The most important thing in picking people to ask for letters is to think about what aspects of your life they know best, and how closely you worked with them. When I had application reviews with schools last summer I got mixed opinions on the types of people that wrote my letters, but the strongest ones were from those I had worked more closely with (my boss/vet and undergrad research advisers)
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If you earned a grade for it, just like if you took any other class at any other US school, it counts. No different than taking a community college course at home over the summer.
(Ps there are three OSUs. Oregon State, Oklahoma State, and Ohio State)
MSU is the same way about the wanting you to write a narrative.
Remember, this isn’t a job application. Schools aren’t looking to see how long you can stick with an activity/club. They want to see that you did things other than just study for four years. Even if you just went to a couple meetings, you still tried to expand your horizons and get out there. Definitely put it down.
You have to finalize your transcripts first in transcript entry.
Finalizing is a separate step: VMCAS Transcript Entry
There's typically a Personal Statement Readers thread made around this time for volunteers to post their information to contact them for such things. I'm actually a little surprised that one hasn't been started yet for this current cycle; I can get one up and running in a few minutes for you guys.
For your first question, I would definitely at least say that you were promoted to vet tech. I wouldn’t specifically say that you’re still in training because that’s a little less important. You were an assistant and then you were promoted to a vet tech. If you look up job descriptions, there’s no such thing as a “vet tech in training” so don’t discount yourself. You don’t need to talk yourself down on an application. If anything, talk yourself up. Don’t say “well I’m kind of a vet tech but really I’m just training and was an assistant for a while and got promoted and I’m not certified.” Yes you’re training, but you’re a vet tech as long as you’re in a state that doesn’t protect that title for only LVT/RVT/CVT holders. It sounds like you’re not in one of those states otherwise I don’t think the hospital would specifically tell you they’re promoting you to a tech. But do your due diligence and research what your state says regarding who can be a vet tech.
1. I don’t think that matters. They just all get looked at together.
Pop yo name on the readers list!!
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Is there a “planned” option for classes you’re not currently taking? I forget. If not, then yes. In progress. And it’s fine to put down a college you haven’t attended. I put down a school I didn’t actually end up going to at all since I didn’t need the class in the end. So don’t worry about that.
Yes. In progress. I did UC Berkeley biochem online and it was a new college, only class, and pending on my app.
Do not do this. Only submit to vmcas unless a school specifically asks for a copy. That’s what the vmcas verification is for. It just wastes your money to send them individually to each school if they don’t require them.
They will only do the actual verification process after you have submitted your application (not the individual applications for each schools, but the actual main vmcas app only. You might have to submit to 1 school when you submit the vmcas app, I can’t remember), but they will tell you in “check status” that they have received any other transcripts and gre scores.
Put rock climbing as a hobby/extracurricular activity! Then in the description you can list you were captain for these years. Schools want to see who you are as a person and that you do things outside of vetmed and school!!
Have you shadowed her? If yes, it’d be fine. If not, definitely would not count as your vet letter since she cannot speak to your abilities about being a good veterinarian.
No, I haven't shadowed her, but I already have two letters from veterinarians that I have experience with. I'm just wondering if it would be okay in terms of a personal reference.
Letters should really come from someone you worked for, your PI, an instructor, advisor, etc. This would essentially be a letter from a friend that just happens to have recently graduated and now be a DVM. I'm betting if they weren't a vet, you wouldn't be considering using them. I would not submit a letter from them.
I would say you can, with the caveat that you state it was for a course. I could be wrong about this.
Absolutely. I did as well. I would say around 400 of my animal experience hours came from classes and labs in undergrad. It’s experience where you were hands on with animals so it counts.
VMCAS doesn’t say that you can’t. And why wouldn’t you be able to? For example, one of the classes I listed for animal experience had me go out to farms to evaluate livestock for showing. We would get hands-on experience with cattle, goats, sheep, swine, and horses and judge them like you would at NESA. For my nutrition lab we would take care of and monitor the growth of different breeds of chickens. All of that definitely counted as animal experience since it was hands-on, the animals were alive, it wasn’t under the supervision of a veterinarian, and it wasn’t for research.
