That is so cool that delegates come and talk to you guys. I wish they did that for us at Ross. We did get a pretty information loaded PowerPoint with info about each school's strengths and other basic info but I feel like getting to speak with people is pretty beneficial too.
So due to my interests being super broad (I don't want to specialize in anything, just want to be a practice-ready small animal vet at the end of clinics) I ended up putting the 4 schools closest to home. I knew I would get a great experience at any school for small animal stuff so location ended up guiding my choices. I'm so over being long distance with my fiancé and trying to plan our wedding from St. Kitts has been next to impossible. We don't get to rank our choices though. Even if the people that do the placements didn't know it, my rank was Ohio, Michigan, Purdue, Illinois.
One of my best friends was placed at Tennessee
She's really big into rehab and pain management so I think she'll be happy there.