Everyone who was accepted, can you send me your stats if you're comfortable sharing them? I am planning on applying to Guelph this cycle and am interested to see their averages. Thanks 🙂
Going to repost what I put in the successful applicants forum
Age: 29, will be 30 when I matriculate
Gender: Woman
Overall GPA: 2.98
Science Prerequisite GPA: Varied between schools, but between 3.4-3.8
Last 45 GPA: 3.35
Degree(s):
Bachelors of Science Animal Science
Bachelors of Science Poultry Science
Minor in Microbiology
Minor in Nutrition
Veterinary Experience:
Food Animal Farm Ambulatory Assistant: ~2500 hours, mix of paid and unpaid in 3 different practices
Small Animal Veterinary Assistant: ~3500 hours, mix of paid and unpaid in five different practices
Poultry Medicine: ~250 hours, paid
Lab Animal Medicine and Pathology: ~2000 hours, paid
Wildlife Medicine: ~150 hours, unpaid
Equine Medicine: ~50 hours, paid
Animal Experience:
4-H Cattle Showing: ~2500 hours
Reptile Owner: ~7,000 hours (ymmv on if schools will count ownership hours of pets- I didn’t include any of my furry pets in my hours!)
Working on family cattle farm: ~3500 hours
Poultry Care Tech at university: ~ 200 hours
Pet Sitting: ~4500 hours
Bovine AI Certification: ~24 hours
Working on local farm over summer: ~ 400 hours
Poultry Care Tech after graduation: ~1000 hours
Lab Animal Care Tech: ~600 hours
Research:
Researching vector borne pathogens at local veterinary school: ~1400 hours, resulted in two publications
Assisting with mastitis research: ~ 50 hours
Assisting with epidemiology research: ~ 150 hours
Extracurriculars/Awards:
There’s really too many to list here, but I’ve served as service and philanthropy chairs in multiple clubs in college, president of one club in college, won an undergraduate research award and multiple merit based scholarships. Was on Dean’s List twice, and was state champion in speech and debate for multiple years in high school. I volunteered with Girls on the Run, tutored elementary school students, and volunteered at a women’s shelter while at college.
Non-Animal Employment:
I listed a few cashier/sales associate jobs I had in college. I worked as a data analyst in metabolomics for two years after college.
LORs:
Veterinarian/Practice Owner in Food Animal Practice who has known me since high school
Boarded anatomic pathologist who is a professor of veterinary pathology and has known me for 5 years
Practice owner and mixed animal vet who I worked for in a rural mixed animal practice
Associate mixed animal vet who I worked for in a rural mixed animal practice
Associate small animal vet who I worked with in an urban urgent care practice
Medical director for my urban urgent care practice
