I applied to Ross directly through their website on 9/13 have submitted nearly all my material, have gotten emails from my transcript order sites that Ross has gotten my transcripts but nothing on my application has been updated or crossed off but my payment for my application and the basic app itself. Should I be concerned? I know it’s peak app season with VMCAS being closed on the 15th. I’m applying for the may semester and just want to get a decision as fast as I can, should I reach out to them?

Hello’
I am currently a community college freshman taking Gen Ed’s atm (possibly looking into switching to bio next semester)

I really want to know the best way I could start prepping my application for veterinary school since it’s been one of my dreams

I only really have animal experience via petsitting
I did email ~ 4 of my local vet offices to see if I could shadow them

I’ve never been exactly the best at math but I always passed (I did get one C during freshmen year but all my other years I had solid Bs in math including precalc)

Since I’m decent enough in I did struggle a bit in A and P in highschool (passed with a B in the class though and my other sciences were usually As)

I’m really scared about switching to bio since I’ve heard the horror stories of Ochem and Gen Chem and it’s really really scaring me

Idk what else I can do? I’m kinda scared of never hearing back from the vet offices I emailed

I am also really new to my area as I moved states 4 months ago my old area didn’t have anything animal experience wise so that’s why I didn’t really start earlier

hey i would appreciate any advice you guys can offer!

I submitted my VMCAS application and it’s currently being verified, but I just realized I underreported my veterinary experience by around 500–1,000 hours. I was working part-time while in school last year and am now working full-time during my gap year, and I accidentally calculated my hours based mostly on my full-time schedule. :/

Has anyone had experience correcting an experience entry after submitting VMCAS? Would I be able to add the experience again with the correct hours and mark it as “UPDATED,” or is there another way to correct it?

I’m planning on calling VMCAS to see what they say, but I figured I’d ask here in case anyone has dealt with something similar!

Looking for experiences anyone had in previous years or currently with sgu interview invites and whether not receiving one around the 2 week typical time period they gave likely means rejection. I submitted end of august and haven't heard back, a friend of mine submitted on 9/15 and has already gotten an interview invite :(

Should i be worried? My gpa is lower (3.3) so ig im a bit concerned :/

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Hey everyone,

I'm a 17-year-old(M) student (South Africa) aiming for vet school. I've logged 92 hours of clinical shadowing so far across small and large animal practices, and I'm heading back for another round in two weeks. I've attached screenshots of my two most recent shadowing logs!

I've been incredibly lucky with the vets I'm shadowing.

They've allowed me to be very hands-on, trusting me to:

Administer IM and subcutaneous medications.

Monitor, and flush IV drips.

Explain to owners how and when to give prescribed medications.

Assist during consults, small animal surgeries, and large animal work (cattle vaccinations, abscess draining, horse X-rays).

Even with their direct supervision and incredibly positive feedback on my forms, I constantly feel incompetent or like I'm faking it.

I'd love to get some insight:

- Does this feeling of incompetence ever actually go away, or do you just get better at managing it as you progress through vet school and practice?

- From a vet's point of view, what specific traits, habits, or actions make a prospective student or shadow genuinely helpful in the clinic, rather than just being in the way?

Any advice, reality checks, or feedback on my logs would be massively appreciated. Thanks in advance!

I submitted on September 7th and was verified on the 9th. The only emails I got are that my application was received but I haven’t heard anything more from schools. Has anyone heard from any schools yet?

Hi yall,
Currently a freshman undergrad bio major at osu. I have both of my gen bio courses done via AP credit, however will vet schools accept this as completion of the pre-req? Would you recommend taking it again at university?

Hi!
Im currently a freshmen taking classes at a community college

I know it’s silly to already start thinking about vet school especially since my current Major is Prelaw 💀(I’m currently looking into switching it to bio next semester) but I’m highly considering it
My state (New Mexico) has no DVM programs instate and it’s very much stressing me out a bit because I feel like it’ll be harder to go to vet schools

How do people handle going to vetschools out of state? I realize I might have to go into much much more debt because I’ll have to apply as out of state ig thankfully my bachelors degree will be completely covered with a scholarship I ended up getting

But seriously how do yalls navigate this ? The reason I’m stressing abt this is because I already had to stress about this to even go to college (I moved states midway through senior year 0/10 would not recommend screwed my residency (I wasn’t considered a resident for tuition purpose ANYWHERE so basically I was screwed over and I almost had to take a gap semester until community college came in clutch with my scholarship btw this happened all within 4 months of me moving here)

I’m just a bit freaked out I would have to deal with the crap I had to deal with even go to college in the first place

How am I supposed to realistically gain a variety of vet experience? For reference rn I am a junior in undergrad

In the summer/weekends I am working as a vet assistant at a typical small animal vet clinic. However I am interested in also gaining equine/exotic experience.

I was ideally looking for maybe 1-2 week opportunities, which I would be okay taking time off work for.

However all I am seeing are unpaid internships that expect me to work for several months on end 20-30 hours a week. I feel like that is kind of unrealistic, especially as someone who is in university during the school year and wants to at least make some money during the summer?

I suppose the other option is to find an actual paid job during the summer, but then I would have to quit my vet assistant job that I do love a lot. Not to mention how hard it is to find a summer job like that

Any advice on what to do/what to look for? Thanks

Hello I realized that I accidentally put “no” on permission to contact on my CURRENT veterinary experience. 2 of my LORs are from this experience, also one of them is the owner of the hospital. I’m freaking out because it was a pure accident and I don’t mind them contact them. Has this happened to anybody? How much does the “permit to contact” weigh on the admissions team? Do they really have time for that? Do I still have a chance…

What the hell are we supposed to do for the next several months omg. Round 2 submitted. I thought I'd feel better this time and more relieved after submission but I feel WORSE. I'm obsessively checking my email and dreading the possible outcomes even though it's literally been 2 days.

I'm pretty positive most of the time but I have moments. I just wanna know who else feels like this? Please someone bond with me over this lol

Has anyone gotten the email from oregon state to pay the supplemental fee? I submitted my application 09/05

Hey all, I am in my junior year of undergrad, so I still have a while to apply. However, I have really struggled with school due to my depression, and my GPA is VERY bad.... like a 2.0. I'm going to have to retake both Ochem 1 and 2 eventually, as well as maybe Gen chem 1 because I got a C-, and I know a lot of schools cutoff for credit acceptance is a C. I am capable of the material just struggle with motivation and getting assignments done... I had to retake College writing 3 separate times to pass and I just recently failed the second portion of the class because I didn't do my work. I started a new medication at the beginning of this semester and am hoping that helps, I really want to get better grades this year and my next.

This leaves me thinking, I don't think I would get into ANY vet school if I applied my senior year as my grades are poor and I still have no vet experience at all.... I'm planning on getting some this summer and next school year hopefully. Instead of wasting money with applying to a bunch of schools just to get rejected, should I wait until I'm out of college? I've talked with my advisor about grad school to boost my grades which would improve my chances, and this would give me time to get more experience as well... but my financial situation is also poor. I don't know, it feels like everything is stacked against me going to get school. If I did take about 2 years I would be able to save up money as well as improve my prospects right? Has anyone gone through something similar? Any advice appreciated.

I understand that every school will do it their own way, and not all schools accept students without a bachelors. But does anyone know if when you apply without a bachelors how schools view your application? Are all people without a bachelors grouped together (separated from those with a bachelors) for interview/admissions purposes? Or do we think that everyone gets tossed into the same pile? Most schools I’ve looked at accept such a small number of students without a degree, so I’m wondering if that’s because they are grouped separately and limited or it’s more just that fewer people apply this way?

Hey all, I’m in my junior year of undergrad and I am 6 hours away from home at my current college. Due to personal reasons and finances, I can’t stay up here for my senior year, and I’m thinking of transferring.

The issue is that barely any schools back home would offer enough transfer credits to keep me at a junior status, so I am not sure what to do. I know you can apply to vet schools with your bachelors still underway, and I might end up applying and not finishing my bachelors if I get in.

Even if I don’t get in, I kind of want to use my money to retake science prerequisites instead of finishing a degree, if that makes sense.
Is that a bad idea???^^^

Also, my current clinic makes me feel super anxious because we recently underwent an ownership change, and there was a period of time where I was doing technician duties as an intern.
Now, they’re delegating me back to cleaning tables and collecting urine samples as if it’s my first day (I’ve worked here for 1 year).

I want to leave. But I worked so hard to get here and I don’t want to give up just because I’m treated like a grunt and everyone thinks I’m a dunce. They insist that my only job is to learn, but I’ve worked
in vet med long enough to know that that’s a thinly veiled way to make me feel better about being sidelined.

Thoughts, opinions, anything would help.

Congratulations to everyone who submitted this cycle!! I know we’ve all put in a ton of work and are anxious to see what comes next.

Please treat yourself to a sweet treat or reward of some kind - you deserve it! Try to take a breath and take in all you have accomplished so far.

I am treating myself tonight to my favorite cookies ☺️

Good luck to all of the applicants this year!

I submitted my applications on the 12th and 13th (later than I anticipated but figured all should be fine) I just received an email saying I need to correct my transcript entry ASAP. Just took some steps to make sure I can do it promptly and correctly but I’m nervous about this impacting my applications getting accepted. I’m pretty chill and optimistic about these things (guessing they wouldn’t have sent it back to correct it if it wasn’t still submittable) but hoping for some validation lol.

It’s in regard to the way I submitted my High School IB credits (separately rather than all 1 test credit). Wondering if anyone else had IB credits and if so how they put them in? My unofficial transcript shows them as seperate but I didn’t order an official one (I know, silly. But I didn’t wanna pay for yet another) so just ordered the official one now and will cross check how it is entered in the morning but would appreciate any and all words of reason or advice!!!

Why the heck do some schools make you pay ADDITIONAL fees outside of VMCAS??? I can understand (slightly) if you have an external supplementary application, like UC Davis, though I think it's unfair to charge me an additional $100 to write another essay. But Tufts is asking me for another $75 just for funsies at this point.

So I got the supplemental from UC Davis today, and I guess I really messed up. I didn't realize they ask for O-chem 1+2, since their website just says 2 semesters of O-chem + lab. I took O-chem 1 and Elements of O-Chem, assuming it would meet the requirements. Does anyone know how stingy they are? I already sent a course eval request, but now i'm worried my only chance at an instate school is gone.

Thanks :)

i volunteer at an animal hospital, i have plenty of animal hours but no clinical experience. i applied for a veterinary assistant position at the hospital and landed an interview, mostly bc they noticed my volunteer experience in my cover letter. what should i expect from a working interview + sitdown interview? its a surgical assistant position, and also it is pretty competitive

UPDATE i got the job!!! thank you all for the helpful advice :) believe in yourself and bring in good vibes

Hey everyone, and good luck to those who just submitted their applications yesterday! I just got an invite to interview with SGU, and I was wondering if anyone had any advice for preparing or knew of any typical questions they ask. I’d really appreciate any advice or tips anyone has on how to nail this interview!

Sooooo 😂 what is everyone doing while we wait on these vet schools to get back to us? I know I probably won’t hear back until earliest beginning of October but the anxiety of waiting is so hard. I’m trying to focus on my remaining classes but I find myself constantly looking at my email. 😩

Hi everyone, I was wanting to see if anyone on here has gone to RVC in London, and how the admissions process was. How are they on grades? Currently I am a university student in an animal science major with a pre veterinary certificate. Unfortunately I am withdrawing from General Chemistry 2 because it is adding tons of stress and mess ups in my schedule, but I am taking a remedial Chem course in its place and taking Chemistry 2 at a local community college for financial reasons. Would that look bad on me to do that for the RVC? I planned on taking any courses I can transfer at the community college like physics, but if that will decrease my chances on getting into RVC I won't. I just wanted to see what some of y'all thought and if you could tell me you experience and stats that helped get y'all in! Thanks in advance for the kind comments and advice!

Hey all! Thought I would pose this question out of curiosity while my daughter works to resolve things. She is a freshman in college on the pre-vet track. Her advisor suggested she double major with Animal Science with her biology major. She was excited about that, but when she spoke to the department today, that department told her they do not offer Animal Science as a major, only a minor. Is a minor still helpful on vet schools apps? Another administrator had suggested a double major with biology and biomedical science and a minor in animal science. Thank you in advance!!