How would you go about shortening items such as this? I don't want the schools to get the impression I am stupid or something.
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I think you would separate it. It shouldn't be too hard to separate if you went from volunteer to employee like that. It's harder when you work somewhere and also volunteer there at the same time (different days of the week or something).
If you took a class there, then yes I think you list it as another institution attended. And I think you'll have to send a transcript from that school too, even though it's only one class.
Excellent question! It's a good idea to list the courses on your application exactly as they are on your transcripts. If they're truncated on the transcripts, list them that way on your application. This will seriously cut down on the possibility of errors during the transcript verification process
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Check with the schools you're requesting transcripts from. I think most will accept a faxed form. Some schools have their own transcript request forms too, so you may want to send both the VMCAS form and the school's own form. They usually have a page on their website with instructions on how to request a transcript and whether there are any fees.
I have a question (and this may be dumb). Anyhow can someone explain to me what exactly verification is. I get that they are matching up your classes with your transcripts, but is that all? I am just curious if it is beneficial to turn the whole application in earlier or not(like now rather than September 2). I have one of my eLORs already completed and all my transcripts attached. Really I have everything done, but I am reviewing it all and tying up some loose ends in my personal statement. I am just curious how this all works. Thanks everyone for the help
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I think they only offer the Revised General GRE now, so if you took it recently (within the last couple years, I think) you would have taken the revised one. If you took it a while ago and aren't sure which one you took, the scoring systems are different: https://www.ets.org/s/gre/pdf/concordance_information.pdf. If yours is in the 200-800 range, it's the old GRE format. If it's in the 130-170 range, it's the current format.
This may seem like a silly question, but I've seen people before on SDN advise against submitting too early and not being able to include experiences/hours gained throughout the summer.
I would wait to submit. There really aren't huge benefits to submitting early, and this way you can include all your summer experience.Now I've got a question of my own... I work at an SA clinic, and plan on working there throughout the next year. Is it better to wait until August/September to submit my application so that my number of hours from there on VMCAS is as high as possible, or if I submit at any time, will schools see that the experience is ongoing and I'm getting X hours a week, and assume that I've got a lot more hours than what I put down back in July? I know my number of hours will change a lot between when I submit and when interview/admissions decisions are made regardless, and I may not be ready to submit this month anyway, but I'm just trying to weigh the costs and benefits of submitting earlier.
I think it depends on whether the hours you get this summer really impact your application. If you already have 3000 hours and will only get a few hundred more at the same clinic this summer, it probably doesn't matter too much. If you think your summer hours will benefit your app, then you might as well wait and include them. I waited until late August to submit, because I had some good experiences that summer that I wanted to include.Now I've got a question of my own... I work at an SA clinic, and plan on working there throughout the next year. Is it better to wait until August/September to submit my application so that my number of hours from there on VMCAS is as high as possible, or if I submit at any time, will schools see that the experience is ongoing and I'm getting X hours a week, and assume that I've got a lot more hours than what I put down back in July? I know my number of hours will change a lot between when I submit and when interview/admissions decisions are made regardless, and I may not be ready to submit this month anyway, but I'm just trying to weigh the costs and benefits of submitting earlier.
Honestly, we haven't heard any good reason from VMCAS or schools why to submit the app early other than that "it's a good idea." Many people still submit the app close to the deadline and have no problems. I think there are 2 schools that do rolling admissions. If you aren't applying to either of those...it doesn't matter as far as I can see.
I'm going to build off this and what Lyra asked above. I'm planning on gaining some great LA and Exotics experience this coming fall, and I will gain a number of hours before the VMCAS deadline, can I estimate the number of hours I will have by then so I can submit my application early?
As long as you get it in by the "early September" recommended deadline, is there any reason to submit far earlier, like June instead of August? I thought the early September deadline meant that applicants would have time to correct errors before October.
Hold the phone, where on the app is this? I'm under the experiences and it still only has animal, vet, research, employment, honors, community, etc on mineThanks for the input, everyone! I submitted my application on September 28th last year, and had no problem getting verified within a day or two, but I do plan on submitting about a month earlier than that this year just because procrastinating was stressful on my end! I have about 500 veterinary experience hours now, so I think waiting an extra month or so (ETA: as opposed to submitting in late July) to be able to include another ~100 hours is worth it. And like I said, knowing me, I may not have the rest of my application finished until late August/early Sept anyway!
Anyway, I have another question. I seem to recall last year the instructions for the experiences section stating not to include classroom experiences. Am I making this up, was this changed, or is this still the policy and I'm overlooking it now? I'm wondering specifically if I should include my research experience doing a project with crayfish for my comparative physiology class, and some animal experience from a horseback riding class.
ETA again: I now see the dropdown menu for type of experience includes classroom experience, so I guess I answered my own question!
Holy cow, you're on it!
