I second PythonChick's comments and NittanyKitty. I live in Cary, have a roommate ( PythonChick), and given the choice all over again, would be at NCSU even if I was accepted elsewhere (can't beat the price.) I wish we had fewer lectures and more hands on learning, but we do have awesome wetlabs and an active student community covering every topic imaginable. There are a few gunners around and a few ego-tripping professors, but that is the minority, the most are above average, and each year we have a few that are exceptional. Like all places there is the occasional drama, trauma, and politics, but you can generally be as involved or uninvolved as you like in those areas.
Everyone I know that applied for IS tuition got it, and there is a legal service (free) to walk you through the process.
One note, during 4th year on-calls, you must live close to the school. I was told 20 minutes call - door. If you can't manage that where you live, you must find a place to overnight closer (there is a hotel next door, and some students rent out guest rooms for that purpose.)
If you only want to really learn about a particular subset of vet med, this is NOT the place for you. You will have to handle livestock regularly, attend classes in public health, do some sort of 'research' (project, thesis, attend a seminar and write a paper, etc.), take an exotics phys exam course, etc. Also, if you absolutly cannot stomach 5+ hours of lecture a day, probably not the place to attend (the lectures about kill me.) We do have mandatory attendance (not well enforced yet....but clickers may change that.)
Our classes are pretty experience diverse. It's pretty awesome when a speaker asks 'how many are going into X' (less popular field of vet med) and their eyes open wide with suprise at the numbers. I feel like any interest you have here could be addressed, and there are some amazing oppurtunities (sea turtle tagging, sea turtle necropsies, whale necropsy, ultrasound short courses, wildlife nutrition short courses, small animal dentistry, accupuncture wetlabs, etc.) We have a VERY active student body.
I am somewhat negative about the entire vet school experience (I really despise long required lectures) but I still think this was the best choice economically and educationally.