Emiloo, as said on the interview thread, I think you are way ahead of and more excited than the actual applicants themselves this year. There's nothing wrong with that, though!You know the drill (if not, here's last year's) http://mobile.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=880261
Big congrats for those getting to post here. It's an awesome feeling and a huge accomplishment!
Go go go!!!
I've been meaning to say that since I saw this thread go up, but I never got around to it.
Emiloo, as said on the interview thread, I think you are way ahead of and more excited than the actual applicants themselves this year. There's nothing wrong with that, though!
If I get accepted, I'll wait to post here until I hear back from all the schools and have made a decision.
this kind of makes me wish I would have applied to international schools 
I've been thinking about the international schools, but I'm not sure I want to take that jump and live in another country. It sure does sound exciting though! Best of luck!
Congrats felinelvr!!!! Your situation actually sounds similar to mine but I'm a few years behind you
!!! Congrats! You are inspiring!OK, I am a little nervous/ embarrassed to post this, but hopefully it will help some people in the future
OK, I am a little nervous/ embarrassed to post this, but hopefully it will help some people in the future
Second time applicant, 30 years old, Female, Colorado resident, non-trad student.
Applied: Colorado, Kansas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Minnesota
Apps withdrawn: Kansas, Minnesota, Oklahoma
Rejections: Iowa
Still waiting: Oklahoma
Interview: Kansas, Minnesota
Accepted: CSU Class of 2017!!!
Cum GPA @ time of application: 2.95
Last 45 credit hrs: 4.0 (undergrad and graduate work)
Science GPA @ time of application: 2.52 (as calculated by Iowa)
B.S. Psychology (2005) GPA: 2.72 (2.44 without repeat/delete)
Misc undergrad classes between degrees GPA: 3.9
M.S. Toxicology (2013) GPA: 4.0
GRE: first time: 450V, 510Q, 4.0A. 2nd time: 410V, 600Q, 4.0A. 3rd time: 158V, 154Q, 4.5A
Veterinary Experience:
- Small animal general practice (including exotics and wild life): 2700 hrs
- Small animal Emergency practice: 1000 hrs
- Small animal acupuncture: 20 hrs
- Small animal specialty surgeries and exotics/pocket pets: 70 hrs
- Large animal -horses: 75 hrs
- Total vet experience: about 3900 hrs
Animal Experience:
- Training deaf dogs, service dogs, peoples personal pets, and rehab & training of aggressive/fearful shelter dogs: 3500 hrs
- Dog show competition (conformation and obedience) and canine 4-H: 900 hrs
- Fostering animals for rescue: 3200 hrs
- Volunteer at Parrot Sanctuary: 200 hrs
- Observing geese behavior for research: 50 hrs
- Fancy Rat (for pets and showing) breeding business: 2000 hrs
- Assistant manager for specialty department at Petsmart: 2750 hrs
- Pet food Sales rep: 550 hrs
- Dog grooming: 275 hrs
- Working on a farm with inner city kids: 500
- Stable maintenance/ barn manager/ Horseback riding Instructor: 4000 hrs
- Pony Club: 3000 hrs
- Competitive Horseback riding: 13,500 hrs
- Total animal experience: about 35,000 hrs
Other Employment:
- Own/ operate a small business
- Real estate agent
- Office manager at alternative medical practice (for humans)
Honors:
- Multiple awards as top producing Realtor
- Multiple awards in Horseback riding
- High school honors
- Presidents list in college
Community activities:
- Tutor (stats, algebra, chemistry)
- Officer in numerous clubs and organizations (academic and community based)
- Founder of Rocky Mountain Fancy Rat Association
- Giving pet care educational seminars
- High school sports and activities
eLORS:
- 2 vets I have worked with
- A contractor/vendor I work with in my business
- Owner of the alternative health practice I worked for
When you look at my GPA, I am sure the first thing that comes to mind is how the heck did she get in? I know I do the same thing. For those of you that stress over a bad semester, I had a whole undergraduate degree full of bad semesters. My GPA ranged from a 0.9 to a 3.25 during my undergrad and did not have an upward trend (or any trend for that matter). I received multiple Ds and Fs (some were even in pre-reqs).
I think my story may be a little unique because I suffered a traumatic brain injury, my freshman year of college. I was told I would likely never recover but I kept working at it and doing my best to get through college (something else I was told I probably wouldnt accomplish with my injury- this is the biggest reason my initial GPA was so low). I hope my story can prove that your life is what you make of it and never let anyone tell you that you arent good enough to achieve your dreams. Some people just have to work a little harder than others and I was one of them.
Personal Statement:
I think my second PS was better than the 1st. In my first I discussed what I learned about vet med by working in clinics. It wasnt terribly personal and was a poor attempt at showing that I understood vet med wasnt just about petting puppies.
In my second (which I rewrote 59 times), I discussed my academic and extracurricular interests and my vision for the future of veterinary medicine. I also talked about where I see me fitting into the veterinary community and my desire to pursue a post-doc in a specialty.
I think my largest struggle with the PS was getting too technical and trying to write what I thought they wanted to see. I also listened to EVERY criticism, from the kind people who agreed to read it, and eventually I ended up with a product that was not me. The week before the app deadline I felt terrible about my PS, so I just wrote what was in my heart. I made several cliché mistakes that we are warned against, but I really expressed who I was. Ultimately, I am happy with what I wrote and apparently the app committee was OK with it, too.
The biggest changes I made from my 1st application to the second were:
1. Getting more upper division science credits and maintaining a good GPA (some undergrad and then I started a Masters program).
- Between applications I took 46 credits and maintained a 4.0 GPA
2. Sheri Stewart told me that my first application looked like it was shy on community service. It actually wasnt, but I think it may have been the way I listed my experience. For my second app I split up my community service activities. So for example, when I worked on a farm with inner city kids:
- Under animal experience I wrote about the activities related only to the animals
- Then under community service I wrote about working with the kids.
3. I added more activities I had forgotten on the first app. I actually forgot several items the 1st time.
4. For my explanation statement, I wrote a paragraph (instead of listing things by semester) giving just a brief overview of why my undergrad GPA was low. I had so much happen to me, during that time, and it looked like a list of excuses. So I took the approach of saying, this part of my life sucked due to... And then followed it up with saying, but look at what a different student I have become and now I have this GPA and these skills, etc
OK, I am a little nervous/ embarrassed to post this, but hopefully it will help some people in the future…
Second time applicant, 30 years old, Female, Colorado resident, non-trad student.
Applied: Colorado, Kansas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Minnesota
Apps withdrawn: Kansas, Minnesota, Oklahoma
Rejections: Iowa
Still waiting: Oklahoma
Interview: Kansas, Minnesota
Accepted: CSU Class of 2017!!!
Cum GPA @ time of application: 2.95
Last 45 credit hrs: 4.0 (undergrad and graduate work)
Science GPA @ time of application: 2.52 (as calculated by Iowa)
B.S. Psychology (2005) GPA: 2.72 (2.44 without repeat/delete)
Misc undergrad classes between degrees GPA: 3.9
M.S. Toxicology (2013) GPA: 4.0
GRE: first time: 450V, 510Q, 4.0A. 2nd time: 410V, 600Q, 4.0A. 3rd time: 158V, 154Q, 4.5A
Veterinary Experience:
-Small animal general practice (including exotics and wild life): 2700 hrs
-Small animal Emergency practice: 1000 hrs
-Small animal acupuncture: 20 hrs
-Small animal specialty surgeries and exotics/pocket pets: 70 hrs
-Large animal -horses: 75 hrs
-Total vet experience: about 3900 hrs
Animal Experience:
-Training deaf dogs, service dogs, people's personal pets, and rehab & training of aggressive/fearful shelter dogs: 3500 hrs
-Dog show competition (conformation and obedience) and canine 4-H: 900 hrs
-Fostering animals for rescue: 3200 hrs
-Volunteer at Parrot Sanctuary: 200 hrs
-Observing geese behavior for research: 50 hrs
-Fancy Rat (for pets and showing) breeding business: 2000 hrs
-Assistant manager for specialty department at Petsmart: 2750 hrs
-Pet food Sales rep: 550 hrs
-Dog grooming: 275 hrs
-Working on a farm with inner city kids: 500
-Stable maintenance/ barn manager/ Horseback riding Instructor: 4000 hrs
-Pony Club: 3000 hrs
-Competitive Horseback riding: 13,500 hrs
-Total animal experience: about 35,000 hrs
Other Employment:
-Own/ operate a small business
-Real estate agent
-Office manager at alternative medical practice (for humans)
Honors:
-Multiple awards as top producing Realtor
-Multiple awards in Horseback riding
-High school honors
-Presidents list in college
Community activities:
-Tutor (stats, algebra, chemistry)
-Officer in numerous clubs and organizations (academic and community based)
-Founder of Rocky Mountain Fancy Rat Association
-Giving pet care educational seminars
-High school sports and activities
eLORS:
-2 vets I have worked with
-A contractor/vendor I work with in my business
-Owner of the alternative health practice I worked for
When you look at my GPA, I am sure the first thing that comes to mind is how the heck did she get in? I know I do the same thing. For those of you that stress over a bad semester, I had a whole undergraduate degree full of bad semesters. My GPA ranged from a 0.9 to a 3.25 during my undergrad and did not have an upward trend (or any trend for that matter). I received multiple D's and F's (some were even in pre-reqs).
I think my story may be a little unique because I suffered a traumatic brain injury, my freshman year of college. I was told I would likely never recover but I kept working at it and doing my best to get through college (something else I was told I probably wouldn't accomplish with my injury- this is the biggest reason my initial GPA was so low). I hope my story can prove that your life is what you make of it and never let anyone tell you that you aren't good enough to achieve your dreams. Some people just have to work a little harder than others and I was one of them.
Personal Statement:
I think my second PS was better than the 1st. In my first I discussed what I learned about vet med by working in clinics. It wasn't terribly personal and was a poor attempt at showing that I understood vet med wasn't just about petting puppies.
In my second (which I rewrote 59 times), I discussed my academic and extracurricular interests and my vision for the future of veterinary medicine. I also talked about where I see me fitting into the veterinary community and my desire to pursue a post-doc in a specialty.
I think my largest struggle with the PS was getting too technical and trying to write what I thought they wanted to see. I also listened to EVERY criticism, from the kind people who agreed to read it, and eventually I ended up with a product that was not me. The week before the app deadline I felt terrible about my PS, so I just wrote what was in my heart. I made several "cliché mistakes" that we are warned against, but I really expressed who I was. Ultimately, I am happy with what I wrote and apparently the app committee was OK with it, too.
The biggest changes I made from my 1st application to the second were:
1. Getting more upper division science credits and maintaining a good GPA (some undergrad and then I started a Masters program).
-Between applications I took 46 credits and maintained a 4.0 GPA
2. Sheri Stewart told me that my first application looked like it was shy on community service. It actually wasn't, but I think it may have been the way I listed my experience. For my second app I split up my community service activities. So for example, when I worked on a farm with inner city kids:
-Under animal experience I wrote about the activities related only to the animals
-Then under community service I wrote about working with the kids.
3. I added more activities I had forgotten on the first app. I actually forgot several items the 1st time.
4. For my explanation statement, I wrote a paragraph (instead of listing things by semester) giving just a brief overview of why my undergrad GPA was low. I had so much happen to me, during that time, and it looked like a list of excuses. So I took the approach of saying, "this part of my life sucked due to... And then followed it up with saying, but look at what a different student I have become and now I have this GPA and these skills, etc…"
OK, I am a little nervous/ embarrassed to post this, but hopefully it will help some people in the future
Second time applicant, 30 years old, Female, Colorado resident, non-trad student.
Applied: Colorado, Kansas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Minnesota
Apps withdrawn: Kansas, Minnesota, Oklahoma
Rejections: Iowa
Still waiting: Oklahoma
Interview: Kansas, Minnesota
Accepted: CSU Class of 2017!!!
Cum GPA @ time of application: 2.95
Last 45 credit hrs: 4.0 (undergrad and graduate work)
Science GPA @ time of application: 2.52 (as calculated by Iowa)
B.S. Psychology (2005) GPA: 2.72 (2.44 without repeat/delete)
Misc undergrad classes between degrees GPA: 3.9
M.S. Toxicology (2013) GPA: 4.0
GRE: first time: 450V, 510Q, 4.0A. 2nd time: 410V, 600Q, 4.0A. 3rd time: 158V, 154Q, 4.5A
Veterinary Experience:
- Small animal general practice (including exotics and wild life): 2700 hrs
- Small animal Emergency practice: 1000 hrs
- Small animal acupuncture: 20 hrs
- Small animal specialty surgeries and exotics/pocket pets: 70 hrs
- Large animal -horses: 75 hrs
- Total vet experience: about 3900 hrs
Animal Experience:
- Training deaf dogs, service dogs, peoples personal pets, and rehab & training of aggressive/fearful shelter dogs: 3500 hrs
- Dog show competition (conformation and obedience) and canine 4-H: 900 hrs
- Fostering animals for rescue: 3200 hrs
- Volunteer at Parrot Sanctuary: 200 hrs
- Observing geese behavior for research: 50 hrs
- Fancy Rat (for pets and showing) breeding business: 2000 hrs
- Assistant manager for specialty department at Petsmart: 2750 hrs
- Pet food Sales rep: 550 hrs
- Dog grooming: 275 hrs
- Working on a farm with inner city kids: 500
- Stable maintenance/ barn manager/ Horseback riding Instructor: 4000 hrs
- Pony Club: 3000 hrs
- Competitive Horseback riding: 13,500 hrs
- Total animal experience: about 35,000 hrs
Other Employment:
- Own/ operate a small business
- Real estate agent
- Office manager at alternative medical practice (for humans)
Honors:
- Multiple awards as top producing Realtor
- Multiple awards in Horseback riding
- High school honors
- Presidents list in college
Community activities:
- Tutor (stats, algebra, chemistry)
- Officer in numerous clubs and organizations (academic and community based)
- Founder of Rocky Mountain Fancy Rat Association
- Giving pet care educational seminars
- High school sports and activities
eLORS:
- 2 vets I have worked with
- A contractor/vendor I work with in my business
- Owner of the alternative health practice I worked for
When you look at my GPA, I am sure the first thing that comes to mind is how the heck did she get in? I know I do the same thing. For those of you that stress over a bad semester, I had a whole undergraduate degree full of bad semesters. My GPA ranged from a 0.9 to a 3.25 during my undergrad and did not have an upward trend (or any trend for that matter). I received multiple Ds and Fs (some were even in pre-reqs).
I think my story may be a little unique because I suffered a traumatic brain injury, my freshman year of college. I was told I would likely never recover but I kept working at it and doing my best to get through college (something else I was told I probably wouldnt accomplish with my injury- this is the biggest reason my initial GPA was so low). I hope my story can prove that your life is what you make of it and never let anyone tell you that you arent good enough to achieve your dreams. Some people just have to work a little harder than others and I was one of them.
Personal Statement:
I think my second PS was better than the 1st. In my first I discussed what I learned about vet med by working in clinics. It wasnt terribly personal and was a poor attempt at showing that I understood vet med wasnt just about petting puppies.
In my second (which I rewrote 59 times), I discussed my academic and extracurricular interests and my vision for the future of veterinary medicine. I also talked about where I see me fitting into the veterinary community and my desire to pursue a post-doc in a specialty.
I think my largest struggle with the PS was getting too technical and trying to write what I thought they wanted to see. I also listened to EVERY criticism, from the kind people who agreed to read it, and eventually I ended up with a product that was not me. The week before the app deadline I felt terrible about my PS, so I just wrote what was in my heart. I made several cliché mistakes that we are warned against, but I really expressed who I was. Ultimately, I am happy with what I wrote and apparently the app committee was OK with it, too.
The biggest changes I made from my 1st application to the second were:
1. Getting more upper division science credits and maintaining a good GPA (some undergrad and then I started a Masters program).
- Between applications I took 46 credits and maintained a 4.0 GPA
2. Sheri Stewart told me that my first application looked like it was shy on community service. It actually wasnt, but I think it may have been the way I listed my experience. For my second app I split up my community service activities. So for example, when I worked on a farm with inner city kids:
- Under animal experience I wrote about the activities related only to the animals
- Then under community service I wrote about working with the kids.
3. I added more activities I had forgotten on the first app. I actually forgot several items the 1st time.
4. For my explanation statement, I wrote a paragraph (instead of listing things by semester) giving just a brief overview of why my undergrad GPA was low. I had so much happen to me, during that time, and it looked like a list of excuses. So I took the approach of saying, this part of my life sucked due to... And then followed it up with saying, but look at what a different student I have become and now I have this GPA and these skills, etc
This forum helped me so much. In the beginning I really doubted that I would ever end up in vet school but this forum is full of so many helpful and inspirational people that whenever I felt a little hopeless I found just what I needed from you guys! I think everyone has something unique to bring to the profession so dont doubt yourself and if at first you dont succeed, just try again.
It gives me some hope! I am also happy for everyone who has had an easier time getting into vet school too!
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Someone said that it may take you hitting rock bottom before you're spurred into action, and this was very true for me. Lots of times I fretted because of my GPA and lack of veterinary experience, but I stayed true to myself and didn't apologize for my past. )
Thank you for your kind words. I just want everyone who is an aspiring veterinary student to know that you shouldn't be too hard on yourself. My dirty little secret is that I withdrew from 11 courses throughout my academic career, and six of those times was for Chem I. Yes, six!
Just stay calm and you'll get through it. Just stay cool and you'll finish anything, The only thing that matters is that you never quit.
Good luck everyone, and I can't wait to learn more about the incoming classes!! (Especially KSU
Thank you for your kind words. I just want everyone who is an aspiring veterinary student to know that you shouldn't be too hard on yourself. My dirty little secret is that I withdrew from 11 courses throughout my academic career, and six of those times was for Chem I. Yes, six!
Just stay calm and you'll get through it. Just stay cool and you'll finish anything, The only thing that matters is that you never quit.
Good luck everyone, and I can't wait to learn more about the incoming classes!! (Especially KSU
MIZZOU Mizzou has been my Dream School for 2 years now.. I'm so pumped to head to Columbia in the fall
I can't believe I'm finally posting here!!
Applicant Stats
- First time applicant, female, 23 years old, Tennessee resident
- Interested in SA medicine, possibly mixed practice, or specialty
- Applied – Mizzou & Tennessee
- Interviewed – Mizzou
- Rejected – None
- Application Withdrawn- Tennessee
- Attending –
Academics
- Graduated December 2012
- BS in Agriculture- Animal Science with a Minor in Chemistry
- Magna Cum Laude
- Cumulative GPA- 3.78
- Last 45 GPA- 3.81
- GRE: V- 153 Q- 151 A- 3.5 <--- epic fail!!
Honors and Awards
- Golden Key Executive Board Scholarship
- Melvin N. Johnson Scholarship
- Deans list 9/9 semesters
- Textbook Scholarship
- All-American Scholar Athlete- NCAA DIV. I Softball
- TLSAMP Scholarship
- Tennessee Hope Scholarship
- Building Bridges Scholarship
- District 12-AAA All-District- 2008- Softball
- MTSCA Senior All-Star- Softball
- Published Author- Poem
- District 12-AAA All-District- 2007- Softball
- District 12-AAA All-District- 2006- Softball
- Coaches Award- 2005- Volleyball
Community Activities
- Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
- Golden Key International Honor Society- Executive Board- Recording Secretary
- University Honors Program
- Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society
- TLSAMP Student Mentor
- Guest Speaker- at local fair -about the importance of dog obedience training
- Guest Speaker- at middle school - about how to maintain an in class fish tank
- Habitat for Humanity
- TSU Women's Softball Team
- McGavock H.S. Softball Team
- McGavock H.S. Volleyball Team
- Student Council Class Rep.
Veterinary Experience
- 3500hrs - Corporate SA practice- Vet Assistant
- 650hrs - SA Private Practice- Vet Assistant
- 500hrs - Research- Housekeeping Genes in Chickens & Guinea Fowl
Animal Experience
- 20hrs- Volunteer- Equine
- 100hrs- In home Pet Sitter
- 250hrs- Volunteer Foster Mom- Great Dane Rescue
- 1160 hrs- Dog Trainer- PetsMart
- 1120hrs- Pet Care Lead- PetsMart
- 2760hrs- Pet Care Associate- PetsMart
- 600hrs- Customer Service- PetsMart
eLORs
- Vet at corporate SA practice
- Vet at corporate SA practice
- Animal Science professor/ Pre-Vet Advisor
- Former Boss- PetsMart Store Manager
Personal Statement
I worked on my PS for months. I went to my Universitiy's writing lab multiple time a week to have people proofread/ edit it.. I think it turned out pretty good
- My opening paragraph was a narrative about me at the age of 15 witnessing my first OVH and how I literally passed out which sparked my love for vet med..
- I then discussed briefly my journey in vet med/ animal experience- SA private practice--> PetsMart--> climbing the corporate ladder in PetsMart through several positions over the course of 4 years--> arriving at my current position in a Corporate SA practice..
- Discussed my involvement in the community that my leadership roles at PetsMart gave me and what I learned from them.
- Discussed my volunteer work with a Great Dane rescue.. talked about the horrible things I've seen from BYB situations and how it motivates me to become a Vet
- Discussed a certain case that struck a cord with me in my current job
- I closed by discussing my future goals/ aspirations
Random Stuff
- I had a couple W's on my transcript
- I had an Incomplete on my transcript for my senior project at the time of submission which I forgot to explain in the explanation statement.. Ooops.. Luckily it turned into an A once I finished my research.
- Although it was expunged from my record years ago, I said yes to the criminal history question.. I explained my now nonexistent- misdemeanor.. I was really on the fence about this.. Because it was expunged I thought that meant it was gone for good, but I didn't want to take any chances so I just explained the circumstances..
Everything about you is fantastic. Congratulations! I am very proud to call you my future colleague!
Have you been able to tell your fiance yet????????
.. Now we are working on getting him stationed in Missouri so I can get in-state tuition!!! Lol (not getting my hopes up, but we have some Army connections up there ) You're a rockstar KP!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
I'm soooo excited!!!!
