Helpful Hints

• Read the application information and instructions carefully!
  
  
• Apply early!
  
  
• All VMCAS application materials (web application and evaluations are due on October 2nd, 2012 - 1:00 PM Eastern Time.
  
  
• It is your responsibility to ensure that all application materials are submitted properly and by the appropriate deadline.
  
  
• The Web application opens on June 7, 2012.
  
  
• Complete the prerequisite courses required by the colleges. You can find a complete list of prerequisite HERE.
  
  
• Complete all supplemental applications (if applicable) and send directly to your designated schools. Click HERE for our supplemental chart.
  
  
• Consult your pre-health advisor for assistance with your personal statement.
  
  
• Remember-it is safer to complete and deliver your application early!
  
  
• Review college descriptor pages to determine college-specific requirements.
  
  
• Set up your VMCAS account immediately to obtain your VMCAS ID.
  
  
• Print your application before you submit for your records. You will not be able to print a copy of your application once the application officially closes.
  
  
• Review your application for accuracy before submitting.  

Completing the application

• List all post secondary schools for all courses taken since high school.
   
• List all courses attempted at any post secondary institution, regardless of whether you earned credits for those courses.
   
• Do not list any course more than once ... unless you repeated that course.
   
• You must assign a VMCAS course classification code to each course listed in your coursework section.
   

Electronic Evaluations (eLOR)

• It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that the evaluators receive the email "Evaluation Request" when completing electronic evaluations. Some spam blocking software may prevent our automated messages from reaching them.
   
• If evaluators have trouble logging in, have them copy and paste the username and password directly from the "Evaluation Request" email into the login screen.
   
• Evaluators can copy and paste their letters of recommendation into the specified field, or type their recommendation directly into the field when completing the eLOR.

Other

• Send a sealed official transcript directly to each college listed on your VMCAS application directly to the veterinary colleges to which you are applying.
   
• Request a personal copy of your transcript(s) to use as a reference.
   
• Fall transcripts must be sent by the school's specific deadline.
   
• VMCAS fees are non-refundable.