UIC Graduate Entry Program

hi616 · Feb 23, 2013

I want to travel too if I go to UIC! I have some family in the Netherlands I'd like to stay with for a couple of months.

elaurance · Feb 23, 2013

Hey Ya'll! I know I'm a bit late in responding to all of this, I've been keeping up with all the posts, just not posting myself! I am also applying for the Spring 2014 GEP! I'm applying for acute care. I've been accepted into DePaul's generalist master's program but would prefer UIC as it seems like a better program and let's you sit for your NP license at the end. Anyway just wanted to say "Hi" and hopefully we will all be hearing about interviews soon!!

rainkissedleaves · Feb 24, 2013

Hello and welcome! :) Are you an Illinois native?

sittenfeld · Feb 24, 2013

I plan to work for the rest of the year, and save as much money as possible. Probably put my two weeks in mid-November and have all of December to prepare to move...

I'd love to travel

rainkissedleaves · Feb 24, 2013

Yes I plan to work as well for a few months, travel and then move :). @hi- Netherlands sounds fantastic! I had a layover in Amsterdam for 2 hours when I traveled to India this Jan.

elaurance · Feb 24, 2013

Kind of! I'm from southern California but I've been in Chicago for 6ish years so I consider it my home! I did my undergrad at DePaul (international studies). Pretty nervous about getting an interview, it seems I'm kind of lacking on volunteer experience!

steve21021 · Feb 24, 2013

I just submitted my app. I already got in at MGH so this would mostly be a feather in my cap, since I think I am going there.

rainkissedleaves · Feb 24, 2013

Congratulations Steve! :)

I was wondering if anyone to speak to the program at Marquette versus UIC?

rainkissedleaves · Feb 25, 2013

Did you guys receive an email this morning about the deadline approaching? I just wanted to make sure everyone got it.

hi616 · Feb 25, 2013

I did! Thanks for asking :)

kwerner · Feb 25, 2013

Hello! I am also applying for the 2014 Cohort. I am only 21 years old and I will be graduating front the University of Arizona with a Bachelor's degree in Public Health and two minors in Spanish and Nutrition. I currently have a 3.75 GPA, 3.95 last 60 units and all A's and B's in m pre-requisite courses. Although I currently live in Tucson, I have lived in Chicago since I was about 5 years old. My parents and siblings still live in Libertyvile, a small northern suburb about 40 minutes from the city. I am so nervous for this admissions process! I have already applied for a BSN at Arizona three times with a 3.6ish GPA and was not accepted so I decided that an entry program was a better choice for me. I am on the board for a volunteer program on campus that works with children in the pediatric oncology unit and I am also interning for an Orthopaedic surgeon for the semester. I have a lot of global health experience and I am decently fluent in Spanish. I traveled to Honduras last year and translated for doctors while also providing clinical care to community members in a rural Honduran town. I have submitted my application and applied to the acute care program because I how fast paced the specialty is and it will allow me to think on my feet and work with a wode variety of patients. Is there anyone on this thread that knows when interviews are conducted and could give me some input on whether I have a chance or not? I'm nervous that because I do noy have any real life experience that I will not be accepted. Thanks so much and good luck to everyone!

kwerner · Feb 25, 2013

Sorry about all of the typos! I'm on my cell phone and auto correct is not doing such a good job! Haha