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VMCAS
Edition: August, 2016
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Crossing the VMCAS Finish Line - Almost There!
Egads, it's hard to
believe that the summer is half over! For applicants, the finish line is
within striking distance!
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We here at VMCAS are
very aware of the stress levels are rising as you put the finishing touches
on your VMCAS 2017 application. It's important for you to remember that our
job is to make sure you know how to submit an application package that best
represents who you are. This can make the difference between being a
competitive applicant and being lost in the shuffle. This month's
newsletter will address a number of the common questions that are coming into
VMCAS and we've put together some tips to help you wrap things up. The
deadline will be here before you know it, so it's time to buckle down and put
your applications to veterinary school to bed!- Tony Wynne, Director
of VMCAS
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How Do
Schools Get Your Application?
It should come as no
surprise to you that gone are the days of snail-mail delivery of applications
to schools. Veterinary schools access your application data directly from a
VMCAS system called "WebAdMIT". This program allows them to see
your application data, and they can work on your application directly in the
system.
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This system also allows
schools to process your application and gives the school's admissions
committees access to review your submissions. Some schools actually export
the raw data and put that information into an external system for processing.
All of the documents that are submitted to VMCAS (Transcripts, eLOR letters,
GRE scores) are available to every school you apply to through one central
hub. It's also important to remember that schools have access to your full
application as soon as you submit your application, regardless of the status
of it. Some schools being working with applications very early in the
process.
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Is There a Researcher in You? (Oklahoma State)
Alexis
Sirois grew up in Argyle, Texas. Since the first grade she has known that she
wants to be a veterinarian to help animals. A member of the class of 2019 at
Oklahoma State University’s Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, she is
spending her summer honing her research skills.
Betting the Farm: (Tufts University)
One
day last fall, Eugene White was standing inside a barn in Woodstock,
Connecticut, observing a small group of heifers that would soon give birth to
their first calves. White, who leads a Cummings School program that sends
large-animal veterinarians on house calls to farms, looked around him, taking
in the bright, airy barn. “This is very nice,” he said. “Pretty luxurious,
space-wise. How long did it take you to convert this space?”
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Student Scholars Display Summer Research Discoveries: (Purdue
University)
In the Midst of Dsaster Springs Hope: (Texas A&M
University)
Memorial
Day weekend—a time reserved to honor those who have served in the military
and given their lives so that all can live in a free society. It is a time to
reflect on the sacrifices of these men and women and celebrate all they have
accomplished. However, the 2015 Memorial Weekend will also be remembered as
an example of the strength and power of Mother Nature, especially in the
minds of the residents and visitors to Wimberley, Texas.
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The
Island of Giant Mice: (University of Wisconsin)
Two
thousand miles east of the coast of Argentina, Gough Island rises out of the
Atlantic Ocean in an awesome display of ancient volcanic activity. A green
carpet of windswept mosses and grasses covers 35 square miles of jagged peaks
and steeply sloping valleys. Waterfalls spill out of craggy cliffs and fall
hundreds of feet to the sea, which runs uninterrupted for another 1,700 miles
before crashing into the tip of South Africa. It is one of the most remote
places on our planet.
OVC Cancer Breakthrough Leads to Human Clinical Trials:
(University of Guelph)
Cancer treatment in
people could be transformed thanks to a study on treating cancer in animals
led by researchers from the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) at the
University of Guelph.
Their findings, in mice and companion animals such as cats,
published in the Journal of Immunology, are already leading to clinical
trials to treat people with various forms of cancer.
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