When I was five, I treated a wild squirrel's broken leg with creative use of grape popsicle sticks and barbie clothes; I also cured his rabies. Then when I was ten I raised a litter of bear cubs; they still live in my backyard and their names are Larry, Moe, and Curly. Of course, I realised that strictly animal experience was not enough and, at the age of 15, I started volunteering at an emergency clinic, while working full time at a mixed animal practice and doing relief work with zoo vets on weekends. As each animal was cured, I sobbed profusely with an abundance of soaring joy. I have a VERY strong interest in large animal medicine and have decided to give all further proceeds from my grandfather's book "All Creatures Great and Small" to the school that I attend. Understanding that diversity is important in veterinary medicine, at the age of 18 I legally changed my name to Jane Doe in order to better reflect my uniquely American heritage and culture. It was not long before I found myself back at Harvard completing my thesis examining the role of signaling pathways involved in embryonic development using an antelope model; I hope this research will carry over into one day finding a cure for all sick puppies.
Despite my unusual experiences, I have a profound appreciation for the role that traditional academics play in veterinary school, a fact best demonstrated by the 4.5 GPA that my undergraduate institution awarded to me. ETS similarly wanted to award my GRE a 1000 V, 1000 A, 7 W, but I insisted they donate the extra points to underprivileged children in developing countries who may never get to experience the joys of standardized testing.
Do not be led astray, however; my book learning in no way implies a lack of street smarts or social skills. I have managed to develop my people skills, responsibility, and dedication to safety by being the designated driver for every house party at my university for the entire school population.
In spite of all my amazing accomplishments I felt that something major was lacking in my life. One day it occurred to me that I had never had my arm up a cow's butt. "Thats it" I exclaimed "that what I have been missing". And so, during the 2 and a half years it took me to complete my combined BS/MS program in biomedical and chemical engineering (please reference my attached abstracts and publications), I also operated and managed an 2,000 head dairy herd. While managing the herd, I developed an intense interest in bovine behavior and psychology, leading me to singlehandedly redesign the other 2/3 of the meat plants in the country not already perfected by Temple Grandin, earning me the deep regard of cows nationwide.
One day while on break from volunteering at the "sick but still lovable puppy shelter" while doing some light reading in organic chemistry the formula for a bovine food additive occurred to me, which allowed me to turn my 2000 head dairy herd into the first ever herd of chocolate milk producing cows.
After selling Nestle the rights to the herd, I moved on to pursue a PhD one summer; my thesis was focused on the immune response of the tse tse fly. I traveled to Botswana for my studies and had the opportunity to rebuild a village for the Peace Corps while visiting. In my free time, I also conducted research on local chacma baboons and was accepted into their troop as their alpha female.
Even with all these animal and veterinary based accomplishments, I still manage to be a very well balanced individul doing such things as running triathlons, playing varsity rugby, giving cello and tuba lessons, tutoring both French and Spanish to highschool and undergraduate students, and organizing groups to clean up the local bog every second Friday afternoon.
