classes in the final semester

[futurehealervet]

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I was just curious, do vet schools ask what you enroll in for your final semester as part of/ before they make their decision? I will apply this fall, and while I don't plan on slacking off last semester, my course decisions would be influenced based on whether or not it matters to vet schools. For example, I might take some more of the recommended courses as opposed to interesting but non-vet related classes. I know they want fall semester grades but wasn't sure about future course plans. Thanks

 

[deleted498041]

The schools I applied to asked what courses I planned to take the following semester(s).

 

[WillowLeaf]

Depends on the school, I think. VMCAS has a section for future courses. I still had prereqs to take so I never even thought to check whether it's required to report planned non-required courses. I just included everything.

Some schools don't care if you actually take the same future courses you listed on VMCAS, as long as you pass any remaining prereqs. So I doubt those schools really consider planned electives in their decision. But I think they still wanted us to list it on the application. One school told us to email admissions before changing anything in our planned courses, so I think that school (Western University, in California) really cares what you plan to take. Once you know which schools you're applying to, I don't think it would hurt to email admissions and ask.

 

[Frozenshades]

Depends on the school, I think. VMCAS has a section for future courses. I still had prereqs to take so I never even thought to check whether it's required to report planned non-required courses. I just included everything.

Some schools don't care if you actually take the same future courses you listed on VMCAS, as long as you pass any remaining prereqs. So I doubt those schools really consider planned electives in their decision. But I think they still wanted us to list it on the application. One school told us to email admissions before changing anything in our planned courses, so I think that school (Western University, in California) really cares what you plan to take. Once you know which schools you're applying to, I don't think it would hurt to email admissions and ask.

This sounds reasonable. I had my prereqs done after the fall semester and my class schedule ended up being entirely different in the spring than I had originally planned for and put on my VMCAS. And I dropped 3 of those classes anyway once I got my first acceptance letter...No questions were ever asked.

 

[98cats]

I only put the prereqs I was taking in the Spring on the future courses section because I didn't even know what the rest of my schedule would look like. Registration doesn't happen until October/November anyway here, so I had no idea what my plans were. I don't think it really matters unless the school has said it does.

 

[TheComfyCat]

I only listed prerequisite courses in the planned coursework section since I didn't know what other classes I'd be taking. Then I only actually took the courses if the school that required them didn't reject me.