Yep! That's what I did, anyway, and I do agree that the FAQ is a little confusing. My transcript lists my AP credit under my fall of freshman year with grades of "CR", so that's what I entered. After you select Review and Finalize, you'll have the option to designate any classes you've entered as AP credit.
I'm a little unsettled that VMCAS hates lib art majors. I'm having to list all of my courses as humanities, writing or reading
I've picked other/not listed for accuracy but am wondering if anyone else is having this problem and choosing to put the closest approximation instead.
Me too, and a lot of mine can be classified under more than one of those headings. My major for my BA and MA aren't even listed.
I'm a little unsettled that VMCAS hates lib art majors. I'm having to list all of my courses as humanities, writing or reading
Did you already go through Review and Finalize for your schools/transcripts? It should work after doing that; I got an identical error until I finalized everything.
Generally SAT/ACT testing out of a class satisfies the class requirement but does not actually give you the credits for the class. You can check your transcript, but it will likely have a letter code of some kind designating that there was no grade received for the class and you tested out of it. Therefore there isn't any reason to include it on VMCAS unless English 1010 is specifically a pre-req of some kind (not likely).
Check with your individual schools. Most want three, some will take more, some will actually want more, and many also have requirements for who they want to write your letters (vet, professor, employer, etc).
Disclaimer: Did not apply to TAMU
Unless there's something new this year, you have no way of knowing what your LOR writers wrote until after the application cycle is over.
Follow the course subject list here
Make it earlier. The websites FAQ states that it may take up to 4 weeks to process so all transcripts and LORs should be submitted by August 15
If that is going to make the difference between them writing a letter and not, I would not want them to be writing the letter. You want your letters to come from someone who wants to do whatever they can to get you into vet school, not someone you need to convince to write you a letterThat's exactly why email isn't a good idea, in my opinion. Two of the professors that wrote letters for me specifically mentioned at the end of the semester that they don't write letters so we shouldn't bother. I spoke to both in person and I must have said something right because they both agreed to make an exception for me. It's a lot easier to ignore an email or straight up say no than it is to ignore the sad puppy face in person.
I have to respectfully disagree here, mostly because not everyone has 3-6 people that want to do whatever they can to get you into vet school. Some people might have 1-2 professors or vets that they formed close relationships with and would be willing to go the extra mile, but I would guess most people get your run of the mill "this person is good for x,y,z reasons" letter. If your LOR writers absolutely adored you and wrote a novel each about your merits, that's cool. None of the professors that I convinced to write me letters must have written anything too bad about me, because I got in. But that's just my wacky reasoning behind my opinion.
I'm not saying you can't get into vet school without excellent LORs...I have to respectfully disagree here, mostly because not everyone has 3-6 people that want to do whatever they can to get you into vet school. Some people might have 1-2 professors or vets that they formed close relationships with and would be willing to go the extra mile, but I would guess most people get your run of the mill "this person is good for x,y,z reasons" letter. If your LOR writers absolutely adored you and wrote a novel each about your merits, that's cool. None of the professors that I convinced to write me letters must have written anything too bad about me, because I got in. But that's just my wacky reasoning behind my opinion.
I have to respectfully disagree here, mostly because not everyone has 3-6 people that want to do whatever they can to get you into vet school. Some people might have 1-2 professors or vets that they formed close relationships with and would be willing to go the extra mile, but I would guess most people get your run of the mill "this person is good for x,y,z reasons" letter. If your LOR writers absolutely adored you and wrote a novel each about your merits, that's cool. None of the professors that I convinced to write me letters must have written anything too bad about me, because I got in. But that's just my wacky reasoning behind my opinion.
The resume portion is especially good advice and something I hadn't thought of, though at least one of my profs that I asked for an eLOR from asked for it.
