Yah I keep catching myself thinking about Edinburgh (technically I could still change my mind) but then go "no damn it!" Can't help but peek in the threads to see what they're up to, though. I'll go to Edinburgh's vet school vicariously I reckon.
But then don't you get UFC/Pride comments and people assuming you're some agro meat head?I've learned to just put "mixed martial arts" on my resume
Though the image of a mellow, petite student in the UFC is rather amusing. Anyway, no, that stuff is just scary.
Bumping this so that ANYONE who was accepted into a veterinary school may share their stats with the rest of SDN. You're in! Now give the rest of us hope.
Boffing, now, most people do that but don't mention it on VMCAS. 
job shadowed for a few weeks
How did you do so well on the GRE with those math skills. 660 + 670 = 1330 not 1370
), Wisconsin, Tufts
Sorry this has taken so long for me to post--- I tried to post it a few times a while back and my beast of a computer deleted it, twice. I decided to post it now because a friend of a friend just asked to see my personal statement and I realized that its application time for a whole new crew and that this might be helpful or at least give some people hope J.
25, F, CA resident, first time applicant
AZ born and raised; Undergrad: William and Mary
Applied: Colorado, VMRCVM, Dublin, Massey, Tufts, UC Davis, Western, Wisconsin
Rejected: Colorado, VMRCVM (they never sent the letter, I had to call and ask
Interviewed: Western, Davis
Waitlisted: Western, Waitlisted for an interview at Tufts
Admitted: Massey, UC Davis
Withdrew: Dublin, Western
Attending: UC Davis!!!!!!!!
GPA, my Achilles heel in the application process, my whole application approach was to draw attention elsewhere
Reported Cumulative: 3.03
Primary Undergrad Inst: 2.87 (all other institutions my GPA averages to about 3.9)
Required science (for Davis): 2.6, really. Overall science was closer to a 3.0
GRE: Verbal: 670, 95%
Quantitative: 770, 88%
Analytical: 5.5, 90%
Veterinary experience hours at application: ~5000, mostly in two places: 1) a wildlife rehabilitation center, an hour and a half away from my house, where I volunteered in the hospital and did an externship with the vet (Ive never NOT had a good time at the wildlife center) and 2) A spinal cord injury research lab where I worked full time after college studying spinal cord injury and its possible treatments on pre-clinical, rodent models. I did a lot of animal surgeries, got a lot of great experience and was miserable at this job.
I also have a smattering of other vet experiences, just to get exposure. Also, in my essay I expressed interest in surgery so between application and interview I shadowed at a big surgical referral center to show that Id taken the time to gain surgical experience outside of the lab and wildlife settings.
Animal experience: ~1500: Work in several labs in college; wildlife rehabilitation (including marine mammal, very fun and very smelly); wildlife research while abroad in Africa.
Community activities: A lot of volunteer experience, I think ive just always volunteered, the most interesting of this was teaching English while abroad in Africa. I also led an alternative spring break trip in college. Other community activities were things like sports, club involvement in college etc.
Other employment: 5 years on and off at a steakhouse (high school and breaks from college) as well as a smattering of other hospitality type jobs (including one at bakery for dog treats)
Honors and Awards: National Merit Finalist (funny anyone still cares when Im 25); Fulbright Hayes Group Projects Abroad grant which covered my flight to and from Africa
LORs: PI from my lab; college professor who had me in both class and as a lab employee; Vet at wildlife center I externed/ volunteer at
Ive always wanted to go to Davis so my application was (by and large) Davis oriented. I took a job in CA after college to get more experience and to establish CA residency. I also met with the admissions office a couple times, both by phone and in person to see what I had to do to overcome my GPA. When they told me to get experience with a wildlife vet, I committed to driving 140 mile round trip to get to a wildlife vet who worked on sundays and wouldnt interfere with my job. To get more wildlife experience I also worked with seals and sea lions on Saturdays and for a year didnt have weekends. Davis told me to get a high GRE score and I spent my entire two week winter vacation from work studying.
It sucked but it all paid off. In my interview at Davis they didnt even bring up my GPA. When I did, they just kind of waved it off and said the rest of my application showed that I had put in a lot of work since college.
! !
Sorry this has taken so long for me to post--- I tried to post it a few times a while back and my beast of a computer deleted it, twice. I decided to post it now because a friend of a friend just asked to see my personal statement and I realized that its application time for a whole new crew and that this might be helpful or at least give some people hope J.
25, F, CA resident, first time applicant
AZ born and raised; Undergrad: William and Mary
Applied: Colorado, VMRCVM, Dublin, Massey, Tufts, UC Davis, Western, Wisconsin
Rejected: Colorado, VMRCVM (they never sent the letter, I had to call and ask
Interviewed: Western, Davis
Waitlisted: Western, Waitlisted for an interview at Tufts
Admitted: Massey, UC Davis
Withdrew: Dublin, Western
Attending: UC Davis!!!!!!!!
GPA, my Achilles heel in the application process, my whole application approach was to draw attention elsewhere
Reported Cumulative: 3.03
Primary Undergrad Inst: 2.87 (all other institutions my GPA averages to about 3.9)
Required science (for Davis): 2.6, really. Overall science was closer to a 3.0
GRE: Verbal: 670, 95%
Quantitative: 770, 88%
Analytical: 5.5, 90%
Veterinary experience hours at application: ~5000, mostly in two places: 1) a wildlife rehabilitation center, an hour and a half away from my house, where I volunteered in the hospital and did an externship with the vet (Ive never NOT had a good time at the wildlife center) and 2) A spinal cord injury research lab where I worked full time after college studying spinal cord injury and its possible treatments on pre-clinical, rodent models. I did a lot of animal surgeries, got a lot of great experience and was miserable at this job.
I also have a smattering of other vet experiences, just to get exposure. Also, in my essay I expressed interest in surgery so between application and interview I shadowed at a big surgical referral center to show that Id taken the time to gain surgical experience outside of the lab and wildlife settings.
Animal experience: ~1500: Work in several labs in college; wildlife rehabilitation (including marine mammal, very fun and very smelly); wildlife research while abroad in Africa.
Community activities: A lot of volunteer experience, I think ive just always volunteered, the most interesting of this was teaching English while abroad in Africa. I also led an alternative spring break trip in college. Other community activities were things like sports, club involvement in college etc.
Other employment: 5 years on and off at a steakhouse (high school and breaks from college) as well as a smattering of other hospitality type jobs (including one at bakery for dog treats)
Honors and Awards: National Merit Finalist (funny anyone still cares when Im 25); Fulbright Hayes Group Projects Abroad grant which covered my flight to and from Africa
LORs: PI from my lab; college professor who had me in both class and as a lab employee; Vet at wildlife center I externed/ volunteer at
Ive always wanted to go to Davis so my application was (by and large) Davis oriented. I took a job in CA after college to get more experience and to establish CA residency. I also met with the admissions office a couple times, both by phone and in person to see what I had to do to overcome my GPA. When they told me to get experience with a wildlife vet, I committed to driving 140 mile round trip to get to a wildlife vet who worked on sundays and wouldnt interfere with my job. To get more wildlife experience I also worked with seals and sea lions on Saturdays and for a year didnt have weekends. Davis told me to get a high GRE score and I spent my entire two week winter vacation from work studying.
It sucked but it all paid off. In my interview at Davis they didnt even bring up my GPA. When I did, they just kind of waved it off and said the rest of my application showed that I had put in a lot of work since college.
Don't mind at all. I was 8, with 11 people declining the offer before getting to the waitlist (since they had overaccepted 11). I was actually the last one to get accepted into the class.... you can imagine my shock, especially when I was told there was pretty much no chance! I had even already planned out what I was going to do before reapplying.
So with the waitlist, anything's possible.
It's crossed my mind as well. I'll definitely be studying abroad for at least a portion of my vet school (or well, I'll definitely try to...) it's just a matter of where. It would seem kind of counter-productive though to just go to another country that closely resembles the US in terms of medical procedures.
Congrats!!!!!
