Hi everyone!
I am looking for any advice on applying for SA rotating and oncology residencies! I am now a VM3 student and am very interested in pursuing oncology as a specialty, but I am still deciding between radiation and medical oncology. I am currently doing a dual DVM-MS degree, and am doing my MS research this summer with both a medical and radiation oncologist, and we are hoping to get a few publications out of it which I am very excited about!
My main concern is my GPA - I've been an A/B student but had a low GPA first semester of vet school. My GPA continues to rise as we get to more clinical/case-based classes and I still have two semesters to go. I hope my GPA will be a 3.3/3.4 by the time I apply for a rotating internship. My school recently decided that our clinical year rotations will be P/F, so those will not be able to raise my GPA. I was planning on mentioning this in the explanation statement! Any advice or feedback, especially someone who recently went through the match with a lower GPA, would be greatly appreciated!
With my research/MS program, I am hoping that it may help set me apart and I will have strong LORs from the oncology faculty at my school. I plan on doing externships at a few of the programs/schools I am most interested in during my fourth year, but I mainly have this summer to start thinking about institutions since we make our fourth-year schedule in the upcoming fall semester.
I am looking for any advice on applying for SA rotating and oncology residencies! I am now a VM3 student and am very interested in pursuing oncology as a specialty, but I am still deciding between radiation and medical oncology. I am currently doing a dual DVM-MS degree, and am doing my MS research this summer with both a medical and radiation oncologist, and we are hoping to get a few publications out of it which I am very excited about!
My main concern is my GPA - I've been an A/B student but had a low GPA first semester of vet school. My GPA continues to rise as we get to more clinical/case-based classes and I still have two semesters to go. I hope my GPA will be a 3.3/3.4 by the time I apply for a rotating internship. My school recently decided that our clinical year rotations will be P/F, so those will not be able to raise my GPA. I was planning on mentioning this in the explanation statement! Any advice or feedback, especially someone who recently went through the match with a lower GPA, would be greatly appreciated!
With my research/MS program, I am hoping that it may help set me apart and I will have strong LORs from the oncology faculty at my school. I plan on doing externships at a few of the programs/schools I am most interested in during my fourth year, but I mainly have this summer to start thinking about institutions since we make our fourth-year schedule in the upcoming fall semester.