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I was going to wait to post this until I heard back from Western, but I figured my not-so-good stats might give people hope who are still waiting to hear.

25 year old Female, Colorado Resident. AAS in mortuary science, BS in organismic biology to be completed May 2010.

Applied: Colorado (IS), Kansas, Western, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington, Wisconsin.
Rejected: Colorado, Ohio, Washington, and (assumed) Pennsylvania
Interviews: Kansas, Western.
Waiting: Western, Wisconsin
Accepted: Kansas

Cumulative GPA: 3.14
Last 45 credit hrs: 3.83
Science: ~3.2
GRE: 550 V, 760 Q, 5.5 AW

Honors and Awards:
A couple solo and ensemble awards from high school
Winning the Colorado statewide battle of the bands

Veterinary Experience:

1400 hours at a small animal/wildlife practice
8 hours at an equine practice

Animal Experience:

900 hours working w/ dog trainer, about 800 of those are schutzhund, 100 are puppy classes.
200 hours working as a stablehand

Extracurricular/Community Activities:

President of Pre-Vet club
Web designer of pre-health professions club
Musician
Manager for local band
Member of Denver Hearse Association

Other Employment:

Manufacturing computer chips
Funeral Director/Embalmer
Body Piercer (emphasized that I owned my own business)
Freelance Web Design

Letters of Recommendation:

2 letters from the Veterinarians I work for
1 letter from dog trainer I work with
1 letter from biology professor
 
Fifth time applicant 🙂eek: that’s right!!), 29 years old, Female, Va resident
Applied: Colorado, Auburn, K-State, Va Tech
Apps withdrawn: none
Rejected: Auburn
Waitlisted: VT and CVM
Accepted: K-State😍😀:soexcited:

Degrees:
CNU: BS Psych 2004
CNU: BS Bio 2007

Cum GPA: 3.26
Last 45: approx 3.5
Sci GPA: approx 3.3
GRE: 530v, 590q, 5.5a

Honors/awards:
Graduated w/ Departmental Honors: Psych 2004
Departmental Recognition: Bio, multiple years
Dean’s List: multiple years
Psi Chi

Veterinary Experience:
7 years SA, general practice
4 years SA, emergency med
30 hrs specialty sx (Surgeon rented from our practice, these were just my clocked hours as relief work, not including all observation time)
250 hrs LA
Mentored under SA Internist, SA Cardiologist (x2) and above Specialty Surgeon

Animal Experience:
5 years Grooming
2.5 years Kennel
Pet Sitting
SA Rehab/ Rescue
Wildlife Rehab

Research Experience:
1000 hrs (approx) over 2 springs: Field Work; Mercury and Selenium Assessment in VA Bald Eagle Population (EPA funded; VT grad student’s Thesis study), Ground Crew Supervisor & Data Collector
1 Sem TA for Ornithology Lab, CNU
Various UG work

EC/ Com Serv:
Biology Club
Psych Club
Psi Chi
Drama Club (HS)
Vocal Jazz Choir (HS)
HS Musical Director (as alumni)
Musical (HS)
SADD (HS)

LOR’s:
Professor BCES department, CNU
SA practice owner/DVM (current employer)
Committee Letter from 13 Dr’s at mixed General/Emergency/Referral Clinic (2nd current employer and colleagues)
VT Grad student (Eagle Guy)

If nothing else... I was dedicated and determined! My stats are nothing to gloat over, but they finally got me in!!
Here's to the underdogs, the career challenged and to the NT students out there!!! I did it!!!😀
 
5 years???! Congrats drkitty2010! Your determination has definitely paid off.
 
Well I was gonna wait until I got all my decisions back too but I reckon it doesn't really matter all that much. I'm kind of sub-average stats so figured I may as well post ahead of time to show it's possible. Though previous posters have already shown it's possible to do more with less in the way of GPAs so I'm kind of beating the dead horse.

Third time applicant; 22 year old male; Rejected (but interviewed IS) with no diploma, rejected (IS interview, no OOS) with a diploma to be completed before I would've started vet school, accepted (IS interview and 4 OOS interviews) with a degree in Biomedical Sciences and some MBA courses under my belt.

Anything with more than one value (IE GPAs) is done in this manner: First Year applying, Second year, Third



Applied: Texas A&M (IS), Western, Edinburgh, Kansas, Iowa, Ohio, Missouri, LSU, Colorado
Rejected: Colorado, LSU (technically waitlisted but...eh, probably rejected), Missouri
Interviews: Iowa, A&M, Western, Kansas, Ohio,
Waiting: Iowa, A&M, Western
Alternate: Ohio
Accepted: Kansas, Edinburgh
Attending: Wish I knew, but Edinburgh is front runner at the moment.

Cumulative GPA: 3.3, 3.4, 3.45
Last 45 credit hrs: 3.4, 3.45, 3.58
Science: 3.3, 3.35, 3.4
GRE: 540 V, 660 Q, 4.5 AW

Honors and Awards:
Nothing real major like the Nobel or anything, just academic rewards (Dean's list and what not)


Veterinary Experience:
~2000 hours at a small animal practice
30 hours at an equine practice
70 hours at a wildlife practice


Animal Experience:
750 hours as a kennel tech
Threw in 500 hours for owning pets all my life (figured it was worth something)
100 hours of wildlife care
140 hours of horse training
Think that's about it; I think I put in about 200 hours of just general "Everything else" to account for working with animals (activities, fundraisers, etc) with various animal-related clubs I was in


Extracurricular/Community Activities:
(Never held any leadership roles so all these are just member roles if in a club)
A&M Motorcycle Club
A&M Sailing Club
Aggies for Animal Rescue
Aggie Guide Dogs and Service Dogs
Pre-Vet Society
Volunteered with SAR dogs
Voluntarily tutored middle school children with the HOSTS program
Habitat for Humanity


Other Employment:
Helped teach kids summer camp for a couple years while in college
Texas A&M Clinical Pathology Laboratory


Letters of Recommendation:
First and second year were all from vets I worked with; third year was from 2 vets and my clin path lab supervisor



So yah, the old adage "If at first you don't succeed" and "Third times the charm" seems to apply in this case.

Seriously I know it sucks to re-apply constantly but hey, for three years I filled out 6 applications between the TMDSAS and the VMCAS, so I feel your pain putting in all those classes, experiences, and so on again and again and then waiting waiting waiting. Just keep trying and you'll make it. The lady above me got in on her 5th time and someone last year got in on her 7th (8th maybe?) time so, keep plugging away if it's what you want to do. Plus as of this year the VMCAS saves your information data so, that helps kill some frustration right there.

Good luck y'all!



Oh and it is possible to get in as a male applicant! We just have a harder time of it because the females are....more driven. (I refuse to say smarter! Though an adcoms member [male] once told me point blank that that's pretty much the reason lol; that and better people skills in terms of interviewing) .
 
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HopefulAg, I just wanted to say I find it freaky that we are both from Texas, and we had the exact same cumulative GPA and the exact same GRE score.

Oh, and I also wanted to say you should come to Ohio. You know you want to. We're the most awesome. 😛
 
21 year old Female, Florida Resident. BS in Animal Sciences to be completed May 2010.

Applied: Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Iowa, Dublin, Glasgow
Rejected: Florida, and (assumed) Pennsylvania
Interviews: Iowa, Glasgow
Waiting: Glasgow, Penn?, Michigan
Waitlisted: Iowa
Accepted: Dublin :luck:

All at time of application
Cumulative GPA: 3.5
Last 45 credit hrs: 3.65
Science: ~3.1-3.3
GRE: 1330, 560 V, 770 Q, 4.0 AW

Honors and Awards:
Dean's list a few times
National honor society
High honor roll in high school

Veterinary Experience:
560 hours at a small animal/exotic practice
1200 hours at University of Florida lab animal care

Animal Experience:
360 hours working as a stablehand
90 hours working as a dog bather at Petsmart

Extracurricular/Community Activities:
Secretary and President of Women's Chorale
Social Chair and Historian of Advo-cats club
Pre-vet member 2 years
Piano lessons for 15 years
Varsity Tennis team in high school
Select and Women's Choir all 4 years in high school
1 year choir in college


Other employment:
Team member at Arby's for a year

Letters of Recommendation:
1 letter from a Vet I worked for
1 letter from the Vet who oversees the entire UF lab animal care system
1 letter from Chorus teacher

I guess UF didn't want me but apparently I did something right!
 
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22 yr old, female, MA resident

Applied: Penn, Cornell, UC Davis, Tufts, Colorado
Rejected: Colorado, UC Davis
Interviews: Tufts, Penn
Withdrew: Tufts
Accepted: Cornell, Penn
Attending: Penn

Cumulative GPA: 3.39
Last 45 credit hrs: 3.5
Science: 3.6
Vet Pre-requisites: 3.8
Rigor: Prestigious liberal arts college but I also took some classes at other institutions
GRE: 700 V, 620 Q, 4.0 AW
other: I had one 'W' (withdraw) on my transcript and one C in an upperlevel science course (not a pre-req though)

Honors and Awards:
Freshman Honors
Multicultural Academic Achievement Award

Veterinary Experience:
~2000 hours at a SA practice
40 hours at an equine practice
480 hours summer lab animal research project
60 hours at zoo
500 hours in strictly lab animal practice

other employment:
700 hours working for undergrad admissions/dean
600 hours working as research technician at human hospital

Extracurricular/Community Activities:
Pre-vet club
science community outreach
environmental/sustainability club

Letters of Recommendation:
1 from Vet at SA hospital
1 from Vet at lab animal practice
1 from Physics prof
1 from Bio prof
1 from Dean/former employer
 
HopefulAg, I just wanted to say I find it freaky that we are both from Texas, and we had the exact same cumulative GPA and the exact same GRE score.

Oh, and I also wanted to say you should come to Ohio. You know you want to. We're the most awesome
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That is freaky...where from in Texas?

If we turn out to be long lost twins, I claim dibs on being the evil one. I'd look badass with a goatee.



And yah Ohio is pretty high up on my list but..Edinburgh is cheaper (surprisingly), plus it's in Scotland!
 
HopefulAg said:
That is freaky...where from in Texas?

If we turn out to be long lost twins, I claim dibs on being the evil one. I'd look badass with a goatee.



And yah Ohio is pretty high up on my list but..Edinburgh is cheaper (surprisingly), plus it's in Scotland!
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Denton, TX. The land of UNT, Bowling for Soup, and lots of music majors. 😛

I suppose since I am incapable of growing a goatee, you win this one. I don't have a very convincing evil laugh anyway.

Ah well, I still vote Ohio. Only a three hour plane ride back to Texas if that is important to you. If not, I could see how Scotland could be tempting...

If you get into A&M this time, are you going there?
 
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I was going to wait to post this until I heard back from Western, but I figured my not-so-good stats might give people hope who are still waiting to hear.

25 year old Female, Colorado Resident. AAS in mortuary science, BS in organismic biology to be completed May 2010.

Applied: Colorado (IS), Kansas, Western, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington, Wisconsin.
Rejected: Colorado, Ohio, Washington, and (assumed) Pennsylvania
Interviews: Kansas, Western.
Waiting: Western, Wisconsin
Accepted: Kansas

Cumulative GPA: 3.14
Last 45 credit hrs: 3.83
Science: ~3.2
GRE: 550 V, 760 Q, 5.5 AW

Honors and Awards:
A couple solo and ensemble awards from high school
Winning the Colorado statewide battle of the bands

Veterinary Experience:

1400 hours at a small animal/wildlife practice
8 hours at an equine practice

Animal Experience:

900 hours working w/ dog trainer, about 800 of those are schutzhund, 100 are puppy classes.
200 hours working as a stablehand

Extracurricular/Community Activities:

President of Pre-Vet club
Web designer of pre-health professions club
Musician
Manager for local band
Member of Denver Hearse Association

Other Employment:

Manufacturing computer chips
Funeral Director/Embalmer
Body Piercer (emphasized that I owned my own business)
Freelance Web Design

Letters of Recommendation:

2 letters from the Veterinarians I work for
1 letter from dog trainer I work with
1 letter from biology professor
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Hi TrocarKarin,

I saw where you were a Colorado resident that applied to CSU too. DId you do your undergrad there? I was wondering if that played a role in admissions decisions. What do you think???

By the way, CONGRATS on Kansas!🙂
 
If you get into A&M this time, are you going there?
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The Million Dollar Question. Don't know. It'd be a hell of a lot cheaper, and I know my parents want me to go to A&M. Plus you can't get Aggie football (or any football except futbol) in Edinburgh. But then again, I've always wanted to study abroad and everyone I know (sans my parents) are telling me to go to Scotland. Then you always hear stories of how older folks had all these great chances to do things when they were younger and they passed it up and regret it. But I like both universities for varying reasons.

In short: I don't know. I guess I'll cross that bridge if I come to it. A rejection from A&M sure would help with the decision, but I think I'll get accepted given my past trends with them. Was 0.268 points short of waitlist and 4 points short of acceptance last year. Since then, my last 45 GPA has improved substantially so that may be enough to bump me over into acceptance. A&M sure does love them GPAs.


Should be interesting.



How do you like Ohio? Anything you miss from back home? Did you ever apply to A&M?
 
turquoisewolves said:
I saw where you were a Colorado resident that applied to CSU too. DId you do your undergrad there? I was wondering if that played a role in admissions decisions. What do you think???
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I'm doing my undergrad at UCCS. I don't know if being in the CU system instead of the CSU system had any bearing on me not getting in - or if they just weren't as willing to look past my low grades from my associate's degree.
 
A&M sure does love them GPAs.
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Yeah, I know! I never bothered to find out, but I assume that is why they rejected me. It is A&M. 🙄

Anything you miss from back home?
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Ummm... sunshine? Above freezing temperatures? 😉 Although I've heard Texas has had quite a cold winter, so maybe I can't complain. I don't miss much else, except of course the people I left behind.

Loan debt can be quite the motivator. Texas A&M was not my first choice, but if they had accepted me, I would have gone solely for the cheaper tuition. Ohio State was the second cheapest choice, and that was that. Vet school is four years, but debt can unfortunately last decades.
 
Yah the rational part of me is saying to stay state side where it's cheaper but then there's the "where's the fun in that?" portion nagging back.
 
25 yr old, female, CA resident, 2nd time applicant, 1st was in 2007.

Applied: Texas A & M, Iowa, Washington, Oregon, UC Davis, Western, Mississippi, Purdue
Rejected: Texas A & M, Iowa, Washington (so far)
Interviews: Western, Mississippi, Purdue, UC Davis
Withdrew: None yet
Accepted: Mississippi, Purdue
Attending: Not sure yet

Undergrad GPA: 2.94
Last 45 credit hrs: 3.7ish
Science: low
Rigor: High for undergrad
GRE: 670 V, 740 Q, 5.5 AW


Honors and Awards:
Not too many
graduated cum laude from undergrad after completing a thesis

Veterinary Experience:
900 hours at small & exotic clinic
86 hours at a zoo hospital
100 hours shadowing dairy vets
650 hours at mixed animal

Animal Experience:
300 hours with equestrian competition in college
360 hours undergrad research with tree swallows
50 hours assisting with dairy cow research
270 hours as farm hand on commercial dairy
2000 hours in 4-H with chickens, pigs and horses
298 hours as giraffe intern at zoo
30 hours volunteering at wildlife care center
120 hours alpaca milking for master's thesis- not listed b/c after app


Extracurricular/Community Activities:
School Mascot in High School- I think this is key, no, seriously.
Animal Nutrition Tutor
WWOOFing

Letters of Recommendation:
1 from Vet at Mixed Animal/I shadowed with dairy cows
1 from Professor & former dairy vet
1 from Master's Advisor, physiologist & dairy nutritionist
 
I don't mean to press but can you make some kind of estimate to your Science GPA if you know it? It may help encourage other people with not so stellar grades (if that's the reason you're not disclosing it).

You got in! They can't rescind your acceptance based on past grades now lol.
 
Sure! According to Texas A & M my cumulative GPA was a 3.19 (that includes one semester of post-grad work and several in a MS program) and my science GPA was a 3.17. Yep.

The reason I posted my undergrad GPA was to give people hope AND because if you look carefully on the VMCAS website, they are asking for your GPA at the institution where you completed most of your work (I think- there was some reason I gave them the 2.94).

My undergrad was a BA in Bio and my MS is a MS in Animal Science (focus Ruminant Nutrition).
If you have any other questions please PM me. I feel if I got in, there is hope for others who had a bad undergrad.
 
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Oh, and I also wanted to say you should come to Ohio. You know you want to. We're the most awesome. 😛
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Ditto to this. Come to Ohio so I won't be the only Aggie in our class! 😛
 
For you successful applicants out there....Did you do a file review with any of the schools you were rejected from in the same cycle you were accepted elsewhere? Did you receive any feedback about reasons why you didn't get in, which then was obviously not a roadblock to get into the school(s) you were accepted to?
 
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For you successful applicants out there....Did you do a file review with any of the schools you were rejected from in the same cycle you were accepted elsewhere? Did you receive any feedback about reasons why you didn't get in, which then was obviously not a roadblock to get into the school(s) you were accepted to?
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I have not filled out a successful applicant post yet because I'm still waiting on my first-choice school, but I can answer this question anyway. I've been accepted to LSU and Mizzou (both OOS), and I did a file review with CSU (also OOS). At CSU the lady said I am a very competitive applicant, but I hadn't completed enough upper-division science classes at the time of my application. She said that this probably wouldn't be a problem at all, though, for schools that look at Fall 2009 grades. I guess she was right 😉 I don't know if this helps at all, but I thought I'd chime in with my experience. Once I hear back from Davis :xf: I'll post all of my stats in this thread . . .
 
ekchad said:
The reason I posted my undergrad GPA was to give people hope AND because if you look carefully on the VMCAS website, they are asking for your GPA at the institution where you completed most of your work (I think- there was some reason I gave them the 2.94)
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I also had the dilema of what to report as my GPA, as I have taken classes at six colleges over the past 20 years - BA in psych, MBA, random aviation courses for my pilot's license, classes for work, etc. My undergrad was 3.12, but my grades at some of my other schools and for vet pre-reqs were better. So I was looking for a way to not call the 3.12 my GPA and instead report a higher GPA on the VMCAS.

I read the instructions on VMCAS very carefully, and as I remember it said in the case of multiple schools, report the GPA for your "primary" school - I don't believe there was any mention of "most" or specific criteria for what should be your primary. It was surprisingly vague. So I said, fine, the school where I did most of my vet pre-reqs over the two years prior to application would be my primary, and that GPA was like 3.3, IIRC, which was still not stellar but felt a lot better than putting down 3.1. To me, this is perfectly logical, and I explained it in the Explanations section on VMCAS. My undergrad was completed almost 20 years ago and was not science-related or relevant to vetmed, so it makes more sense to consider the very recent, vetmed related coursework if I must pick one GPA.
 
Sure! According to Texas A & M my cumulative GPA was a 3.19 (that includes one semester of post-grad work and several in a MS program) and my science GPA was a 3.17. Yep.
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Oh, yah. A&M puts a ridiculous amount of emphasis on grades. It used to be something like 3/4 of your application. I think it's down to half now.
 
Applied: LSU, UGA
Interview: LSU
Accepted: LSU, UGA
Instate is UGA.

Last 45 hour GPA: 4.0
Science GPA: 3.99
Overall GPA: 3.99

GRE Biology: 780
GRE Verbal: 480
GRE Math: 790
GRE Writing: 3.5

All undergraduate courses taken at the University of Georgia, majoring in Microbiology, graduate in May 2010.

Recommendations: Former vet I worked with who wasn't a vet at the time but is now, high school teacher, and college professor/employer in microbiology lab at UGA.

Experience: Exclusively small animal, private practice all throughout high school and first two summers of college. Around 2,000 hours of experience. Also employed in a research lab since May of 2008.
 
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25, Female, IL resident, first-time applicant

Applied: Colorado, Iowa, Washington, Wisconsin
Interviewed: Iowa, Washington
Waiting: Washington
Accepted: Iowa
Waitlisted: Colorado (OOS), Wisconsin (OOS #34)

Education
BS Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Wyoming (2009)
BS Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2007)

Stats
Wisconsin cum. GPA: 3.7
Wyoming cum. GPA: 4.0
Last 45 credit hours: 4.0
Science GPA: ~3.8
GRE: V 620, Q 640, AW 4.5

Honors and Awards
Summa cum laude, University of Wyoming (2009)
Scholastic Achievement Award, University of Wyoming (2009)
College of AG Research Fellowship, University of Wyoming (2008)
Gamma Sigma Delta, University of Wyoming (2009)
EPSCoR Research Fellowship, University of Wyoming (2008)
President’s Honor List, University of Wyoming (4/4 semesters, 2007-2009)
Honors in the Major, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2007)
Dean’s List, University of Wisconsin-Madison (5/8 semesters, 2003-2007)
High school stuff

Veterinary Experience
>1000 hours SA (private practice, shelter med)
>1000 hours necropsy (SA, LA, exotics)
>1000 hours veterinary diagnostics
(parasitology and clin path technician, Wyoming State Veterinary Lab)


Animal Experience
>800 hours shelter employee
2 years shelter foster parent and volunteer dog trainer/”socializer”
~1000 hours kennel-worker
~200 hours farm-worker (tended a flock of ~100 sheep)
Livestock fitting and showing (and training!)
(2 livestock shows: 1 Hampshire lamb, 1 Black Angus steer)
Horseback riding and training

Research Experience
Senior Thesis (2006-2007)
Equine exercise physiology (2008)
EPSCoR project for the Center for Fetal Programming (2008)
Canine Influenza in the Rocky Mountains (2009) [editing for publication]

Extracurricular/Community Activities
University of Wyoming IHSA Equestrian Team
University of Wisconsin-Madison Undergraduate Zoological Society
Ecological Restoration volunteer
Adopt-A-Highway

Other Employment
TA Organic Chemistry
TA Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrates (dissection lab)
Histology technician
Museum preparator (UW-Madison)
Lab work (UW-Madison Zoology Department)
(various food/customer service jobs)

Letters of Recommendation1 letter from pathologist
1 letter from shelter
1 letter from micro and biochem professor
1 letter from academic advisor and research mentor
 
22, Female, FL resident, first-time applicant

Applied: Colorado, LSU, UF, KSU, Virginia-Tech, Penn
Interviewed: Kansas, Florida (interview in March), LSU (got interview but declined)
Waiting: Penn
Accepted: Colorado, KSU
Waitlisted:
Declined: Virginia-Tech

Education
BS Animal Sciences, University of Florida (Expected 2010)
BS Biochemistry (Expected 2010)

Stats
Cum. GPA: 3.98
Last 45 credit hours: 3.98
Science GPA: 4.0
GRE: V 630, Q 720 AW 5.0

Honors and Awards
Dean's List/President's List all years except fall 2009
National Merit Scholar
Scholarship Winner for Animal Science scholarship
Golden key honor society
Alpha Zeta Honor Fraternity

Veterinary Experience
1134 hrs at Peterson and Smith Equine as working student spring 2009 (took a semester "off" to do this as an internship for credit)
<50 hrs as neonatal care volunteer at UF large animal hospital
60 hrs working w/ a vet doing research on nosocomial infections

Animal Experience
Owned/ridden/worked with and around horses for 15 years
Highly involved with 4-H from age 8-18
Owned cats and dogs
Volunteered at cat/dog rescue

Extracurricular/Community Activities
University of Florida IHSA team
UF Block and Bridle club
4-H throughout highschool

Other Employment
Tutor at UF learning center
Worked for local horse show association as a ring steward
High school: Cleaned stalls/barn sitter, Babysitter

Letters of Recommendation
1 letter from vet at Peterson and Smith
1 letter from animal repro teacher
1 letter from vet that I worked with on the research project
 
Hey! :shrug:

I can't speak for mojotues, but my post should be proof that grades aren't everything... (I'm no stranger to the wait-list thread). 🙂
 
22 yr old, female, MA resident

Applied: Penn, Cornell, UC Davis, Tufts, Colorado
Rejected: Colorado, UC Davis
Interviews: Tufts, Penn
Withdrew: Tufts
Accepted: Cornell, Penn
Attending: Penn

Cumulative GPA: 3.39
Last 45 credit hrs: 3.5
Science: 3.6
Vet Pre-requisites: 3.8
Rigor: Prestigious liberal arts college but I also took some classes at other institutions
GRE: 620 V, 700 Q, 4.0 AW
other: I had one 'W' (withdraw) on my transcript and one C in an upperlevel science course (not a pre-req though)

Honors and Awards:
Freshman Honors
Multicultural Academic Achievement Award

Veterinary Experience:
~2000 hours at a SA practice
40 hours at an equine practice
480 hours summer lab animal research project
60 hours at zoo
500 hours in strictly lab animal practice

other employment:
700 hours working for undergrad admissions/dean
600 hours working as research technician at human hospital

Extracurricular/Community Activities:
Pre-vet club
science community outreach
environmental/sustainability club

Letters of Recommendation:
1 from Vet at SA hospital
1 from Vet at lab animal practice
1 from Physics prof
1 from Bio prof
1 from Dean/former employer
 
I was thinking the same thing. 😛
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I am in awe of people who can get 4.0s and still do all the vet work/experience/ECs and all that good stuff on the way to vet school. I sure as hell couldn't do it (obviously lol).
 
I hope this makes some people feel better!! I had multiple C’s on my transcript and a W! ojeez lol rough times. but the last two years I got back on track and I had a huge upward trend. Luckily, for ever C I had in a science class I also had an A in the same one (orgo I vs orgo II, etc) so this showed I am capable of achieving higher grades.

24 year old Female, Maryland Resident. BS in biology 2008, post bacc fellowship ‘08-10

Applied: Virginia (IS), Penn, Colorado, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Missouri
Rejected: Colorado, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri
Interviews: Virginia, Penn, Illinois (withdrew)
Alternate: Virginia (withdrew)
Accepted: Penn!!! 😀

Cumulative GPA: 3.4
Last 45 credit hrs: 3.6
Science: 3.2
GRE: 420 V, 750 Q, 5 AW

Honors and Awards:
Intramural Research Training Award Fellowship at the National Institutes of Health
Certificate of achievement (4.0 some semesters)
Semester Academic Honors (some semesters)
Honorable Mention for Distinguished Scholar Award
Scholar Athletic Award (all through high school)

Veterinary Experience: In my official VMCAS I put my PhD mentored work under work experience… whoops lol. Also, as you can see, I never worked as a technician. I chose to do research full time and get clinic experience on the side--so hard.

25 Lab Animal Intern (shadowed my vet at NIH)
300 Small animal/Exotics vet hospital Intern
17 Feline Clinic Intern

I had just started interning for the lab animal and feline vet so my numbers are low, but I did not send any schools follow up info later this year so these are the numbers they saw.

Animal Experience:

640 Mice,Rats
600 Quail, Tree Swallows, Bluebird
50 Sheep/Lamb
30 Diamondback Terrapins
1024 Animal Care Technician for Best Friends Pet Resort (cats and dogs)

I did not include petsitting or my own animals.

Work Experience

2560 Post-bacc research at NIH (diabetes and obesity)
1300 Undergrad research (endocrine disruption of organochlorines on avian species)
360 Lab Tech (stalk eyed fly lab, look up a picture they are super cool looking, their eyes are at the end of antennas)

Community Activities:

President of Chemistry Fraternity (Alpha Chi Sigma), also historian and alumni secretary
Member of Veterinary Science Club
National Music Honors Society, historian

I left out all extracurricular activities that didn’t have to do with “community giving”, I guess I was confused with the term Community Activities (vs. extracurricular activities) on VMCAS at the time haha and I didn’t want to make it seem like I was putting in “fluff”.

Letters of Recommendation:

1 Lab Animal Vet
1 PI for my NIH lab
1 PI for my UMD lab




From the huge amt of information i have gathered this yr. It seems like it is possible for both people with 1) high stats+no vet experience 2) avg/low stats+ton of experience to get into vet school. I won't lie, it really bummed me out once i realized all these people who have no vet experience are getting in just because of their high stats. I guess that's life. However, i have no regrets with my stats (because i LOVED college! ) and i have no regrets spending extra time with animals because duhhh thats what i want to do with my career! lol



good luck to people preparing to apply next year!! 🙂
 
HopefulAg said:
I am in awe of people who can get 4.0s and still do all the vet work/experience/ECs and all that good stuff on the way to vet school. I sure as hell couldn't do it (obviously lol).
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You are definitely not alone in that because I could not do it either. I had to work while going to school so I could eat, brush my teeth, have some soap to take a shower, and pay all of them wonderful bills. So it was work and try my best to keep my grades as high as I possibly could.
 
BlacKAT33 said:
However, i have no regrets with my stats (because i LOVED college! ) and i have no regrets spending extra time with animals because duhhh thats what i want to do with my career! lol
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this is what makes me feel better when I look at how long it's going to take to get my pre-reqs done! at least I get to spend more time with animals, haha.
 
Awesome BlacKAT! Thanks for sharing! 👍
And CONGRATS on PENN!!!:soexcited:
 
Thanks for sharing BlacKAT! I don't think your stats are as bad as you've said--I think that Virginia is just crazy! :luck: @ Penn!
 
1st year applicant, 21 year old Female, Florida Resident. BS in Animal Sciences to be completed May 2010.

Applied: Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Iowa, Dublin, Glasgow
Rejected: Florida, and (assumed) Pennsylvania
Interviews: Iowa, Glasgow
Waiting: Penn?, Michigan
Waitlisted: Iowa
Accepted: Dublin, Glasgow :luck:

All at time of application
Cumulative GPA: 3.5
Last 45 credit hrs: 3.65
Science: ~3.1-3.3
GRE: 1330, 560 V, 770 Q, 4.0 AW

Honors and Awards:
Dean's list a few times
National honor society
High honor roll in high school

Veterinary Experience:
560 hours at a small animal/exotic practice
1200 hours at University of Florida lab animal care

Animal Experience:
360 hours working as a stablehand
90 hours working as a dog bather at Petsmart

Extracurricular/Community Activities:
Secretary and President of Women's Chorale
Social Chair and Historian of Advo-cats club
Pre-vet member 2 years
Piano lessons for 15 years
Varsity Tennis team in high school
Select and Women's Choir all 4 years in high school
1 year choir in college


Other employment:
Team member at Arby's for a year

Letters of Recommendation:
1 letter from a Vet I worked for
1 letter from the Vet who oversees the entire UF lab animal care system
1 letter from Chorus teacher
 
3rd time applicant, 25 y/o female. Utah resident.
BS in Biology 2007 Westminster College, Utah
MS in Animal Science with concentration on Reproductive Physiology West Virginia University

Applied: Colorado, Washington, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Glasgow, Dublin, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio
Rejected: Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio
Interviews: Washington, Glasgow
Waiting: Washington
Waitlisted: Colorado
Accepted: Dublin, Glasgow

Cumulative GPA: 3.2
Last 45 credit hrs: 3.7 (grad school)
Science: ~3.4
GRE: 500 V, 690Q, 4.0 AW

Honors and Awards:
Dean's list
Westminster Scholarship

Veterinary Experience:
1600 hours at a small animal/exotic practice
200 hours at a large animal practice


Animal Experience:
2000 hours of research animal experience
550 hours large/production animal

Extracurricular/Community Activities:
Secretary Biology honors society
National Chemistry society
Pre-vet club member 4 years
Co-organizer Susan Sandoval Race for Ovarian Cancer 3 years

Other employment:
West Virginia University Graduate Teaching Assistant 2 years
University of Utah Research Assistant 1.5 years

Letters of Recommendation:
1 letter from Large animal vet
1 letter from Small animal vet
1 letter from Masters Advisor
 
was gonna wait 'til i heard from all my schools, but while i've got some time to breathe...

28 y/o female, Texas resident, first-time applicant

Applied: Colorado, Davis, Wisconsin, LSU, Tufts, RVC, Edinburgh
Rejected: Colorado, Davis
Interviews: LSU, Tufts, RVC
Waiting: Tufts
Accepted: Wisconsin, LSU, Edinburgh

Cumulative GPA: 3.5
Last 45 credit hrs: 3.7
Vet Pre-Reqs: 3.8
Rigor: Academically-rigorous private liberal arts university, but a lot of pre-reqs came from my local community college
GRE: 710V (98%), 660Q (62%), 5.0AW (81%)

Honors and Awards:
-a bunch of high school stuff: dean's list, national honor society, concertmistress of orchestra
-Christian A. Johnson Fellow
-Senior Thesis Honors
-Anthro Department Honors
-various photos published on websites

Veterinary Experience:
-various small animal clinics, ~2500 hours
-wildlife rehab, ~200 hours

Animal Experience:
-monkey-related fieldwork in Kenya, ~3300 hours
-SPCA adoptions, ~1200 hours
-thesis research on captive gorillas, ~300 hours
-one semester abroad in Kenya studying wildlife management, ~600 hours
-bird-related fieldwork, ~350 hours
-years of horseback riding/teaching assistant stuff
-pet-sitting/dogwalking, ~500 hours

Other Employment:
-baker/shop assistant
-nanny
-a whole slew of post-Katrina jobs in New Orleans
-campaign coordinator in 2004 presidential campaign

Extracurricular/Community Activities:
-post-Katrina rebuiding in NOLA
-political organizing
-photography
-work/study position at yoga studio

Letters of Recommendation:
1 from my current boss, a vet/owner of small animal practice
1 from my college/thesis advisor
1 from my community college physics professor
1 from former director of LA/SPCA
1 from director of my research project in Kenya
 
fascinating experience! I am surprised any school rejected you...your states are stellar! Congrats on the acceptances you do have!!! 😛
 
lmscout said:
fascinating experience! I am surprised any school rejected you...your states are stellar! Congrats on the acceptances you do have!!! 😛
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I was thinking the same thing...those are some amazing stats!!!
 
aw, thanks, guys! it's been a long road to get here but i sure am glad for all the weird and wonderful stuff i've gotten to do along the way. probably took a few years off my poor parents' lives in the process, though...

been a bit of a gloomy sunday here...but y'all know exactly how to make a girl feel better 🙂
 
28 y/o female, Texas resident, first-time applicant

Applied: Colorado, Davis, Wisconsin, LSU, Tufts, RVC, Edinburgh
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Call me nosy but any reason you didn't apply to A&M? Do you know something I don't? 😉
 
HopefulAg said:
Call me nosy but any reason you didn't apply to A&M? Do you know something I don't? 😉
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There are two Texas residents in my class that never applied to Texas A&M. It happens. I found it weird as well. Living in College Station was a big enough deterrent, I guess.
 
Just seems to me they'd apply where they had the greatest chance of getting in. Though with stats like hers, she may not have even worried about that lol.

And yah, one sip of the College Station water would be enough to turn most people off A&M, much less seeing traffic during the school year.
 
ha! the one and only reason i didn't apply to texas a&m: i didn't have all the pre-reqs i would have needed! there are so many! when i came back from kenya i started taking the classes i knew i would need for every school, across the board...and when the time came to apply, i only looked at the ones whose pre-reqs i could finish in time.

i've heard from a bunch of texas folks who did it the other (smart) way: looked at what they needed for a&m, and did that, which left them in pretty good standing for all the other schools. but i'm not a texas girl originally--new orleans born, and new jersey raised--so i wasn't dead-set on being an aggie anyway. though saving a whole bunch of money would have been REALLY nice...
 
karmapple said:
There are two Texas residents in my class that never applied to Texas A&M. It happens. I found it weird as well. Living in College Station was a big enough deterrent, I guess.
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👍
 
1st year applicant, 22 year old Female, Illinois Resident. BS in Animal Sciences to be completed May 2010.

Applied: Illinois, K-State, Wisconsin, Colorado, Auburn
Rejected: assuming Auburn, (no interview).
Interviews: K-State, Illinois
Waiting: Illinois
Waitlisted: Colorado State
Accepted: K-State, Wisconsin

All at time of application
Cumulative GPA: 3.36
Last 45 credit hrs: ~3.6 something-or-other
Science: 3.45
GRE: 1250, 590 V, 660 Q, 5.0 AW

Honors and Awards:
ACES Dean's List
Outstanding Academic Achievement (all four years, HS)
Indian Prairie Scholar

Veterinary Experience:
24 hours at a local small animal practice
1940 hours in a research lab on campus
63 hours at a private Equine clinic
64 hours at the large animal clinic at my university

Animal Experience:
92 hours working as a private horse trainer.
334 hours working with rehabilitating horses at a local rescue
40 hours as a stable hand
36 hours Foal Watch
886 hours as a ranch hand on a cattle/dude ranch (woot woot)
120 hours as a volunteer animal keeper at a wildlife rehabilitation facility
48 hours canine ethology seminars

Extracurricular/Community Activities:
President of Equine Rehabilitation club at school
Webmaster of Equine Rehabilitation club
ACES Council member
Student Leader for backpacking/leadership building group
Young Naperville Singers

Other employment:
1 summer at boy scout camp in Wisconsin as a staffer
1 summer at Philmont scout ranch as a staffer
1 year employment at a second research lab

Letters of Recommendation:
1 letter from the Professor who runs the lab I work in
1 letter from a vet I shadowed at a large Equine practice
1 letter from a DVM/PhD I assisted with research who now works in Pharmaceuticals.
 
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