Thanks for the advice! I called and they said that it was totally fine (in case anyone is in the same boat as me, they said as long as it is before interview day it should be OK)
It’s not knowledge based. There’s no right or wrong answer to their questions. Be yourself (as best as you can be even though it’s nerve wracking) during your interview. Here’s my post from the other week with a bit more info about the format of the interview.
You send it to the vet school. Here is the link to the checklist again with the email.
I've used examples in all of my interviews and so far I haven't been rejected from any! MW and KSU acceptances, Minnesota waitlist, and waiting to hear from Tufts and Penn. Tufts mentioned that they liked my 'real world' experience. So I recommend absolutely using real world examples.
It is not an MMI
I haven't gotten mine yet but I got the email telling me I will, anybody else?
I haven’t either
I was surprised to see first years have their first clinical rotations like second block year 1! That's so crazy to me
Yeah Illinois has a very unique curriculum! One of the major reasons why it's my top choice
It gives you a nice break after your first quarter and reminds you why you want to be there after 8 weeks of a firehose of information that makes you question everything 😂
Do you feel like you have learned enough that early for the rotation to be beneficial though?
In the moment, I loved it. No concern about the fact I only knew about legs.
First and second year clinics you’re mostly following around 4th years on their cases. You’re not just thrown into having your own patients. Like bats said though, if we’re going to do accelerated, I’d rather have 2+2 since that’s essentially what it’s equal to in the end.
Caveat of 2021 grad, but I did small animal soft tissue, small animal Ortho, equine surgery, and farms (which is both med and surgery)
Those would have been good clinical correlation classes thinking about it
I've seen some variance but most seem to be 15-20 minutes
Yes, absolutely. And I even had COVID clinics. But I also feel that way about any of the established schools, tbh. I picked Illinois because it was my only acceptance
I felt pretty well prepared for GP. There’s definitely things I needed refreshers on and not as confident with surgical things aside from spay/neuter, but likely could have been more confident if I had gone to more club wet labs, so that was more of my fault. I’m definitely more of a hands on learner than just being able to read about a procedure and then do it. It was also my only acceptance so that’s also why I went there.
Definitely really nervous, not sure exactly what they’ll be asking, but I’m hoping it’s conversational. We shall see 👀
Also nervous, not sure what to expect and I heard the interviews are very short and basically just rapid fire questions since they interview everyone in one day
Not great, considering I was running a fever last night and still have a low-grade one. I'll try to go to bed early and then wake up early enough to load up on meds
Also worried about that because I've been sick for a few days. Hopefully you feel better tomorrow!!!
Thank you! Good luck!
If you’re really not feeling good tomorrow morning, I would definitely give them a call and ask if there is any possibility of rescheduling. I know that when I was helping with interviews as a student they did have 1 extra day that they interviewed people who were sick during the normal day (because this was 2021/2022 where covid was a bit more prominent). It’s possible they won’t be able to accommodate a different day, but it’s worth asking if you’re really feeling terrible.
I felt decent enough so I decided to just bite the bullet and get it over with. Now all I have left to do is wait...
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