Hey Guys I have question for you,
I'm a canadian Undergraduate currently studying for my B.Sc. in Biology and am starting to look at the various veterinary schools I can attend, which to great frustration is only one, the WCVM (I'm from BC but I study in Montreal). The cost is high and the competitiveness is tight. Each year there is only 20 spaces available for BC applicants. I don't think my GPA is going to be stellar by the time I graduate and I won't have that much additional experience on the side as it is hard to find work here in Montreal as a non-french speaker. I don't want to "put all my eggs in one basket" and consider my other options. But I am uninterested in moving to another province to establish residency so I can apply to an additional school because I can still get rejected.
Is there anyone out there, a Canadian, like me who is considering other alternatives? I would love to hear what you guys are considering, whether it be US vet schools, the Caribbean unaccredited schools, Overseas... etc. I am considering everything! Also Grad school and Masters, I'm considering those as well.
In particular I'm interested about the US schools. Their websites (the ones that I've looked at, because there is so many and all are practically the same) all consistently seem to show a preference for in-state applicants (understandably) and with varying tolerance to "out-of-state" applicants. I'm wondering if "out-of-state" is including Canadian applicants? Can anyone shed some light on this? Is there any US schools that are particularly lenient on considering Canadian applicants?
I really want to pursue a career in veterinary medicine but my main concern is the limitation of my options after I get my B.Sc.
I'm a canadian Undergraduate currently studying for my B.Sc. in Biology and am starting to look at the various veterinary schools I can attend, which to great frustration is only one, the WCVM (I'm from BC but I study in Montreal). The cost is high and the competitiveness is tight. Each year there is only 20 spaces available for BC applicants. I don't think my GPA is going to be stellar by the time I graduate and I won't have that much additional experience on the side as it is hard to find work here in Montreal as a non-french speaker. I don't want to "put all my eggs in one basket" and consider my other options. But I am uninterested in moving to another province to establish residency so I can apply to an additional school because I can still get rejected.
Is there anyone out there, a Canadian, like me who is considering other alternatives? I would love to hear what you guys are considering, whether it be US vet schools, the Caribbean unaccredited schools, Overseas... etc. I am considering everything! Also Grad school and Masters, I'm considering those as well.
In particular I'm interested about the US schools. Their websites (the ones that I've looked at, because there is so many and all are practically the same) all consistently seem to show a preference for in-state applicants (understandably) and with varying tolerance to "out-of-state" applicants. I'm wondering if "out-of-state" is including Canadian applicants? Can anyone shed some light on this? Is there any US schools that are particularly lenient on considering Canadian applicants?
I really want to pursue a career in veterinary medicine but my main concern is the limitation of my options after I get my B.Sc.