hi everyone!!!! I need help I screwed up bad somehow LMAO
when I applied to penn I NEVER saw a mention of a supplemental app on their vmcas page (I thought their extra questions on vmcas were the supplemental app) and now I got an email saying THAT I DIDN;T FILL OUT THE SUPPLEMENTAL
so.... I found it online and Im trying to fill it out and I can't tell if I'm just an idiot and didn't notice it or it somehow was actually not indicated?? it seems like they will still accept my app if I do it now but man.. I didn't need this stress rn lmao
so my first question for everyone is- will this problem make them think less of me when they read the app? it says they don't start review until December
second, they want to know my veterinary primary interest and how many "VET experience hours" I have in this interest. I am mostly interested in public health and I do have experience in veterinary public health but this was all on a research basis. Therefore in VMCAS it is listed as research experience, not veterinary experience. About half my hours were actually working with animals, and the rest were running tests in the lab/data interpretation. what am I supposed to do? should I include all my research hours in veterinary public health? should I just include the hours that actually involved the animals? do I literally put 0 because vmcas classifies them as "research" not "vet"?
also I have significant experience in a wildlife hospital and although that is not strictly "public health" it is extremely related to public health. Do I include those hours? or no???? I also have "human" public health experience (infectious disease control)... I assume I don't include this?
also the categories they offer for your interests are: small animal, equine, large animal, food animal, mixed, special species/exotics, research, lab animal, academic, public health, wildlife, zoo" and then they have you "describe your interest". should I just choose "research" instead of "public health" and then describe it as public health research??!?!?!? I just don't want to have to put down zero hours lol
sorry this is so long and winding but I am really frazzled by all of this and I don't know anyone applying to Penn and I can't find a penn thread for this year
thank you if you read this mess