I just can't get gung ho so it totally freaks me out 
Philliab. I'm with you. I have been avoiding this thread because the type As make me nervous
Philliab. I'm with you. I have been avoiding this thread because the type As make me nervous
The worst part is that I can't not look at this thread.
You can do it!!!! I worked 40+ hours when I applied so I know how it feels so daunting and overwhelming each time you open the app and then come scan this site, but you will get it done!!! Accomplishing it in little bits at a time is better than nothing at all. Fill in what you can when you can. It's only June! Remind yourself that
I submitted mine I think two weeks before the deadline. I submitted my supps that had essays the week after. Everyone has their own pace
And like TW said, prepare yourself for the wait after!!! No matter how early or how late you submit, y'all are going to hear from some schools at the same time as everyone else regardless!
I submitted mine a week before the deadline myself since I had a bunch of other stuff to take care of first. You have plenty of time and doing what you can now is the best thing to do.
I think what I'm dealing with is guilt that I have to keep asking my eLOR writers to keep doing it. And if I apply to private school they have to fill out separate ones. I am CERTAIN that my advisers, who are writing a couple of mine, are super busy writing LORs for a ton of people and I hate having to ask.
Tuskegee is one I'm looking at
Texas A&M is another one. You have to go through the UT med system for the app. Plus, some of the secondary apps might require more eLORs. When I applied to Cornell last cycle, I have to get more eLORs for extra experiences I listed.
So, just make sure that you know what your schools want for their apps. It'll save you heartburn in the end
That's because they don't use VMCAS at all
oh wellll!
Agreed.
After I submitted my application last year, I didn't get any new veterinary experience. Partially because I wanted to focus on my courses, and I was also on stand-by waiting for a research project to start up. It was supposed to start last November, but it's now June, and it still hasn't started! 
The last letter would be from when I volunteered at the zoo in the hoofstock section. It was when I was in high school, and I don't think I was that memorable (pretty much what you said, probably fine and all that). It's not a field I've got other experience in, but it is animal experience rather than vet experience. And of course I'll still include it in my animal experience, just maybe not as one of my "5 most significant" for Cornell. ...wait, does that make it better or worse?
I know that they really like to see a variety of experiences. I also read that they look at the experiences on your VMCAS as well, but I'm assuming they put more emphasis and focus on the experiences you listed on the supplemental. As everyone else has said, I would avoid putting any experiences on the supplemental that would give you a bad recommendation.I applied to Cornell last year, so I feel you. I would probably say that if you have less than 5 its okay. I would definitely put your most recent ones and the ones that you've done the longest. If you really think that you can't get a good letter from someone who you worked with 4 yrs ago, then don't write it down for Cornell...just put it on your VMCAS. Oh and the experiences you write for VMCAS and Cornell are probably going to be the same, so don't be surprised to see duplicates. Also, make sure that any experience you write down in Cornell is followed by an eLOR. Its annoying, but its what they want
Agreed.
When I had a file review with one school, they asked me what I had been doing since my application, and I felt very embarrassed to tell them that I hadn't earned any more veterinary experience hours. It's was a bit of a disappointment for me to fill out the veterinary experience portion without anything new to add from the fall and spring. However, now I have some more hours. I will also be starting research very soon that will continue throughout the school year, and I will be spending time in a clinic as soon as my summer classes end. I'm not making the same mistake again!
Ugh, forreal. My transcripts weren't good enough?
. My cum GPA is 3.89, so hopefully my woefully average scores are fine. I'm applying to Oklahoma and Wisconsin. I can't wait to get to know all of you
GRE was the first test I ever actually ran out of time on.
On my only sitting. Because it was switching to the new style, and we had to have taken it by August 1st. And I took it in July.
Glad it worked out for me anyway.
GRE was the first test I ever actually ran out of time on.
On my only sitting. Because it was switching to the new style, and we had to have taken it by August 1st. And I took it in July.
Glad it worked out for me anyway.
) and realize that I didn't know it and didn't want to waste the time on it. That backfired because I would finish the section with like 5 minutes to spare and be ticked that I didn't use that time and couldn't go back. So the first time I took it, I finished in under three hours. But when I took it the second time and could actually go back to questions, I took every last second. So freakin long.
I'm having trouble figuring out to do for my eLORs. I emailed my advisor, but she hasn't gotten back to me, and y'all usually have good advice, so...
Facts:
-Cornell wants up to 5 "most significant" experience letters
-At least 2 of the schools I'm applying to want academic/science letters
-Missouri wants an employer letter
-I did this HPAC committee interview at my school, so they can write me a committee letter. Their letter would be based on the interview and also on 4 letters of recommendation they had me turn into them before the interview.
-VMCAS only allows 6 letters. And I really don't want to deal with figuring out how to send more. Especially since at least one of my schools won't read more than 4.
Questions:
-Do you think the committee letter would count as science/academic?
-Anyone know how Missouri picks which 4 of the 6 letters I'm submitting to read?
Right now I'm thinking of these for my eLORs; any thoughts?:
1. Microbiology teacher for my science/academic, unless HPAC would count and might be better
2. One of the professors from the Writing Center (where I'm a tutor) as an employer
3-5. Veterinarians I've worked with (small animal, exotic, and equine)
6. A significant animal experience letter. Unfortunately, neither of these letter writers has seen me since I started college. For this, I am considering asking someone from the Audubon Zoo, where I volunteered my senior year in high school (possibly more impressive experience, but I'm not sure they could write a very strong letter) or my trainer from riding in high school (he knew me for 2 years, but the experience is possibly not as great).
Sorry for the long post, but there's a lot to my question! Also, I may or may not be procrastinating working on my personal statement.
Ok, I can't find it on the Missouri website. But it is on this chart here:
http://www.aavmc.org/data/files/vmcas/2013/evalreq.pdf
So...
