University of Illinois College of Medicine

MD program · public · Illinois

Median GPA

3.84

entering class

Median MCAT

511

entering class

Acceptance rate

~5.0%

approximate

Class size

302

61% in-state

In-state vs. out-of-state

61% of the last entering class were Illinois residents, which leaves about 117 seats for everyone else.

Illinois resident

~24%

estimated odds

Out-of-state

~4%

estimated odds

Estimates for an applicant with this school's median GPA (3.84) and MCAT (511), from AAMC and AACOM applicant outcomes and this school's published figures. Where you live makes a big difference here. Estimates, not guarantees.

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What they look for

  • Service28%
  • Academics25%
  • Clinical experience23%
  • Research15%
  • Leadership9%

Commitment to underserved populations is the stated screen. UIC's mission names social justice and social responsibility alongside education and research, and its Urban Health Program dates to a 1978 Illinois legislative mandate responding to community protests over health disparities — a formal, statutory commitment rather than a marketing line. The college admits roughly 300 students across three campuses and runs pathway programmes with distinct geographies: Urban Medicine (UMed) at Chicago and Peoria, taking about 18 and 4 students respectively from over 200 applicants, and Rural Medicine at Rockford. The committee looks for academic achievement, motivation and communication skills alongside evidence an applicant will thrive in a diverse, collaborative setting.

Watch out: The campus-specific tracks are small and separately competitive, so naming one without matching experience is costly. A file with no health-equity or underserved work reads thin against a mission written in those terms.

Our reading of this school's own published mission and selection criteria, not an official formula. How we source this

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