Successful Applicants 2012 Thread?

Veterinary Science Graduate Certificate from UofI
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Update: got accepted to Tufts...5/5 for me. I'll be declining Wisconsin, Ohio State, Tufts, and VMRCVM, so hopefully those spots will open up for someone else!
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Thought I'd finally join the ranks!

First-time applicant, traditional, 22 years old, female

Undergrad: B.S. in Neuroscience, minor in Spanish and "concentration" in Health Care and Society (i.e. we don't give double minors so i declared the Spanish but had the classes for the other one!). Small LA college that is a good school and fairly competitive.

Overall GPA: 3.16 !!! (However I had a bad sophomore year for personal reasons and used the "anything else you want us to know" essays to explain that.
Science GPA: Low...thats all i remember - i took most of my prereqs early on!
Last 30/45 hours GPA: ~ 3.5 or a bit higher (we only give 1 credit for class so I only graduated with 36 credits, and so it was a mess trying to figure this out...so I can't remember exactly!)
GRE: 730 Q, 600 V, 5.5 AW

Applied (here goes): Auburn, UC-Davis, Cornell, Illinois, Missouri, Penn, Tufts, VMRCVM, Washington, Wisconsin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, RVC, Ross
Rejected: Auburn, UC-Davis, Cornell, Missouri, Tufts, VMRCVM, Washington, Wisconsin, Edinburgh,
Waitlisted: none so far
Accepted: Ross (turned down), Glasgow, Illinois
No Word Yet: RVC, Penn

Experience:
Research: ~450 hours: 5 projects investigating animal behavior in a neurobehavior lab (worked with rats thought to be the first naturally occuring model for bipolar disorder)
Large Animal: ~ 100 hours with a LA vet that did dairy farm calls (lots of autonomy here - including surgery incisions and sutures!)
Small animal: ~ 50 hours shadowing my vet in HS. Then 350 hour volunteership at the Animal Medical Center SA specialty hospital(even though this was marked on my app it started after i submitted so some schools didn't count it!)
Zoo/Wildlife: 300 hours in the Central Park Zoo clinic
Other animal: LOTS of hours (i wrote over 13,000+ but explained this number is impossible to determine) as a puppy raiser for seeing eye dogs.

Recommendations: LVT from Central Park Zoo, LA vet, and HPAC at my undergrad (technically though my HPAC committee required SEVERAL letters so my HPAC was a composite and committee letter that included the coheads of the HPAC (professor and associate dean of the college), 2 science professors, 1 spanish professor, and the greek advisor, as well as a different letter (first draft) from the LA vet - oops so much for 3 letters!)

Extracurricular:
"Varsity Level" Crew Club (Rower and Coxswain)
Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority (VP and President/Risk Manager)
Student Run newspaper (photography editor)
Co-founder/Co-president of gymnastics club
Society for Neuroscience
Admissions Representative
Volunteering using Sign Language (American and British) - such as workign with deaf-blind youths and adults at Helen Keller National Center

- if you got this far in reading this im impressed...i swear i am incapable of not being long winded no matter how hard i try :oops:! -
 
GPA: 3.6, Science GPA, 3.5.
GRE: V=670, Q= less than 450 (i'm embarrassed)

Experience:
Small Animal: 3,000 hrs
Large animal: Only animal care, did not have LA med for application
Zoo: 400 hrs as an intern
Research: 150 hours with drosophila
Shelter: 50 hrs
Other Misc. Animal Care: 1,000 hours working at a dog kennel, 40 hours equine care, etc.
Wildlife hospital Intern: 280 hrs.

Letters of Recc. 1 vet, 2 profs, and 1 extra from most current vet
Personal Statement: First line was about vomit!

Applied: KSU, Iowa, CSU, UPenn, Oregon, Minnesota, Glasgow
Rejected w/o interview: KSU, CSU, Oregon, Iowa
Interviewed and accepted: Glasgow and Minnesota
 
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Traditional kinda 1.5st time applicant (applied through early acceptance program and was not admitted)
Out of state applicant but my state contracts with Tufts

GPA: 3.8
GRE: V=540, Q= 710 i think
State land grant school

Experience:
Small Animal: 30 hrs shadowing general practitioner at hospital
Large animal: 1 Summer shadowing/assisting general equine practitioner
1 month externship at equine hospital
a few semesters of independent study with equine reproduction specialist
my school has 1st(only?) camelid program in the country, taken a few classes from that
Other Misc. Animal Care: 3+ years of riding/working at barn

Letters of Recc. 1 vet, 2 profs (one is a vet), and 1 from Dean of Honors College
Personal Statement: Spoke about a significant illness during high school

Applied: Tufts
Interviewed and accepted: Tufts :D
 
Sorry for changing the topic, but I noticed that several people mentioned high school stuff in their stats like volunteer hours or extracurricular activities. As a high school student, I was wondering if vet schools consider things you did in high school? Or is it all about undergrad?
 
lailanni said:
I throw knives, heheh.. we could put together some vet med circus to pay for our tuition : ) I'm sure theres some other unique talents out there as well!
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I juggle torches and knives. If the mood is right, recite pi while I'm doing it.
 
david594 said:
I juggle torches and knives. If the mood is right, recite pi while I'm doing it.
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For real? That's cool - you rock!! Ok... looks like all we need now is a dancing bear and someone who can do vaulting (people who do balancing stunts on horseback, ie: http://youtube.com/watch?v=JQPt4ygv2rk)

Any pre-vet vaulters and odd talents out there want to join our circus for paying tuition? : )
 
fishee said:
Sorry for changing the topic, but I noticed that several people mentioned high school stuff in their stats like volunteer hours or extracurricular activities. As a high school student, I was wondering if vet schools consider things you did in high school? Or is it all about undergrad?
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VMCAS directions actually tell you to include HS achievements, extracurriculars, exp etc
 
I hope I can give some hope to those out there with terrible GRE scores!

Traditional 1st time applicant, 22 years old
GPA: 3.57 overall
Science GPA: ~3.6
Last 45: 3.74
GRE: 650Q, 410V:scared:

Experience:
About 750 hours with a mixed animal practice, but mostly only saw small animals due to the time conflicts of farm calls.

Volunteer at the local shelter

Extra Curricular:
Varsity Cheer (only because everyone said I would love it since I was a competitive gymnast for 11 years...I ended up hating it)

Applied:

WSU: interviewed, accepted (IS)
Edinburgh: accepted
RVC: interview declined
Glasgow: interview declined
Ohio: interview, rejected
Iowa: interview, rejected
Minnesota: rejected
Illinois: rejected
Kansas: rejected
LSU: will withdraw
Penn: no word, will withdraw
Tennessee: interview declined
 
lailanni said:
For real? That's cool - you rock!! Ok... looks like all we need now is a dancing bear and someone who can do vaulting (people who do balancing stunts on horseback, ie: http://youtube.com/watch?v=JQPt4ygv2rk)

Any pre-vet vaulters and odd talents out there want to join our circus for paying tuition? : )
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I don't vault but I ride bareback pretty well so I could try! :laugh:
 
lailanni said:
For real? That's cool - you rock!! Ok... looks like all we need now is a dancing bear and someone who can do vaulting (people who do balancing stunts on horseback, ie: http://youtube.com/watch?v=JQPt4ygv2rk)

Any pre-vet vaulters and odd talents out there want to join our circus for paying tuition? : )
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Hey, I used to be the lifter on our dances team, I'm sure I could find a juggler and we could have some sort of routine. :laugh:
We need someone with a tent too.
 
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We have a talent show here at UTK. Anyone coming here should get an act ready! Hehehe!
 
So, thought I would add my stats to the mix:

1st year applying, Non-traditional student (32yrs)

Degrees
-BS Biology (3.3 cum)
-MS Biochem (3.85 cum)
-GRE Q-770 V-560 A- 4.5

Experience

SA- 1000 hours
Exotics (reptiles) - 5000 hours
Lab Research - >8000 hours

Applied- Minnesota, Tufts, Massey, Illinois, Tennessee, Washington, Colorado, Prince Edward Island, Wisconsin, Kansas

Invited to interview- Minnesota, Tufts, Illinois, Kansas, PEI

Accepted- Minnesota, Illinois, Kansas

Waitlisted- Tufts

Rejected- Washington, Wisconsin, Colorado
 
Traditional applicant (just slow and pokey to make up my mind to go pre-vet)
23 years old
B.S. Environmental Science (from largest school in the state)
First application

GPA 3.61
Science GPA 3.58
Last 45 GPA 3.44

GRE: 71st percentile cumulative

Experience:
950 hours small animal clinic (now well over 1000 since app)
350+ rabbit shelter (plus years of fostering)
50 wildlife clinic
40 therapeutic horseback riding volunteer
some other shelter stuff

Research:
2 quarters ecology research
1 quarter wildlife research
2 quarters genetics research (current)

Other:
Raised my little sister
Valedictorian, several academic awards and community scholarships/awards
A whole lot of community service, well over 1,500+ hours
Hospital volunteering, mentoring kids 4+ yrs, camp counselor, food bank volunteer, etc..
President of Honor Society

LORs: 1 vet, 1 tech, 1 employer

Applied: WSU, Oregon, Oklahoma, CSU
CSU: rejected
Oregon: waitlisted
WSU: ACCEPTED!! in-state
Oklahoma: ACCEPTED!!!
 
Congrats, lailanni!!! Looking at those stats, CSU clearly doesn't know what they're missing!
 
Non traditional (second time) applicant, 33 yrs old!

GPA: 3.4 from well-ranked liberal arts school

Double Major: Biology and Studio Art

Science and Cumulative: never calculated it but can't be more than 3.4 or 3.5

GRE: 710 Q, 720 V, 5.0 W

Vet experience: 500 SA, 400 Bovines, 100 Equine

Research: 650, mostly dissection of cow eyes when I worked for a museum

Animal Exp: pet ownership, many hours fostering for SPCA, 25 hrs. shadowing a hoof trimmer, another 25 following a semen salesman, and another 25 doing an AI course for cattle, working in a biolab with reptiles and amphibians at a science museum, attended the AABP conference in Vancouver this year, etc.

But I think what made me stand out was what I have been doing since college: agricultural volunteer for the Peace Corps, teaching English in China, Educator at a Science Museum, raced 2 Ironman triathlons and dozens of shorter ones, 2nd in state in cyclocross racing and triathlon series, raced semi-pro for a local cycling team, captain of the varsity fencing team at school, worked for the state dept. of agriculture, coached high school XC and Basketball squads,worked as a chemist etc. etc. You can do alot between 22 and 33!

Last year I applied to my IS only and did not get in.

This year I applied to:

VA-MD: accepted
Wisconsin: accepted
Minnesota: accepted
Illinois: interview withdrawn because of missing pre-req.
Missouri: rejected because did not have a full semester of coursework taken in the last 5 years.

I don't know where I am going yet, but I am not going to complain about having choices, when I would have been overjoyed with one last year!

Those of you who don't get in this year, take heart. A year can really make a difference if you do what they tell you to do in your rejection interview!:love::love:
 
Great stats fargeese! AND great acceptances!
 
Thanks carrbear, and I am sorry that I am not going to see you at MN :( (unless you come out for the MPH:)

Not to take a compliment poorly, but I really don't think any of my stats are that outstanding, except maybe the GRE. I sincerely think that a lot of what got me in was novelty value--I wasn't the typical recent college graduate and I have done some interesting things since graduating.

I don't consider there to be anything wrong with this--since I am going to be a great vet regardless of why I got in--but I hope people see my stats and realize that it's not all grades and racking up a million hours of experience. I think they are looking for interesting people too.

Sorry for the mental wandering, I'm old you know.:laugh:
 
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Fargeese, finishing Ironmans alone is mighty impressive, let alone all your other stats! (Especially the swimming part!)

BTW, congrats to Kekemapa, Lailanni, Athena & the other WSU acceptances!
 
Figure I'll contribute my mediocre stats

First time applicant, 20 years old
GPA: 3.5, science: 3.4 (maybe a bit lower)
GRE: 690 V, 710 Q

Vet Experience: 400 rural mixed practice (with zoo animals as well), 350 SA, 150 Equine

Research: Helped with an equine nutrition study for one semester

Animal Experience: 10 years horseback riding and showing, puppy raiser for service dog, volunteered with sea turtle conservation, worked at the campus wildlife center, shelter volunteer in high school, brief stints leading pony rides and taking care of research hogs

Also held several campus leadership roles and was involved in a few non-animal ECs

Applications:

A&M (IS): accepted!
Mississippi: accepted (declining offer)
Wisconsin: waitlist (will withdraw)
Minnesota: rejected
Penn: rejected

I'm probably bringing down the numbers in this thread, but hopefully it's good to see. I know I was a bit scared after seeing the first few posts!
 
Tiraka said:
Figure I'll contribute my mediocre stats
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They don't look the slightest bit mediocre from where I'm sitting! :thumbup: Congrats on your acceptances!!
 
All you guys talking about mediocre are misinformed about what a normal college student acheives.
I will share mine just for people that do not think they can get in. I will tell you hard work and dedication will get you in.
22 year old male I attended Ohio State for undergrad and will attend OSU for vet school in the fall

when I applied. CPHR will be a 3.19 when I graduate
CPHR 3.08 3.40 after freshman year
GRE Q 690 V490
Major Animal sciences and Biology

Experience
small animal 80 hours volunteering at a vet

large animal 400 hours working in a harvest and fabrication facility

research this is where I make up points 1400 hours mostly independant research
3800 dollar research grant awarded through competition placed 3rd
2nd place at university forum for one of my projects

extracuriculars
I am an eagle scout and still help out my home troop.
I work to get more undergraduates involved in research
2 or 3 other campus groups

I had to put on one hell of an interview with my stats but I impressed the right people

I actually applied for practice and was accepted to a masters program to boost my grades in the mean time till a apply more presentable but I got in
 
Thought maybe it's about time that I posted! :)

First time applicant- 21 years old
Major: Biology
Minors: Chemistry/Psychology

GRE: 740 Q, 550 V, 5.0 W

VMCAS GPA's:
Overall: 3.67
Last 45: 3.83

Texas A&M GPA's (No +/-'s and include fall semester):
Overall: 3.73
Last 45: 4.0
Science: 3.56

LORs:
1 SA Veterinarian
1 Zoo Vet
1 Professor/academic advisor/research advisor

Vet experience:
about 650 hours SA
260 research (lots of rt-PCR!!)
200 hours volunteering in a major zoo animal clinic

Animal experience: Not much, most of my hours included vets. I had some pet therapy hours with Sr citizens but that's about it.

My big advantage was that I was a D1 Big East athlete all 4 years of U/G, captain my senior year. I was never able to work during the year because of volleyball so all of my hours came from the summer.
- I also was a Girl Scout for 13 years, got my Gold Award, equivalent of the BS Eagle Award

Applications:
Texas A&M (In-state): Accepted :love:
Kansas State: Interviewed, Accepted
Michigan State: Interviewed, Accepted
Ohio State: Interviewed, Waitlisted
Colorado State: Pretty good spot on the waitlist
Upenn: Offered interview, but declined
Minnestoa: Rejected without interview
 
Not so hot, but I'll post them anyway. I'm a 3rd time applicant (third times the charm!), 23 year old female. Did undergrad at Auburn (B.S. in Animal Sciences), currently taking courses at South Alabama and online through Southern Miss.

Overall GPA: 3.10-3.12 (from 3 different schools) had a really bad 1st semester freshman year in 2002 (had a 2.35) but managed to make a 3.0 or better ever since, and made Dean's List fall semester of junior year.

Science GPA: about 3.3-3.5, not sure what all is used to calculate it.

last 45 hours: 3.11 I think, had a horrible Immunology teacher. shouldn't have taken the course.

LORs: from a vet I worked with, from U/G scholarship director, from EMS Pharmacology teacher, from U/G advisor/professor

Experience: 6 years in vet clinics as kennel assistant, vet tech, and receptionist; well over 4000 hours; had 2 different jobs at AU vet school - worked with research beagles and research cattle & sheep - at least 250 hours from that; no large animal, except what I got from Animal Science courses

GRE: 1140 both times - Q:630, 600; V:510, 540; A 5.5; 2.5

GPAs weren't great but I did the best I could. They keep basing everything on freshman year 6 years ago.

Accepted: SGU for August 2008
Interviewed: Tuskegee (alternate)
Rejected: MS State, LSU
Interview: Auburn (March 18th)
Withdrew: Ross

Best of luck to everyone.
 
Nothing too special... but I got into schools, so it must have been good enough.

BA in Biology from Dartmouth
GPA: 3.56 (w/ academic citation in Microbiology - pretty rare)
Last 45 hours: 3.83
Science GPA: ~3.7
GREs: Q 800, V 620

Experience:
SA Clinic: ~300hrs when I applied. I have more now. I have been lucky to be working there at a time when they were short on techs (not lucky for them, I suppose), so I get a lot of hands on experience and pretty much act as a tech. (I also put these on the VMCAS in such a way that many schools read it as ~100 hours because I split it up among the 3 vets I worked with. Oops)
LA: Many 1000s of hours working as an assistant farm manager, trainer, instructor, camp counselor, trail guide, and farm hand at a few farms. Farms mostly had horses, but some cows, llamas, goats, pigs, ducks, chickens, rabbits, and guinea pigs as well. I've been riding and showing for about 16 years, and I have owned 2 of my own horses. I also have been volunteering at a therapeutic riding center nearly as long as I have been riding. I also do some farm sitting.
SA: Extensive pet sitting. I'm the main pet sitting reference from the clinic I work at so I get a lot of geriatric, sick, and medicated pets. I also have the wonderful job of whelping out nearly every litter that is born at the farm I work at back home. I *swear* they plan it so that they're due when I'm home, haha.

Other Work:
-Color genetic consultant: I consult with many horse and dog breeders as to the genetics of their animals and what potential crosses may produce. I've been doing this since high school. There is a much lower demand now that the knowledge of color genetics is more widely known. I have also worked with people concerning OLWS and HYPP.
-Computer science TA
-Genetics study group leader and tutor
-Curves coach in high school (the women's gym - SO much fun! haha)

Extracurriculars:
In lots of groups with the college, but my main one is that I play rugby. I'm on a D1 team and have been on the starting team since sophomore year. I've been the fundraising chair, equipment manager, web designer, and am now the president and treasurer. We're not varisty in order to maintain some freedoms, but that means I pretty much run a small business.

LORs: Vet, professor, and volunteer coordinator from the farm I volunteered and worked at. The owner (and vet) of the clinic I work at also sent in a paper LOR, but a lot of schools don't look at those.

I also wrote in an explanation statement about my GPA because my grades dipped into the B range for a year. That was the year my mom got diagnosed with 3 kinds of cancer and my sister died. So yeah, kinda rough and my academics suffered. I hope the schools have taken that into consideration.

Applications:
Applied: CSU, Cornell, Minnesota, Michigan, VMRCVM, Wisconsin, Illinois, Penn
Accepted: Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan (w/o interview, woo!)
Waitlisted: VMRCVM, Wisconsin
Rejected: CSU, Cornell
Upcoming interview: Penn

I'm still really crossing my fingers for Penn because my fiance got a great offer from their electrical engineering PhD program.

Good luck to everyone that's still waiting! Hopefully we'll be getting good news! :luck:
 
shuvball1 said:
Thought maybe it's about time that I posted! :)

First time applicant- 21 years old
Major: Biology
Minors: Chemistry/Psychology

GRE: 740 Q, 550 V, 5.0 W

VMCAS GPA's:
Overall: 3.67
Last 45: 3.83

Texas A&M GPA's (No +/-'s and include fall semester):
Overall: 3.73
Last 45: 4.0
Science: 3.56

LORs:
1 SA Veterinarian
1 Zoo Vet
1 Professor/academic advisor/research advisor

Vet experience:
about 650 hours SA
260 research (lots of rt-PCR!!)
200 hours volunteering in a major zoo animal clinic

Animal experience: Not much, most of my hours included vets. I had some pet therapy hours with Sr citizens but that's about it.

My big advantage was that I was a D1 Big East athlete all 4 years of U/G, captain my senior year. I was never able to work during the year because of volleyball so all of my hours came from the summer.
- I also was a Girl Scout for 13 years, got my Gold Award, equivalent of the BS Eagle Award

Applications:
Texas A&M (In-state): Accepted :love:
Kansas State: Interviewed, Accepted
Michigan State: Interviewed, Accepted
Ohio State: Interviewed, Waitlisted
Colorado State: Pretty good spot on the waitlist
Upenn: Offered interview, but declined
Minnestoa: Rejected without interview
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Hey I was a girl scout for 13 years too! I got my Silver Award but never went for the Gold! :)
P.S. Congrats on A&M!
 
I just found out that I was accepted to LSU SVM today! So, here are my stats...

-1st time applicant
-graduate in May with BS in Animal Science

-GRE: 670 verbal, 460 math (1130) - Math was never my friend... :oops:

-GPA's for LSU: Last 45 hours - 3.77, Required Courses - 3.81

-LOR's: 4 veterinarians - 2 SA vets, 1 mixed vet, and 1 vet/college professor (my advisor)

-Experience: ~3000 hours SA/mixed clinic experience, ~35 hours emergency clinic experience, ~200 hours food animal (swine, sheep, goats) experience ((although, this could count as animal experience rather than vet, as I never worked under a vet at this job))

-Misc: I have been involved in leadership positions within clubs (Alpha Zeta - VP, Publicist, Pre-Vet Club - Publicist, VP,& President). I also participated in research projects which were presented to my college.

Application: LSU - accepted
 
wow, impressive stats biggreenvet! i'd definitely consider them pretty special.
 
I was thinking the same thing, bunnyslippers! Wow.
 
bunnyslippers said:
wow, impressive stats biggreenvet! i'd definitely consider them pretty special.
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I just don't have that many vet hours which has hurt me. And since I'm OOS for everywhere I worry that my GPA isn't considered that great because my overall is a bit lower. Haha, I'm just hard on myself...

Well hopefully Penn will be as happy with those stats as you two seem to be :rolleyes:
 
I can't believe I get to post here! WOW! How did this happen?? :biglove:

Second timer, traditional, 23
Undergrad: BS in Animal Science from NCSU

Overall GPA: 3.65
Requirement GPA: 3.75
GRE: 1196 total 5.5A

Applied: NCSU (IS), Purdue, LSU, Auburn, UTK
Interviews: Purdue, Auburn, UTK
Waitlisted: LSU, Auburn
Rejected: NCSU
Accepted: Purdue, UTK, Auburn

Experience:
Small Animal Vet: 60 hours shadowing at NCSU VTH in small animal surgery
Small Animal: 100 hours volunteering at a local shelter
Research: 450 hours in the Equine Medicine Lab at NCSU VTH doing parasite studies and thyroid research
Large animal: Unknown hours, ANS major so quite a few LA hours, but I def forgot to mention them. Whoops!
Equine vet: 240 hours with the Virginia Racing Comission veterinarian at the track, Teched for mobile lameness specialist traveling to farms and horse shows across the south (~1000 hours at time of app, ~1500 now)
Equine: 13+ years riding hunters and teaching lessons/summer camp, worked through school on a QH breeding farm (~800 hours), hotwalked racehorses for 2 summers (~400 hours), pretty much a horse crazy freak since birth.

LOR: 1 Mobile Equine Vet, 1 Senior Equine Clinician at NCSU VTH, 1 Professor/Advisor

Extracurricular: Horse Judging Team, University Scholars Program, worked for them, was on Scholars Council, active in Student Global AIDS Campaign/Relay for Life/Dance Marathon, graduated HS with the International Baccalaureate diploma, involved in HS community orchestras.

So! I should have diversified more, of course, but I definitely want to do equine medicine. I wouldn't recommend being quite so focused, but we'll see if it panned out for other schools beyond Purdue!
 
I seriously didn't think I'd be writing in this thread. I thought I'd be starting a thread called, "What can I do?" and putting these stats in. I'm a smart person, and I screwed up the first time I went to school, and that haunted me.

Oh, I'm so happy! The letter from UGA said, "You have impressive academic credentials of which you should be proud." No one has ever said that to me before! Anyhow, they can't take it back now :p

Second timer, non-traditional, 29
Undergrad: BS in Biology from SUNY Albany ('03-'05). Did not finish a CS degree at Pitt. ('96-'00)

Overall GPA: 3.0
SUNY GPA: 3.77
GRE: 800 Q, 730 V (1530 T), 6.0A
Bio GRE: 800 (89th %ile)

Applied: UGA (in-state), Auburn
Rejected: Auburn
Previously applied/rejected: Cornell.
Accepted: UGA (you gee yay!)

Animal Experience (all paid):
Small Animal Vet: ~700 hours kennel/vet assist.
Equine: ~500 hours mare/foal farm.
Lab Animal: 4000-5000 hours lab animal technician, RLAT

Non-animal experience:
2 years as jet-set software consultant.
Big gap unemployed, not in school, Fall 2002-Spring 2003.

LORs: 1 Small Animal Vet, 2 Lab Animal Vets, 2 Managers, 1 Instructor/Advisor.

Extracurricular: Not much... mostly politics. 4-H & debate in high school.
Awards: Employee of the month. Summa Cum Laude.
 
Congrats to everyone! I love reading this thread!

And, Projekt, you have GREAT stats! You should definitely be proud!
 
I dunno, Jersey, you sound pretty competitive to me. I think people get too stuck on the fact that they don't have the same kinds of experience as other people. But I think that's actually a very good thing. I don't think you're a "by the skin of your teeth" applicant at all. I think you really sound like you deserve to be where you are and you're going to do fine. Don't work too hard this summer. Way to go!!:thumbup:
 
JerseyisCutest said:
Ok so y'all think YOU have bad stats? Ha ha you ain't see nothing yet! :laugh: I really think the only reason I got in was based on my GPA and by the grace of God. :)
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Your GPA is highly competitive. If it were up to me, I wouldn't consider GRE. (Other readers already know that.)
 
I feel like some kind of awesome victory music should play when this thread is opened....peronally I'd go for the Indiana Jones theme song. OR the Olympics music, that's a good one!

Or like you get a free ice cream when you post here. Heck, everyone should get free ice cream!!

Way to go everyone!!
 
That is perfect projekt!!!! Thanks!! I was smiling the whole time!!!
 
Thank god for instate schools:D I had started to doubt I would get in anywhere after 4 rejections!

First Timer, non-traditional, 26
Undergrad: BS in Biology from University of Wisconsin - River Falls, minors in Chemistry and Animal Science

Overall GPA: 3.46 - Science slightly lower
GRE: 770Q, 620V, 5.0A

Applied: Wisconsin (IS), Tufts, Penn, Tennessee, Michigan, CSU, Florida, Minnesota
Rejected: Tufts, Penn (presumably), Michigan, CSU, Florida, Minnesota
Interview: Tennessee (declined)
Accepted: Wisconsin:love:

Veterinary Experience:
650 hrs Assistant at small animal specialty/emergency practice

Animal Experience:
Equine
2200 hrs Working student at dressage barn
1000-2000 Additional Misc. Equine Hours - Showing/Groom, etc
Small Animal
180 hrs Shelter Volunteer
1400 hrs Working at a sanctuary for cats and dogs that are "unadoptable" due to health or behavioral issues
2000 hrs Worked at a greyhound track
Large Animal
100 hrs Large animal handling - totally from animal science classes
Exotics
250 hrs Zookeeper assistant
3000 hrs Family Farm - mink, foxes and game birds

Research:
1 semester research project on using Triops Longicaudatus as an ecology model - presented research at National Conference for Undergrad. Reserach

Non-animal experience:
Worked for 3.5 years in pharmaceutical research administration - negotiated contracts and budgets for clinical trials

LORs: 1 Vet (owner of specialty practice I worked at), 1 previous employer from above non-animal experience, and 1 professor who I did a research project with

Extracurriculars - Band, Tennis Team, FFA, Pre-Vet Club, Horse Show Team, Spanish Club, Horseman's Assn, Rodeo Club
 
Guess since i've heard back from all my schools now, I can finally post (i was supersticious before).

Schools:
UGA: Accepted (SC contract)
Mississippi: Interviewed, Accepted (SC contract)
Texas A&M: Interviewed, Accepted early OOS (scholarship with IS tuition)
UPenn: Interviewed, Accepted OOS
VMRCVM:Interviewed, Accepted OOS (still waiting to hear from dvm/phd)
NC State: Waitlisted OOS (staying on it, have lots of family in NC)
Tufts: Interviewed, Waitlisted OOS (declining)


Academics:
traditional 1st time applicant, college senior
BS Biology top tier liberal arts college
overall GPA: 3.78
science GPA:3.9+
last 45 hrs GPA: 3.9+
GRE: 760Q, 650V, 4.5A
BioGRE: 720

Vet Experience:
Small Animal: 800 hrs vet assistant for two summers at five vet practice
20-30 hrs volunteering in high school at one doctor small animal clinic
20 hours volunteering at specialty surgery clinic

Mixed Animal: 200 hrs (mostly LA cows, but some exotics/zoo)

Equine: 30 hrs mare foaling

FDA CVM research internship: 400 hrs (laparoscopic surgery on pigs and performed FAST tests on kidneys)

Undergraduate research: 60 hrs (effect of nicotine on the apoptotic rate of the EWN in chick embryo brains)

Animal Experience
1000's of hours of small animal pet ownership (entire life), SPCA volunteering(7 yrs), and pet therapy(2 yrs), pet sitting, and have done some horseback riding here and there at camp

Other activites:
involved in my sorority, school tour guide, peer tutor for biology and chemistry, a studio art "minor", varsity cross country (ran a year in college but ran varsity track and XC all through high school), phi beta kappa, pre-med honor society, study abroad to india for comparative healthcare

I knew i had pretty good stats, but i was actually surprised by the positive response I had from schools this year. I researched the process well before starting the applications, and I had legitimate reasons for applying to all 7 schools. But i swear it really is luck of the draw. You never can tell exactly what each school is looking for. You can just make yourself the best applicant you can possibly be and apply to schools where you think you have a shot (ie similar acceptance stats) and would be happy. Now if i could just figure out how to make this decision( i am very indecisive).... although i'm definitely not complaining. I'm thankful to have any decision to make. Good luck to everyone applying next year. Hope sharing my stats helps
 
First Time, traditional, College Senior, 21
Undergrad: BS in Biomedical Science, Texas A&M (College of Vet Med, no less)

Overall GPA: 3.65
Science GPA: 3.40
GRE: 720 Q, 730 V, 4.5 A


Applied: Texas A&M, Illinois, Purdue, Penn
Interviewed: Illinois, Purdue
Accepted: Illinois (IS)
Wait-listed: Purdue
Rejected: Texas A&M, Penn

Animal Experience
Pet Store: 2500 hours (emphasis on exotics)
Lab Animal: 300 hours
Volunteer at Vet Clinic: 40 hours

Non-animal experience:
Research Experience: 500 hours

LORs: 1 DVM/PhD (Professor), 1 MD/PhD (Research Mentor), 1 Former Supervisor (Had known me for many years)

Extracurricular:
College: SCUBA Club
High School: NHS, Class President, Band

Awards: Dean's List, Honor's Candidate,

Personal Statement: Talked about the development of my interest in vet med, how I could contribute to the profession in ways other than clinical practice.

I almost was not going to apply because I didn't think that I would get in anywhere. My first response was the rejections from TAMU (which sucked, because I'm in the CVM's undergraduate program right now!), but I wasn't too surprised since I'm OOS. According to one of my professors (who made the admissions committee look at my application again because she thought they made a mistake) my lack of clinical experience killed my app (again, no surpise). I didn't get any credit for the research experience I have. I think Illinois and Purdue liked my research background, however.
 
Thanks for posting your stats polo vet. Aside from my science GPA being a little lower, my stats are really similar to yours so you give me hope for OOS A&M, Penn, and VMRCVM acceptances! :)

Do you have any advice about special things that those schools are looking for?
 
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