<p>thanks for clearing that up shatender . . . that seems a lot more logical</p>
<p>I completely agree with lilshamz. Med school is med school, whether it be Harvard or University of Texas... it's much more important that you're in one, not which one you're in.</p>
<p>College is what you make of it. If you don't think UIC will provide you enough of a challenge, don't go, but I have not heard this from anybody. You can come out from Harvard with a 2.8 having partied away 4 years and resting on the pride that you went to a big name school, or you can get a 3.9 or 4.0 at UIC knowing that you learned a lot and made a lot of friends, WITHOUT a lot of overly intelligent pompous jerks on your tail.</p>
<p>not to mention that UIC COM's match lists over the past few years is most impressive. Plenty of students getting into ROAD, ENT, ortho-neuro-gen surgery. I def agree with MadHatter: college is what you make of it, especially if you have the misfortune of being from a somewhat affluent family that doesn't qualify for the wonderful FA that everyone is gushing about.</p>
<p>Hi. I was wondering whether anyone here is currently in the UIC-GPPA medicine program. I have a few questions about classes/registration (I am planning to attend). I would really appreciate any help. Can you pm me? Thanks so much!!</p>
<p>To register, you'll have to activate your UIC net id. If you have your UIN, you should be able to activate it. Once you have your net id, than you can activate the Enterprise id, (UIC web for Students). In there, you can register for classes and the like.</p>
<p>dont we do all of that after we've been to orientation and met w/ an advisor and stuff?</p>
<p>yay im going to gppa.
so for the placement test, we are exempt from sections if we get a 28 or above in english/math. would they consider my seventh grade ACT scores? i never took it in high school lol</p>
<p>placement testing website:
UIC</a> Placement Testing</p>
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dont we do all of that after we've been to orientation and met w/ an advisor and stuff?
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You can do it then. They will walk you through how to do it. They also have the instructions online. You won't be able to register probably.</p>
<p>I recommend you take the placement test ASAP, and go to an early orientation because some classes close by the end of the orientation cycle.</p>
<p>Hello! </p>
<p>I heard that GPPA students can apply to other med school in their junior year. Do you guys know how common this is and what medical schools they end up going to.
I'm just curious ;)</p>
<p>my college and acadmic advisor at IMSA said 95% of ppl in GPPA program apply out to other med school.</p>
<p>a 30 on MCATs and >3.5 can prolly get us into better med schools.</p>
<p>thats not what i've heard at all from GPPA students . . . i'll try to find out from advisors on campus when i visit</p>
<p>UIC COM's entering class average MCAT score last year was a 31 and GPA of 3.62</p>
<p>gluck getting into anywhere better with a 30 MCAT</p>
<p>GPPA med needs to gather a higher yield from its top accepted applicants. Most of those who attend the program are the lower tiered accepted applicants. Student body quality speaks volumes about the program's quality! I talked to a current uic med student, she said most of the gppa students who matriculate are notorious for ending up in the bottom/last of the class...</p>
<p>illinois187, you seem to have only bad things to say about the program. if that is the case, why did you apply at all? and take a spot away from someone who would have appreciated the opportunity tremendously. </p>
<p>fortunately, numerous GPPA Med students both in their undergrad and in the medical school seem to be telling me the complete opposite, two of whom will be starting their residencies next year.</p>
<p>I think it all depends on who you've talked to. I know lots of people in the program, some of which love it and some of which are really disappointed with it. I think it's a a little inaccurate to make a blanket statement like, "all the top GPPA students end up applying out," but, from what I've heard, there is <em>some</em> truth to that. It's not entirely true for everyone, but a lot of kids do end up applying out because they either see better opportunities at other medical schools or they're sick of UIC.</p>
<p>i think thats a more fair statement to make . . . but then again, i think we should reserve making judgments until we actually have some real experience of our own to draw upon. </p>
<p>i personally am super excited about UIC and the types of opportunities that will be made available to us as GPPA students. </p>
<p>anyone else for sure?</p>
<p>in reply to your statement, my mom's friend graduated from uic and she says that the GPPA students aren't bad at all in the classroom. Most of the GPPA students got into ivy leagues, meaning that a gppa student's level is equal to many of the med students coming in. I am not defending GPPA, but it truly comes down to the person.</p>
<p>"GPPA med needs to gather a higher yield from its top accepted applicants. Most of those who attend the program are the lower tiered accepted applicants. Student body quality speaks volumes about the program's quality! I talked to a current uic med student, she said most of the gppa students who matriculate are notorious for ending up in the bottom/last of the class..."</p>
<p>As a current student, I actually find that kind of offensive.</p>
<p>Some stats. Of some of the students in the program in just my year, colleges turned down for GPPA included, but definitely not limited to: Dartmouth, Duke, Washington U/St. Louis, Johns Hopkins, UPenn, University of Chicago, Northwestern, UCLA -- and these are just between about 6 people of the ~30 there are in my year.</p>
<p>The quality of the students in the program is definitely not 'lower-tiered' as you say. I'm not sure to what end you're commenting on this, but if it's about prestige, you'll soon (very soon) learn that prestige should be the least of your worries. A name means something, yes, but it pales in comparison to the activities and passion that a student does and demonstrates. There is plenty of evidence of this in the both the GPPA and UIC student body.</p>
<p>Consider, last year, 3 UIC students won Goldwater Scholarships -- all were GPPA students. Since the 00-01 school year, UIC has had at least 1, but up to 6, Fulbright fellows, each year. Many of them were GPPA students, but some even were not. This year, there are 6 or 7 Fulbright finalists from UIC.</p>
<p>I personally think that people need to get out of their minds this idea of ranking; more and more, it has no bearing on success. If UIC's "notoriously lower-tiered" students are continually winning nationally competitive scholarships, for example, they must be doing something right. </p>
<p>GPPA at UIC is by no means perfect, but it deserves serious consideration. If you're not going to attend, there's no reason for you to try to deter other students from coming.</p>
<p>I agree with M17 as I am most likely turning down University of Chicago next year for GPPA. Also I agree that what does it mean succeed?
Is it the name that you receive on your degree or what you do with your life matters? I cannot answer this questions for others, but I will say can you look back and truly say that you were happy with yourself?
GPPA is a good program that has good intentions and one can make a name for oneself at UIC as well. I for one will mostly decided to take this path.</p>