UCI rolling?

[1150829]

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Does anybody know if UCI has rolling admissions? I was invited for an interview, but unfortunately the first available date conflicts with my UCSF interview, and the second available interview date conflicts with my Dartmouth interview, so basically I will be one month behind 🙁

I was thinking that if UCI does have rolling admissions then maybe I should try to reschedule either the UCSF or the Dartmouth interview to accomodate for it (ie. have 2 interviews in one week, etc). Please help if you know anything! Thanks!

 

[jlee9531]

you would RESCHEDULE ucsf and dartmouth for uci???

wow 😉. just wait the extra month....

 

[Moskeeto]

They have rolling admissions.

 

[PrincetonRocks]

I interviewed at Dartmouth a couple of weeks ago...I remember they were very flexible with their dates, but it looks so unserious if you're rescheduling. I'm sure UCI will understand.

When is your SF interview? Mine is next week....I'm so scared because it's one of my top choices!

 

[DaPersianKing]

to the best of my knowledge, UCI does not have rolling admissions...

this it how it works, if you get an interview you get automatically placed on a waitlist!

500 people are interviewed, and of that, 92 acceptances are sent out early in the game, some people accept and some peopel won't!

then, they start pulling people off the waitlist, and they start accepting those! at the end about half the people usually get acceptances...

so my point is, while YES, theoretically they don't have rolling admissions...I knew some people who interviewed in March who got in sooner than people who interviewed in November!

however, the MORE time you are placed on a waitlist, the more chances you get in writing letters of interest to the school, and express your REAL interest in going there..

so that's really true with any school!

however, when you get ANY UC interview...I HIGHLY suggest you interview with them ASAP, since UC interviews are VERY coveted in california!

even with the tuition crisis, UC tuition fees are BY far less than any private school...for some people the difference between 120-200K loans is a HUGE difference from 30K to 60K loans..

and recently, the admissions acceptance standards for UCI is improving dramatically, because Irvine is growing, the hospital acquired a new 200K grant which will be completed in 2007.

the stats for the UCI class of 2006 were 3.72 GPA and 32.4 MCAT I believe..

this year's class I think, 2007 was 3.68 and 31.8 MCAT...

either way, the school is awesome, and I haven't enjoyed life in medical school as much as I thought I woudl....they really REALLY take care of you...

I went to undergrad at UCLA, and I thought life there was a living nightmare...so FREAKING competitive...

so congrats again on getting a UCI interview 😉 I wish you the best with UCSF as well....

I actually interviewed at UCSF, it was my first choice, and UCI was my second...since I already went to UCLA for undergrad...I really really had no intention of going there...and I got accepted to USC, Vandy and GWU, but for me the cost was too much...I couldn't afford it...however, I have friends who chose USC over UCI...

so the choice is really for you...I just didn't want to live in LA anymore, and UCI has its undergrad campus close by, and we have the state of the art gym that was built 2 years ago which is 2 stories!!!! This gym makes LA fitness look weak!!!

best of luck my friend!

if anyone has questions, hit me up on this thread or another

 

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Originally posted by PrincetonRocks
I interviewed at Dartmouth a couple of weeks ago...I remember they were very flexible with their dates, but it looks so unserious if you're rescheduling. I'm sure UCI will understand.

When is your SF interview? Mine is next week....I'm so scared because it's one of my top choices!

hey princetonrocks,
when's your sf interview? mine is next tuesday! i'm nervous just like you =) hang in there...u'll do great!

 

[lola]

what DaPersianKing said about uci admissions sounds about right. it is rolling, but most people i've talked to who are there now initially got waitlisted. even though tons get waitlisted, i'd suggest trying to change your other interviews b/c if they think you are really outstanding you can get in without being waitlisted first.

uci interviews large groups of people only like once or twice a month while it seems like most other schools interview smaller groups at least 3 or 4 times/week. thus it makes more sense to try to switch days at the other schools since they probably have a lot more interview days.

 

[1150829]

thanks everybody for replying. i finally decided to call UCSF up and they let me reschedule my interview.... so i am going to UCI next week, UCSF the following week, and Dartmouth the week after that (all thursdays in case anybody's wondering).

everything actually worked out very well bc i'm in L.A. and having the extra time to schedule my flights actually helped me save a whole bunch of $$ 😀