Hi My name is Leo. I just received email confirmation about my acceptance to Spring 2021 cohort. I would like to find my future classmates here (at least in application right now). We can share with each other about your thoughts or status. Let me know under this thread!! Is anyone planning to start earlier? How many years do you plan to compete your degree?

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zoro0611

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27 Oct 2020, 21:59

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Just remind everyone who get their admission already. The college will need an official copy of your academic credentials. Since Covid pandemic, they prefer an electronic version and this is faster way to provide. I submitted my hard copy and they took over one month to confirm.

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zoro0611

Do you mean that I will need to asqk my previous universities to email the electronic version of the transcripts and diplomas to UIUC?

I believe during application, I have scanned the true copies of diplomas and transcripts.

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29 Oct 2020, 09:07

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Yes it is exactly what I meant. They want your previous school to provide official transcript.

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I have already reached out to my university in India, it will take it owns course, 30 to 60 days given covid issues, but i do have sealed official copies that I'm going to send it anyway.

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30 Oct 2020, 09:19

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I had my interview - was told I will hear back on Friday!

Have you heard back from the Admissions team regarding to the results yet? I am expecting to get the result today as well. Had my interview on last Saturday.

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31 Oct 2020, 06:32

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I have yet hear back from Admissions team yet. Not sure the reason tho. I have sent them an email, and hopefully will hear back from them soon.

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31 Oct 2020, 06:53

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I have yet hear back from Admissions team yet. Not sure the reason tho. I have sent them an email, and hopefully will hear back from them soon.

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Dont fret. My decision came almost a week later than when they initially told me to expect it by. Good luck.

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31 Oct 2020, 06:56

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I put in a request with my previous uni to send my transcripts to Gies. They do not do electronic copies, which sucks tbh because the hard copy will take months to process due to delays related to the pandemic.

How are your classes coming along?

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Thanks mellowbytes! That definitely is comforting!

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01 Nov 2020, 10:27

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I just received the "Congrats! You're an Illini!" email!! 😁 Looking forward for the official admissions letter via email!

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Congrats kwchan88

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01 Nov 2020, 20:05

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Just got accepted to the 2021 spring cohort! Would love to connect

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05 Nov 2020, 11:13

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I just registered for BADM 520 and BADM 572 for the January session.

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I am planning to apply now for round 3 for spring 2021, does it make sense or I should wait for fall admits ?

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mellowbytes

I just registered for BADM 520 and BADM 572 for the January session.

I registered for BADM 508 and BADM 572 for Jan semester 1st 8weeks session.

Aiming to complete the whole program in 2.5years. What about you?

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mellowbytes

I just registered for BADM 520 and BADM 572 for the January session.

I registered for BADM 508 and BADM 572 for Jan semester 1st 8weeks session.

Aiming to complete the whole program in 2.5years. What about you?

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Great, so we will be in the same Statistics class.

I am ideally aiming to complete in 2 years, but let's see.

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ankurwadhwa

I am planning to apply now for round 3 for spring 2021, does it make sense or I should wait for fall admits ?

First session starts only in January, I would go for it now since there is still time.

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09 Nov 2020, 13:01

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Hi all, congrats to those who get accepted.

I just got interviewed last week. Im still wondering about some aspects of the learning platform. I am aware that the course will be divided into 2 sections; Coursera and Compass. Coursera will be 8 weeks long and I am just wondering:
1. Will the Compass part go along simultaneously with the Coursera part or do we need to finish the Coursera portion first to start the Compass part?
2. How long one quarter going to be? Because I see on the application for the Spring 2021 cohort we can choose two starting date which are January and March.

Thanks and good luck!

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anaksekolah

Let me answer this question for you.
1. Compass assignments are separately from Coursera. However, I recommend you finish Coursera first since I usually have to refer to the class content from Coursera to do something like Graded discussion post in compass.
2. Spring and Fall semester each is 4 weeks + 4 weeks (Two sections). One registered course is 4 weeks long. Only Summer semester is only 4 weeks section. So Spring 2021 cohort you can choose two starting date is simply because there are two sections for you to register class.

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Somewhat late, but I'll add my info. I applied for the Jan 2021 PAT start.

Applied: 9/5
Invited to interview: 9/8
Interviewed: 9/16
Unofficial notice of acceptance: 9/25 (I was told during my interview to expect a longer than usual wait for a decision since they were up against the deadline to notify the last admits for the Oct 2020 cohort. Apparently usually decision are made by the end of the same week.)
Official notice of admission: 9/29