UIC Application Missing PIN

[Hockeyman86]

For anyone who applied to UIC...

I received a confirmation letter in the mail saying my application was received and it gave a link to a site where I could check the status of my application. They gave me a login ID but no PIN was given. It looks like this:

Login ID: 1234567890
PIN:

Did anyone else have this problem? Do you create your own PIN somewhere?


Thanks.

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[aelizabeth]

How long ago did you submit your application? I submitted my SOPHAS application on january 14th and my supplemental maybe a week later, and I haven't heard anything from them. (I'm not too concerned because I am planning to go to another school, but it would still be nice to hear from them).
The check I wrote for the secondary application fee (like 2 months ago) hasn't been cashed either.

 

[Hockeyman86]

My SOPHAS app was sent out around 2/14; I had sent the supplemental a month earlier. They cashed my check and sent me a letter in the mail around 2/28 saying my application had been received.

 

[bbas]

Was the secondary application required? I received an acceptance letter (SOPHAS submitted early Nov.) but never submitted the secondary app. and also never received a login ID or an email saying my application was complete.😕

 

[aelizabeth]

UIC is all messed up.
I honestly really disliked it when I visited.
I currently live in Chicago, so I went one random day in the fall. I really don't like that part of Chicago, and the school did not impress me at all.

I guess I will call today.

 

[MHAhopeful]

Okay, don't let that one get those who are applying to UIC down. UIC is amazing and I wouldn't want to go anywhere else! ...Also, the location is great...

For the matter of the pin, when I called previously, it actually turns out the Grad school portion of UIC sent those out, not the SPH, and the grad school does not have your SPH application status. In order to check it, you just have to call in. They told me that most replies will be sent out by April 15th.

 

[aelizabeth]

When I asked if students were involved in research at UIC, I was told that most students are required to take a 1-semester capstone at the end of their 2 years. Ok, if thats what you consider research. Further, the lack of apparent common space there really scared me. It looked like students really came to class and left right after, very little interaction. The hallways were very wide, none of the doors were open and very few had windows. I was there for several hours on a midweek afternoon and saw maybe 5 students, in the coffee shop. It was near deserted! Another thing that really bothered me is that the library was one small room, and I was told it wasn't very useful (by a professor).
They also kept reminding me how competitive their program was when I visited. That turned me off. I think things like that should speak for themselves.

Also, I suppose the location is "great" if you like hospitals. They aren't kidding when they call it the medical campus. Its definitely near nicer areas of Chicago, like the loop and south loop. I don't find the near west side particularly inviting.
Granted, I visited biostatistics and epidemiology. Perhaps other departments are different. I was very disappointed.

 

[MHAhopeful]

Okay, so this is not an attack on the above, even though it will seem that way. I've never seen the SPH building that quiet, which is strange especially since there are 26,000 students at UIC (10,000 of which in graduate school). The SPH building is half glass windows, so its surprising to hear they lack windows. In addition, not all classes are taught there, so that is a plus if you don't like that building.

I agree on schools telling you how great they are, but I've realized they all do it. I love the area (maybe because this is where I've gone for undergrad and have realized how the area really is.) Although the location of the SPH is in the IMD, down the block are great restaurants and community. Times are changing, the near west side is where Chicago's greatest growth is.

There are a number of libraries on campus, other than the one in the SPH, which I have found useful. On a various floors there are other "common areas," but again UIC has a huge campus, there are a lot of other places to go.

To be honest, I do not know much about the research aspect, but a friend of mine who is involved stated that there are quite a few opportunities in the Epi dept, you just have to find them.

I guess everyone has there own opinions, but what I've seen at UIC is "great."