like "putting [one's] self as a minority falsely," maybe you should take a closer look at your application. Not everyone who gets into medical school is a minority or uses tricks to get accepted. There are plenty of asians and Anglo americans at UIC and med schools throughout the country.

A 28 MCAT score is hardly stellar or a 'lock' into a great state school like UIC. Maybe you should retake the MCAT if you need to reapply next year. Numbers are extremely important: you will find this out again when you apply for residency.

You spent enough money on undergrad, why not cough up a couple grand for a thorough MCAT review course? Better than the cost for a post-bac.
 
UIC is a real "number" school. (although I don't know what the heck happened to that poor 32/3.5 applicant--that must suck)

I went to UIC undergrad and I heard a lot about how they weed out applications. If you are not an URM and do not reach the certain GPA/MCAT cutoff, there is no way you are even considered for an interview. From my friends who have been rejected pre-interview...It seems as if the cut off is 28 MCAT score and a 3.9-4.0GPA. That is what they had and did not get an interview. Granted I'm sure there's a couple of exceptions but that seems to be the general consenus.

I guess that's what UIC feels is the only way to sift through all their applications.

Of course if you are an URM then the cutoff point is different. I know two people who are M-1s with a 24 and 25 MCAT score there....but they are really nice people who will make good doctors. 🙂
 
I have a friend in my undergrad that will be attending UIC next year. He is white, 25MCAT (took it twice), 3.9GPA.
 
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like i said before....there will be a couple of exceptions. but in general...........
 
Originally posted by keptium
From my friends who have been rejected pre-interview...It seems as if the cut off is 28 MCAT score and a 3.9-4.0GPA. That is what they had and did not get an interview. Granted I'm sure there's a couple of exceptions but that seems to be the general consenus.
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Wait a minute. When you say 3.9-4.0 GPA you mean on UICs 5.0 scale or out of 4.0 that everyone else uses. If it's out of 4.0 there's no freaking way that's possible.
 
Trust me, the GPA cutoff for an interview invite is not a 3.9-4.0. If you look at the average GPA for matriculated students, its like a 3.51 overall, and a 3.4 science GPA. Its pretty short sighted to think that UIC has a cutoff of a 3.9-4.0, even Harvard does not have a cutoff like that.
 
hey guys, thanks for the info....i reallly hope it works out...i talked to the admissions officer last week and he seemed hopeful, but i'm sure thats how he usually is with all "hold" applicants. my friends who are at uic told me that they do pull people from the hold before the june waitlist is created. Goodluck and if anyone finds out by calling when the next meeting is, please post. Thanks.
 
so every month since i've interviewed, i've received an email regarding my "hold" status at UIC, but this month i haven't received on yet. have you guys?
 
The last e-mail I got was on March 31. The others I got were in the early part of the month, so e-mails should be sent out either the last week of this month or the first week of May for their April meeting.
 
Originally posted by SolidGold
The last e-mail I got was on March 31. The others I got were in the early part of the month, so e-mails should be sent out either the last week of this month or the first week of May for their April meeting.
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i usually get mine on the 11th or 12th of the month--that's kind of weird that we get it at different times, but still makes me wonder why i haven't received anything by this point...i'm probably reading too much into to it
 
hey....do you guys get much out of the "admission officers" on thursdays? everytime i called....i always get "teh ad com will meet later this month and you should hear shortly after that."

one time...i asked him to give me a honest opinion about my chances of getting in....all i got was..."the ad com will meet later this month and you should hear shortly after that."

btw..have you guys done anything (ie...send them a letter of interest or letter of recommendation) while you've been receiving those emails from Linda Singleton? i sent them an update letter....3x....but they haven't received them yet...damn US mail
 
I don't even bother trying to call them. I have sent 1 update letter but I don't know if they got it. They don't even really consider the letters at UIC so it probably does not even matter.
 
What I meant before in my previous post is that the Honors College Dean at UIC (the lady in charge of pre-med students) told me that UIC has a numerical formula they do. For example. (now this is not true...just an example of something they might do) The ADCOM people might take your MCAT score double it and add it to your (G.P.A. X 10) and if you don't come above a certain range then no interview for you. So despite the fact that my friends have stellar G.P.A.s it was prolly their MCAT score that brought them down below the cut off.

and yes i was talking about the 4.0 scale not UIC's 5.0 scale.

and yes their are exceptions.
 
Originally posted by keptium

and yes their are exceptions.
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heh. I meant there are exceptions
 
has anyone given up their UIC spot recently? we're waiting............🙂
 
Originally posted by anxiousmed
has anyone given up their UIC spot recently? we're waiting............🙂
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I was wondering this too. Nobody on SDN has stated they withdrew from UIC according to that Withdrawal thread. It does not even seem like many people on SDN even interviewed there. It seems to be that same group of us that talks about UIC on a regular basis.
 
Originally posted by anxiousmed
has anyone given up their UIC spot recently? we're waiting............🙂
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Tell you what.

You'll have a nice, big, juicy, chicago spot open for you if I get accepted to Pritzker. 😀

Therefore, pray I get on Priztker's waitlist at the end of this month and pray that I get accepted off of it sooner rather than later.

Loyola's also a possiblity for me and if I get in off the alternate list there I may drop the spot but that's not for sure. I'll have to see financial aid stuff. If I get into Pritzker though, it's a slam dunk that I'll withdraw from UIC.

Good luck peeps...🙂
 
Pritzker will cost you around $250,000, a nice "slam dunk" into debt.
 
Originally posted by ForceField
Pritzker will cost you around $250,000, a nice "slam dunk" into debt.
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Pritzker is a better fit for me personally.

My only question is, what's it to you?

I have interviewed at Pritzker and am well aware of the costs and have thought about it extensively over the past few months even posting a thread on "UIC vs. Pritzker" in this forum. Curiously you didn't post on it but instead chose this thread (which has nothing to do with Pritzker) to opine on my decision.

To the OP and others, I'm sorry the thread got sidetracked. I only wanted to give you guys still waiting for UIC a little hope. I'll let you all know what happens but I probably won't hear anything until June.
 
Originally posted by anxiousmed
has anyone given up their UIC spot recently? we're waiting............🙂
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Hey folks... I just released a Chicago track spot today, so hopefully that'll get one of you in!! Good luck!
 
I interviewed at U of C very early in the Fall and have the option of vigorously pursuing the waitlist. It's interesting to see somebody in the same position so passionate about going there. It makes me wonder if you're so passionate just because it was the only top school (ranked highly) that gave you an interview. I had other interviews at Northwestern and other top schools, and don't know how enthusiastic I am about U of C. If U of C was the only top school to grant me an interview, then I may be just as passionate about going there. Just a thought.

I'm not here to start any arguments or sidetrack the thread , if you want to talk more, PM me.

Originally posted by Explosivo
Pritzker is a better fit for me personally.

My only question is, what's it to you?

I have interviewed at Pritzker and am well aware of the costs and have thought about it extensively over the past few months even posting a thread on "UIC vs. Pritzker" in this forum. Curiously you didn't post on it but instead chose this thread (which has nothing to do with Pritzker) to opine on my decision.

To the OP and others, I'm sorry the thread got sidetracked. I only wanted to give you guys still waiting for UIC a little hope. I'll let you all know what happens but I probably won't hear anything until June.
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hey badgergirl, now maybe you can convince them to give me an acceptance, just a thought........thanks for keeping us up to date....where did you decide to go?
 
Hey anxiousmed -
I'm going to Rush unless going to Loyola next week for a second look changes my mind somehow. Of course, I'm with Explosivo -- if I get in Pritzker, well, I'll take the debt. Maybe. 😉

Good luck!
 
ForceField, why do you have to be such a douche bag to Explosivo? Furthermore, where are you getting that 250K figure from? More like 150K ... max

BTW, are you going to UIC? Cheers.

Gumshoe

holla
 
Anyone know if the last adcom meeting before the waitlist is formed has taken place yet?
 
Originally posted by Gumshoe
ForceField, why do you have to be such a douche bag to Explosivo? Furthermore, where are you getting that 250K figure from? More like 150K ... max

BTW, are you going to UIC? Cheers.

Gumshoe

holla
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Yo Dumbshoe,

Reread the financial aid guidebook you were given at the interview. Page 6, cost approaching 250K for a student entering in 2003.
 
Originally posted by Gumshoe
ForceField, why do you have to be such a douche bag to Explosivo? Furthermore, where are you getting that 250K figure from? More like 150K ... max

BTW, are you going to UIC? Cheers.

Gumshoe

holla
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Don't know yet, deciding between that, Northwestern or Vanderbilt.
 
Originally posted by ForceField
Don't know yet, deciding between that, Northwestern or Vanderbilt.
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I would think this would be a more clear cut decision than you are making it out to be, unless cost is a major part of your decision.
 
Originally posted by SolidGold
I would think this would be a more clear cut decision than you are making it out to be, unless cost is a major part of your decision.
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Location and cost are big factors for me.
 
FZISHN :


I don't even have time for your idiocy. I know for a fact it won't come near that. I was just asking a question.

Suck it.

ForceField, Vandy is tight. What are your impressions of Northwestern?

Gumshoe
 
Why should I cool it? I didn't start anything. I'm here for info, and this other guy starts calling me names. Cool guy. Tell it to whoever that guy is.

Later
 
Originally posted by Gumshoe
Why should I cool it? I didn't start anything. I'm here for info, and this other guy starts calling me names. Cool guy. Tell it to whoever that guy is.

Later
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
 
And Gumshoe called me a "douche bag."

This is getting ridiculous. Let's all figure out who's at fault and ruin this thread. 🙄

Gumshoe, Northwestern was nice, quite pricey though, as the debt cap wasn't as marvelous as I thought it would be. Vanderbilt was fantastic, but a little too far for comfort. I'll hopefully figure everything out soon.
 
look out guys, letters were mailed out friday, its a big 8 x 11 envelope. hopefully you guys hear soon. I talked to the admissions office on friday and they told me they will be ranking the waitlist soon and officially making it at the end of the month. Good luck.
(thank god not another year of endless waitlist nights....)
 
Originally posted by anxiousmed
look out guys, letters were mailed out friday, its a big 8 x 11 envelope. hopefully you guys here soon. I talked to the admissions office on friday and they told me they will be ranking the waitlist soon and officially making it at the end of the month. Good luck.
(thank god not another year of endless waitlist nights....)
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Congrats again axiousmed!

Hopefully its a good sign that I have not gotten that no decision e-mail yet. Anyone get that e-mail for this month's adcom meeting?
 
I'm giving up spots at UIC (Peoria) and Loyola. Hopefully they go to a deserving SDNer.

Good luck guys! 😀
 
anxiousmed: Did you get in off of a hold or just straight up acceptance? goodluck everyone who is still waiting to hear from uic!

mike
 
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