Emergency Medicine·Chicago, IL

University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago

Signal lift39%77%+38 pp with a signal here

Allocate signal →Track an away here22-26 pooled · applicant-level

Step 2 invited

p10 – p90

Sample N

449

applicant rows

This cycle

no tracked aways yet

Match rate

1.8%

8 of 449 matched

01Cohort funnel2022-26 pooled · applicant-level

N = 449

Applied

449

100.0%

Invited

179

39.9%

Matched

1.8%

Steepest cliff: invite → match (96% of invitees did not match here). Interview prep and ranking strategy carry the weight.

02Away rotation impactpast cycles

+75pp lift

Non-rotators

25%

specialty avg.

Rotators

100%

8 of 8

Interview lift

+75pp

vs not rotating

Of 8 prior-cycle rotators, 100% got an interview vs 25% for the average non-rotator across this specialty. Rotating here outpaces the typical specialty-wide pattern.

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Interview day

From notes past applicants shared, 2024-25 to 2026-27

The day: Interview days on Thursdays; 2025-26

What stood out

Case volume 2Residents close 2

Concerns raised

Commute or parking 3

Worth knowing

EM time is split evenly across four ED sites, so expect driving between them. 2024-25
Shifts are 8 to 10 hours, with no new patients in the last hour. 2026-27
Didactics are Thursday mornings, with protected time until 2 PM. 2026-27
Interns join the trauma team; second years run trauma at the standalone trauma site. 2026-27

Paraphrased from applicant notes. A tag shows once two notes mention it; the number is how many did.

Training sites7 hospitals

1
University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics
Chicago, IL
Primary
2
University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago
Chicago, IL
Sponsor
3
Advocate Christ Medical Center
Oak Lawn, IL
Participant
4
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Participant
5
Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital
Berwyn, IL
Participant
6
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Park Ridge, IL
Participant
7
Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health Centers
Evergreen Park, IL
Participant