Hi everyone! I’ve been lurking on this thread for years, and after multiple stress dreams about getting rejected from schools I figured I might as well just throw my stats on here
21 year old, female, senior in undergrad majoring in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and minoring in Psychology, NJ Resident (no in-state
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Schools I’m applying to: Cornell (#1 by far), Kansas (interview invite), Florida, Tufts, Missouri, Michigan, Washington, Colorado, Illinois, UPenn
Cumulative GPA: 3.58
Science GPA: 3.56
Last 45 GPA: 3.81
GRE: 157 V (75%), 161 Q (76%), 5.5 W (98%)
Veterinary Experience:
205 hours small animal
135 hours small animal exotic
40 hours equine
108 hours zoo
520 hours shelter medicine
Total: 1,008 hours
Animal experience:
200 hours dog trainer
62 hours PetCo volunteer
69 hours handling birds in Costa Rica
Total: 331 hours
Research experience:
180 hours studying spinal cord regeneration in axolotls in undergrad
50 hours researching birds in Costa Rica
108 hours researching lemurs at a zoo internship
Total: 338 hours
Employment:
Old Navy employee for 3 years
Work in college admissions as a tour guide/interviewer for prospective students
Extracurriculars:
DIII collegiate athlete on the track team, team captain for 3 years
Pre-Veterinary club founder and president
Pre-Health Society Executive Board
Relay for Life Executive Board
Honors/Awards:
Dean’s List for 4/6 semesters
Tri Beta Biological Honor Society
All-Centennial Academic Honor Roll, MVP of track team my sophomore year
National Honor Society in high school
Letters of Recommendation:
-small animal exotic veterinarian who I had an externship with and then continued to shadow for 2 years
-chemistry professor who knew me really well because I basically spent 10 hours per week in his office practicing problems
-biology professor, research advisor, and pre-veterinary advisor who I’ve worked with for 3 years
-collegiate track coach
-shelter medicine veterinarian who I worked closely with for this past summer
Obviously at this point my application is way in and I can't change anything, but I think I just need some peace of mind because I've been freaking out over this for the past few weeks. Cornell is easily my top school, but I have no idea what to expect from them because I know they weigh GRE/GPA as 50% of the application and my GPA isn't stellar