I completely understand best of luck!
FWIW for the people who are alternates: I am aware of CSU accepting people off the list before the April deadline, but it's not super common and most people are let in after the April deadline. Not sure how big the alt pool is this year/how it normally moves, but I do know that sometimes CSU will offer nonsponsored positions to IS students that they really like but they don't have the IS seats for (which also means you are essentially an OOS student for tuition purposes...). At most schools OOS wait lists tend to move faster/more frequently than IS wait lists, especially if OOS tuition is high (as it is at CSU lol), so I wouldn't be surprised if a few of you OOS folks got called off the alt list after the April deadline.
I know a ton of great, amazing veterinary students at CSU who got in off both the IS and OOS lists, so I'm wishing the best of luck to you all!
I don't know since they haven't interviewed in a long time! I'm curious if anyone who interviewed has actually received a rejection as I haven't seen any so far, but I obviously have a limited sample size so I couldn't say for certain. There was some wording on their supplemental application that had made me think anyone who interviewed would either be an alternate or be offered a position when I read it, but that line isn't on the CSA anymore so I have no idea haha.
Yeah that's what I'm curious about, it still sounds like they haven't outright rejected anybody. Congrats on Vet Prep though, that's a great program! My current roommate was in it.
I heard it's very dependent from year to year I was told some colleges go through their entire waitlist while some only pull a couple. While we (alternates) are all hopeful I don't think there's a guaranteed percentage/stat of applicants that decline their offers. Good luck to all of us alternates!
Congrats on getting into the Vet Prep program! I wonder if CSU already notified all of their Vet Prep candidates, I definitely would not mind doing an extra year to get a guaranteed spot in my #1.
Too late now, but this is why we always urge applicants to only apply to schools they're willing to attend after looking at cost, location, etc; to avoid this situation.
I was really thinking of going to CSU but now I'm not sure...
Hello! I was at an interview for another school (which shall remain nameless) two weeks ago and two current students separately told me that CSU is VERY competitive. They both said they have friends that are 2nd years at CSU and complain that the atmosphere is cut-throat. I was shocked/bummed to hear this because I loved CSU when I interviewed (got all the good feels) and was just accepted
Can any current students comment on these rumors please?!
It is what it is. You know why people feel veterinary students are competitive? It's because getting into veterinary school is competitive. Frankly I know a lot of students at CSU (since I go here lol) and by far don't get the competitive vibe from most of them. I know vet students here who would give an arm and a leg to help me out and that's awesome.) but not really to the degree that the whole environment is toxic and awful.
There are obviously competitive people but you will find them in absolutely every veterinary program in the nation, and I think that kind of attitude is very much on an individual basis and not a school basis. Professors and students alike emphasize our roles as colleagues, friends, and supporters of one another and I think that is seen in their/our behaviors and actions. Some classes are a little more nutso than others (we love them anyway
I know a few current second years and haven't heard anything like that from them. Sometimes you have to consider the source of the information - people who are very vocal about being unhappy are going to be heard a lot more than people who aren't as vocal about feeling perfectly fine even if 99% of the people are in the second category. Also remember that rumors often go through crazy orchestrations through the rumor mill before they get spit out and they don't always match the original message being shared.
Also, in my experience, people who tend to see everyone else as competitive are often either hyper competitive themselves or feel sort of insecure about things they shouldn't. Just my $0.02.
I'm surprised they didn't let parents come on tours. Wonder if they were just dealing with a large volume of people touring around during the interview day? Do you know how many tours they did on interview day?
I'm surprised they didn't let parents come on tours. Wonder if they were just dealing with a large volume of people touring around during the interview day? Do you know how many tours they did on interview day?
Also you might have read the biosecurity thing from me.
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I love the faculty! Very wonderful and available and also generally very enthusiastic about teaching and helping students succeed. A lot of them are also downright hilarious, which is a plus in my opinion.Yeah I was too! I think that's what they were expecting but it didn't really seem to be that many people. At least on my tours anyways. Everything was really well scheduled out. I think they did about 4 different sessions of each of the 2 tours (the first year building and the hospital) with a few tour guides each. Both of my tours were in the morning since my interview was right after lunch. My mom was kind of miffed about not being able to see everything
Lol yeah probably! I figured it was on here somewhere.
Also, how do you like the faculty? There weren't really any there that I could see besides the dean/associate deans so I'm curious
I was told there are no institutional scholarships for first years by a student and by the financial advisor
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Thank you very much for passing this along! Very sad to hear it, though
They do offer printed note packets for you to buy but notes for almost all classes are given online in advance! I've been using OneNote exclusively so far and it's been pretty good
alright awesome! I am trying out onenote this semester in my classes to get the hang of it and make sure i like it before the intensity that is vet school haha
Hello! I was at an interview for another school (which shall remain nameless) two weeks ago and two current students separately told me that CSU is VERY competitive. They both said they have friends that are 2nd years at CSU and complain that the atmosphere is cut-throat. I was shocked/bummed to hear this because I loved CSU when I interviewed (got all the good feels) and was just accepted
Can any current students comment on these rumors please?!
Unfortunately I'm not much help here, maybe @wheelin2vetmed knows more about searching for housing in FoCo as an OOS student?
if you figure it out (besides on SDN) let me know because I am quite far away and am worried about finding housing, especially since I want a roommate to help keep my costs down some because living by yourself is lonely plus I would probably become some form of hermit who is all alone
What's parking like on campus? I assume it's probably atrocious and expensive? My roommate currently goes to CSU and just takes the max bus. We've got a stop about a 5-minute walk from my apartment which is nice. I'm just wondering since if I'm to class, I'm not sure I will want to wait for the bus. @_@
I'm from AZ also... So the letter saying I'm non sponsored is what everyone got? No one has been offered a WICHE spot for AZ yet??? This is good news, I thought they had already made their decision. I emailed [email protected] and they told me the spots had already been offered.
They did release the decisions a few weeks ago. They just don't contact you directly unfortunately. They let the schools know and the schools would have reached out to you with a conditional WICHE offer. The reason it is conditional is because they have only voted on a proposed budget so far. I think it is during the summer when they officially pass the budget. I haven't heard of anyone not receiving their conditional WICHE offer, so I am just having faith that they don't change the proposed budgets.
Not yet. I am having a hard time deciding. :/ Washington State has a great program and is definitely the more affordable option, but Colorado State also has an amazing program. I loved Fort Collins too. Unfortunately my debt would be about double going to CSU because of higher tuition and greater cost of living. Do you have a school that you are leaning towards right now?Do you know where you are going yet?
Yay! Sent my request in.Hi guys! So if you've committed- my friend talked to admissions about a class facebook page and they said it was up to us, so she made one! The name is "CSU Vet Med Class of 2021" or here's the link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1357714214251956/
