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Offered an interview!!! Picked my preference as the 18th, afternoon interview. 5 minute walk from my apartment 🙂
What time slots did you guys pick as your preference on the 18th?
Offered an interview!!! Picked my preference as the 18th, afternoon interview. 5 minute walk from my apartment 🙂
What time slots did you guys pick as your preference on the 18th?
I picked the afternoon slot too. Sounds like most people are choosing the 18th. Hopefully nobody gets bumped to the 25th and runs into a conflict with the VMRCVM interviews on the 25th/26th...
Congrats to everyone who received interview invites!! So exciting! Make sure to check out the interview forum - almost every question I was asked I was able to find through this forum and other places online. As silly as it sounds - practice answering the questions out loud from now until your interview. Come up with a basic "Tell me about yourself" answer to get the ball rolling (that was the first question I got)
Let me know if you have any questions about the interview process and my experience last year 🙂
To those of you that received rejections - let me just say as someone who has received more rejection letters than she would like to remember - hang in there - believe that your time will come with the right amount of hard work. Take the time to recover and be sad and upset - and in the next few months - get on the phone and get someone on the phone to give you some feedback about your application and get out there and kick some a**
As cheesy as this may sound - I am exactly where I am meant to be - and if I had gotten in on those first 2 tries I would have missed out on some really great things in my life.
I'm happy to answer questions about my experiences on how to improve for next cycle.
Happy end of the semester and happy holidays everyone!
Congrats to everyone who received interview invites!! So exciting! Make sure to check out the interview forum - almost every question I was asked I was able to find through this forum and other places online. As silly as it sounds - practice answering the questions out loud from now until your interview. Come up with a basic "Tell me about yourself" answer to get the ball rolling (that was the first question I got)
Let me know if you have any questions about the interview process and my experience last year 🙂
To those of you that received rejections - let me just say as someone who has received more rejection letters than she would like to remember - hang in there - believe that your time will come with the right amount of hard work. Take the time to recover and be sad and upset - and in the next few months - get on the phone and get someone on the phone to give you some feedback about your application and get out there and kick some a**
As cheesy as this may sound - I am exactly where I am meant to be - and if I had gotten in on those first 2 tries I would have missed out on some really great things in my life.
I'm happy to answer questions about my experiences on how to improve for next cycle.
Happy end of the semester and happy holidays everyone!
Just looking at travel plans now... 90 min from the airport to the college?!! Welcome to the Midwest, good grief...
where you coming from?
Wow, that is a lovely statistic. I'm going to be traveling from Blacksburg, VA myself. I read somewhere on the c/o 2016 forum that there is a limo/shuttle something that will take you from the airport to the college, I think.
Does Purdue require fall transcripts?
Yep! It's called Lafayette Limo.
Do you know how much it costs?
http://www.lafayettelimo.com/Shuttle/Fares.aspx
This page lists their fares and should apply to the West Lafayette round trip. It also has their contact info if you would like to double check though 🙂
If you guys have any other questions about the area, I would be glad to help as much as I can!
Got into Michigan State, so I'm retracting my interview to hopefully give someone else the spot. Good luck y'all!
Got into Michigan State, so I'm retracting my interview to hopefully give someone else the spot. Good luck y'all!
Hey do you know how many students Purdue interviews?
Hi all! Congrats to everyone that has received interview invitations; good luck!
I was wondering--from any current or prospective students--what's one of the biggest factors that is drawing you to Purdue? I received an interview invitation, but am thinking of declining the interview to save money. I have one acceptance at this point and am waiting to hear from my IS.
What do you all love about the school that maybe I'd be missing out on if I didn't at least give myself a chance to interview and visit. What are some unique qualities compared to other schools? 😕
I've looked at the "factors choosing a school" thread which was helpful, but curious to hear any thoughts and opinions here too.
So I am in the process of trying to book travel to Purdue from Florida and trying to figure out the best timings for everything. Is there anyone out there who can help? My interview is on the 25th at 12:30pm and I am trying my best to fly in the morning of and then leave after 5pm on the day of the interview if possible (I know its a rushed trip but I have to fly out again for another interview a couple of days after). If not, I was also looking into flying in on Thursday night. Can anyone give an accurate time estimate from the Indianapolis airport/how easy it is during traffic times to travel from Purdue there? I do not want to book tickets for the wrong times!
So I am in the process of trying to book travel to Purdue from Florida and trying to figure out the best timings for everything. Is there anyone out there who can help? My interview is on the 25th at 12:30pm and I am trying my best to fly in the morning of and then leave after 5pm on the day of the interview if possible (I know its a rushed trip but I have to fly out again for another interview a couple of days after). If not, I was also looking into flying in on Thursday night. Can anyone give an accurate time estimate from the Indianapolis airport/how easy it is during traffic times to travel from Purdue there? I do not want to book tickets for the wrong times!
How are you getting from the airport to Lafayette? Are you renting a car? Taking a shuttle? The trip from the airport to the vet school is roughly 1.5 hours - depending on traffic (could take up to 2 hours if traffic is slow). If you're taking the shuttle it may be a little slower than that - I would look to see what time the shuttle departs and arrives on campus to give you an idea of how long that will take.
Because Indiana weather is so unpredictable I would be careful not to schedule your arrival time too close to your interview time. Its impossible to know if you will have snow to deal with that may slow your ability to get to campus, and you don't want to miss your interview.
Here are some of the things I really love about the school.
They have a strong focus on "family" and building relationships within your class and within the faculty. They do their best to take the focus off competition and promote working together as a team.
We get to touch animals 🙂 We have a husbandry course the first year in which we learn handling and restraint for a variety of species. We take care of a group of dogs all year that help us learn all about dog handling, doing physical exams, basic procedure, etc. Apparently this is different from other schools. We have worked with cattle, horses, cats, dogs, and pigs. And I believe next semester we are adding sheep to the mix and expanding on what we've learned so far with the other species. We are given access to these different animals to practice and learning handling on our own outside of class as well.
There is a strong focus on creating educational opportunities outside of the classroom - we have lots of clubs you can get involved in to expand your learning. This is great for networking as well as getting exposure to different fields. I'm in the exotics, equine, diversity and business clubs. You have the opportunity to earn an additional certificate with the VBMA club (business club). Purdue also has a campus wide program called DiversiKey that is a program you can earn a certificate in that helps to get your ready for working in a many different working environments - this program was created by Purdue in response to employers letting the university know what qualities they want in new grads. The vet school has tailored this program to our schedule so we can easily complete this certificate as well.
We have a shelter medicine program - elective course and off campus learning experiences in your 4th year that focus on this. They have built strong relationships with a couple shelters in neighboring cities to give students this learning opportunity during 4th year rotations.
Study abroad opportunities are readily available for a variety of different specialties. There are a department that is there and ready to help you design your own program and the faculty is willing to reach out into their network to find someone pretty much anywhere in the world to help you get the study abroad experience you are looking for to further your career. I'm hoping to go to the Czech Republic this summer on a trip that is faculty lead - the focus is exotic and conservation medicine. I'm very excited! The hospital we are going to is one of the best in all of Europe.
Amazing faculty - I have only taken classes for 1 semester so far and I have been VERY impressed with our faculty so far. We have some amazing professors that are endlessly supportive of their students and make classes very fun.
Problem based learning class - we have a class call Applications and Integrations - it is one of the BEST class I've ever taken - you work in a group of 7- 8 students with a faculty tutor and you are presented with cases throughout the semester (8 total). They are presented in a way to facilitate learning how to process actual cases using the information we are learning in our other classes like Physiology, Anatomy, Neuroscience, and others. I have been told this is a unique feature of Purdue Vet Med and not all schools do this - I have found it to be one of the best ways to really teach us the big picture and not get bogged down in the drone of the basic sciences we have to take our first few semesters. Its a fun way to learn and you get to know faculty and fellow students really well.
Sorry for such a long post - I hope my take on this is helpful - please don't hesitate to ask any other questions you may have.
I love Purdue and couldn't be happier there. I get the impression from my fellow classmates that this feeling is pretty widespread 🙂
I-65 can get REALLY backed up, especially with all the construction going on right now, so a lot of the time it's a toss up on how long it will take. And as Cypress said, the weather is very unpredictable also, so be sure to allow plenty of time for both of these possibilities. Something that might take a little time off your trip if you're driving and traffic is giving you trouble...take I-65 then exit at SR-52 instead of at SR-26. You can by pass some traffic and not have to deal with (as much) Lafayette traffic. There are a couple of ways to go once you get on 52, so if you end up driving you can PM me for further directions...or Google would be more than happy to help too, I'm sure. 🙂
Hi Cypress! Thanks for the thoughtful feedback! This whole process is so nervewracking, but exciting and it's so great to hear all the positives! I actually had to decide before you posted 😕 It was a tough decision, but I decided to decline the invitation. I just wasn't sure, and as an OOS, I figured that maybe someone else that really has their heart set on Purdue will have the opportunity to interview and visit the school.
Thanks again for your help, and good luck to everyone interviewing in the weeks ahead!
I will tell you last year both weekends of interviews there was bad weather. I came in the night before to make sure that i did not miss my interview. I do know someone arrive late due to weather and they let them interview at the end of the day though.So I am in the process of trying to book travel to Purdue from Florida and trying to figure out the best timings for everything. Is there anyone out there who can help? My interview is on the 25th at 12:30pm and I am trying my best to fly in the morning of and then leave after 5pm on the day of the interview if possible (I know its a rushed trip but I have to fly out again for another interview a couple of days after). If not, I was also looking into flying in on Thursday night. Can anyone give an accurate time estimate from the Indianapolis airport/how easy it is during traffic times to travel from Purdue there? I do not want to book tickets for the wrong times!
Last year they had over 900 applications and offered interviews to just over 300.I don't actually know how many they interview - I can't remember from last year and I'm having trouble finding the document that has the stats from pervious year applicant stats. I know they have ~800 applications a year and they have a class size of ~84. They take a larger proportion of OOS students than other schools - our class is ~50/50.
Also - to those of you interviewing - I highly recommend coming to the banquet that evening - its great food and you get the chance to meet and talk with a current student and faculty members during dinner. There are also speakers and a panel of students that give you lots of great information about the school. Purdue was always my top choice because I'm IS but after that banquet I was VERY excited about the prospect of going there.
Hi there, I know there's interview questions online and on SDN and even on this forums but other than reviewing these questions, what would you advise I do to prepare for the upcoming interview? Attire? Pen & notepad? What else to review? ETC..?
Hello! I was looking into booking my hotel for my upcoming interview on the 25th. I was wondering, is it a big deal to stay at a hotel other than the ones they have listed? I found a few that are about half the price... I am driving straight from my school to Purdue so I will have transportation. Is there enough visitor parking on campus so that I won't have to worry about finding a place to park?
Thanks in advance!
Yes there is visitor parking - I honestly don't know if you have to pay for it - if you do it's not terribly expensive. Its not too far of a walk from the visitor parking garage to the vet school. I would go with what is cheapest and easiest for you 🙂
http://www.purdue.edu/visit/navigating/parking.php
Grant Street Parking garage - on the map that is linked to in the above website.
You then walk to LYNN hall