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By the way,
UCI med school application is the only paper from UCI that I mentioned my cell phone number.
Gayle called me at that number the night before the interview.
this is driving me crazy...
 
Not sure what to tell you UC-Lover, but (949) 824-.... IS UCI. However, both Gayle and Dr. Peterson's numbers are different from the one you listed...hmmm...this remains a mystery and I wish you the best.
Try to have a busy weekend so you won't have time to obssess over it all weekend <img border="0" alt="[Laughy]" title="" src="graemlins/laughy.gif" /> ...good luck!
 
I'm a little late, but congrats Aria111!!! Are you going to take the pre-medical program? I don't think it is too late. They accept abot 20 people into it. There was a mailing sent out for people getting housing for the pre-medical program and only 11 were on it.

UC-Lover, that number was definately a UCI number. I would say with 95% certainty that was an acceptance call. I never have received a call from UCI medical school besides my acceptance. I'd like to be the first one to give you your pre-acceptance congratulation! Woo-hoo UC-Lover!!
 
Just to update everyone: I interviewed at UCI on April 25th (the last day of interviews) and I got a call from Dr. Peterson on May 16. So they hadn't filled their class by late April. Seems they're still accepting. Good luck to everyone!
 
Kazzar- I would really like to take part in the summer program, but I haven't received any information about it yet. I'll call Gayle on Monday. The acceptance packet was sent to my parents in NY for some reason, so I won't be getting any info. for another week or so...Are you planning to take part? Is there an application for it? Do you know when it starts and what the daily schedule is like? Just curious...
Thanks!
 
Ooh! I almost forgot, Congratulations EnglishChick! :clap: 😀 :clap: !

...and a pre-acceptance Congratz to UC-Lover!!! 😛 :clap: 😛 !
 
Congrats UC-Lover! English Chick!

Kazzar-- when did you get the housing info for the summer program? I recieved a call from Eileen but never anything in the mail. I will PM you! please check!
 
You get housing information for the summer program in the mail. It costs $300 and its everyday in the month of July 8am to 4pm. It has quizes and exams, but they do no go on your record, it's just a way to test yourself. It covers the entire Biochem and Anatomy courses. I hear it is really tough because everything is so packed.
 
kazaar:

what's this summer program that you're talking about? could you elaborate? i'm applying next year and uci is perhaps my #1 school (i'm from oc). do u end up repeating those courses once classes start?
 
It looks to me like it's actually for two months. I definitely remember a med student saying it was just one month, but my paperwork says July 1st to August 31st. And yes, you definitely still have to take all of the courses. It's really just a program to get people who don't feel comfortable with the coursework...some support.
 
Hey everyone. I just wanted to say congrats to all those that got in and good luck to all those on the waitlist. UCI is definitely a fantastic place to be!
 
•••quote:•••Originally posted by matthew0126:
•Hey everyone. I just wanted to say congrats to all those that got in and good luck to all those on the waitlist. UCI is definitely a fantastic place to be!•••••mathew, u seem to be in an awfully good mood? going in all the threads and congratulating everyone...what's up with that 😀
 
yuk!!! Irvine has a summer program also?! and I thought it was only SD....gesuz what's da matter with these pple....isn't this overdoing it?
 
It's a matter of saving about $500 a month by having on campus housing... No one can confirm or deny the one month thing?
 
UC-Lover! Where are you? Did you call? Oh.. duh, it's not even 9am yet. Just wondering for you! But it's sounding like good news! :clap: Let us know what happens! Good luck! Is UCI your #1? Congratulations to everyone else who got in! And for those waitlisted... looks like things are happening fast! UCI sure seems to be on the ball with May 15!
 
I sure hope the summer program isn't for 2 months. I thought I'd have a month of relaxation before school started. In the acceptance packet I got a single sheet of paper that says this
•••quote:•••
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
PRE-ENTRY SUMMER PROGRAM
JULY 1 - JULY 31, 2002

The UCI College of Medicine will be conducting a Summer Pre-Entry Program that will focus on anatomy and biochemistry. College of Medicine faculty from both disciplines will survey special topics and tutors will be available for academic enhancement. Lectures and small group discussionw ill be part of the comprehensive strategies used to teach the subject matter. Interactive exchanges will be part of the program with final exams given at the completion of the course. It is expected that participants will share Pre-Entry Program experiences with other first year medical students and will become team leaders who rae an academic resource for the fall anatomy and biochemistry classes.

Please seriously consider participating in this exciting "jump start" to medical school. The cost is $300. Scholarships may eb awarded to applicants who have experienced hardships during their academic career.

Participants are responsible for their own housing and meals. On campus housing may be avialable for some of the students taking this course, and, those sutdents may be able to keep this housing as a medical student....••••Then it has contact info. I hope this clears thigns up.
 
YES! Thank you very much! I hope your flyer is right and mine is wrong. I need to call...
 
•••quote:•••Originally posted by Kazzar:
•I sure hope the summer program isn't for 2 months. I thought I'd have a month of relaxation before school started. In the acceptance packet I got a single sheet of paper that says this
•••quote:•••
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
PRE-ENTRY SUMMER PROGRAM
JULY 1 - JULY 31, 2002

The UCI College of Medicine will be conducting a Summer Pre-Entry Program that will focus on anatomy and biochemistry. College of Medicine faculty from both disciplines will survey special topics and tutors will be available for academic enhancement. Lectures and small group discussionw ill be part of the comprehensive strategies used to teach the subject matter. Interactive exchanges will be part of the program with final exams given at the completion of the course. It is expected that participants will share Pre-Entry Program experiences with other first year medical students and will become team leaders who rae an academic resource for the fall anatomy and biochemistry classes.

Please seriously consider participating in this exciting "jump start" to medical school. The cost is $300. Scholarships may eb awarded to applicants who have experienced hardships during their academic career.

Participants are responsible for their own housing and meals. On campus housing may be avialable for some of the students taking this course, and, those sutdents may be able to keep this housing as a medical student....••••Then it has contact info. I hope this clears thigns up.•••••thanks for the synopsis. i did a search on uci's website and found the following info:

•••quote:••• The Summer Pre-Entry Program introduces newly accepted socioeconomically disadvantaged students to the type and volume of study materials they will encounter in medical school. The rigorous, highly scheduled, six-week summer program is designed to prepare and orient entering students to the medical school curriculum, which begins in September, and is intended to help students adapt to the professional school setting, meet new classmates and faculty, become acquainted with the surrounding communities, and find living accommodations. On-campus housing during the regular academic year is provided to students who qualify according to the Federal Health Careers Opportunity Program guidelines. ••••would students who did poorly in biochem as a undergrad be able to participate in the program if they wouldn't qualify socioeconomically? i'm thinking this program might give me some hope of getting accepted next year since i bombed biochem.
 
Now 6 weeks?!?! Anyways, it's not hard to get into the program. You don't have to prove you're deficient in anything. It's just first come first serve. All they want is the $300. They don't seem to have enough housing for everyone though, so you may want to get in the paperwork as soon as you get accepted.
 
None, what does your flyer say? Is it approximate (like a "two month course") or does it give specific dates? It would bite if the course lasted up until and during our orientation (Aug 28-31).

Even though the summer program is 8-4 everyday, I would bet we would get off early some days and we'd even have some holidays (July 4th, mainly)... one could hope.
 
I got it in response to a request for the application because I didn't get it at the Welcome thing. Now that I think about it...is there an August 31st?

UCI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE PRESENTS
PRE-ENTRY SUMMER PROGRAM
July 1 ? August 31, 2002

The University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine will be conducting a Summer Pre-Entry Program that will focus on anatomy and biochemistry. Instruction in the class and laboratory settings will be complimentary. College of Medicine faculty from both disciplines will survey special topics and tutors will be available for academic enhancement. Lectures and small group discussions will be part of the comprehensive strategies used to teach the subject matter. Interactive exchanges will be encouraged for optimal academic success. Weekly exams will be part of the programming with final exams being given at the completion of the course. It is expected that participants will share Pre-Entry Program experiences with other first year medical students and will become team leaders who are an academic resource for the anatomy and biochemistry curricula.

Please seriously consider participating in this exciting ?jump start? to medical school. The cost is $300 with the possibility of full scholarships being awarded to those applicants who may have experienced hardships during their academic career.

If you have questions, please contact:


Peggy Harvey-Lee, Gayle Pierce or Eileen Munoz at
1-800-824-5388. We look forward to seeing you!!!!!

Please fill out the attached application and send it to the address listed.
 
Whoa, its the exactly the same thing except for the date... somebody just needs to call them. I wonder if maybe they are still planning the class. A student told me they are changing it this year because it was too packed last year and students were burning out. Maybe they are changing it to make it longer and easier??? I don't know.
 
I just talked to Eileen and she said the dates for the summer program are July 1- July 31 and that classes go from 8 or 8:30 am to around 4pm everyday...
 
Ah, cool. I swear that the flyer I got in that e-mail says July 1st to August 31st, but Eileen would know. That's great!
 
Thank, f-ing god! I really wanted to vacation in August before I devote my life to medicine. I see... &lt;consults crystal ball&gt; a Vegas trip after the summer program is over. &lt;peers into ball&gt; Damn, I knew I should have bet black... there go my loans...
 
Hi all;
I'm so depressed and confused... about that mysterious phone number.
I have been trying to call that number hundreds of times, but nobody picked up the phone. I was wondering if that was a fax number. I tried to call some fax numbers in the phone book. Usually, there were 3 rings and then an internet login sound. (you all know what sound i'm talking about right?). That number I got didn't have any of those sounds.
Yesterday, there was another mysterious call from UCI again (while I was taking a shower). The number was 949-824-2342. Dammit, the first one was 949-824-2344. What the heck is going on here?
I also thought about the possibility that someone tried to call me from a payphone on UCI campus. I tried to call my cell phone from 3 different payphones over there. And the numbers didn't show, but "anonymous".
I dropped by admissions office this morning and inquired into that. The frontdesk lady replied "the extensions are not from here".... 😕 😕 😕
this is driving me nuts...... 😕 😕 😕
 
augh! 🙁 That's so horrible! I totally feel for you. Could you call Gayle before they close today? That way, perhaps she could at least tell you whether or not you'd been accepted? Most admissions offices don't want to have a hard time reaching an applicant, and it'd probably be to your benefit to call them. If the call wasn't from them, then no loss, right? 🙂 Good luck!
 
can you call that extension from the campus phone and see who picks up?
 
I just spoke to Eileen and she told me that the wait list is not ranked this year and then she said "so i don't know how they're gonna do it..".. what does that mean? how do they pick people then? does anyone know?
 
UC-lover: I did an extensive search on those 2 phone numbers for you, and although the number is not listed ANYWHERE (I tried many different programs), I was able to find that it is definetly a UCI College of Medicine phone number, although it does not appear to be a admissions phone number. I would definetly call Gayle tomorrow and inquire about my status.
 
thanks a lot, guys. You are very supportive and of great help. <img border="0" alt="[Lovey]" title="" src="graemlins/lovey.gif" />
the first thing i'll do tomorrow is to call Gayle.
Oh, one more strange thing: i received the interview invite at midnite long ago. Maybe i'm on an automatic system or something.
I don't think the waitlist is unranked. One guy in my research lab is in the postbac program at UCI now, and he knows a lot of behind-the-closed-door stuff (at least more than me. 😀 ). He told me that although they would say that the list is unranked. It's actually ranked. And the new dean (dr. Peterson) favors high GPA and MCAT's over well-roundedness. The mean MCAT of the accepted so far is 1.5 higher than that of last year.
 
While it may be true that Dr. Peterson favors high GPAs (who doesn't?), a low GPA doesn't mean you won't get into UCI this year. My science GPA is around 3.3, and they accepted me. I was pretty surprised, I must admit. Good luck to everyone still waiting!
 
ditto for the MCAT. Mine was a measly 28Q and I was accepted...
 
ARgh. Being on the "alternate list" is totally frustrating! And, I suppose it doesn't help to have the admissions ppl ask you why you haven't gotten the rejection for an interview letter when you had interviewed nearly 4 months earlier...sigh. Anyone else get this from the admissions ppl? Sorry. 🙁 I just had to vent. 😀
 
Huh? What happened to you?
 
I talked to Gayle and she confirmed that "it's not an acceptance call". She didn't know what those numbers were. 🙁 <img border="0" alt="[Pity]" title="" src="graemlins/pity.gif" />
Man, they broke my heart last week by sending me an alternate list e-mail. Now, they crushed it badly. 🙁 🙁
But, I don't despair easily and give up on UCI. Here is my to-do-soon list:
1)Contact my interviewers by e-mail to ask what factors keep me from being accepted to UCI
2)Send a letter of interest ( Should I send it to Admissions Committee or Dr.Peterson???). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
To all my fellow alternate listees: Don't lose hope. My aunt's friend got accepted to UCI 10 days before the class start last year.
 
Hey UC- Lover, i'm so sorry to hear that it wasn't an acceptance call...they don't know what they're missing! :wink:
I sent a letter of intent to both my interviewers and to Dr. Peterson. I know it helped. When Dr. Peterson called me she had the letter in her hand. Also, my faculty interviewer contacted me twice after he received my letter. My letter was both an update letter and a letter of intent, as in, "if you let me in i will accept." Good luck. the letter can only help.
 
one of my friends got an email saying she was being waitlisted because she was overqualified and they were certain she must have other acceptances. that's the first time i've ever heard of that happening. 😕

take home point...make sure you show your interest in the school. 🙂
 
dr.momo I quoted you on your above post in another thread. Hope you don't mind 😀
 
Aria,

what were your stats if you don't mind me asking?

UCI does not appreciate letters of intent, I know this first hand because I sent one in myself and I was told this. Dr. Peterson said they have all they need to make a decision at this stage and extra paperwork that really doesn't add to the application doesn't do much to help your application. Update letters on what you have recently done is ok, because that actually adds something your application. All in all I guess the bottom line is that everyone is interested in going to UCI, otherwise they wouldn't have applied so letter of interests are redundant.
Anyways, just wanted to pass my experience on to you. Good luck to you all still waiting.
 
•••quote:•••Originally posted by nray:
•All in all I guess the bottom line is that everyone is interested in going to UCI, otherwise they wouldn't have applied so letter of interests are redundant.•••••Actually, there is much to suggest that UCI strives to accept students who would definitely attend. A letter of intent is a professional 'promise' that states how much you enjoyed your visit, that after interviewing you realized that UCI is your best fit, and that if you were accepted you would definitely attend. I don't see how a letter of intent can have a negative impact. If they don't have worth at a particular school, at least you attempted to emphasis your commitment.
 
I don't see how a letter of intent can hurt no matter what they say. It just shows your extreme interest in that school. If you are set on UCI, UC-LOVER, send one like Aria did.
keep positive. there is still ways to go before end of august.
 
That was my personal experience. Again I wrote a letter of intent with the same ideas you guys have, however that was the response I got.

A question I have for some of you is those that were accepted off the alternate list, did you get an email or a phone call regarding your acceptance.

Also, I believe this was discussed earlier in the thread but I was just looking for further clarification regarding the alternate list. Does anyone know if the waitlist is the same as the alternate list. I am hearing that the alternate list was formulated through the interview season and that the waitlist for all interviewees is made during June. In other words does the alternate list mean you are in higher end of the waitlist?
 
You know, I think that the waitlist is the same thing as the alternate list. I really don't think there is a difference.
 
alternate list = waitlist...
 
•••quote:•••Originally posted by weca:
•bump•••••bump for miss medicine
 
•••quote:•••Originally posted by Patiently Waiting:
•bumping it up for MissMedicine.•••••why thank you guys 🙂
 
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