Application Deadline
October 2, 2009 at 12:00 PM (noon) Eastern Time

Apply to the College (Entering Fall 2010)

VMCAS Application
All applicants must apply through the Veterinary Medical Application Service (VMCAS). Their online web application may be accessed at http://www.aavmc.org/vmcas/vmcas.htm. The web application and the VMCAS fee must be submitted to VMCAS by 12:00 PM (noon) Eastern Time on October 2, 2009.

Letters of Recommendation
Three electronic letters of recommendation are required to be submitted through VMCAS. Up to six letters of recommendation will be accepted if filed electronically through VMCAS. The applicant is strongly encouraged to have at least one of these recommendations from a veterinarian. Other suggested evaluators include academic advisors or professors and employers. The evaluator should know the applicant well and be able to speak to their personal characteristics and attributes. It is preferred that the evaluator include comments or a letter with the form evaluation. A letter can be composed in the comments section of the VMCAS electronic letter of evaluation. Evaluators cannot be related to the applicant by blood or marriage. Instruction on submitting your letters of recommendation to VMCAS can be found at http://www.aavmc.org/vmcas/vmcas.htm. The letters of recommendation must be submitted to VMCAS by 12:00 PM (noon) on October 2, 2009.

Should the Admissions Committee need to clarify information provided in the application or recommendation, they may elect to contact the applicant or evaluator.

Graduate Record Exam (GRE)
Official results of the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) general test must be RECEIVED by the College of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State University by October 31, 2009. In order to assure the scores arrive by this date, please take the test no later than October 15, 2009. The ISU College of Veterinary Medicine GRE code is 6315. Further information on the GRE can be found at www.gre.org.

PLEASE NOTE: We will no longer be able to transfer GRE scores that are sent to the the Iowa State University General Admissions Office. Please make sure you use the ISU College of Veterinary Medicine GRE code, 6315.

Transcripts
Official transcripts for ALL college-level coursework (undergraduate, graduate and continuing education) must be sent directly to the College of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State University. DO NOT send them to VMCAS. Please send transcripts to:

Veterinary Medicine Admissions
2270 Veterinary Medicine
Iowa State University
P.O. Box 3020
Ames, IA 50010-3020

Official transcripts from ALL postsecondary institutions you have attended are required. This is necessary even though credits may show up as transfer credits on another institutions transcript, you took only one course at the institution, or you took the college credits during high school.

If credits taken at a foreign (non-U.S.) institution are used to fulfill a preveterinary requirement, the applicant must provide a copy of the foreign institution’s transcript, even if they appear as transfer credits on a U.S. institution’s transcript. This includes courses taken as study abroad.

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS DO NOT NEED TO REQUEST AN OFFICIAL IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY TRANSCRIPT. However, ISU students need to request transcripts be sent to the College of Veterinary Medicine from any other institutions they have attended, even if they had the transcripts sent previously to ISU for another degree program.

The postmark deadline for transcripts is October 2, 2009.

Iowa State College of Veterinary Medicine Supplemental Application
All applicants are required to complete the online ISU Veterinary Medicine Supplemental Application. Click on the link below to go to the supplemental application:

ISU-CVM Supplemental Application

After completing the supplemental application, print a copy for your records. Submit the supplemental application and print the signature page. Send the signed signature page and $60 processing fee ($80 for international applicants) to:

Veterinary Medicine Admissions
2270 Veterinary Medicine
Iowa State University
P.O. Box 3020
Ames, IA 50010-3020

Checks for the processing fee should be made payable to Iowa State University. Please be sure your VMCAS ID is written on the signature page and on the check.  ISU DEGREE SEEKING STUDENTS AND ALUMNI DO NOT NEED TO PAY THE APPLICATION FEE.

The supplemental application must be completed and the signature page and check must be postmarked by October 2, 2009. Applicants not submitting the signature page and processing fee will not be considered for admission.

International Applicants
International applicants are considered in the non-resident/non-contract pool of applicants and must meet the same criteria as U.S. applicants. If you are an international applicant, please review the Instructions for International Applicants.

Interviews
Interviews will be held on the following dates. Applicants will receive notification approximately 3-4 weeks prior to the interview. The interviews will be one hour in length and will be held from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

December 5th and 6th, 2009

January 8th and 9th, 2010

January 23rd and 24th, 2010

February 6th and 7th, 2010

Application Calendar

VMCAS web application available
Now

ISU-CVM supplemental application available
July 15, 2009

Electronic receipt deadline for VMCAS applications
October 2, 2009 12:00 PM Eastern Time

Electronic receipt deadline for the three required electronic letters of recommendation
October 2, 2009 12:00 PM Eastern Time

Postmark deadline for all institution transcripts
October 2, 2009

Deadline for submitting ISU-CVM Supplemental Application
October 2, 2009

Suggested last date to take GRE to have scores arrive by October 15, 2009
September 15, 2009

Deadline for receipt of GRE scores
October 31, 2009

Postmark date for Fall 2009 transcripts
February 1, 2010

Notification of application status
February 15, 2010

Checking the Status of Your Application
Upon receipt of the VMCAS application, applications will be reviewed for completeness, GPA eligibility, and required coursework. At that time applicants will be notified by e-mail if any materials are missing or if they are deficient in any coursework. This notification will come only once.

All communication with the applicant will be by e-mail so it is imperative that we have a current working e-mail address. Please note that some e-mail providers such as hotmail, yahoo and MSN may reject mail from Iowa State University.

Applicants are able to check the status of their application online. Here, they will see what materials have been received as well as notes concerning any problems with their application.

It is the applicant's responsibility to see that all materials are received and that the College is notified of how problems with their application will be remedied. We strongly encourage applicants to periodically check on the status of their application.