I second this but c/o 22 😂
They have a hard cut off of 3.0 where they won’t look at your app at all if you’re under that. For making it past phase 1, the gpa each year varies based on the applicant pool.
Definitely worth applying! As long as the hours are diverse, that’s not that low of a number. I’ve heard of people getting in with only a couple hundred.
What if they're not diverse...only have about 14 hours of equine shadowing, the rest are all from 3 different small animal practices.
I think the oos gpa cut off this past yr for going past phase 1 was like a 3.8+ but don’t quote me I heard that from one person!
Also anecdotal and now pretty old. But I was accepted with a 3.3 cGPA and a 3.0 sGPA. One of my vet med besties was accepted with a 2.8 or 2.75 (though 4.0 junior and senior years).
This past year was one of the most competitive with the accepted class having an average gpa of 3.87
People always harped on the diversity thing when I applied and I definitely think it adds strength but so many people in my class have 0 large animal or equine experience. I had about 100 equine and 900 small animal but 0 large.
I wouldn’t let the gpa stat from c/o 2028 scare you though because it’s an average so there were plenty of people below a 3.87. Gpa isn’t the only thing weighted either and each applicant pool is different. Also 1,100 hours is NOT a low number!
I’m currently in their MVS program but in case you haven’t heard, Dr. Byrd is hosting virtual meetings to go over your apps and how to ensure you’re submitting your strongest application and the advisor told me that usually they’ll write really good LORs if you build a relationship with them.
I’m 2.99 and still applied 🙁 I didn’t realize until after I submitted and paid all the fees. I should have double checked before so I didn’t have to pay. I doubt they will even consider me because of the cut off damn
But my last 45 is 3.6. I explained why my overall is lower but they won’t consider that first they will unfortunately just see the lower cumulative.
Nothing yet
You generally don’t hear anything from illinois until December when they send out if you passed through phase 1 or not.
Thank you!
I don’t know tons about the cancer research but I know that they do always have multiple clinical trials going on (so much so that they have a veterinary intern that is strictly just doing trials). Their onco department has multiple boarded faculty and multiple residents and they have a new (in the last handful of years) linear accelerator for radiation therapy and are one of the few in the country (or previously were one of the few when I was a student at least). Multiple patients daily there for chemo injections (one technician is assigned solely to chemo and does that day in and day out). I believe that onco is also currently in the process of getting an entire brand new wing from a bunch of donor money.
Big new cancer center coming, groundbreaking happened a few days ago. Cancer research generally is big at Illinois, so there is no shortage of opportunities.
Me too 🙁 my first rejection and it sucks but I knew I’d be rejected from this school for academic reasons. I shouldn’t have applied but realized after applying so it was too late
same!!!! yay!!
Illinois no longer considers academics after phase 1. Going forward, only the rest of your application and the interview are considered, with more weight on the non-academic parts of your VMCAS
LOL what happened here
I’ve seen them have this comment a few times. They must be copy and pasting something
Did you read the admissions section on graduate coursework to see if your Master's courses would even be considered, and how it would affect your stats?
They do. You all should be making sure to read everything the schools have to say about their admissions process. The info each school publishes will often help you determine which schools you would be most competitive at.
