Hello everyone,
I couldn't find a thread in the vet forum concerning this topic but..
would research experience be looked at as a very favorable addition to vet school apps? I know med school and grad school love it, but do vet schools feel the same way? Or would they probably just overlook it?
I have a considerably weak GPA with well above average GREs and a high Biology GRE score, but I'm a recent graduate and am currently working full time (45+ hrs/wk) in a research lab while taking 20 units a quarter (4.0). However, I also have 2 publications out (not primary author, though) and 1 acknowledgement on another paper, and will probably be second or third author on 2 more coming out by the time I apply. Would this help to boost my app or probably just be ignored?
Also, I work with lab mice and am IACUC/AALAS trained and certified and do mouse surgeries (with some/most being terminal
). Would this count as vet experience? There is no vet directly supervising me, but IACUC is the research institution's in-house team of vets and techs. I had to take animal courses supervised by the vets in order to do all the mouse work... so would it be vet experience or animal experience?
Thanks for any help! I'm so behind on the vet stuff 😕😕😕
I couldn't find a thread in the vet forum concerning this topic but..
would research experience be looked at as a very favorable addition to vet school apps? I know med school and grad school love it, but do vet schools feel the same way? Or would they probably just overlook it?
I have a considerably weak GPA with well above average GREs and a high Biology GRE score, but I'm a recent graduate and am currently working full time (45+ hrs/wk) in a research lab while taking 20 units a quarter (4.0). However, I also have 2 publications out (not primary author, though) and 1 acknowledgement on another paper, and will probably be second or third author on 2 more coming out by the time I apply. Would this help to boost my app or probably just be ignored?
Also, I work with lab mice and am IACUC/AALAS trained and certified and do mouse surgeries (with some/most being terminal

Thanks for any help! I'm so behind on the vet stuff 😕😕😕