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Please read the whole page before you begin the application. This content outlines all the materials and resources you need on hand to complete your application.
There are some differences in the process depending on whether or not you are a current UIC student. We hope you'll find it all clear as you move through the process.
Priority application deadline is January 15. Final application deadline is April 1.Â
Final decisions will be sent to applicants between December and May.
Essay questions
Within the application, you’ll be prompted to answer the following essay questions. We recommend that you draft your responses to the questions before beginning your application. Responses should reflect clear thought and show proper use of grammar and punctuation. Once submitted, you will not be allowed to edit your responses.
The questions:
- Reflect on a time when you worked as part of a team to solve a problem or achieve a goal. What role did you play, and how did you contribute to the team’s success?
- Nurses provide care to individuals from diverse cultural, socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds. Describe a situation in which you have worked with or interacted with someone whose background was different from your own. How did you approach the situation, and what strategies did you use to ensure the individual felt respected and understood?
- Describe a situation where you had to adapt to a significant change or learn a new skill quickly. How did you approach this challenge, and what lesson was learned from that experience?
- Balancing nursing studies with personal and professional responsibilities can be challenging. What strategies will you use to stay organized and manage your time effectively?
Resume
The application will prompt you to upload your resume, which should reflect the following information, if relevant:
- Previously earned degrees
- Employment history
- Volunteer or public service activities (numbered list with name of organization/activity, responsibilities, and dates of service)
- Previous nursing courses
- Computer skills
- Proficiency in any language other than English. Please indicate proficiency level as weak, good, excellent, fluent or native.
Prerequisite Self-Evaluation Form
Only for students transferring from outside UIC
The Self-Evaluation Transfer Guide (download) helps the College of Nursing see which of your prerequisite courses are complete and which ones are yet to be completed. You can also use the directions on the back of the guide to look up course equivalents through Transferology.
Recommendations
Within the application, you will be required to name and provide contact information for two recommenders, who will then receive (at the email addresses you provide) invitations to submit recommendations on your behalf.
- One recommender should be able to speak to your scholastic ability.
- The second recommender can be a professional or academic reference.
- Personal references from friends, relatives or co-workers will automatically be disregarded.
- It is your responsibility to verify submission of all electronic recommendations by the application deadline.
- Hard copies are not accepted and can only be submitted by the recommender via the method described to them in the invitation.
- Applications without two recommendations are considered incomplete.
Official Transcripts
Non-UIC Students
Official transcripts must be mailed to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at the following address by the application deadline.
UIC Office of Undergraduate Admissions
1200 W. Harrison St.
SSB 1100 (MC 018)
Chicago, IL 60607-7161
Transcripts received after deadline will result in your application being considered incomplete.
UIC Students
An Academic History file, in PDF format, is required to be uploaded with the application.
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