I haven't heard anything from them yet. My overall grade was updated though. I'm trying to find a date to go tour, was going to do the 6th but I forgot I agreed to do the birthing center at our state fair
Since interviews are discontinued for this year, you will likely be in committee review until offered admission, denied or waitlisted. You've gone as far as you can for now! I'm not sure when they plan to make final decisions.
Hey, glad to see that you enjoyed your experience at open house! If you were here on the 21st, I actually might have seen you: were you in a group that came down to the surgery lab prep area/clinical foundations lab? I was one of the students neutering shelter cats. 🙂
Yes I was there! It was so cool to see just how much hands on experience you guys can get early on at ISU. The number of clubs they described to us was astounding!
I think it was designed more as a personal opportunity for you to get to know the school. Despite meeting some people on the admissions committee, it wasn't designed to 'weed' out people like an interview would. I don't think your chances of getting in at all will be affected by if you could or could not go to these applicant open houses.
When I did the webinars earlier before apps were due they specifically stated that part of getting rid of the interviews for now is to help us in travel costs so it really is just if you wanted to go etc.
I think they are doing some rejections, not sure of criteria though of if it was just lacking requirements, possible GPA cut offs, or what. Someone in one of the groups on Facebook posted they got rejected today.
I wonder if that's based on completion of VMCAS or GPA like you said..
APVMA group, not so much for future students although it's alot like here where there are students on there helping prevets. I know most schools end up having a FB page for the school and class year. I know particularly CSU they (upperclassmen) make a new page every year and there are seniors on there and upperclassmen. They kind of help guide new people in where is good to live, somethings to expect, a time to collaborate, etc. There's also a VMCAS 2018 group, most of the people are from UC Davis, but it's another resource which I think is always good, because they are also applying to other places besides Davis (plus I'm on there and I don't live in CA).
That's really cool! I will definitely check them out.
and I follow the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine Future Students page and was wondering if I had missed something 
Thank you for all those resources.
They had said even for the contract or IS students there wouldn't be interviews... Did they change that somewhere?
There will definitely be interviews for NE people. It's different though because it's for their 2+2 program that's only for NE residents. They spend 2 years at UNL then the last 2 at Iowa. They have a contract, but it's not contract in the sense you're saying (contract for what you're saying is like CT residents getting a contract price and going to Iowa all 4 years). Hope that helps. Also I didn't know about your said FB page....
Huh maybe I just misheard at the open house. I'm from AZ so regardless no interview for meThere will definitely be interviews for NE people. It's different though because it's for their 2+2 program that's only for NE residents. They spend 2 years at UNL then the last 2 at Iowa. They have a contract, but it's not contract in the sense you're saying (contract for what you're saying is like CT residents getting a contract price and going to Iowa all 4 years). Hope that helps. Also I didn't know about your said FB page....
and yeah I was aware of the 2+2 which I thought was cool for them! Similar to WSUs WIMU program.
I didn't know about it until then either
🤣IDK why but that is really funny to me right now. I'm dying. Only 2 more weeks until Thanksgiving break!
Unsure if there is an application stats site, but I can tell you that at the open house they said about 1100 people applied last year (both IS and OOS) and they went through 300+ people on their waiting list to fill their ~150 seats.
Mine hasn't changed
but I'm excited for you! That seems like a good sign?
So I don't check mine religiously because all messages have previously gotten to my email and they have repeatedly stated acceptances won't go out until Feb. I know one of my other schools has something similar for interviews to upload transcripts and they have yet to send out invites so I feel like everyone's will probably update to that or it was a fluke? Mine says it needs materials received by 2/1 (for my fall transcript) but I don't think that's what yours says...
maybe I'll send them a message just to see... I was going to send in my transcript anyways but whatevs
I'm just curious as to why they would need my spring transcript unless this is the secret way of saying I've been accepted? Which it probably isn't but I'm hoping it is. Either way I'm going to think of it as good news... gonna be really salty if I get rejected now though. Can't play with my emotions like that bruh.It sounds like your transcript is due, but you aren't waiting on any specific courses to be completed before admission. Kathy told me at the open house I attended how there was a student who in a previous cycle was put on the alternate list and in summer was offered a spot and they had dropped the last pre-requisite they needed for vet school so they couldn't attend. So maybe it's like an accountability system, like if someone needed to finish a class before summer it would say there. (Probably why it's also due 7/1).
Also it's weird that mine didn't change... I am a current graduate student at University of Arizona... All my prerequisites are done toomaybe I'll send them a message just to see... I was going to send in my transcript anyways but whatevs
Devil's advocate here, maybe they do it for everyone? The chances of someone not being in school in Spring if they are already enrolled in Fall seems slim?
that would be pretty evil if you were set up like that.
How're you calculating yours?
All my GPAs were calculated a bit lower than what I had calculated and what vmcas calculated when I applied last year. Not sure how they calculate theirs but it's a normal trend for them
Mine does. It was updated last month or so. But I’m supposed to take Speech in the Spring and that’s why they ask for it.
I responded about 3 weeks late and they weren't super happy about itOhhhh my gosh. I just read this thread, realized there was a portal I was forgetting about, and went back to check on it.
I have a message way back from September 5th asking "Before I send your application to the committee, can you please let me know if you will be expecting any more ELORs? I will not send your application forward until I know that we have ALL of your ELORs are not expecting any more."
Ahhhh
well I'll just respond to that now...I guess......
I responded about 3 weeks late and they weren't super happy about it
Good luck!
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(I think you do get an email when you get a portal message)Yea I'm screwed. I applied to so many schools, I forgot which ones I had portals for that I had to check. I was just assuming that I would get an email notif like some other messaging portals.
Welp if I get rejected....I probably deserve it
I applied to 7 schools and I had checked that portal 2 days before the message was sent to me but I got distracted with work and whatnot and forgot to check it for a whileYea I'm screwed. I applied to so many schools, I forgot which ones I had portals for that I had to check. I was just assuming that I would get an email notif like some other messaging portals.
Welp if I get rejected....I probably deserve it
Ohhhh my gosh. I just read this thread, realized there was a portal I was forgetting about, and went back to check on it.
I have a message way back from September 5th asking "Before I send your application to the committee, can you please let me know if you will be expecting any more ELORs? I will not send your application forward until I know that we have ALL of your ELORs are not expecting any more."
Ahhhh
well I'll just respond to that now...I guess......
TBH tho they probably already sent it to the committee a while ago. The message was from before the application closed so they more than likely wanted to make sure that it was a completed application before starting to look at it.I applied to 7 schools and I had checked that portal 2 days before the message was sent to me but I got distracted with work and whatnot and forgot to check it for a while
You miiiiigggghhhhttttt squeak by, they aren't holding interviews this year and they have a lot of applicants so they could still be reviewing applications.
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I just checked my email....not only did I get one email, not two, but I got THREE emails. They were all read. I have no idea what's going on.....maybe I responded and wiped it from my memory? But it would show on my portal that I'd responded right?
Just bad business all round...I'll accept my fate.......
Thank you guys for responding to me though
And you're using 3.7 for A-, 3.3 for B+, etc, correct?
