General Hints

• Read the application information and instructions carefully!
• Apply early!
• All application materials must be postmarked by the deadline date.
• It is your responsibility to ensure that all application materials are submitted properly and by the appropriate deadline.
• The Web application opens on June 3, 2009.
• Complete the prerequisite courses required by the colleges. You can find a complete list of prerequisite here.
• 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.
• Courses should be listed chronologically using your original transcript and listing from the earliest to the most recent course.
• If you are enrolled in Spring 2009 courses submit your VMCAS application AFTER you receive your Spring 2009 grades. 
• Do not list any course more than once ... unless you repeated that course.
• You must assign a VMCAS prerequisite code to each course listed. If the class is not a prerequisite, select “Other.”

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 need to copy and paste their letters of recommendation into the specified 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.
• Include your VMCAS applicant ID when paying by check or money order.