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Contacts
Website: http://www.medicine.uic.edu/
Phone: 312-996-5635
Admissions e-mail: medadmit@uic.edu
Program Information
- Medical Doctor (MD)
- 4 years in length
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Admission Requirements
Course and Degree Requirements
- Degree: Baccalaureate degree must be obtained prior to anticipated enrolment
- Required Courses
- General biological sciences or equivalent + lab (2 courses)
- General inorganic chemistry or equivalent + lab (2 courses)
- Organic chemistry + lab (2 courses) - Note: One course of introductory biochemistry may substitute for the second organic chemistry.
- General physics + lab (2 courses)
- Advanced-level biology (must be at least a 200 level course -1 course)
- Behavorial/social sciences (Psychology, Anthropology,or Sociology) (3 courses): 2 out 3 must be from same field of study
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GPA
- No specific requirements
MCAT
- No more than 3 years old.
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Supporting Documents
- Supplemental application form only sent to applicants once AMCAS application submitted
- Only sent to applicants they are seriously considering for admission
- Minimum of three letters of academic recommendation or one composite letter from a preprofessional committee
- Acceptable letters of recommendations are written by professors, academic advisor(s), thesis supervisor(s) or research supervisor(s)
- Should contain only one research letter
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Evaulation
- Cumulative grade point average considering degree program and MCAT score are considered to assess academic achievement for each applicant.
- In addition to the overall academic record, the Committee considers personal characteristics, such as motivation and communication skills. Students are selected who demonstrate emotional stability, maturity, integrity, and the passion necessary for the successful study and practice of medicine.
- The Committee also seeks to identify those applicants who will contribute academic, nonacademic, and socioeconomic diversity/heterogeneity to the entering class.
Interview
- When: The Committee on Admissions evaluates completed applications on a rolling basis from early September through the end of March
- Where: Either of the 4 campuses - Chicago, Urbana, Peoria, or Rockford
- Where your interview takes place, does not determine where you will be placed for your first year of medical school
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Timeline
- Applications available in April
- AMCAS application deadline: November 1
- Upon reciept of the AMCAS application, a supplemental application form is sent to applications which must be submitted by December 1
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Tuition 2013-2014
- In state: $17 289
- Out of state: $35 789
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