Checklist for Admitted Students
Welcome and congratulations on your acceptance for Fall 2025!
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- Complete your FAFSA: If you’re interested in financial aid, we encourage you to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as soon as possible. International students are not eligible for financial aid and don’t submit the FAFSA.
- Department Scholarships: The OT department will notify all incoming students at the beginning of each fall and spring semester about our scholarship competition.
- Activate your Net ID:  To access UIC systems, you will need to activate your Net ID. You will need 2 pieces of information in order to activate your account: University ID number (UIN) and Token. You can find these numbers on your official acceptance letter from the UIC Office of Admissions. If you are unable to find it, please contact Maria Larson-Juat at otdept@uic.edu.
- View Financial Aid Award Letter:  Once you receive a notification that your award package is available, use your Net ID and password and log in to the my.UIC portal. From there, students can click on the “Student” tab and then click on the portlet for “Electronic Financial Aid Notification” and select the appropriate aid year.
- Visit us: We will make sure that every student who would like to visit our department can do so! If you would like to schedule a visit to our department, please contact Dr. Dalmina Arias at arias3@uic.edu.
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- New Student Open House (family and friends welcome!) – Thursday, May 22, 2025 (in-person and a live-streaming option will be available). This event is optional.
- New Student 2-Day Orientation (both days are mandatory) – Wednesday, August 20 and Thursday, August 21, 2025 (schedule TBA)
- First Day of Classes – Monday, August 25, 202
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- Department of Occupational Therapy Facebook page
- UIC Entry-level OTD Admitted Students Facebook Page
- Have a question for a current student? Contact our student liaison at ots@uic.edu.
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- Office of Financial Aid
- Campus Care (Health insurance and health care for students)
- Disability Resource Center
- Parking Services
- CTA Ventra U-PASS and U-PASS+ (The Ventra U-PASS provides unlimited use of CTA trains and buses for enrolled full-time students. U-PASS+ expands the utility of the U-PASS (currently CTA only) program to include the option of unlimited Metra Rail service.)
- Campus Housing
- Urban Health Program (Recruitment and retention of minority students in health professions)
- Office of International Services
A month-by-month calendar on how to prepare for your enrollment will be posted in March 2025.
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We’re here to help. If you have questions about what to do next, contact us.
You can contact Maria Larson-Juat at:
Email otdept@uic.edu
Phone 312.413.0124
Address 1919 W. Taylor St.
344 AHSB, MC 811
Chicago, IL 60612