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BluePegasus said:
Does anyone know if contract state applicants are offered an interview??? And if so, when that might be?
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No interviews if you aren't in state. Not even contract states.*

You won't hear anything except maybe notifications on your application materials until about... March. End of February or early March.

*At least that's how it was last year - if anyone knows otherwise, speak up. Or you could call or email the admissions office.

I doubt it's changed, but yanno, I got in trouble for giving answers I wasn't 100% sure about. :lame:
 
Ok, thanks! I guess that's one interview I don't have to stress about 🙂
 
Hey, I know that OKState requires fall transcripts, but on the website all it says is that they must be sent in once fall grades are posted. Does anyone know if there's an official deadline? I'm going home for the break and I would really prefer to order them in person since the online ordering is weird about addresses. If I wait until I go back up to school, I'll send them around Jan. 7th. I'll probably email them, just thought I'd check here first.
 
prevetdreamer said:
Hey, I know that OKState requires fall transcripts, but on the website all it says is that they must be sent in once fall grades are posted. Does anyone know if there's an official deadline? I'm going home for the break and I would really prefer to order them in person since the online ordering is weird about addresses. If I wait until I go back up to school, I'll send them around Jan. 7th. I'll probably email them, just thought I'd check here first.
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My understanding was that they wanted them ASAP, but you can always call and check with Anna - she's super duper nice and incredibly helpful!
 
I guess you've already figured this out, but I talked to Anna when I came up to tour the vet school. The official deadline for fall transcripts is January 15th. I think it took ~7 business days for my transcript to be mailed from Auburn.

I like this place! Do vet students have access to the rec center on the main campus? About how many hours a week can you reasonably work outside of school? Roughly how much do you spend on textbooks? How many of the 2nd and 3rd year electives can you take (I know it's 13 credits, but I don't know how many credits each elective is worth, so I'm just assuming you pick 4-6)?

I'll stop the steady stream of questions now. Hope everybody is having a great break 🙂
 
Chocl8luva said:
I guess you've already figured this out, but I talked to Anna when I came up to tour the vet school. The official deadline for fall transcripts is January 15th. I think it took ~7 business days for my transcript to be mailed from Auburn.

I like this place! Do vet students have access to the rec center on the main campus? About how many hours a week can you reasonably work outside of school? Roughly how much do you spend on textbooks? How many of the 2nd and 3rd year electives can you take (I know it's 13 credits, but I don't know how many credits each elective is worth, so I'm just assuming you pick 4-6)?

I'll stop the steady stream of questions now. Hope everybody is having a great break 🙂
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Rec center - yes

Work hours- depends on you and your habits. I'm a slow learner / really good procrastinator and MOST of the time I could manage ~10-15 hours. I'd recommend not working at all the first semester. A lot will depend on your job and how flexible it is. I worked overnights at the vet school, so there was a lot of down time. And second year I got a job training a horse, so I could set my own days and hours for that. You will have some weeks that suck majorly, and some weeks where you have more free time than you know what to do with. this semester- third year- with my surgery schedule, I couldn't even handle 1-2 overnights a month because I was so busy.

Textbooks - too much. I barely opened half the ones I bought first year. Most of the "required" ones aren't really required with a few exceptions. If you come here, definitely talk to your buddy and upper classmen before buying anything. Some are absolutely required, some are more personal preference.

Electives- most are 1 credit, some are 2 credit. Most people average 3-4 a semester. Some crazy people take more. I got all mine out of the way early, so I technically don't have to take any next semester (but who can say no to food animal surgery and advanced equine medicine?). I'm pretty sure you can take as many as you can fit into your schedule, but honestly, the selection is a little limited if you wanted to take more than ~5cr a semester because of all the conflicts (And some really boring options :laugh:)
Also, re: electives- if you are a FA person, be aware that quite a few of the food animal electives are restricted to a certain number of people. I hadn't realized that at first, but luckily, I've got into all the ones I wanted so far. One of the equine electives is also restricted. Some of the other electives are restricted, but they tend to be a lot more flexible on numbers of students let in from what I've seen..
 
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Everyone has to send in transcripts right?
 
Can anyone share some of the general pros and cons of Oklahoma State? I applied and would definitely like to learn more from those of you with first hand experience 🙂 Thank so much in advance!
 
deb1123 said:
Can anyone share some of the general pros and cons of Oklahoma State? I applied and would definitely like to learn more from those of you with first hand experience 🙂 Thank so much in advance!
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If you search old OK threads, I've posted in them as an OOS student. Lissa and TT are both IS, so both sides are there. If there's not enough there, I'm bored enough that you can probably convince me to do another one, or feel free to ask specific questions 🙂
 
cowgirla said:
Rather heavily, which means the truth would be told. Could be a good thing or a bad :laugh:
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Haha, I can't let this opportunity slip by!!!

Which state were you from originally and how difficult was it adjusting to Stillwater? I've pretty much grown up in urban areas for most of my life, and even though I think I'm pretty good at adapting to new places/culture, I'm not quite sure if I could do the same for the Oklahoma State area (from your old pros/cons list... no decent grocery stores?!). From what I hear though, is that the vet school isn't bad at all.

Do you get much hands-on experience?
 
deb1123 said:
Haha, I can't let this opportunity slip by!!!

Which state were you from originally and how difficult was it adjusting to Stillwater? I've pretty much grown up in urban areas for most of my life, and even though I think I'm pretty good at adapting to new places/culture, I'm not quite sure if I could do the same for the Oklahoma State area (from your old pros/cons list... no decent grocery stores?!). From what I hear though, is that the vet school isn't bad at all.

Do you get much hands-on experience?
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I LOVE the vet school- don't get me wrong. I'm a large animal/Eq person and I chose this school over others because of the quality of the education and experience we get in those areas. The town leaves a little bit to be desired, but it's doable. I've pretty much gotten used to it (with the help of free 2 day shipping from Amazon for when I want something ASAP that I can't find in town )

I'm originally from NY (45 minutes outside NYC), and then lived in NH for ~5 years (50outside Boston). More suburbs than urban, but I definitely miss the cities sometimes, as much as I love large animals and the country :laugh:. OKC and Tulsa are just not the same, no matter what any locals tell you. Honestly, I think it's easier to get used to being rural than it is to adjust to some of close minded people around here. I swear half of the people I meet (outside of vet school) have never set foot out of OK in their lives, and they have no idea what the "real world" is like. I could say the same of some people in vet school but I'm trying not to say anything that might get me in trouble as much as its trying ti slip out...

There's a "food pyramid" and a "consumers" for grocery stores, as well as two Walmarts. None of them are anything special, especially when it comes to produce. Best produce is the farmers market, but that's expensive and seasonal, obviously. I can generally find everything I need, but it's not always the brands I prefer, and some things are no where to be found. I like to cook, so granted, those aren't the usual "milk, eggs, bread" type of ingredients, but I get frustrated a lot trying to find substitutes. If you have any special organic/natural/foreign brands you like, you're probably out of luck. The local "natural grocery" is very small and very expensive, otherwise I would try to shop there more.

I reallyyyy miss Trader Joes and Uncle Guiseppe's and Whole foods and places like that. There are Whole Foods in Tulsa and OKC, which are both about an hour's drive, but I haven't had the time to make that drive more than once or twice a semester. None of the places in town have any good prepared food or fresh cuts of meat/seafood like I'm used to. The best thing I ever did was invest in a chest freezer and buy a side of beef so I didn't have to deal with Walmart meat.

Before I moved here, I'd never bought anything more than paper towels/toilet paper/etc at Walmart, so having to do most of my shopping there was a bit of a rude awakening. It is sorta nice to be able to shop in PJs and not stand out, but whnever I do that, I tend to run into professors. There are a bunch of other stores, but you'll find they are less than half the size of what you are used to (Staples, best buy, Lowes, etc). Hence my amazon and online shopping.

The restaurant selection has slightly improved when it comes to chains -- still no amazing independent restaurants-- but we have an Olive garden now, which makes me happy. The Mexican food is decent. I'm not at all impressed with the Thai food. There's one decent Chinese place but I've def had better.

I don't even remember what I put on old pro/con lists so I hope that covers most of the food aspect of it.

If you are a large animal person, there are tons of opportunities for hands on work. I don't know as much about SA, but it seems like they have to get most of their hands on stuff through the very occasional in class lab or wetlab, and they don't get to do much
"invasive" stuff on live animals like we do with the cattle.
The very first semester, everyone gets to castrate a goat. The LA/Eq hospital hires overnight techs for the weekends, which is lot of basic tech work - physicals, fluids, med admin, assisting on emergencies, etc. There are a bunch of hands on LA classes - placing catheters, palpation, AI, BSEs, epidurals, nerve blocks, local anes, castrations, dehorning, tattooing, and more advanced surgery, etc. Equine classes are less frequently hands on, but we've had dental labs, castration lab, cardiac lab, and a catheter lab, as well as repro stuff. There are also hand on wetlabs for all species- I've gotten to do equine nerve blocks/local anes/joint injections, SA catheters/bone marrow aspirates/TTWs, etc. There was an equine castration wetlab, the bovine people put on all sorts of wet labs, we did a suture lab, etc. Once you get to third year, you get to do spays and neuters in the junior surgery class, as well as the occasional other procedure (I've gotten to do a bunch of dental extractions)
 
cowgirla said:
I LOVE the vet school- don't get me wrong. I'm a large animal/Eq person and I chose this school over others because of the quality of the education and experience we get in those areas. The town leaves a little bit to be desired, but it's doable. I've pretty much gotten used to it (with the help of free 2 day shipping from Amazon for when I want something ASAP that I can't find in town )

I'm originally from NY (45 minutes outside NYC), and then lived in NH for ~5 years (50outside Boston). More suburbs than urban, but I definitely miss the cities sometimes, as much as I love large animals and the country :laugh:. OKC and Tulsa are just not the same, no matter what any locals tell you. Honestly, I think it's easier to get used to being rural than it is to adjust to some of close minded people around here. I swear half of the people I meet (outside of vet school) have never set foot out of OK in their lives, and they have no idea what the "real world" is like. I could say the same of some people in vet school but I'm trying not to say anything that might get me in trouble as much as its trying ti slip out...

There's a "food pyramid" and a "consumers" for grocery stores, as well as two Walmarts. None of them are anything special, especially when it comes to produce. Best produce is the farmers market, but that's expensive and seasonal, obviously. I can generally find everything I need, but it's not always the brands I prefer, and some things are no where to be found. I like to cook, so granted, those aren't the usual "milk, eggs, bread" type of ingredients, but I get frustrated a lot trying to find substitutes. If you have any special organic/natural/foreign brands you like, you're probably out of luck. The local "natural grocery" is very small and very expensive, otherwise I would try to shop there more.

I reallyyyy miss Trader Joes and Uncle Guiseppe's and Whole foods and places like that. There are Whole Foods in Tulsa and OKC, which are both about an hour's drive, but I haven't had the time to make that drive more than once or twice a semester. None of the places in town have any good prepared food or fresh cuts of meat/seafood like I'm used to. The best thing I ever did was invest in a chest freezer and buy a side of beef so I didn't have to deal with Walmart meat.

Before I moved here, I'd never bought anything more than paper towels/toilet paper/etc at Walmart, so having to do most of my shopping there was a bit of a rude awakening. It is sorta nice to be able to shop in PJs and not stand out, but whnever I do that, I tend to run into professors. There are a bunch of other stores, but you'll find they are less than half the size of what you are used to (Staples, best buy, Lowes, etc). Hence my amazon and online shopping.

The restaurant selection has slightly improved when it comes to chains -- still no amazing independent restaurants-- but we have an Olive garden now, which makes me happy. The Mexican food is decent. I'm not at all impressed with the Thai food. There's one decent Chinese place but I've def had better.

I don't even remember what I put on old pro/con lists so I hope that covers most of the food aspect of it.

If you are a large animal person, there are tons of opportunities for hands on work. I don't know as much about SA, but it seems like they have to get most of their hands on stuff through the very occasional in class lab or wetlab, and they don't get to do much
"invasive" stuff on live animals like we do with the cattle.
The very first semester, everyone gets to castrate a goat. The LA/Eq hospital hires overnight techs for the weekends, which is lot of basic tech work - physicals, fluids, med admin, assisting on emergencies, etc. There are a bunch of hands on LA classes - placing catheters, palpation, AI, BSEs, epidurals, nerve blocks, local anes, castrations, dehorning, tattooing, and more advanced surgery, etc. Equine classes are less frequently hands on, but we've had dental labs, castration lab, cardiac lab, and a catheter lab, as well as repro stuff. There are also hand on wetlabs for all species- I've gotten to do equine nerve blocks/local anes/joint injections, SA catheters/bone marrow aspirates/TTWs, etc. There was an equine castration wetlab, the bovine people put on all sorts of wet labs, we did a suture lab, etc. Once you get to third year, you get to do spays and neuters in the junior surgery class, as well as the occasional other procedure (I've gotten to do a bunch of dental extractions)
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Oh wow, thanks so much for all the information! Everything you wrote about the area is exactly what I wanted to know!

Hope you're having a great night!!! 😀
 
Aught some of those commenters really piss me off.
 
Most of the people who comment at the end of an article just like to see their names posted and have no sense or knowledge of situations. I have to say that in the months that I have been working rural practice, it is incredibly hard for any new practitioners to get started, however, if a new graduate can get on with an established vet and learn enough to take over the practice, the clientelle is at least enough to keep the practice going. However, the income for living is just a bit above average and that is not condusive to paying off loans. The one vet that has come on here has a loan repayment program with taking on clients from a nearby county, but there are only 40 total, and most of them haven't been in for years. I don't think he'll take off much of a chunck with those numbers. I forsee the same problem with anyone else hoping to join a loan repayment program.
 
I shouldn't have read that did they reallllly say vets are greedy?😡
 
Sigh, another aspect of rural practice that's hearbreaking. A dog was missing for a couple of days and just came home with it's leg basically hanging by a ligament. The owner has no money, so my vet said she can't do surgery until a deposit is made. We at least put the dog on fluids and aced him, but I feel bad we can't just take the infected leg off now. I understand why we can't operate without payment. You all should see the stacks of bills that go out at the end of the month that go unpaid. We agreed to treat these animals with owners exclaiming they will make payments as they can, but they never do. 🙁
 
Yay!!! The lady found a relative willing to put up the money so we got that horrid infected leg off. Super glad so now I don't have to look away everytime she helps me when I eat at the restaraunt she works at here in town!
 
TT, cowgirla or lissa have you guys seen the invites for IS interviews go out yet? I was figuring they might go out this week. I'm too afraid to call Anna to ask if someone who applied for residency for admission time is considered for interviews, so I figure if Jan goes by I at least can let my breathe out and rehold it until march :scared:
 
Lupin21 said:
TT, cowgirla or lissa have you guys seen the invites for IS interviews go out yet? I was figuring they might go out this week. I'm too afraid to call Anna to ask if someone who applied for residency for admission time is considered for interviews, so I figure if Jan goes by I at least can let my breathe out and rehold it until march :scared:
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I dunno if they have gone out or not yet. I got mine on 1/30 the year I got in. I remember because it was my mom's birthday. If they haven't gone out yet, they should soon! And don't be scared of calling Anna. She is super nice and helpful.
 
Lissarae06 said:
I dunno if they have gone out or not yet. I got mine on 1/30 the year I got in. I remember because it was my mom's birthday. If they haven't gone out yet, they should soon! And don't be scared of calling Anna. She is super nice and helpful.
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I talked to Anna quite a bit as far as getting my residency requirements and she was awesome! I'm just afraid of calling and getting bad news... 😳
 
I have no idea if they've gone out. I don't even think I've walked by the admissions office yet this semester, even though its a main hallway haha.

I didn't interview, so I'm no help on remembering the dates or anything 🙂 I do agree that Anna is awesome so wouldn't hurt to call.
 
Lupin21 said:
I was surprised about the email too! Either Feb 14 or 15. I will probably take the 14th. I need my voice back so I can call and schedule a time.
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Well I will be the pregnant chick wandering the halls in the morning (3rd year classroom is right by where the interviewees congregate before being interviewed) and the pregnant chick in the food animal barn in the afternoon. Feel free to say hi!
 
Lissarae06 said:
Well I will be the pregnant chick wandering the halls in the morning (3rd year classroom is right by where the interviewees congregate before being interviewed) and the pregnant chick in the food animal barn in the afternoon. Feel free to say hi!
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Thanks!!! It will be great to meet the Okie SDNers! The interview is done by a vet, faculty member and 4th year student. It would be funny if it was a member 4th year!
 
Lupin21 said:
Thanks!!! It will be great to meet the Okie SDNers! The interview is done by a vet, faculty member and 4th year student. It would be funny if it was a member 4th year!
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I've got class from 8-11 those days, but am mostly free other than that if you need anything or want to pick my brain or tour the town or whatever.. Send me a PM.
 
So...I received a thin little envelope today. In the letter it states I was disqualified b/c I am missing physics 3( undergrad was on a quarter system). However, I am currently enrolled in a physics course that satisfies that requirement... I double and triple checked with Anna if it would be ok for me to take he physics class at a community college this spring and she said it is ok as long as I get the grade in by June 1st. Should I argue this one or take it as a nicely worded rejection.
 
crazy bout qtrs said:
So...I received a thin little envelope today. In the letter it states I was disqualified b/c I am missing physics 3( undergrad was on a quarter system). However, I am currently enrolled in a physics course that satisfies that requirement... I double and triple checked with Anna if it would be ok for me to take he physics class at a community college this spring and she said it is ok as long as I get the grade in by June 1st. Should I argue this one or take it as a nicely worded rejection.
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I guess that depends...do you still want to come here or do you have another acceptance?
Wouldn't hurt to shoot an email over if you still want to be in the running. I'd lean towards "inquiring" more than "arguing."
 
The only reason not to follow up with this is if you have gotten in somewhere else that you would rather go. For myself, even if I had interviews at other schools, nothing is certain. I would just email Anna and ask her if an update of "in progress" would put you back in the running. Never give up, never give in!!! ... Unless they tell you no again 😳
 
crazy bout qtrs said:
So...I received a thin little envelope today. In the letter it states I was disqualified b/c I am missing physics 3( undergrad was on a quarter system). However, I am currently enrolled in a physics course that satisfies that requirement... I double and triple checked with Anna if it would be ok for me to take he physics class at a community college this spring and she said it is ok as long as I get the grade in by June 1st. Should I argue this one or take it as a nicely worded rejection.
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I would email them. Let them know that you confirmed with Anna that that course would fulfill the retirement. It would suck they rejected you because of a misunderstanding.
 
Oklahoma is my number one choice, I toured the vet school last September and loved it. I also have some personal reasons to try my hardest to get into Oklahoma. I did get an interview at Tuskegee and I am still waiting on Western. Tuskegee would be my second choice, Western is alot of dough.
 
crazy bout qtrs said:
Oklahoma is my number one choice, I toured the vet school last September and loved it. I also have some personal reasons to try my hardest to get into Oklahoma. I did get an interview at Tuskegee and I am still waiting on Western. Tuskegee would be my second choice, Western is alot of dough.
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Without a doubt, call! Persistence pays off! Sometimes you have to get a little tenacious to get what you want. In this situation, it sounds like it's worth it.
 
crazy bout qtrs said:
So...I received a thin little envelope today. In the letter it states I was disqualified b/c I am missing physics 3( undergrad was on a quarter system). However, I am currently enrolled in a physics course that satisfies that requirement... I double and triple checked with Anna if it would be ok for me to take he physics class at a community college this spring and she said it is ok as long as I get the grade in by June 1st. Should I argue this one or take it as a nicely worded rejection.
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This happened to me today too.... they said that I'm missing physics 2, apparently because I'm taking it at a community college. Every other school has been fine with it, but I guess I must have missed some fine print. I've been accepted to my #1 school already so I'm not going to argue it, but it just seems a little weird to me. Congratulations to everyone else though! (and best of luck Crazy!)
 
Falina said:
This happened to me today too.... they said that I'm missing physics 2, apparently because I'm taking it at a community college. Every other school has been fine with it, but I guess I must have missed some fine print. I've been accepted to my #1 school already so I'm not going to argue it, but it just seems a little weird to me. Congratulations to everyone else though! (and best of luck Crazy!)
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That's odd. According to their website under the DVM admissions FAQ:


"What courses must be taken at a 4 year institution?

Animal Nutrition
Biochemistry
Animal Genetics
Organic Chemistry 1 & Lab
Organic Chemistry 2 & Lab"


Physics isn't mentioned.
 
It was hopefully a mistake. I would just call or email to try to get it figured out. Mentioning that you had already discussed it with Anna wouldn't hurt. Good luck and keep us updated!
 
Anna said all I have to do is send her proof of enrollment for the Spring and she would put me back in the mix. Thanks for the advice everyone!
 
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