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Hi there,
I am going into my final year of undergrad and I am applying to veterinary school this Summer. I have been offered two employment positions on campus for next year and am having trouble deciding on which to take because I originally thought I would have enough time during the week to do both and am now realizing I won't be able to. I will preface this by saying that I currently do not have any lab animal experience, but I have over 1000 hours of wildlife and exotic veterinary experience (300 of which is spent being a veterinary technician) and 300 hours of aquatic zoological medicine veterinary experience, 300 hours of veterinary research experience under a veterinarian, and 300 hours of large animal veterinary experience. I have a large about of zoological and large animal non-veterinary experience as well. I am trying to decide if not taking the lab animal experience position I will detail below is going to drastically affect my chances of getting into vet school.
The first position is a 10 hour per week position in the small animal research facility on campus taking care of laboratory mice. I will be breeding them, sacrificing them, managing their cages, performing simple data analysis as directed by my boss. I will not personally be conducting research, but I will be assisting with the husbandry involved with the research being done on them. It is a nice opportunity and will be a great learning experience, but I would prefer to take the next job offer instead of this one. This is NOT going to count as veterinary experience, but will count as animal experience.
The second position is a 15 hour per week position as an aide for LGBT Services on campus. I will be working in the office doing secretarial work and organizing events on campus and outreach programs for students that identify with this community. I will be facilitating discussions and events and booking speakers and performers to come throughout the year. I will also act as a resource to students who need someone to talk to about LGBT matters by offering them someone to listen to or other resources on campus that can help them. I feel like this is such a great opportunity for myself and is something I have wanted to do throughout my time at college but have not had time to do because of my want to gain veterinary experience throughout college.
I guess the advice I am looking for is to tell me whether or not turning down the lab animal husbandry job will be a terrible decision that will negatively affect my admission chances. I feel as though I will gain a lot from the LGBT services position and veterinary schools will like that I offered time in this way for my community. I am sad that I can't do both jobs, but I have already tried to figure out scheduling and it just won't work.
What should I do? I am a male, and applying to Wisconsin, Tufts, Cornell, Ohio, Florida, and Glasgow if that makes any difference.
I am going into my final year of undergrad and I am applying to veterinary school this Summer. I have been offered two employment positions on campus for next year and am having trouble deciding on which to take because I originally thought I would have enough time during the week to do both and am now realizing I won't be able to. I will preface this by saying that I currently do not have any lab animal experience, but I have over 1000 hours of wildlife and exotic veterinary experience (300 of which is spent being a veterinary technician) and 300 hours of aquatic zoological medicine veterinary experience, 300 hours of veterinary research experience under a veterinarian, and 300 hours of large animal veterinary experience. I have a large about of zoological and large animal non-veterinary experience as well. I am trying to decide if not taking the lab animal experience position I will detail below is going to drastically affect my chances of getting into vet school.
The first position is a 10 hour per week position in the small animal research facility on campus taking care of laboratory mice. I will be breeding them, sacrificing them, managing their cages, performing simple data analysis as directed by my boss. I will not personally be conducting research, but I will be assisting with the husbandry involved with the research being done on them. It is a nice opportunity and will be a great learning experience, but I would prefer to take the next job offer instead of this one. This is NOT going to count as veterinary experience, but will count as animal experience.
The second position is a 15 hour per week position as an aide for LGBT Services on campus. I will be working in the office doing secretarial work and organizing events on campus and outreach programs for students that identify with this community. I will be facilitating discussions and events and booking speakers and performers to come throughout the year. I will also act as a resource to students who need someone to talk to about LGBT matters by offering them someone to listen to or other resources on campus that can help them. I feel like this is such a great opportunity for myself and is something I have wanted to do throughout my time at college but have not had time to do because of my want to gain veterinary experience throughout college.
I guess the advice I am looking for is to tell me whether or not turning down the lab animal husbandry job will be a terrible decision that will negatively affect my admission chances. I feel as though I will gain a lot from the LGBT services position and veterinary schools will like that I offered time in this way for my community. I am sad that I can't do both jobs, but I have already tried to figure out scheduling and it just won't work.
What should I do? I am a male, and applying to Wisconsin, Tufts, Cornell, Ohio, Florida, and Glasgow if that makes any difference.
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