Rejected; Not enough....

[jetikarabbit]

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Has anyone ever been rejected due to not enough volunteer or vet exp?

If you were rejected what did they tell you?

 

[Robdude]

Has anyone ever been rejected due to not enough volunteer or vet exp?

If you were rejected what did they tell you?

Maybe others have had better experiences but all of my (many) rejections/follow-ups have been something like....

'Okay Robdude, let's take a look. Well, your grades are good; but we had a very competitive pool of candidates this year. Maybe take more high level science classes and get As. And, let's see....your GRE....that's right around average for those we accepted, but, of course, a higher score would help you. Your experience with animals was very good, but we do like to see variety.'

So, basically, it's 'You are a really good candidate; but not as good as everyone else. Improve your GPA, GRE, and experience and good luck next year.'

🙁

 

[Hopeful Ram]

I didn't get into CSU last year and was told that my 190 hours of vet experience was what made me uncompetitive compared to the successful applicants. The person who did my file review told me to shoot for closer to 1,000 hours total before re-applying. I got up over 700 hours and was accepted this time around. In addition to helping with the vet experience requirement, I think the extra hours also meant the letter of rec from the vet I was working with was stronger because she knew me so much better.

 

[bonaparte]

My file review from CSU also said that I had a "limited" number of clinical hours (I had about 360 hrs). I feel that that was the only thing against me, considering both my GRE and GPA were very strong. 🙁

 

[heylodeb]

I was specifically told that I did not have enough veterinary experience at my UC Davis review last year. (I had 310 hours) I have spent the last year basically living in veterinary clinics to help boost it up.

 

[bonaparte]

My file review from CSU also said that I had a "limited" number of clinical hours (I had about 360 hrs). I feel that that was the only thing against me, considering both my GRE and GPA were very strong. 🙁

Just wanted to add, that Cornell obviously had no problems with that though (I still can't believe I got in!!)...so the amount that number of hours is valued varies greatly between schools.

 

[fromthebox]

Anyone know how much it matters at Kansas? I have had relatively little time to volunteer while working, and now Kansas may be my only hope.

 

[squirrelsrule]

I didn't get into CSU last year and was told that my 190 hours of vet experience was what made me uncompetitive compared to the successful applicants. The person who did my file review told me to shoot for closer to 1,000 hours total before re-applying. I got up over 700 hours and was accepted this time around. In addition to helping with the vet experience requirement, I think the extra hours also meant the letter of rec from the vet I was working with was stronger because she knew me so much better.

I am planning to apply to OSU this October and am a little worried about my vet experience hours. I am not sure what counts and what doesn't. I probably have to call, but maybe some of you can give me pointers. My main question is how did you guys get your experience hours in, just shadowing or did you have jobs with the vets? I am shadowing now (up to 33 hours 😳) and will get in at least 100 hours. They recommend 1000 though for a competitive application. Not quite sure how to get that many. I could keep shadowing, but I am not actually doing anything, if you know what I mean. I have a job that has nothing to do with animals at all and was planning to keep it until I got accepted, but if need be, I could quit early for more shadowing time. Just not sure how much it matters. My grades are excellent (3.99) and I got a 1280 on the GRE 🙂. It's just vet experience I am lacking in. I have animal experience hours and volunteer hours no problem because I am a wildlife rehabber and volunteer at a local wildlife center as well as running my own non-profit wildlife center.

So, of course, I have a TON of wildlife experience. I am a licensed Category 2 rehabilitator and take in injured and/or orphaned bunnies, squirrels, opossums, groundhogs, bats, and songbirds. I have been a rehabber for 8 years and have my own non-profit wildlife rescue. I am not sure it counts as vet experience though, because it is under the direction of a vet but I only see the vet if the animal needs to be euthanized or needs surgery or something similar, other than that I am on my own. I have run catheters on cottontails with spinal trauma that weren't peeing on their own, I tube feed orphaned cottontails and opossums, I have splinted broken bones, tons of experience dressing wounds and treating infections, I dose meds. all the time, and other stuff like that. I guess my question is: is that vet experience, or just animal experience?


Anyone have suggestions? Did you guys get jobs in the vet office or just shadow. The vets are great about letting me shadow, but with school and work and rehabbing, I don't have that much time.

 

[EllieGirl89]

I am planning to apply to OSU this October and am a little worried about my vet experience hours. I am not sure what counts and what doesn't. I probably have to call, but maybe some of you can give me pointers. My main question is how did you guys get your experience hours in, just shadowing or did you have jobs with the vets? I am shadowing now (up to 33 hours 😳) and will get in at least 100 hours. They recommend 1000 though for a competitive application. Not quite sure how to get that many. I could keep shadowing, but I am not actually doing anything, if you know what I mean. I have a job that has nothing to do with animals at all and was planning to keep it until I got accepted, but if need be, I could quit early for more shadowing time. Just not sure how much it matters. My grades are excellent (3.99) and I got a 1280 on the GRE 🙂. It's just vet experience I am lacking in. I have animal experience hours and volunteer hours no problem because I am a wildlife rehabber and volunteer at a local wildlife center as well as running my own non-profit wildlife center.

So, of course, I have a TON of wildlife experience. I am a licensed Category 2 rehabilitator and take in injured and/or orphaned bunnies, squirrels, opossums, groundhogs, bats, and songbirds. I have been a rehabber for 8 years and have my own non-profit wildlife rescue. I am not sure it counts as vet experience though, because it is under the direction of a vet but I only see the vet if the animal needs to be euthanized or needs surgery or something similar, other than that I am on my own. I have run catheters on cottontails with spinal trauma that weren't peeing on their own, I tube feed orphaned cottontails and opossums, I have splinted broken bones, tons of experience dressing wounds and treating infections, I dose meds. all the time, and other stuff like that. I guess my question is: is that vet experience, or just animal experience?


Anyone have suggestions? Did you guys get jobs in the vet office or just shadow. The vets are great about letting me shadow, but with school and work and rehabbing, I don't have that much time.

There are quite a few threads around here about how to get veterinary experience if you do a search. If you keep checking back, in the next few months, the successful applicants stats thread will be more active and you'll be able to see what kind of stats people are getting into vet school with. Just keep in mind that a lot also depends upon the applicant pool as a whole in any given year.

Specific to your situation, your shadowing DOES count as veterinary experience, so keep it up. Do as much as you can this summer. I am from Ohio as well and was accepted into the class of 2015 with just 454 hours of veterinary experience. My GPA was lower than yours and my GRE was slightly lower than yours. My animal experience, however, was vast (as yours probably is if you do wildlife rehab) and included about 7,000 hours of equine experience. I've already posted my full stats on the successful applicants thread if you want to check it out.

I'm more than happy to help you out, so if you have any more specific questions about OSU in general (I'm an undergrad at OSU currently) feel free to PM me!

 

[curt0153]

I am pre-veterinary as well, and it sounds like you have a ton of experience. I think your experience encompasses more of the 'animal experience' catagory rather than 'vet experience'. After meeting with a pre-veterinary advisor at CSU I found that they really like to see both animal and vet experiences, and also 'research'. I currently work at a veterinary clinic as an uncertified tech, as I have had no professional training. I do blood draws, place catheters, set up IVs, monitor during surgeries, perform precomprehensive exams, and do various lab tests. This is considered 'vet' experience. My goal is 1000 vet hours with my combined vet jobs, and 1000 animal hours with the rest of my animal jobs. I have also worked as a veterinary receptionist, which also counts as 'vet' experience for CSU's experience standards. I also worked in a wildlife rehab center, and was told to use this experience in my 'animal' experience catagory. I also have a student research position at my university in an insect lab working with moths, this is going to be my 'research' experience. It sounds like you have an 'in' with a vet at your wildlife rehab job. Maybe you can work with this vet to accumulate some more hours. Good luck, hope this helps 🙂

 

[squirrelsrule]

Thanks for the quick responses 🙂. I think it's safe to say I have my animal experience hours covered 🙂. I volunteered at a petting zoo caring for all kinds of exotics and farm animals (horses, a zebra donkey cross, camels, bobcat, serval cats, emus, a kangaroo, goats, prairie dogs, rabbits, etc.) for 2 summers before I got into wildlife rehab and then I have been rehabbing for 8 years. I easilly have over 10,000 animal experience hours. I rehab 150 animals a year on my own.

I guess I will keep up the shadowing and may have to quit my job earlier than anticipated to continue getting experience hours. I can't shadow too much in the summer because I won't give up rehabbing until I actually get into vet school, it will be hard enough to give it up for 4 years and with rehabbing and working full time, I have virtually no free time in the summer. I can hopefully shadow at the emergency vet clinic on Sundays in the summer instead of volunteering at the wildlife center this year and that will get me some more experience hours, but no where near 1000! They may be looking for someone to work weekends at the animal emergency clinic because one of the "vet techs" is quitting at the end of the month. They don't require you to be a registered vet tech to work as a tech there, so I could possibly get in there, which would be awesome, but would mean I would have to quit my regular job much sooner than expected and not sure about insurance.

Will do a search to get more ideas on vet experiences people have. An internship, even if unpaid would be great. I just want to do something, if you know what I mean.


Might have questions for you EllieGirl, especially as the time to apply gets closer. I went to a small college and lived at home, it is gonna be a huge change for me living in a dorm room (I am thinking I will probably live in the grad. dorm, but definitely far from decided). I am really leaning toward living alone because I am a big time studier and I need it to be QUIET! I think the grad dorm will be quieter than an apartment, but I could be wrong about that. Plus, living in a big city will be a change so staying on campus at least the first year might help get me used to it.

Oh and HUGE congrats to getting in 👍. How many times did you have to apply? I haven't talked to anyone that got in the first try 🙁.

 

[EllieGirl89]

Thanks for the quick responses 🙂. I think it's safe to say I have my animal experience hours covered 🙂. I volunteered at a petting zoo caring for all kinds of exotics and farm animals (horses, a zebra donkey cross, camels, bobcat, serval cats, emus, a kangaroo, goats, prairie dogs, rabbits, etc.) for 2 summers before I got into wildlife rehab and then I have been rehabbing for 8 years. I easilly have over 10,000 animal experience hours. I rehab 150 animals a year on my own.

I guess I will keep up the shadowing and may have to quit my job earlier than anticipated to continue getting experience hours. I can't shadow too much in the summer because I won't give up rehabbing until I actually get into vet school, it will be hard enough to give it up for 4 years and with rehabbing and working full time, I have virtually no free time in the summer. I can hopefully shadow at the emergency vet clinic on Sundays in the summer instead of volunteering at the wildlife center this year and that will get me some more experience hours, but no where near 1000! They may be looking for someone to work weekends at the animal emergency clinic because one of the "vet techs" is quitting at the end of the month. They don't require you to be a registered vet tech to work as a tech there, so I could possibly get in there, which would be awesome, but would mean I would have to quit my regular job much sooner than expected and not sure about insurance.

Will do a search to get more ideas on vet experiences people have. An internship, even if unpaid would be great. I just want to do something, if you know what I mean.


Might have questions for you EllieGirl, especially as the time to apply gets closer. I went to a small college and lived at home, it is gonna be a huge change for me living in a dorm room (I am thinking I will probably live in the grad. dorm, but definitely far from decided). I am really leaning toward living alone because I am a big time studier and I need it to be QUIET! I think the grad dorm will be quieter than an apartment, but I could be wrong about that. Plus, living in a big city will be a change so staying on campus at least the first year might help get me used to it.

Oh and HUGE congrats to getting in 👍. How many times did you have to apply? I haven't talked to anyone that got in the first try 🙁.

Yeah, sounds like you have your animal experience covered. And it's unique and interesting too, which is a huge plus. If I were you, I would definitely exchange volunteering at the wildlife center (seeing as you have and will continue to gain plenty of wildlife experience already) for volunteering at a vet clinic. The emergency clinic sounds like a good idea, but just keep in mind that even though shadowing may not be as interesting as "doing" things, it is ALL vet experience and it's all valuable. Don't turn away an opportunity just because you won't be doing too terribly much hands-on stuff. Sometimes an experience is what you make of it. Plain old shadowing can be made a lot more interesting if you ask lots of questions and really get to know the vets you're working with. This is also good for when you need to ask for letters of recommendation

An unpaid internship is a fabulous idea. 240 of my 454 hours came from my unpaid internship this past summer. I did less hands-on stuff than a tech but more than someone who just shadows, and I made great relationships with the vets there. I went back during break and will be going back this summer as well.

I'm not sure how many vet students actually live in a dorm. Most live in apartments or houses off campus. That's not to say that a dorm is completely out of the question, but often living in an apartment is way cheaper and more convenient. I understand how you feel about being nervous moving to a big city. I too went to a very small community college and lived at home in a very rural area for my first two years of undergrad. I moved to Columbus in September 2009 for my junior year of college and I actually adjusted pretty well. I live in an apartment with two other people, both of whom I went to high school with. I was a little afraid the first week or so but I've gotten used to it and I really like living here. Ohio State is wonderful and I love going to school there. So you'll probably adjust better than you think.

This was actually my first time applying. It might seem like you've only spoken to people who have had to try multiple times, but if you look at OSUCVM's website at their 2014 class stats, 80% of that class were first-time applicants. So it can be done, and quite often is. Besides myself I know of at least five other people who have gotten in this cycle being their first try, and that's just in my small circle of friends here at OSU.

 

[squirrelsrule]

Yeah, sounds like you have your animal experience covered. And it's unique and interesting too, which is a huge plus. If I were you, I would definitely exchange volunteering at the wildlife center (seeing as you have and will continue to gain plenty of wildlife experience already) for volunteering at a vet clinic. The emergency clinic sounds like a good idea, but just keep in mind that even though shadowing may not be as interesting as "doing" things, it is ALL vet experience and it's all valuable. Don't turn away an opportunity just because you won't be doing too terribly much hands-on stuff. Sometimes an experience is what you make of it. Plain old shadowing can be made a lot more interesting if you ask lots of questions and really get to know the vets you're working with. This is also good for when you need to ask for letters of recommendation

An unpaid internship is a fabulous idea. 240 of my 454 hours came from my unpaid internship this past summer. I did less hands-on stuff than a tech but more than someone who just shadows, and I made great relationships with the vets there. I went back during break and will be going back this summer as well.

I'm not sure how many vet students actually live in a dorm. Most live in apartments or houses off campus. That's not to say that a dorm is completely out of the question, but often living in an apartment is way cheaper and more convenient. I understand how you feel about being nervous moving to a big city. I too went to a very small community college and lived at home in a very rural area for my first two years of undergrad. I moved to Columbus in September 2009 for my junior year of college and I actually adjusted pretty well. I live in an apartment with two other people, both of whom I went to high school with. I was a little afraid the first week or so but I've gotten used to it and I really like living here. Ohio State is wonderful and I love going to school there. So you'll probably adjust better than you think.

This was actually my first time applying. It might seem like you've only spoken to people who have had to try multiple times, but if you look at OSUCVM's website at their 2014 class stats, 80% of that class were first-time applicants. So it can be done, and quite often is. Besides myself I know of at least five other people who have gotten in this cycle being their first try, and that's just in my small circle of friends here at OSU.

Awesome! I'm trying to keep my hopes up about getting in the first try, but not getting them too high. Was looking through the successful applicants 😱. My vet experience hours need some major work! Everyone has such vast experiences. Will have to see what I can do about mine!

 

[bee83]

My vet experience hours need some major work! Everyone has such vast experiences. Will have to see what I can do about mine!

First off, I think it's awesome that you run your own wildlife rehab operation--that's amazing! I interned at a wildlife clinic last summer but there was no veterinarian at the clinic so unfortunately my hours there only count as animal experience, as I will bet yours would as well. But I still think it will look great on your application!

I've been scrounging for vet experience hours as well. Shadowing at a small animal clinic is a good idea, but it doesn't have to be everything. Try checking out your local shelter or humane society--often they will allow volunteers to train as surgery assistants. Also, if there are any low cost spay-neuter clinics in the area, give them a call and see if they need any help on the weekends and whatnot. If I'm not mistaken, even working/volunteering in a receptionist type position at a clinic counts as vet hours.
I have acquired most of my vet experience hours working for a trap-neuter-return program in my city. I started out working the autoclave, and slowly worked my way up to surgery assistant while racking up the hours. Whatever you do, just be sure to express your interest in doing more and cross-training and make it known that you would like to get as much experience working with the vets as possible. The best way to get what you want is to ask for it!

 

[squirrelsrule]

Thanks Bee. It has taken a lot of hard work to get to where I am with wildlife rehab and I hope that helps with showing my commitment to animals.

My whole story is that I have always loved animals. Since I was 5 and watched Free Willy I have known that I would do something with animals. I thought my passion was for caring for animals. I love just being around them and thought that working as a killer whale trainer was what I wanted to do. I worked EXTREMELY HARD towards that goal. In 7th and 8th grade I was attending the post secondary option meetings that usually only 9th and 10th graders go to. I KNEW I wanted to get started with college as soon as I could and my family isn't rich, so the fact that the school would pay for it was a HUGE bonus. I planned my high school classes so I could get as much science and math in before doing post secondary option and took Biology and Chemistry in 9th grade and then Bio. 2 in 10th grade. I took Geometry (was in advanced math so did Algebra in 9th), Advanced Math concepts, and statistics between 9th and 10th grade.

Then, in 11th and 12th, I attended Lake Erie College as a post secondary student. I wasn't sure what I could handle so I signed up for just 17 credit hours (I know sounds like a lot for a junior in high school 🙂 ) the first semester and had absolutely no problems Acing everything. So, the next semester I took 20 credits. Over the summer I took 13 (would NOT recommend doing that, it was killer because they were all accelerated classes) semester hours and the next year I took 21 and 23 credit hours per semester. I was actually in intro. to senior research while still in High School and I was number 1 in my class for all my science classes with 100% or nearly 100%. I LOVED my science classes!

My Sophmore/junior (second year) of college I was all signed up for an internship at six flags as an animal trainer and was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED! Then, 2 weeks before I turned 18 and could take the swim test they closed. To say I was bummed would be a major understatement! So, I had to go with my backup plan to intern with the local wildlife center. To my surprise, I totally fell in love with wildlife rehab and now I can't picture my life without wild animals in it! I became their subpermittee the same summer taking babies home to care for them. Watching them grow up and become their wild little selves shed a whole knew light on why I loved animals. I didn't want to just care for them, I wanted to actually help them! There is nothing like the feeling you get when you bring a baby back from the brink of death and then when the time comes watch it take off to start its new life in the wild. There is just nothing like that.

So, I realized that it is not just the care that I love, but actually saving them and I realized that I couldn't work at a zoo any longer because I wanted to help wild animals get back to the lives they were intended to have, in the wild! So, I have been pursuing wildlife rehab and worked my way up from a lowly babysitter to the director of my own home based center (Born To Be Wild- Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation, inc.) accepting animals of all types from the public.

I graduated Valedictorian from my High School and graduated from Lake Erie with my bachelor's of science degree in Biology the following year at the age of 18 😀, with a 3.99 GPA!

The entire time I have been a rehabber, I have worked full time at an electronics company, where I worked my way up from builder on the shop floor to production control specialist in the front office. Everyone is great, and it is a good job, but far from what I want to do with the rest of my life. So, I have been doing a lot of thinking about what I want to do, and it finally dawned on me when I had a paralyzed cottontail that was VERY pregnant and needed to be euthanized, but I wanted to save the babies. None of my wildlife vets had the time to see a cottontail and she ended up dying before delivering the babies and by the time I found her, the babies were already dead. It was that that got me thinking that if I was a vet, I could have helped those babies. I then REALLY started thinking about being a vet. Originally (back when I was in middle school) I had decided not to be a vet because I didn't think I could operate on an animal, that was my main reason for going with animal care. With rehabbing though, I had taken in animals that were torn up and had handled it no problem. My sole focus is getting them better, the blood and guts doesn't gross me out in the moment. I also didn't think I could euthanize animals, but rehabbing taught me otherwise real quick. When an animal is suffering, it kills me and I have to do something, even if the only thing I can do is end their suffering through euthanasia. I have euthanized about 25 animals and it never gets easier (I have to work on my emotions because I get very attached very quickly and although I can euthanize, I am usually bawling while doing it, which wouldn't go over so well as a vet 🙂 ) but I do it because I have to.

So, hopefully when I apply they will see the wildlife rehab as what has led me towards being a vet rather than something I am obsessed with (which I am 🙂 ) and should pursue instead of becoming a veterinarian. I am really thinking it is time for me to look for a job at a vet's office and quit my current job before getting into vet school. I have been thinking about it and I just don't think they will view my experiences as showing dedication or understanding of the veterinary field. In a way, everything has led me to becoming a vet and I know I will make an awesome vet, but I am not sure my stats. right now are impressive enough to get in. I didn't go to a well known school, I don't have vet experience, and I am horrible with interviews (I am already nervous about that part ). Things working in my favor are that I am an excellent student, did decent on the GRE, have clearly dedicated my life to animals, and I have extensive experience dealing with the public. They might not be bringing their pets to me, but they care about the animals and want them to receive the best possible care and want to be kept informed about their animals. And I have experience keeping medical charts because I have to keep track of all the animals in my care. I was also a tutor in Anatomy and physiology, botany, and Genetics. I was doing so well in Genetics that they allowed me to tutor while I was in the class (one of the people I was tutoring in botany was also taking genetics and was struggling and requested me as a tutor and they checked with the professor who encouraged them to allow me to tutor her even though I was currently in the class because I was one of his best students ever according to him 🙂 ).

My ultimate goal is to be a small animal vet that sees wildlife on the side, like my current wildlife vets do. I have always had a full time job in addition to rehabbing, so I am sure I can handle being a vet and being a wildlife rehabber. As a vet I can help more animals because I can see the animals that local rehabbers need help with and save the ones I get every year that need surgery but the vet is too busy for (I lose about 3 animals per year that could have been treated with surgery but have to be euthanized because the vets aren't willing to treat them). Then I can have a job I love and still do wildlife in my "free time" like I do now.

Well, I am horrible at summarizing, my personal statement is gonna take forever to get it short and concise, I better get started on it SOON!


Oh, and very cute possie picture Bee!

 

[bee83]

I didn't go to a well known school, I don't have vet experience, and I am horrible with interviews (I am already nervous about that part ). Things working in my favor are that I am an excellent student, did decent on the GRE, have clearly dedicated my life to animals, and I have extensive experience dealing with the public. They might not be bringing their pets to me, but they care about the animals and want them to receive the best possible care and want to be kept informed about their animals. And I have experience keeping medical charts because I have to keep track of all the animals in my care. I was also a tutor in Anatomy and physiology, botany, and Genetics.

Sounds to me like you have a lot going for you. As has been said on this board many times, where you go for undergrad isn't too important, so long as you fulfill your pre-reqs and do well.
For one thing, since you mentioned bringing your animals to the veterinarian throughout your course as a wildlife rehabber, I wonder if you couldn't claim some of that interaction with the veterinarian as veterinary experience? It might not be much but it could supplement the experience you are getting now or will be getting.
As for dealing with the public, it was working in the wildlife clinic that led me to realize that working with animals is very much a public service. Yes we were there to save animals, but it was almost just as important that we were there to accept animals from the public, and to be available to help the PEOPLE who were distraught over finding injured or orphaned animals. I found that many times the finder felt a need to tell their story about how they found the animal and what it meant to them, etc. I felt like part of the huge importance of my job was to be there for them as a listener and a reassurance. It made my wildlife rehabbing experience that much more meaningful to see it as a service to the public as well as to the animals and the environment.
I think your story about rehabbing leading you to wanting to become a vet would make for a great personal statement. You may have mentioned this already, but when/where are you applying?

 

[squirrelsrule]

Yep, wildlife rehab is about the animals, but you can't treat the animals without helping the people. I was surprised at how well I connected with people bringing animals in. I am definetely NOT a people person, but I enjoy helping them and giving them the updates that they want actually makes me feel even better about what I do. I am the only person in my family with a love for animals especially wildlife, so it feels good sharing my experience with people that helped save the animal as well. Helps with donations when you update them often too 😀.

I am going to call or email and ask if some of my experience can count as veterinary experience. I could probably get at least 50 hours out of it 🙂 because I have excellent wildlife vets who are willing to work with me most times. Problem is that they run small animal clinics as well and can't always fit in a wild patient since they are often emergency visits, if you know what I mean.


I am applying this year and plan to apply to Ohio State University for sure and then I haven't decided for sure on the others. Probably Cornell because they have a wildlife center right on Campus, although that could turn out to be a huge distraction for me, not sure. I am also thinking Michigan (I just noticed that it doesn't look like they require an interview?) since it isn't too far and they don't interview? Plus it doesn't look like vet experience hours are particularly important to them. Maybe also Tennessee because one of my vets that I am shadowing recommended it because they have more hands on experience starting the first year. He went to school there and said it was an awesome school. I am hoping to get into Ohio State, that's where I want to go. They have a great school and it is IS for me 🙂.

 

[squirrelsrule]

When and where are you planning to apply Bee?

I saw in one of your other posts that your dream job, like mine would be to be a wildlife vet! I only know of a couple centers with a full time vet, but hey we can dream! I am not sure if once I get in to vet school I will do wildlife type electives or small animal electives. I would LOVE to be a wildlife vet, but more realistically will probably be a small animal vet so it would probably be best to get as much experience in that as possible.

 

[bee83]

When and where are you planning to apply Bee?

I saw in one of your other posts that your dream job, like mine would be to be a wildlife vet! I only know of a couple centers with a full time vet, but hey we can dream! I am not sure if once I get in to vet school I will do wildlife type electives or small animal electives. I would LOVE to be a wildlife vet, but more realistically will probably be a small animal vet so it would probably be best to get as much experience in that as possible.

I am applying to Purdue this October because it is my IS and I'm trying not to let myself consider the possibility of spending the money to go elsewhere! My dream school, though, is Tufts. They have a wildlife program and hospital right on campus. The vet school has its own campus way out in the Massachusetts countryside. My boyfriend and I visited it over Christmas and it is soooooo beautiful! His parents live about 20 minutes away from North Grafton, though, so I'm not really sure if that is a good thing or not, lol. We didn't exactly hit it off over our Christmas visit.
Anyway, I haven't really decided on any other schools besides Purdue and Tufts.

I do really want to do wildlife medicine, but like I said in my other post I am considering other options. But, in the meantime, I like to peruse the job postings on this site: http://www.aawv.net/jobs.html 😍

 

[squirrelsrule]

Cool. For some reason I thought tufts was in Texas, not sure what I was thinking . Tufts looks great though, and would be perfect for a wildlife lover! I too am trying to focus on my in state school though. I am hopeful I will get in at OSU. We have a wildlife center not too far from the main campus.

Do you know how far away the Ohio Wildlife Center is from campus Elliegirl? I am guessing less than a 15 minute drive. Big plus there is that I already know several of the people that work there because I go to the wildlife conference in Columbus each year and the Ohio Wildlife Center people are always there. Seems like a great place with great people 🙂.

 

[twelvetigers]

Squirrels, PM me your email address please. I can help you with the vet school locations - I made a guide for myself some time ago! It's got all 28 schools as dots on a map. I'd be happy to share it.