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Hi all!
Looking for advice on my future after vet school. Plan is to pursue internship and residency for SA surgery but concerns over grades.
I am a 2nd year. Small animal focused. Let me tell you a little about my background. For the past 5 years I have worked as a surgery/scrub assistant at 2 major well known speciality hospitals and have acquired great connections with the surgeons and anesthesiologists there.
When I am not at school and home on breaks I go back to my surgery job and have gained a lot of experience and continuing my close relationships with the clinicians. I mainly work in ortho/soft tissue but was very well trained in surgeries for neuro/ophtho and dentistry. I also work as an assistant in the school hospitals ECC department during the school year. Other extracurriculars that I do are being President of the Surgery Club and a student representative for a large veterinary pharmaceutical company. After my 1st year I also completed 3 externships over the summer focused in surgery at large speciality and private practice hospitals (duration for each was around 4-8 weeks for each) I felt I made good connections and really enjoyed the practices.
My plans for the summer would be going back to my old surgery job (great for experience and also I am a broke vet student lol). Additionally one of the surgery only private practice externships offered me the opportunity to come back and extern again this summer.
Getting into why I am posting this I am particularly concerned my grades will prevent me from being a competitive applicant in residency match. I just made the top 50% of my class (literally dead middle). I am pretty bummed as to me my grades have been good. Every semester I have had mostly all A’s and 1 or 2 B/B+’s. I normally average high 80’s on exams and felt I was doing well but feel so disheartened hearing my rank.
I am super confident in my connections, background and experience. I feel I can get 2 very solid LOR’s from the doctors I work with and I also have the opportunity to get more rounded letters in clinics. The 2 surgeons I’ve been working for the last 3 years are the closest colleagues and best mentors I’ve had and feel they know me really well and can speak to my character.
I’ve had dreams since middle school of being a small animal surgeon and I cannot see myself doing anything else. I have been working in the surgery field since undergrad and have been so dedicated to it. I am so afraid because I am an “average” student that it will prevent me from achieving my dream. I honestly don’t know what to do at this point because it’s pretty hard to move my rank as my class is very competitive.
Any advice is appreciated! Sorry for this long depressing post and I don’t mean to brag and list all the things I’ve done but felt it would paint a better picture of me.
Looking for advice on my future after vet school. Plan is to pursue internship and residency for SA surgery but concerns over grades.
I am a 2nd year. Small animal focused. Let me tell you a little about my background. For the past 5 years I have worked as a surgery/scrub assistant at 2 major well known speciality hospitals and have acquired great connections with the surgeons and anesthesiologists there.
When I am not at school and home on breaks I go back to my surgery job and have gained a lot of experience and continuing my close relationships with the clinicians. I mainly work in ortho/soft tissue but was very well trained in surgeries for neuro/ophtho and dentistry. I also work as an assistant in the school hospitals ECC department during the school year. Other extracurriculars that I do are being President of the Surgery Club and a student representative for a large veterinary pharmaceutical company. After my 1st year I also completed 3 externships over the summer focused in surgery at large speciality and private practice hospitals (duration for each was around 4-8 weeks for each) I felt I made good connections and really enjoyed the practices.
My plans for the summer would be going back to my old surgery job (great for experience and also I am a broke vet student lol). Additionally one of the surgery only private practice externships offered me the opportunity to come back and extern again this summer.
Getting into why I am posting this I am particularly concerned my grades will prevent me from being a competitive applicant in residency match. I just made the top 50% of my class (literally dead middle). I am pretty bummed as to me my grades have been good. Every semester I have had mostly all A’s and 1 or 2 B/B+’s. I normally average high 80’s on exams and felt I was doing well but feel so disheartened hearing my rank.
I am super confident in my connections, background and experience. I feel I can get 2 very solid LOR’s from the doctors I work with and I also have the opportunity to get more rounded letters in clinics. The 2 surgeons I’ve been working for the last 3 years are the closest colleagues and best mentors I’ve had and feel they know me really well and can speak to my character.
I’ve had dreams since middle school of being a small animal surgeon and I cannot see myself doing anything else. I have been working in the surgery field since undergrad and have been so dedicated to it. I am so afraid because I am an “average” student that it will prevent me from achieving my dream. I honestly don’t know what to do at this point because it’s pretty hard to move my rank as my class is very competitive.
Any advice is appreciated! Sorry for this long depressing post and I don’t mean to brag and list all the things I’ve done but felt it would paint a better picture of me.
