RVC c/o 2024

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Also accepted to the 5 year and waitlisted for the 4.

I've been accepted to Ross too for the May semester but RVC is my dream school so now I'm not sure where to go....Ross has a shorter program than RVC (3.4yrs) so that's a definite plus...
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If I remember correctly they said at the interview that classes start at the end of Sept.?? Does anyone know when the semester is over for Christmas and starts up again in January? Do winter classes end in April like in Canada/US??
 
DaisyRiver said:
If I remember correctly they said at the interview that classes start at the end of Sept.?? Does anyone know when the semester is over for Christmas and starts up again in January? Do winter classes end in April like in Canada/US??
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The schedule hasn't been released for 2020-2021 yet, but most of the time induction week is mid-Sept and classes start a week or two after that. You get around 3 weeks off for Christmas and then 5-6 weeks off for Easter and EMS. Then you go back for summer term in April until mid-May. Then you have a few weeks for studying before exams in mid June.

Here is this year's entry schedule (one for graduate entry year and one for the 5 year course)
 

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DaisyRiver said:
Also accepted to the 5 year and waitlisted for the 4.

I've been accepted to Ross too for the May semester but RVC is my dream school so now I'm not sure where to go....Ross has a shorter program than RVC (3.4yrs) so that's a definite plus...
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Trying to make the same
DaisyRiver said:
Also accepted to the 5 year and waitlisted for the 4.

I've been accepted to Ross too for the May semester but RVC is my dream school so now I'm not sure where to go....Ross has a shorter program than RVC (3.4yrs) so that's a definite plus...
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Stuck making same decision! Soooo hard!
 
Is anyone planning on trying to find private housing with dogs, and if so are you having any luck? I’m finding it to be quite difficult!
 
does anyone remember if the international scholarship was just for one year, or was it a full ride, aka tuition waiver for all 4 years?
 
Does anyone know if RVC gives you any insight as to where you are on the waitlist? I was denied by my IS school today, so my two options are now Glasgow or the 5-year program at RVC unless I get pulled off the waitlist for the 4-year program
 
MaggieMoo15 said:
Does anyone know if RVC gives you any insight as to where you are on the waitlist? I was denied by my IS school today, so my two options are now Glasgow or the 5-year program at RVC unless I get pulled off the waitlist for the 4-year program
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Ugh I've been wondering that too. I would love the four yr at RVC but waitlisted too. Congrats on Glasgow though, that's also a really good school
 
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DaisyRiver said:
Ugh I've been wondering that too. I would love the four yr at RVC but waitlisted too. Congrats on Glasgow though, that's also a really good school
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And how many people are on the waitlist.... though I'm sure there will be some people getting into multiple schools so some spots may open up!
 
DaisyRiver said:
I believe it was for all four
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That's what I remember as well but I was looking online for more information because their website is not specific and it looks like they did several one year scholarships at one point. when I read that I started to doubt my memory
 
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5Hs5Ts said:
That's what I remember as well but I was looking online for more information because their website is not specific and it looks like they did several one year scholarships at one point. when I read that I started to doubt my memory
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I also remember them saying all four years. That would be amazing if they provided more than one, although I remember them stating only one person and it looks like that is supported by the website. I'm anxiously waiting to hear anything about the scholarship because that would be huge for anyone! Where did you see that they offered multiple scholarships?
 
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I also remember them saying all four years. That would be amazing if they provided more than one, although I remember them stating only one person and it looks like that is supported by the website. I'm anxiously waiting to hear anything about the scholarship because that would be huge for anyone! Where did you see that they offered multiple scholarships?
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I think it was some dated online website that i read suggesting they provided several lower value scholarships but I believe it's just one 4 year one now.
 
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Does anyone know the average cost in dollars of going to RVC per year including housing, travel, and other expenses (ie AHEMS and EMS travel, housing)?
 
Canadian student here! Is anyone having trouble getting a line of credit from the bank? I dont have anyone to co-sign a loan for me and so they won't give me one. Student loans from the government (I'm from Atlantic Canada so it's by province for loans here) orang enough. Got any suggestions?
 
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Canadian student here! Is anyone having trouble getting a line of credit from the bank? I dont have anyone to co-sign a loan for me and so they won't give me one. Student loans from the government (I'm from Atlantic Canada so it's by province for loans here) orang enough. Got any suggestions?
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I just sat down with my advisor about funding and got the same thing, need my parents to cosign on a line of credit if you go over seas for vet med. further to that, the line of credit that td offers is only 140k for all 4 years which doesn't even cover tuition at RVC. osap will pay the value of in province tuition for the same program so between osap and the bank I can cover approximately 45k per year. again this is not even enough to fund tuition, you might need to look into taking out a personal loan of some sort with the bank. looking forward to hearing others' opinions on this
 
Hi everyone!! I recently accepted my spot in the 4 year program at RVC and just found this forum last week - wish I knew earlier!! Anyway, if anyone else accepted and is in the NYC area or just wants to connect in general would be awesome to meet and navigate the whole moving abroad system. Definitely a bit nerve wracking with moving/loans/visas and what not!!
 
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Anyone get pulled off the 4 year program waitlist yet? Really hoping for this instead of FIVE years at Glasgow
 
MaggieMoo15 said:
Anyone get pulled off the 4 year program waitlist yet? Really hoping for this instead of FIVE years at Glasgow
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Nope! But there is still hope! They said they'll let us know by April 15 right?
 
Declining my 4 year spot to attend another school! Good luck to those on the waitlist :)
 
Am I the only one who hasn't heard anything from them? There's still no decision on my portal. Just curious :D
 
I wouldn’t think anyone would hear anything in the next week. They have been in meetings about coronavirus all last week and they are talking about closing, reworking EMS, and all sorts of craziness. There is chaos on this side of the pond right now especially with the RCVS regulations tying their hands.
 
LabLuv004 said:
I wouldn’t think anyone would hear anything in the next week. They have been in meetings about coronavirus all last week and they are talking about closing, reworking EMS, and all sorts of craziness. There is chaos on this side of the pond right now especially with the RCVS regulations tying their hands.
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how's surgical exposure at RVC? how competent do you feel as a 3rd year student right now? are you an international student? plans to license in North America?

Can you tell me anything about the surgical and CC specialists that teach there?
 
5Hs5Ts said:
how's surgical exposure at RVC? how competent do you feel as a 3rd year student right now? are you an international student? plans to license in North America?

Can you tell me anything about the surgical and CC specialists that teach there?
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At RVC itself we get very limited surgical exposure. I was on rotations until this crisis happened, and we got to do cat spay and cat neuters in the shelter med rotation and I hear we get to do them in the first opinion one as well. But you’ll never have a surgical class or lab like some schools in the states do.

If you get lucky you’ll get an EMS placement where they let you do a lot. Where I worked at home before going to vet school has allowed me to do a ton of surgery, so I feel very surgically competent. But many of my group mates didn’t have that and don’t feel prepared.

Personally I’m coming back to the States after graduation (whenever that happens to be). But I think RVC students are equal to any American university because it was recommended to me by some American vets who work with new grads.

I have only really gotten to two rotation blocks before this pandemic shut us down so I can’t say for ECC, but I was tracking ECC before everything so hopefully I will still be able to. Generally RVC is the biggest and most busy small animal referral hospital in Europe. They have some really smart clinician who are at the top of their field. The weird thing for Americans is they don’t have classes like we do. So you don’t have one professor for one class for a term. We have strands taught by multiple people and they never really know us. So that is a downside.
 
Also declined my 4th-year admission....I'm sure it may take some time for them to start contacting waitlisters. Good luck everyone!
 
LabLuv004 said:
At RVC itself we get very limited surgical exposure. I was on rotations until this crisis happened, and we got to do cat spay and cat neuters in the shelter med rotation and I hear we get to do them in the first opinion one as well. But you’ll never have a surgical class or lab like some schools in the states do.

If you get lucky you’ll get an EMS placement where they let you do a lot. Where I worked at home before going to vet school has allowed me to do a ton of surgery, so I feel very surgically competent. But many of my group mates didn’t have that and don’t feel prepared.

Personally I’m coming back to the States after graduation (whenever that happens to be). But I think RVC students are equal to any American university because it was recommended to me by some American vets who work with new grads.

I have only really gotten to two rotation blocks before this pandemic shut us down so I can’t say for ECC, but I was tracking ECC before everything so hopefully I will still be able to. Generally RVC is the biggest and most busy small animal referral hospital in Europe. They have some really smart clinician who are at the top of their field. The weird thing for Americans is they don’t have classes like we do. So you don’t have one professor for one class for a term. We have strands taught by multiple people and they never really know us. So that is a downside.
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I think that's standard for other schools too though. people in my provincial school tell me you're lucky to do a full live neuter or spay in school but they do mock surgeries on cadavers and parts of surgeries. I have a lot of experience scrubbed into various procedures but as a vet assistant and not as an informed vet student who can really get tons of value just from watching someone perform the procedure. do you at least get surgical skills labs and tons of cadaveric exposure? can you tell I want to board certify through acvs? i also find critical care fascinating. I currently work at a level 3 human trauma center and trauma surgery is inspiring. do you think there's a way to pursue experiences like that at RVC? I've heard about the QMAH trauma facility which is extremely intriguing to me. as an extremely motivated student could I find ways to expose myself to these areas? do you get to spend lots of free time in the referral center?
 
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Mock surgery would be great, but RVC doesn't have the capacity to do that with almost 300 students a class. We have an anatomy club that in first year (or if you want to travel down to London in later years) that has a spay neuter lab once a year. It is not like a formal surgery lab though. It is more just to get a feel for the procedure and spots fill up super quickly. On rotations, there are a few core ones that you may be doing surgery on... shelter and first opinion at the Beaumont come to mind. But I have only had 1 block of rotations so far so I may be missing some.

The QMH is really cool. They have so many cases coming in every day and there is tons to see. Keep in mind you won't see any of it until 4th year when you start rotations, but once you're in rotations it is pretty cool. Since rotations are on hold until September, I haven't done a real QMH rotation yet (many of the rotations aren't actually in the small animal hospital). But before this COVID crisis I had plans to track ECC--meaning I would get an extra week of rotating through emergency. They don't track heavily here so I don't see a way you would end up in there more than 2 weeks plus maybe Christmas volunteering once you're in 5th year. Because I have a real ECC/internal med interest I have an EMS placement at a specialty practice with their IM and ECC departments for 2 weeks and I am trying to work in a VetsNow one too. So there are ways to tailor to your interests, but they really aren't through RVC directly and not at the QMH.

If you want to see what they are really training you for, look at the RCVS Day 1 Competencies. They are what RVC is really expected to teach us. If you look carefully you will see cat and dog neuter and cat spay but not dog spay. That is a year 2 skill. But leg amputation (which some of my group got to do in shelter rotation) is a day 1 skill. They are kind of odd, but supposedly arranged by difficulty. I would say if you are super keen and you want more surgical experience, your best shot is to find an EMS practice that will allow you to do a lot and spend a big chunk of time with them. If you have a clinic at home then even better because they will already know and trust you.
 
Got taken off the waitlist! Super excited to be in the 4 yr program!
 
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5Hs5Ts said:
I'm not sure we can add ourselves to the convo but I'd like to be added! accepting my accelerated offer
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maybe if you just post in it itll add it? im new to this site so not too sure myself. And congrats!! Looking forward to chatting
edit - its a conversation not a forum, but i think if you comment itll keep track for you
 
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maybe if you just post in it itll add it? im new to this site so not too sure myself. And congrats!! Looking forward to chatting
edit - its a conversation not a forum, but i think if you comment itll keep track for you
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I don't use this site much but I think a conversation is the equivalent of a semi private PM? somebody correct me if I'm wrong. I think you have to invite people to it
 
It pained me, but I just declined my offer to attend my in-state school. Best of luck to you all!
 
llamasandcows said:
It pained me, but I just declined my offer to attend my in-state school. Best of luck to you all!
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honestly, same. RVC is so great. i am BEYOND grateful to be attending my in-state. but it "hurt" a different way to turn down RVC.

at least our wallets will be happier. older us will hopefully be appreciative of our decisions lol.

congrats and good luck, btw :)
 
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declined my seat yesterday, good luck to everyone on the waitlist!
 
Has anyone heard from RVC about tuition deposits or were given a list of things we need?
 
yeah if you attended the virtual offer holder day they gave information about this stuff. if you have a conditional offer you don't have to make a deposit until the conditions of your offer are fulfilled. otherwise I think they're looking at end of May ish for tuition deposits and they understand that covid poses uncertainties for us. email admissions to clarify. not sure about essential purchases
 
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yeah if you attended the virtual offer holder day they gave information about this stuff. if you have a conditional offer you don't have to make a deposit until the conditions of your offer are fulfilled. otherwise I think they're looking at end of May ish for tuition deposits and they understand that covid poses uncertainties for us. email admissions to clarify. not sure about essential purchases
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That's what I thought, I was just getting worried that I might have missed something! Thanks!!
 
Just curious, do we have to take IELTS beforehand in order to process our visa? If yes, how did u guys finish this test at this point? Since the virus situation is still going on?
 
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Just curious, do we have to take IELTS beforehand in order to process our visa? If yes, how did u guys finish this test at this point? Since the virus situation is still going on?
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I believe if we have/will have a degree from a english speaking institution, we are exempted from IELTS
 
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Can someone tell me about their experience (and if they have any advice) on getting your visa?? I'm just worried I won't be able to show them that I'll have all the money right away to pay for school, student loans gives some every year.
 
DaisyRiver said:
Can someone tell me about their experience (and if they have any advice) on getting your visa?? I'm just worried I won't be able to show them that I'll have all the money right away to pay for school, student loans gives some every year.
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You don’t need to show you have all the money on a tier 4 visa. All you have to do is prove you have the funding. I don’t remember exactly, but I think there was somewhere to write that you’ll be getting loans. I wouldn’t panic.
 
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Can someone tell me about their EMS experience? Did you have a hard time organizing it? In the four yr program you complete it during summers/vacation time during and after second year? Do your 26 weeks need to be completed before you start your clinical year or do you continue to complete them during that time?
 
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Can someone tell me about their EMS experience? Did you have a hard time organizing it? In the four yr program you complete it during summers/vacation time during and after second year? Do your 26 weeks need to be completed before you start your clinical year or do you continue to complete them during that time?
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You can start EMS after second term of third year (accelerated second). I started booking mine in the first year summer term when they gave us instructions and stuff. There are tons of places but many require travel and housing, which get expensive. You have to complete 10 weeks in first opinion before the start of rotations (max 12). Then during rotations there is time blocked out for you to schedule EMS for the remaining weeks plus an extra couple weeks that can be used as holiday. They all need to be done by Easter of your final year.
 
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You can start EMS after second term of third year (accelerated second). I started booking mine in the first year summer term when they gave us instructions and stuff. There are tons of places but many require travel and housing, which get expensive. You have to complete 10 weeks in first opinion before the start of rotations (max 12). Then during rotations there is time blocked out for you to schedule EMS for the remaining weeks plus an extra couple weeks that can be used as holiday. They all need to be done by Easter of your final year.
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Awesome thanks!
 
Hi everyone, I am preparing for my application to RVC this year. I have an engineering BS degree in Taiwan in 2005, and I have taken pre-med classes in US from 2014-2017. Here are some questions -
1. I will apply through VMCAS. RVC website says people go through VMCAS will be considered 4y program, but I haven't got all prerequisites, and it's possible I won't finish all of them before next Fall. Should I choose "both, preference of 5 years" on VMCAS? How does that work?
2. I emailed the school before the pandemic happens, and they say they don't accept online classes. With the situation that all schools offer classes online, is that still the case?
3. It's early to ask this, but how the visa works for students' spouses?
Thank you!
 
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