28 years old, Male, Georgia resident. First time applicant.
Applied: UGA, LMU, and VMCVM.
Interviewed/Accepted/Attending: I have interviewed at LMU and will interview at VMCVM in January. UGA does not do interviews.
Overall GPA: 3.19
Science GPA: 3.49
Last 45 GPA: 3.63
Degree: Biological Science, B.S. (UGA, graduate next May)
GRE (Q/V/W): 148 (30%) / 154 (65%) / 3.0 (18%) I am a horrible standardized test taker.
Veterinary Experience
Small animal technician (10,000 hrs)
Large animal (primarily cattle, small ruminants, and swine) technician (5,000 hrs)
Animal Experience
I have been a cattle and goat farmer most of my life.
Work experience
Veterinary technician (three different practices, spanning 10 years)
Research experience
Research assistant in meat science/muscle biology (about 400 hours)
Extracurriculars/Awards
None.
LORs
Three mixed animal veterinarians
One researcher in animal science
I hope everyone can take comfort from my stats that academics is not all that matters in the game of veterinary admissions. I feel my most competitive asset was simply experience and good references. I have been doing this work for a very, very long time and have continued to fall in love with it even more with each passing day. Also, I made it very clear in my application and interview that I plan on practicing food animal medicine. There truly is a shortage that they are trying to fill and I believe this might have helped their decision.
