Oh, I would've made my first post here if I'd known it existed!
My name is Devery, I'm 23 and I've wanted to be a vet since i was a wee baby blah,blah. I'm from south Texas but went to LSU for undergrad on full scholarship, I majored in Animal Science and graduated a semester early in December 2013. Have spent the time since then on taking/retaking a few prereqs in prep for applying (this is my first attempt).
When I was 12 my family moved from central TX suburbs to our current home out in the country so I've had a lot of experiences with various animals. Currently the pets that are "mine" and will travel along with me if possible are my mini aussie Axl, my kinkalow munchkin Mimi, and guinea pig Ricardo. I am a huge fan of poultry (chickens in particular), I raised turkeys for FFA in high school and did many of my Animal Sci electives in the poultry sci field.
I like going on the internet (too much), drawing, games, and music (big fan of classic and Celtic rock). I love all things Ireland and Scotland (actually got to tour Scotland and London on a high school summer trip in 2008) but haven't tried applying to Dublin/Glasgow/Edinburgh yet because I'm unsure of the costs of living overseas.
My stats...
Cumulative/Sci GPA: 3.33 / 3.27
thanks to rocky 1st and 6th semesters. But there is a clear upward trend culminating in a 4.0 7th/final semester at LSU, and I have not gotten lower than a B since (I retook biochem last year and am retaking bio 1 now)
GRE: 310 (161 V / 149 Q) taken in February
verbal was actually a 163 on the unofficial result screen but was curved
down once I received official scores
Experiences (not bothering with hour estimates here)
-Small animal: Spay days at LSU SVM (before it went from surgery prep to limited interaction), general pet ownership (medication, vaccination, first aid, etc.)
-Large/food animal: LSU poultry judging team for 2 separate semesters/8th overall individual in 2012 national competition, Animal science farm courses/labs (general beef/dairy/swine, small ruminants, poultry), husbandry/ownership (poultry, goats, equine), first aid/medication/vaccine/worming etc., goat breeding experiences (have assisted with births/neonate care in years past, literally fixed a prolapsed uterus 2 years back...)
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Exotic/wildlife: raptor rehab workday at LSU, semester of volunteering at a wildlife rehab center, a wildlife rehab basic skills course (for certification as a licensed rehabber in state of Louisiana, I did not pursue full licensure), intern volunteer at exotic/wildlife educational program for a year
-Vet/clinical: shadow local vet for entirety of senior year of high school as part of a class. That's all I have for now, I've spent this year seeking employment with no success
there have been few openings around here that weren't for LVTs.
Employment: student aide job at LSU Dairy Sci dept., short stint as a work-from-home customer service rep for a hatchery earlier this year
Extracurricular: LSU pre-vet club, the wildlife society at LSU, Potters Anonymous club at LSU, was active on the quidditch team up until my Jr. year
I am obviously in need of more clinical experience (be it through employment or shadowing) and I am hoping my sci GPA can be bolstered by current/future prereq courses I'll be [re]taking (plan on doing Ochem lab and possibly physics II next semester so I can widen my possible choices for next cycle). I want to go into exotics/wildlife or large animal medicine (found my time capsule from freshman year of high school and I had written that I wanted "marine or exotic vet", LOL)