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If I've already accepted a seat at my IS school and paid the deposit, can I decline it and accept at another school? Since it's not April 15 yet. I know I'll lose my deposit.
I really want to go to LSU because of their exotic/zoo/wildlife department and concentration during 4th yr (and Dr. Mitchell, Dr. Tully, and Dr. Nevarez). My IS school (Auburn) has no boarded EA vet and I'm VERY concerned about my ability to get an internship and residency.Dubz is correct. You will just forfeit that deposit.
Just out of curiousity, is there a reason why you picked another school over your in-state school? The less debt you have after graduation, the better.
Auburn does offer two 2 wk externships + one 8 wk preceptorship. I don't know if LSU offers spots for those to mainland students (I think just to island students).Does your IS school not offer external rotations your 4th year? You could spend those at LSU with those specific instructors if that's important to you.
My IS does not have any exotics program to speak of, and everyone I know who wants to do that has either landed a small animal Rotating Internship at a hospital that has an exotics case load or is going straight into practice with a majority exotics case load.
I'm not even looking for an exotics job and I've been offered interviews with multiple clinics that see exotics.
Going to a school with exotics definitely doesn't guarantee you a spot either. Half of first years going to my school start out wanting zoo med and only 2 people have achieved an exotics/zoo med residency in the last 5 years. We have quite an extensive exotics/zoo med program. Networking and adequately using your time during clinics and breaks can make far more of a difference.I really want to go to LSU because of their exotic/zoo/wildlife department and concentration during 4th yr (and Dr. Mitchell, Dr. Tully, and Dr. Nevarez). My IS school (Auburn) has no boarded EA vet and I'm VERY concerned about my ability to get an internship and residency.
It took me 42 years to get here and I don't want to miss out. It's easy for me to tell others to go to the cheapest school (and I have on this forum), but it's much harder when it's yourself.
I want this like… on a bumper sticker? It would have to be a big sticker.One school lets you ride unicorns, the other routinely beats you with an old welly but costs $20k less - go with the welly. The unicorn school is probably lying anyway, they beat you with boots same as any other.