I would estimate as accurately as possible from what you can remember. 3-5 hours a day doesn't seem that realistic unless you are dealing with large/multiple litters. If you are trying to count time devoted to 'normal' animals that just hang out with you at home with minimal care needed, that's venturing into pet ownership. Counting pet ownership hours is a little controversial and you'll get different opinions on it.
Fellow non-trad here. I counted fosters, but only a very limited amount, and in animal experience. I’d say I never counted more than 10-20 hours of animal experience per animal, one longer foster I think I counted 40 hours but it was a very needy case.
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Not sure what your specific financial situation is, but I was able to get two applications completely paid for through VMCAS. I think I had to give them a tax return or something to see if I qualified.
They have a fee waiver program application opening in June but it only covers the first one. If approved, 1 of the schools I’m applying to will waive their supplemental and 1 will reimburse for their supplemental but still have to pay for them in vmcas :/
Hi, I got my first application waived via VMCAS and then a few days later, I got an email saying I qualified for Merck Fee waiver as well. So I got two schools waived.
In my opinion, you’re cheating yourself if you reuse materials from a previous cycle. Even if you think it was perfect for your application last year, how will you show growth of understanding, new skills/viewpoints, adaptations, added maturity…. ?
I have two electives that I'll take spring 2026. I just listed them under planned/pending and indicated them as ANSC elective 3000-4000 course.
According to Texas application (TMDSAS), they recommend putting it under animal. I suspect VMCAS would be similar.
VMCAS doesn't replace. They list all courses and grades, even repeats...anything that appears on your official transcript.
I saw this in January when I had my transcript sent. I need to send another one in August with my spring and summer final grades, and I no longer see that ID listed. The icons look different.
Later this summer you'll start getting emails about Academic Update, I think that will have what you need but hasn't started yet. Not entirely sure how it works because I haven't used it before
Might want to make a post in the 'What are my chances?' sub-forum: What are my Chances? WAMC Veterinary but in short, you should be focusing on schools that weigh the last 45 heavily, even better if they don't look at your cumulative GPA at all. Take a look at Michigan State - there are multiple schools that weigh the last 45, but Michigan State is the one I'm most familiar with. Michigan also takes master's credits heavily into account iirc.
To answer the matching question, it seems like you are asking if all prerequisites are necessary. The answer is that at every school you must either have already taken or be seriously planning to take the course. You will not get accepted with a missing prerequisite if you do not complete it prior to enrolling.
Weird, Casper wasn’t required for the class of 2029 cycle so I’m not familiar with it. I had to take it with other schools though and they sent out an email with the link. Maybe Oregon will do something similar? If there’s still radio silence it could be worth it to reach out to Casper support itself or email the school again. I feel like there is plenty of time still to take it but sorry you’re having trouble getting it out of the way!
How did you request this?
I emailed Virginia-Maryland to inquire if this was absolutely required and if there was a potential for any other course to fill this need and was told yes it's required, no there is no substitute. So this school was marked off my list, because I simply do not have time in my already planned coursework to add another course and complete it by May 2026 for August 2026 admission cycle.
Same for my school. I was advised to list them exactly as they are on my transcript, so both Physics I and II are listed as 4 credit hour courses with the combined grade. Typically lectures that exclude a lab are only 3 credits.
My official transcript combines lab and lecture for all classes, despite them having different course codes for registration. It's actually a really common thing and if they see 4 credit hours they can usually infer that there was a lab. I didn't do anything beyond selecting the pre-req courses for my app last year and had no issues!
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For AP credits, include it under the first semester at the college you transferred it to and include the course name/code it covers as stated on your official transcript. Put the grade as CR. Once you finish inputting your transcript you will be able to do "Transcript Review" and there you can designate the class as an AP class.
