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[cp3k]

If I am taking a full year course and I am looking to apply to DVM how will it work since they require the marks for that course by March?
Will it void any other courses in that semester?

[dreizehn]

Hey cp3k,

Refer to the thread "Full Year Course Mark" (fvc.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=courses&action=display&thread=6405) in the "Programs and Courses" category, where aquavet asks the same thing.

Here's a summary of the key points from lowenger's responses:

• For courses to count they must be completed by December 31st. The [full-year] course will not be finished by that date so [it] is not admissible as a course.
  
  
• You can still use any of the other 4 courses [taken in that semester] as prerequisites since you'll have a final mark for them and they were taken in a full course load semester.
  
  
• Unofficial marks are never acceptable for applications to the DVM program. [i.e., you can't try to get an unofficial mark for the fall portion of the course and submit that]

Hope that helps.

[cp3k]

Thank you for the reply!
In terms of OVC using the average of my last two full time semesters will this semester containing the full time course count?
Or will they use the full time semesters before this semester?

[dreizehn]

Short Answer: No, the semester will not count for the average of your last two full-time semesters; they will use the last two eligible full-time semesters before that semester.

My usual long answer:

Again, I would refer to the thread I previously identified: fvc.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=courses&action=display&thread=6405

aquavet has a similar situation where, for the "last 2 full-time semesters" requirement, he was looking to submit:

• the last semester of 3rd year
  
• the first semester of 4th year (with a full-year course in 4th year without a final mark before the deadline)

In lowenger's first response she states:

The course will not be finished by [the admissions deadline] so [it] is not admissible as a course. They will have to take the two semesters from your third year.

Applying this to your question, I would conclude your semester containing the full-year course (which will not be completed by the admissions deadline) will not be acceptable for the "last 2 full-time semesters" requirement; thus, they would use the previous 2 full-time semesters that do meet the requirements.

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Essentially, I think full-year courses can be summed up as follows:

If the full-year course will NOT be completed by the admissions deadline for final grades (December 30, as of the date of this post):

The course itself can NOT be submitted for anything related to grades (i.e., neither the "prerequisites" nor "last 2 full-time semesters" requirements). In addition, the semester as a whole in which the course is taken will not be used for the "last 2 full-time semesters" requirement; the two previous eligible semesters will be used instead.

HOWEVER...

The course DOES still count in course weighting (i.e., for maintaining a full-time course load). Thus, if so desired, for the "prerequisites" requirement one can submit the grades for the other courses in that semester (provided they will have final grades by the deadline). From the admissions web site:

A course that runs the full year will have the credit weight divided equally and half applied to each of the two semesters [in which] the course is taken.

If the full-year course WILL be completed by the admissions deadline for final grades (December 30, as of the date of this post)(e.g., the course may have been taken in an earlier year):

The course can be used in the same manner as any other, single-semester course (i.e., as a prerequisite, in a semester for the "last 2 full-time semesters" average, and for weighting requirements)

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[lowenger]

Well said!

[cp3k]

Thanks that cleared everything up