PennVet c/o 2027

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There's likely only 2 more Thursday's where they invite people to interview and my chances are dwindling. I'm somewhere in between hating myself and hating all these schools for having a cap on how many students they allow. Congrats to everyone who's got an invite already, but f the application process.
 
animals! said:
There's likely only 2 more Thursday's where they invite people to interview and my chances are dwindling. I'm somewhere in between hating myself and hating all these schools for having a cap on how many students they allow. Congrats to everyone who's got an invite already, but f the application process.
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I’m not sure this is true. Last year I was rejected the third week of February and if they hold true to that schedule (which they have) we have at least until the end of February!! Don’t give up hope!
 
animals! said:
There's likely only 2 more Thursday's where they invite people to interview and my chances are dwindling. I'm somewhere in between hating myself and hating all these schools for having a cap on how many students they allow. Congrats to everyone who's got an invite already, but f the application process.
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Same .
 
I just read on a FB post that Penn has a history of grouping the interview invites by field of interest (lab animal, small animal, large, exotic, etc.). Maybe that's why we can't find a correlation by last name or time zone. I also read in a FB post that some people received interview invites at the end of February last cycle!
 
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BiodegradableThoughts said:
I just read on a FB post that Penn has a history of grouping the interview invites by field of interest (lab animal, small animal, large, exotic, etc.). Maybe that's why we can't find a correlation by last name or time zone. I also read in a FB post that some people received interview invites at the end of February last cycle!
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I believe they used to do that with in person interviews as LA people would be able to go to the New Bolton Center or something along those lines. With online now, that is no longer then case.

I was just looking at this thread, im a first year elsewhere but was rejected from upenn on february 28th. It was about a week after everyone else, I was kept on like an unofficial waitlist if anybody cancelled an interview for the last session. So you guys still have time 🙂
 
BiodegradableThoughts said:
I just read on a FB post that Penn has a history of grouping the interview invites by field of interest (lab animal, small animal, large, exotic, etc.). Maybe that's why we can't find a correlation by last name or time zone. I also read in a FB post that some people received interview invites at the end of February last cycle!
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Did anyone say what their specific interests was?
 
Anyone who has interviewed with the school/current students. Could you explain more about the interview process/what to expect? I'm a little confused as to why the interview is a few hours long.
 
Honey_Bunny27 said:
Anyone who has interviewed with the school/current students. Could you explain more about the interview process/what to expect? I'm a little confused as to why the interview is a few hours long.
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There’s a short intro to the process when you sign on, and afterwards you’re encouraged to stay on the call and ask current students questions. The actual interview is only 30 minutes and they sent the time and link to that Zoom a few days before. Otherwise you can pop in and out of the Q&A with the current students. I don’t think you’re expected to be on for the entire session.
 
wildpuppy said:
Are they still interviewing oos applicants?
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Yes they do not separate OOS and IS applicants when interviewing. All interview sessions have a mix of OOS and IS.

vetmed2022!! said:
Does anyone know how many people get interviews vs how many accepted?
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300 interviews will be conducted for ~130 seats. The university is aiming for 130 students in each class (They told us this today in our State of the School, unsure what they've told you all during interviews and info sessions). The current first-year class (V26) has 128, my class (V25) started with 138 and now we have 134 (something like that, we lost and gained students and I can't keep track lol).

Some other stats they told us today:
This years current first year class (V26) has 42 PA residents and 82 OOS residents to give you an idea of who they accept (Yes, I know that that doesn't equal 128, 4 students are joined their class from years' prior).

The average GPA of accepted students for V26 was 3.64.

Hope that helps answer some questions and alleviate some anxiety! Best of luck to everyone who interviewed last week and is interviewing this week and remember that no news is good news!
 
sheepcowdoghorse23 said:
Yes they do not separate OOS and IS applicants when interviewing. All interview sessions have a mix of OOS and IS.


300 interviews will be conducted for ~130 seats. The university is aiming for 130 students in each class (They told us this today in our State of the School, unsure what they've told you all during interviews and info sessions). The current first-year class (V26) has 128, my class (V25) started with 138 and now we have 134 (something like that, we lost and gained students and I can't keep track lol).

Some other stats they told us today:
This years current first year class (V26) has 42 PA residents and 82 OOS residents to give you an idea of who they accept (Yes, I know that that doesn't equal 128, 4 students are joined their class from years' prior).

The average GPA of accepted students for V26 was 3.64.

Hope that helps answer some questions and alleviate some anxiety! Best of luck to everyone who interviewed last week and is interviewing this week and remember that no news is good news!
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Are interviews based directly from your VMCAS application? or more of a “get to know you” ?
 
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276dvmtrack said:
Are interviews based directly from your VMCAS application? or more of a “get to know you” ?
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More of a get to know you, I don't remember being asked anything directly from my VMCAS. I certainly used my experiences to answer questions though.
 
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anyone else here IS? I feel like I haven’t seen a lot of IS interview invites. (I know not everyone who gets invited is on SDN)
 
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