When does your summer class get out? Mine finishes July 7th, so I feel like there's time to submit the summer transcript to my undergrad (yay GPA boost) and then submit that to VMCAS
Yeah I'm sure this early enough. Especially if you have everything together already, and you're not like @vetmedhead haha
Speaking as another procrastinator, I personally submitted on September 15 😛 BUT, as a disclaimer, all of my supplemental materials (transcripts etc.) were in and verified pretty early in the process, so I didn't have to worry about any problems with them getting in on time. Basically the only reason I submitted on deadline day was because I put off my personal statement and was putting finishing touches on it/other written answers before formally submitting/paying. I also submitted in the early afternoon that day, not at the literal last minute late at night (don't do that, never know if there will be tech issues/delays due to many people submitting at once!), so of course I wouldn't recommend waiting so late to submit those materials which take time to process. I wasn't taking a summer class but I was retaking a prereq that fall...and now that I have a PS framework I'll hopefully be submitting much earlier this year.
I submitted late due to a variety of character flaws.
Ooh. Thanks for reminding me. I'm a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to turning in applications- so that reminds me to have someone else pressure me to click submit, so I KNOW that it'll get submitted. Otherwise I'd continue to revise it until I forgot to turn it in.
Yeah, it definitely helps to have some people to force you to do it (or be there when you do submit). I think it's important for you to be the one to press the button, though! It doesn't feel as satisfying to have a friend pull your application from your cold, dead hands by submitting it for you.
I submitted my VMCAS an hour or two before it was due. Agreed. Don't do that.
Bad examples unite!
Yeah I had an all-nighter PS revising session...and then did almost all of my supplementals that night too...heh. Fun times.Bad examples unite!
My PS had been done for months at that point. My CSU supplemental essays were started and finished on the 15th, pretty much the same for the TAMU and Wisc ones (but they were due on different days).
I'm not and I would never claim to be 🤣
Why do they have a twitter?
...Both?
A lot of vet schools have twitters. It helps keep the general public aware of what is going on at their university. And it's actually the teacher's Twitter. She had the kids do those as assignments, and then she was sharing them
lol I was being facetious, I just hate twitter.
Ah, same 😛
They look at applications, offer interviews, and accept/deny/reject thought the year as they get applications.
Wow! That's awesome! I definitely need to do that (cause let's face it I'm not going to vet school normally- I'm too average)
I don't. I'm pretty sure SGU, Western, LMU, and MWU do. I only applied to MWU out of those four though. There might be others, but I honestly don't know.
I'm just being realistic- at least for my first cycle. I'm working on fixing what I actually can help fix this summer (increase number of vet hours, retake GRE, take summer school to slightly raise GPA) but I know that by August, I can't add 1000 hours of experience. So. *shrug*. I'm going to do diddly darn good this upcoming year, so who knows what's going to happen.
I thought so, but wasn't entirely sure!
Right??? Ughhhhh. Plus apparently I had a ag communication teacher this year who was expecting that I would ask her to write a letter for me. But I've already left school, and it's such a personal thing to put in an email.
Right??? Ughhhhh. Plus apparently I had a ag communication teacher this year who was expecting that I would ask her to write a letter for me. But I've already left school, and it's such a personal thing to put in an email.
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I emailed and it ended up working out just fine!Right??? Ughhhhh. Plus apparently I had a ag communication teacher this year who was expecting that I would ask her to write a letter for me. But I've already left school, and it's such a personal thing to put in an email.
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I'm sure the 4H educator would be good- especially because they knew you for 10 years!!
I had two veterinarians (One equine, one small animal), my Repro prof, an advisor/head of a leadership program I was in, and the person who owned the stable which I taught horseback riding lessons at since I was 16. I think someone prior to college is just fine.
Don't worry, in my first time applying last year (a year out of undergrad at that point), I had to email a professor and advisor for 2 of my lors. It was a little awkward having to get back in touch with them after not having seen them for that long, but just explain yourself well, give a rundown of what you've been up to resume-wise if it's been a while since you've been in contact, etc. and respectfully ask if they're willing/able to serve as one of your evaluators.Right??? Ughhhhh. Plus apparently I had a ag communication teacher this year who was expecting that I would ask her to write a letter for me. But I've already left school, and it's such a personal thing to put in an email.
but I had to contact the former advisor again for a LOR for the post-bacc program I'm applying to, so I already included a heads-up that I may need one resent for VMCAS...may not bother asking the other prof again, because he was the one to submit his pretty close to the deadline and I'm hoping to get one from my internship this summer.
So this brings up a question I've been wondering about. If you don't get in the first time around, you have to start fresh with LOR?? They don't carry over?Don't worry, in my first time applying last year (a year out of undergrad at that point), I had to email a professor and advisor for 2 of my lors. It was a little awkward having to get back in touch with them after not having seen them for that long, but just explain yourself well, give a rundown of what you've been up to resume-wise if it's been a while since you've been in contact, etc. and respectfully ask if they're willing/able to serve as one of your evaluators.
I agree though, I'm not looking forward to having to ask the same people a SECOND time
I had the same question, and based on what people have said here it seems the LOR do NOT carry over, don't quote me on that though!
I guess that is a yes to my question then. That honestly doesn't make any sense to me. How do they expect people who are sometimes then a year or more out of undergrad to get one from a professor? By then that professor is probably not going to remember them very well.Asking for LORs was the most stressful part last time, and I remember thinking I hope I'm accepted just so I don't have to do this all over again . . . haha. I need to follow up with two evaluators and ask them to do it again. I know that they will say yes but that's something about asking that's just so hard.
Yeah those are good points. I guess I will just have to hope I get in the first time around!If they just carried over, you could potentially be using the LORs without the writers consent. Plus, say something happened in the year in between and one of your writers would no longer recommend you for whatever reason. Now you have this letter that is not an accurate depiction of this persons view of you. I feel like that's why they don't just carry over, as annoying as it is. It would be nice though if they had an option where if you asked the same people, they were able to approve the same letter being used if they wanted.
I agree, asking for letters was one of the hardest parts of the whole application cycle. Two of mine I asked via email (I had already graduated), but my boss I asked in person. I knew he'd say yes, and he knew I was applying so it wasn't unexpected, but it took me like a week to psych myself up to do it. I was so nervous
Two out of my three LORs were from the same people all three times I applied. I thought it was actually a bit easier asking them the second and third times because I was fairly certain they would say yes, and hopefully they've kept their previous letters on file so they just need to revise based on anything that's changed. But I get that it's awkward having to explain that you weren't accepted. I also think asking people via email is fine, but keep in mind this is coming from someone who haaates having to ask people for LORs, especially in person, and put it off as long as possible each time. I'm so glad I don't have to deal with that this year. 😛
