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Hi everyone (if this is in the wrong section, don't hesitate to yell at me)
It's great to be reading about how everyone has gotten into the schools that they wanted. As for me, I have applied/interviewed at Ross University SVM and should be hearing from them in the next few weeks. I have heard great things about Ross and think that I would do well there, but I think that I have convinced myself that I have no shot at being accepted in the US...and I need to know if my thoughts are well founded.
Here are the grades:
Cum. GPA= 3.26
Science (pre-req) GPA= ~3.45
Last 45 credit hours= 3.93
Verbal= 500 (I've only taken the GRE once, but I don;t know how much better I would do...or if it would matter)
Quantitative= 560
Analytical= 4.5
I've got roughly 100 hours of experience in a small animal clinic and have 2.5 years of original research completed.
When I look at the statistics that each school gives on the sites, I always fall right in the middle or slightly shy of that. Has anyone ever heard of someone with a weak profile such as this who got into a US school?
Would I be making a bad decision by accepting an offer from Ross without trying other schools?
My state school (MSUCVM) is really hard to get into (esp. with my grades) so I'd be relying on out of state schools and the applicant pools are so "cutthroat" that I don't know if I should waste my time when I could just start up at Ross and be on my way to my degree.
Any suggestions or advice would be really appreciated. No matter what happens, I WILL get a DVM degree if it kills me haha .
Thanks, and congrats again to all of the people in the classes of 2013!
It's great to be reading about how everyone has gotten into the schools that they wanted. As for me, I have applied/interviewed at Ross University SVM and should be hearing from them in the next few weeks. I have heard great things about Ross and think that I would do well there, but I think that I have convinced myself that I have no shot at being accepted in the US...and I need to know if my thoughts are well founded.
Here are the grades:
Cum. GPA= 3.26
Science (pre-req) GPA= ~3.45
Last 45 credit hours= 3.93
Verbal= 500 (I've only taken the GRE once, but I don;t know how much better I would do...or if it would matter)
Quantitative= 560
Analytical= 4.5
I've got roughly 100 hours of experience in a small animal clinic and have 2.5 years of original research completed.
When I look at the statistics that each school gives on the sites, I always fall right in the middle or slightly shy of that. Has anyone ever heard of someone with a weak profile such as this who got into a US school?
Would I be making a bad decision by accepting an offer from Ross without trying other schools?
My state school (MSUCVM) is really hard to get into (esp. with my grades) so I'd be relying on out of state schools and the applicant pools are so "cutthroat" that I don't know if I should waste my time when I could just start up at Ross and be on my way to my degree.
Any suggestions or advice would be really appreciated. No matter what happens, I WILL get a DVM degree if it kills me haha .
Thanks, and congrats again to all of the people in the classes of 2013!