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Post by teminski on May 13, 2012 10:04:34 GMT -5
Hey!
I know they admission says that you have to take full time semester to count your classes. But I was planning on taking 1 class in the summer, 4 in the fall and then 5 in the winter. Would this still count as full time? Or would my summer and fall courses not count?
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Post by vmurthy on May 13, 2012 23:01:29 GMT -5
Are you at UoG? Its the total credit-weighting that counts, not exactly the number of courses (though it works out to be 5 courses usually at UoG).
From what you have explained, your summer and Fall semesters would not count, since they wouldn't be "full-time semesters" as defined by the OVC.
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Post by Joel on May 14, 2012 10:26:54 GMT -5
If a full course load is 5 classes per semester, neither your summer nor fall semesters will count as full-time semesters.
The requirement to have your semesters full-time ensures that all students are on a level playing field for their application; by not having a full time semester, you would have fewer classes to balance, and it would be easier to get higher marks. To be fair, everyone needs to use full-time semesters as pre-requisites. Also, the OVC likely wants to prepare students for the large workload as a vet student, since the course load is greater than for a full-time semester in undergrad.
Like Vmurthy said, full-time study is rated by the credit load; you can for example be in a full-time semester with 4 classes if one of them is double-weighted, etc.
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Post by jwilli03 on Oct 2, 2012 16:46:36 GMT -5
So they would just keep going back until they find two acceptable full time semesters? I could take 4 courses one semester, and then they would just look at the previous full time semester instead?
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Post by dreizehn on Oct 2, 2012 22:07:08 GMT -5
I would say yes.
If you took 4 courses one semester, they would "skip" that semester (i.e., deem it unacceptable as it would not be a full-course-load) and look at the last full-course-load semester prior. You can actually use this to your advantage by taking really difficult courses in semesters with less than a full-time course-load; by doing so you can take courses you may want/need for your degree program, but don't want to use in your OVC application (e.g., maybe because the mark would be lower than ideal, etc.). If you do so, just make sure you keep on top of meeting the other requirements: ensuring you have completed at least 10.00 credits total, and that you do not submit in your application any courses deemed to be the same as (or similar enough to) courses you have already completed (even if those courses were in an "unacceptable" semester).
As with all things related to the admissions process, it is always a good idea to clear things with the admissions office (i.e., Deanna Lundmark) so there are no unhappy surprises in the future; never fun getting a letter back disapproving the use of a course/semester you were counting on using (or in this case informing you a semester you counted on not using will be used).
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