Congrats! What are your stats if you don't mind me asking?AWPA!!! So so happy right now!
Congrats! What are your stats if you don't mind me asking?AWPA!!! So so happy right now!
Does anyone get straight accepted right off the bat or only AWPA? Interviewing Oct. 6 and just curious to know what the waiting process entails!
That's correct. The year I applied (4 years ago) it was ~75%. I would hazard to guess it's closer to the 60% mark, however I am unable to get the exact percentages and only admission members know for sure.So just being a little neurotic since I just wanna get an acceptance and give them my money, but curious to see if current students know if the percentage of participants who get off the AWPA list has changed. Given a larger applicant pool does someone have an estimate? I remember Beth saying they haven't exhausted the AWPA list in years
Still waiting for interview..how long it took to get interview date after secondary for you ?
Nope, only the admissions people.Does anyone know what percentage of IIs receive offers of admission?
I would call to check that all pieces of your supplemental application have been received in admissions. SIU doesn't send out "complete" notices by email, and when I called to check on the status of my materials they alluded that an interview was coming my way in a couple of days (and it did). Hope this helps!haven't got II yet..anyone else waiting for interview ?
I also received my AWPA in October, but was accepted during the first batch in December! Let yourself be proud and celebrate as AWPA is an accomplishment in itself. Just like the initial med school applications, waiting is the hardest part, but you'll come to realize many parts of medicine follow the same "hurry up and wait." Congratulations to all of you who have gotten AWPA thus far!Received the AWPA letter in the mail today, but I'm trying to curb my enthusiasm. I know someone who also received this status last year in early October and never got accepted. Congrats to everyone else who received theirs this week!
AWPA!!! I'm so ****ing stoked! Still kind of a teaser since I have to wait for an official acceptance and it's not guaranteed yet, but happy to ahve made it this far. Really hope I get to come here!
An AWPA means Accept When Place Available, and from my understanding it means that SIU places students it deems acceptable for their medical class on this AWPA LIST which is ranked based on your application and interview. They accept 1/3 of the class in three batches through the early spring, and then admissions is on a rolling basis following that, going down the list in order of rank for acceptances.What's an AWPA?
When did you interview?Received the AWPA letter in the mail today, but I'm trying to curb my enthusiasm. I know someone who also received this status last year in early October and never got accepted. Congrats to everyone else who received theirs this week!
I interviewed the last week of August, and the letter came in the mail on October 6th.When did you interview?
wow that's fastI interviewed the last week of August, and the letter came in the mail on October 6th.
Those are top-secret values, unfortunately. Only those making the AWPA list know for sure. I can say, however, that those without strong ties to the region generally need to sincerely express interest in the region, including beyond the four years of medical school, and usually have more extracurricular activities to make up for their regional difference. In terms of my class, we have people that have gone on health mission trips prior to school, leaders of volunteering, previous medical work experience (scribe, EMT, RN, etc.) to also those like myself who didn't have a ton of extracurricular activities, but I worked full-time throughout undergrad and it seemed my interviewers really liked that, although it wasn't curing cancer in rural Africa or anything.@ncklkrt
What carries more weight for those applicants placed on the AWPA list for chances of acceptance; high level of extracurricular involvement or significant ties or experiences in Southern and Central Illinois?
Not entirely sure if you have access to that type of information or have any anecdotal evidence from speaking with classmates, I am just interested to know the breadth of experiences or level of involvement for an accepted student.
Not frowned upon - our admissions staff is quite nice and is used to answering these sorts of questions! (217) 545-6013 is the Springfield SIUMED admissions phone number. Good luck!I submitted my secondary on 9/20 and haven't heard anything.. should I call the school or is that frowned upon?
I interviewed September 20th- any idea when the next committee meeting is that will decide if I get an AWPA? Thanks!
Me too!!Received AWPA yesterday! Interviewed mid-September.
Requirements, Selection Factors and Policies | SIU School of Medicine@ncklkrt Does SIU SOM require a certain amount of undergrad English credits before matriculation?
You will getter an exact date if you call the admissions office and ask them that.Does anyone know when the next letters go out?
Okay. Thank you!You will getter an exact date if you call the admissions office and ask them that.
Does anyone know when the next letters go out?
I know that interview groups are no bigger than 3 people, but I don't know the answer to your first question.Do you guys know how many people they have interviewed so far? And how many people are usually there for the interview per day?
Three people max per interview day, and we interview 4 days a week pretty much throughout the interview season. Nobody knows how many total they interview except the admissions people.Oh got it. I thought it'd be around 15-30 people. Are interviews normally on Fridays?
Per admissions: The first batch of acceptances will probably go out sometime around Thanksgiving to the first part of December@ncklkrt any idea when the first round of acceptances will go out? It looks like year to year it can range from before Thanksgiving to after December 1st. Thanks!
Per admissions: After they come for an interview it just depends on their file presentation (both interview summaries, application, letters of recommendation, etc.....) at our committee meeting about getting placed on the AWPA list.Does anyone know the odds of being accepted (or AWPA) after receiving an interview invite?
The admissions meeting should be this week sometime and some letters are sent before the Thanksgiving holiday. December 5 would be the one following.@ncklkrt Do you know when the next set of letters go out about AWPA, ranked-alt, etc..?
E-mail, followed by a snail mail packet if accepted.How does SIU notify of acceptance? Mail/email/call?
Do you know whether they met last week and whether there are already some letters sent out? ThanksThe admissions meeting should be this week sometime and some letters are sent before the Thanksgiving holiday. December 5 would be the one following.
I don't know the exact answer but I looked back at the last few years of threads and it looks like the first round of letters come out sometime right before Thanksgiving or soon after that next week. Maybe we can expect the same?(....please?)Do you know whether they met last week and whether there are already some letters sent out? Thanks
My letter was dated on November 8th, 2017. I assume if you didn't receive one then you'll be getting one in December.Do you know whether they met last week and whether there are already some letters sent out? Thanks