I am so excited that I get to post here! I can not hardly believe that I am going to be able to do what I LOVE and what I am extremely passionate about. Please ignore my GRE scores, I thought they were really going to hold me back but I am glad they didn't!
22, Female, Virginia resident
Second-time applicant
B.S. in Animal and Veterinary Sciences
Graduated Spring 2013 from Clemson University - GO TIGERS! haha
Applied: Tennessee, Missouri, Purdue, Western, Auburn, Illinois, UGA, Mississippi State, Ohio State, Florida, Minnesota, Midwestern, Upenn, Tufts, UPEI, Oregon State, Colorado State, VMRCVM, and LSU
Interview Offers: Tennessee, Missouri, Purdue, Western, Auburn, Mississippi State, Midwestern, UPEI, and VMRCVM
Declined Interviews: UPEI and Auburn
Wait-Listed: VMRCVM, Colorado State, Oregon State and Mississippi State and UGA
Rejected: Illinois, Ohio State, Florida, Minnesota, Tufts, LSU, and Upenn
Accepted: Tennessee, Purdue, Missouri, Auburn (I did not interview, but was just offered admission based on application), Midwestern and Western.
Attending:MIZZOU!!!
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Cumulative GPA: 3.45
Pre-Req GPA: 3.3 – 3.35 (depending on the school)
Last 45 GPA: 3.68
GRE: 143 V 145 Q 4 AW (EPIC FAIL in all categories!)
Veterinary Experience: 2000 hours
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National Institutes of Health (NHLBI): I worked there full time for 3 months. I gained experience handling laboratory animals and doing
research with laboratory animals that included Baboons, mice and swine.
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Cloverleaf Animal Hospital: 1.5 years working in a small animal clinic learning how to administer vaccinations, administering treatments,
drawing blood etc.
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Equine Veterinary Associates: 10 days volunteering at a Large Animal Hospital working primarily with horses and learning about their overall
anatomy.
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University of Tennessee CVM /Collierville Pet Hospital: 8 week program that was my first experience in a clinic where I really learned how to
work with small animals and the every day life of a small animal veterinarian was like. Then I went to UTCVM for 1 week and saw different
cases and presented a project of my own on a case in the clinic I had worked at.
Animal Experience: 1000+ hours
· Pet ownership: I had my Boston terrier for 14 years.
· Poultry Science Club: our club raised turkeys for thanksgiving and sold them to raise money, so as club members we had to feed them and give them water every day.
· Swine Techniques Class: we learned how to process piglets and maintain a swine a far.
· Horse Care Techniques Class: I ride horses, and in the class we learned how to collect semen from a stallion, and learn how to inject
vaccinations and deworm
· Germantown Animal Shelter Volunteer
· Paws and Relax: a pet sitting job I had in high school
· LNA: I halter broke and learned how to show a 2000 lb. beef heifer
Research Experience: 500+ hours
· Clemson University: 5 months working in a lab with rodents learning how to handle them, preform necropsies, and bioassays all while
examining FSH and LH levels in mice.
· Clemson University: 9 months working in the biochemistry lab working on isolating anti cancer peptides from sharks, skates and rays to
contribute to the cure breast cancer.
· National Institutes of Health: 3 months no original research just spent the summer participating in a TON of surgeries and learning how to
intubate animals and monitor vitals during the surgical procedure.
Employment: 300 hours
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The Junior League of Memphis: Worked there for 2 years helping out with filing, writing checks, organizing meetings for members and more.
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NMI Property Management: 6 months, organizing bank records, depositing checks, and managing office space.
Extracurriculars:
· Little North American Exhibition Executive Committee
· Animal and Veterinary Science Ambassador
· Clemson University Dairy Science Club
· Clemson University Poultry Science Club
· Treasurer of Clemson Animal welfare society
· Introduction to Animal Science Teaching Assistant
· Animal Anatomy and Physiology Teaching Assistant
· WAVS Lifeguard: Women in Animal and Veterinary Sciences, I was a mentor to new students.
· Guatemala Mission Trips
· Clemson Pre – Vet Club
· South Africa Study Abroad: Studied the ecology of the land and got to be in the presence of lions, cheetah and meerkats and more.
Honors and Awards:
· NIHLBI Award for completing my internship at the Institute 2013
· Deans List 2012-2013
· Graduated cum laude 2013
· Dairy Science Exhibition Award 2011
· Poultry Science Exhibition Award 2012 – 2013
· Intercultural Collegiate Award 2013
· National Honors Society (High school)
· National Spanish Honors Society (High school)
· Graduated magnum cum laude (High school)
eLORS:
· Three professors: One in biochemistry and the others in our Animal Science Department.
· Two veterinarians: one from NIH and one from a clinic I worked at.
Personal Statement / Uniqueness Essays:
· I started my personal statement with a quote that meant so much to me in a book that I had read freshman year of college called the Souls of
Animals. After that I just basically described how my background and my experiences all have contributed to me being at this point in my life. I
also stated how becoming a veterinarian would help me contribute to humans as well as animals in public health and research.
haha!!!! 😀 . I miss it terribly! I'll send you a PM! 
