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Sorry I have to vent, but after my file review today I'm just really surprised and disappointed at the main reason I got rejected. Overall, I was an average applicant with scores within the ranges of those accepted.
But apparently the glaring weak point in my application that the file reviewer had was that I had stated that I had in interest in wildlife health, which "doesn't match up to my experiences in that field". All I had done was express an interest in it in my application, but I know how tough it is to get in that field so my main goal was small animal.
But I guess just saying you're interested in something is enough to get your app thrown away. If volunteering at a zoo hospital, a wildlife rehab clinic, and moving to another state for a few months to help out on a disease study wasn't enough to just say you like the idea of wildlife health, then I really don't know what's going through the heads of the admissions team. I'm thinking they only want rich kids whose parents can pay for them to go to Africa.
Again sorry for the vent, but maybe this will warn future applicants to not express an interest in anything other than the exact field they've been working at full time for the past year.
But apparently the glaring weak point in my application that the file reviewer had was that I had stated that I had in interest in wildlife health, which "doesn't match up to my experiences in that field". All I had done was express an interest in it in my application, but I know how tough it is to get in that field so my main goal was small animal.
But I guess just saying you're interested in something is enough to get your app thrown away. If volunteering at a zoo hospital, a wildlife rehab clinic, and moving to another state for a few months to help out on a disease study wasn't enough to just say you like the idea of wildlife health, then I really don't know what's going through the heads of the admissions team. I'm thinking they only want rich kids whose parents can pay for them to go to Africa.
Again sorry for the vent, but maybe this will warn future applicants to not express an interest in anything other than the exact field they've been working at full time for the past year.
It's all about playing the game..
