Anyone else have animal/veterinary experience they gained from in a class at school? In the description did you guys indicate that it was from a class/include the name of the class? Any input/suggestions?
Another VMCAS experience question
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I went to an agricultural high school and got a lot of experiences working with animals. The way I did it was I broke it up into sections. I did one section large animal, then small animal, then equine (had the most experience in that). I didnt put the classes I took, but what I did with each species of animal in the given section. I dont know if that is what you were looking for, but good luck with everything 🙂
hi! thanks for your response! did you say anythign in your description about it being from a class? or no
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Yes! I had an Equine Production class this past spring that involved a lot of hands-on working with horses. We were split into groups and each group was given a pregnant mare and a yearling to work with. We had a list of things the yearling had to be proficient in by the time the class was done. Then we had to monitor the mare for foaling, foal her out, and make sure the foal was proficient in another list of things. It was a lot of fun. I put it under Animal Experiences under the title Equine Production Class. Then in the description I put
"This class required each group to be assigned a yearling to train as well as a pregnant mare to monitor. The yearling had to be taught to be groomed, loaded in a trailer, sprayed, clipped, and walk over a small obstacle course. The mare had to be monitored for signs of parturition and her foal, when born, had to be taught to halter and lead, pick up its feet, and be groomed. I was also able, through this experience, to witness the birth of a foal for the first time."
If you have a really large amount of class time dedicated to working with animals, I would suggest you do it the way chyactnate said =)
"This class required each group to be assigned a yearling to train as well as a pregnant mare to monitor. The yearling had to be taught to be groomed, loaded in a trailer, sprayed, clipped, and walk over a small obstacle course. The mare had to be monitored for signs of parturition and her foal, when born, had to be taught to halter and lead, pick up its feet, and be groomed. I was also able, through this experience, to witness the birth of a foal for the first time."
If you have a really large amount of class time dedicated to working with animals, I would suggest you do it the way chyactnate said =)
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I took a lab-only course called Animal Handling where each class meeting was dedicated to discussing and putting into practice handling methods and routine care of beef, dairy, equine, poultry, and swine. I put it in the Animal Experience section, and put the name of the course and how many hours we met each week.
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No, I didnt. I just put that a got experience of these animals by going to that high school and taken the required classes for an animal science major 🙂
