hey ana :wavey: i was wondering the same thing! haha
I sent in a career diversity form, but didn't apply under VMOP (not sure if you were asking for people who did *either*, or only people who did *both*), and I got an invite today.
I'm guessing that if they're planning to do 200 interviews, then they send out invitations to their top 200 candidates. Some number of those people are going to decline, having changed their mind, already gotten in to their top choice, whatever. So then they'd have some open interview slots, and probably start contacting the 201st, 202nd, 203rd, etc., until all the slots are full. That's just a guess, though.
I think it's *possible* to get a DVM from Davis without much practical/hands-on experience. But that's only if you limit yourself to the minimum required. There are a *lot* of elective courses available, and I get the idea that a lot of them are hands-on. Also, you can do RAVS in the summer. You can get on the foal team (4th-years only?) and possibly other student clinical teams like that. Anyway, a current student or grad would obviously give a more informed response. But getting my hands dirty is what I'm here for, so I worry about the same thing and have found some information to suggest that you *can* get more practical experience at Davis if you want it.
Hey everyone there is a rumor going around my college that Davis grads are having trouble getting jobs because they don't have practicle experience! People are saying because there cirriculum is so heavily classroom based that may grads have a ton of knowledge, but aren't being hired because they need so much training.
Just wondering if anyone else had heard this - I really hope it is not true - Davis is my #1.
Well, they're interviewing 200 people for a class size of 131 so it's unlikely that they invited too many out-of-staters when they usually only accept ~7. If you got an interview, I'd say your chances at this point are excellent!
Good Luck!
~Melissa
I think this has to be one of those "call the school" situations. I mean, if you can't find it on their website then probably we can't either. 🙂
If anyone has any questions you can PM me. I thought it went really well, they were very nice and friendly. It seems like everyone says that, but it was definitely true.
From what I hear, interviews used to be much more malignant - they'd pressure you, try to trip you up, ask mean questions, etc. - with the theory that they wanted to find out if you could handle pressure. And I've heard people say that they're realizing that's not a good way to select for personalities that will make good veterinarians. Now I think as long as you don't start out being a jerk yourself, they're much more interested in being supportive and finding out who you really are rather than seeing if they can make you cry. Makes sense to me...
I interviewed at Minnesota, which vies each year with Penn for the #1 and #2 spots in terms of the largest caseload, and it was pretty much empty on the weekend too. I think they just probably don't really do weekend specialty appointments, so if it's a slow day for emergencies...
Hmmmmm, so let's do the math:
200 invited for an interview
138 will be offered acceptances (class size is only 131 but they're overadmitting)
25-30 interviewed from out-of-state
8 acceptances from out-of-state
So, out of the 62 interviewees who will not be accepted, a fair chunk of those will be the out-of-staters. I guess that will help out those of us in-state who got interviews, right??? Although, you still have to factor in the DVM/PhD candidates who already interviewed and the fact that many people accepted might go elsewhere so who knows????
Guess we won't know for sure until the end of March. Good luck to all
