Built for UIC COM students applying to residency. Personal statement, experiences, and signal strategy — reviewed by editors who've sat on selection committees.
Three geographically distributed campuses (Chicago, Peoria, Rockford) plus Urbana-Champaign campus; one of the largest MD programs in the US; strong Illinois primary care and rural physician workforce mission.
MD (allopathic) — LCME-accredited
Located in Chicago, Illinois · Public institution
Founded in 1882
The specialties UIC COM students most commonly enter, based on the school's published match lists.
Areas of academic and clinical strength frequently highlighted in residency applications.
Three concrete moves we'll work through with you — calibrated to the specialties UIC COM students target.
Personal statement: anchor your story in the clinical training model and patient mix that defines UIC COM. Reviewers can tell when the school's culture is reflected in the writing — and when it's not.
Experiences section: prioritise the rotations, research, and service that signal the strongest fit for your target specialties — informed by what programs already know about UIC COM graduates.
Signal & program list strategy: balance reach, target, and safety programs based on where UIC COM candidates historically interview and match.
We'll pair you with a reviewer who's served on residency selection committees in your target specialty. Personal statement, experiences, and signal strategy — line-edited against the bar that program directors actually use.
School data sourced from UIC COM official site.