Not quite an elder millennial (middle aged? I'm a '92 baby) but it has been interesting from my perspective. Everything from talking to prevets in this age range in person/on social media, having them as keeper interns or veterinary externs, etc has been a huge trip in a mostly bad way. Granted, that's one person's perspective...and I hate the whole age generalization thing because millennials have been **** upon for years. But as I've said before, I'm always surprised at the sheer entitlement, lack of personal responsibility, and lack of drive that I've been seeing.
and now I'm just mad and sad lol
ETA: Also just wanted to add that back in the day, many people had to choose which schools they would interview at, as a couple of schools would hold in-person interviews on the same day. Or maybe even within 24 hours of each other. So you either made a choice and declined one interview, or flew across the country to your next interview ASAP and hoped your travel plans didn't get messed up. It was an expensive time. I did two OOS interviews and those probably ran me $1000ish total? Between two hotels, one flight, meals and whatnot. Some applicants are interviewing at 3-5+ schools.
I think this is the most important part about in person interviews. Virtual interviews are obviously much more accessible and don't require applicants to spend $100s/$1000s on travel and hotel, but then we get all the questions like 'Can someone tell me what this school's building is like?' or whatever.
