Successful Applicants 2012 Thread?

[saratogian]

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Hello all,

I was wondering if we were going to start the successful applicants thread like last year. I am not an applicant this year (will be for the next cycle) but I loved the one from last year and though we should start it again. Just a thought!

 

[VAgirl]

Isn't that what the "Acceptances: Class of 2012" thread is? We've also got a final decisions thread where people are starting to post which acceptance they'll be taking, if they have multiple offers. We also have a thread "Declining Admissions" for people to leave notes about the schools they've received offers (or interviews) from which they will be turning down.

I don't mean to be rude in any way (especially not to a newcomer...welcome, by the way!) but I think this thread is a duplicate of those others (at least one of them).

 

[wivet2011]

I think saratogian was talking about the thread where people posted their stats, experiences, PS, etc.

 

[VAgirl]

Ah, comment withdrawn, then!

Can you tell me more about how that thread goes? Since I'm obviously not familiar with it.😀 Or perhaps someone can lead by example.

 

[ri23]

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=359074&highlight=stats

Here is the thread from last year. People posted grades, experience, GPA, GRE, schools applied to etc.

 

[bovine]

First time applicant 20 y/o traditional.
Applied: The Ohio State University In-state
Accepted: The OSU!

GRE 610 quant, 570 verbal, 5.0 analytical

GPA 3.8ish
Pre reqs: 3.7ish
First two years were at a junior college, then I decided on transferring colleges and perusing Veterinary Medicine, so I will not have my BS

Experience
SA : Around 1000 hours working as a Vet Assistant.
Equine: 200hr
Large Animal: Many thousands of hours working with cattle on the family farm. (I got a calf for a present when I was in kindergarten)

Community and Extracurricular
Years of 4-H
Community projects through my church.

 

[RockStarKDub]

First time applicant (slightly non-trad @ 26 years old)
Undergrad: BS in Biology at a really not-at-all-competitive state university
Overall GPA: 4.0 in last 4 years, but I failed out of college 9 years ago
Science GPA: 4.0
Last 45 GPA: 4.0
GRE: 740Q 620V 5.5A

Applied: Penn, VA-MD, Davis, CSU, Auburn, Florida, Kansas
Interviews: Kansas, VA-MD, Penn, Florida
Rejected: Davis, CSU, Auburn, Penn
Waitlisted: VA-MD
Accepted: Kansas and Florida

Experience:
Small animal -- 6000 hrs as a vet assistant/vet tech
Large animal/equine/research -- ZERO

Extracurricular:
Appeared on a TV game show? Hahaha.

I've worked 40 hours a week the entire time since I returned to undergrad, so all of my extracurriculars are from when I was in high school ('96-'99)

Just wanted to give some hope to applicants with limited breadth of experience!! 😀

 

[destiny1325]

First time applicant, traditional, 21 years old
Undergrad: Molecular Biology at a liberal arts college
Overall GPA: 3.7
Science GPA: 3.58
GRE: 720Q 510V 5A

Applied: Ohio State (in state school)
Accepted: Ohio State

Experience:
Small animal: ~300 hrs volunteering
Wildlife: ~400 hrs interning
equine: ~100 hours shadowing
Research: ~400 hours independent research project

Extracurricular:
4-H, student outreach programs, etc.

Congratulations to all of the successful applicants and those still waiting for a decision!

See you in the fall Bovine!

 

[pupsforseeing]

First time applicant, traditional, 19 years old
Undergrad: BS in Molecular Biology (expected this May) from a liberal arts college
Overall GPA: 3.91
Science GPA: 3.90
GRE: 790Q 520V 4A

Applied: Davis (IS), Penn, CSU, Purdue, WSU
Accepted: Penn, Davis
Interviews: Purdue and WSU (turned down both)
Rejected: CSU

Experience:
Small animal: ~4000 hrs tech at GP and specialty clinics
Research: ~500 hours summer developmental biology/neuroscience internship at a lrg public university, ~200 hours independent research project

Extracurricular:
guide dogs, animal assisted therapy/activities, therapeutic horsemanship, sign language club, prison fellowship, american chemical society, led missions trips to a school for the deaf abroad

 

[rexosaurus]

Second timer, traditional, 24
Undergrad: BS in Biology from state school
Overall GPA: 3.5ish
Science GPA: 3.8
GRE: 1160 (i don't remember the breakdown) 4.5A

Applied: WICHE: CSU, OSU, WSU; Other: Tufts, Michigan state, Davis
Accepted: CSU, OSU, WSU
Interviews: Michigan state
Rejected: Tufts, Davis

Experience:
Small animal: ~2000 hrs vet asst @sm animal clinic/ 1000 hrs @sm animal ER
Research: ~2000 hrs during undergrad w/ amphibian physiology; 3000+ hrs post grad w/nonhuman primate toxicology
Exotic: ~150 hrs @large cat sanctuary
Large animal: ~10 hours @ equine vet ride along

Extracurricular:
sports, travel abroad, AFAN volunteer work, JDRF volunteer work; LOTS of stuff in high school

 

[winkle1983]

Third timer, traditional, 24
Undergrad: BS in Biology from small liberal arts school
Masters: will have an MPH-VPH (veterinary public health) from OSU
Overall GPA: 3.45
Science GPA: 3.7ish?
Grad GPA: 3.8
GRE: Q: 700 V: 530

Applied: OSU
Accepted: OSU...Go Bucks!

Experience:
Small animal: various shadowing/intern ~300 hours, 1yr PT at an ER clinic ~700 hours
Research: ~4000 hours in cancer reseach (dogs, mice, rats)
Wildlife: ~100 hrs willife rehab
Large animal: ~400 hours at a large animal rescue (equine and swine)

Extracurricular:
track and field, lots of community concert band stuff, volunteer for local animal rescues

 

[mistifical]

2nd time applicant (wait listed last year at VA-MD and LSU), MD resident, 23...

GPA: around 3.4 cumulative (but 3.6 at the school where I earned my degree
last 45 hours: 3.76
GRE: 1300 (760 Q, 540 V, 5.0 A)

at time of application...
Small animal/exotic/ER: close to 3000
Lab animal: 600
Large animal: 25
Wildlife: 20

Applied to Va-Md, LSU, KSU, Wisconsin, and Penn
Interviews: Va-Md (tomorrow!), KSU
Accepted: KSU
Haven't heard from the other three.

 

[BostonLvr]

First time applicant (Traditional: 22yrs old)

*I have been kind of hesitant to post since I have the lowest stats of anyone who's posted so far. But what the hell. I got in! I hope my less than stellar stats give hope to other non-4.0 applicants out there*

GPA: 3.45
Science: 3.1
Last 45 hours: 3.6

GRE: 600Q, 570V, 4.5A

Experience (At time of application):
Small Animal: 300 hrs volunteering, 1000 hrs working at Petland (yeah I know I know)
Large Animal/Exotics: Study abroad Animal Science program in Belize, Central America-Lots of hands on experience including giving vaccinations, castrating piglets, calves, dogs, docking tails, etc.
Research: 2 years as a research assistant working with contrast ultrasound of canine pancreas and jejunum

Applied: Kansas State
Accepted: Kansas State

🙂

 

[bovine]

*I have been kind of hesitant to post since I have the lowest stats of anyone who's posted so far. But what the hell. I got in! I hope my less than stellar stats give hope to other non-4.0 applicants out there*

Applied: Kansas State
Accepted: Kansas State

🙂

Thats really the stat that matters.👍

 

[nyanko]

*I have been kind of hesitant to post since I have the lowest stats of anyone who's posted so far. But what the hell. I got in! I hope my less than stellar stats give hope to other non-4.0 applicants out there*

Thank you for posting. 🙂

It is a bit intimidating when everybody who's posting has a 3.8 or above haha

 

[BlueCheeseToo]

Thank you for posting. 🙂
It is a bit intimidating when everybody who's posting has a 3.8 or above

Hey, here's another one for you, then. No 3.8 for me! 🙂

First time applicant, traditional, 22yrs old.

GPA: 3.37
Science: 3.0
Last 45 hours: 3.5ish

GRE: 780Q, 650V, 4.5A

Experience:

Small Animal: 6 years (3000+ hours) in wildlife rehabilitation, 1.5 years (375 hours) with an exotics vet.

Large Animal/Exotics: 30 hours "formal" equestrian experience, aside from just riding for fun for many years. Also volunteered with a horseback riding for the handicapped program while in high school.

Research: 2 years at Cold Spring Harbor Lab while in high school, one semester volunteering in the Marine Disease Pathology Lab at my undergrad school, about 75 hours worth of volunteering for Tufts' SEANET program, two weeks of research (for credit) in Costa Rica.

Other: Volunteered as an EMT for two years (1500+ hours), also volunteered with Habitat for Humanity & local Girl Scout association.

Applied: Tufts, Cornell, Penn, Minnesota
Accepted: Cornell

 

[DaNNo]

First-time applicant, traditional (21 years old)

Cum. GPA: 3.773
Last 45-hour GPA: 3.926
Science GPA: 3.775
Prerequisite GPA: 3.776

GRE: 770Q, 510V, 4.5A

Extracurricular: Gen. Chemistry peer tutor (1 semester), Intro. Bio lab assistant (3 semesters)

Experience:

~5,000 hours working as a veterinary assistant in a SA practice
~10 hours shadowing a LA vet (mostly equine repro.)
~1,600 hours volunteering at a non-profit, no-kill animal shelter

Interest: SA medicine and surgery, possibly shelter medicine

Applied: Cornell, CSU, UPenn (IS), OSU, UMinn, Tenn, Illinois
Interview: OSU (11/21), UPenn (1/11), UMinn (turned down), Illinois (turned down)
Rejected: OSU, Cornell
Alternate List: CSU
Accepted: UPenn
Heard nothing: Tenn (not that it matters--I'm choosing UPenn)

 

[meadow36]

This is a great thread - very informative. Keep it coming!!

Bostonlvr, you're my hero!! 🙂 Thanks for posting, my numbers aren't all that different from yours (I have a little more experience but that's about it). You give me hope!!!

 

[enchantingme2]

First time applicant (took one year off for more experience-22 years old)
Undergrad: BS in Biology and BA in Classica at liberal arts school
Overall GPA: 3.46
GRE: 700Q 590V 4.5A

Applied: Ohio, Glasgow, Penn, Royal, Minnetota, Missouri, Washington, VA-MD, CSU, Auburn, Tufts...
Interviewing: Ohio, Glasgow, Illinois, waitlisted at Tufts
Accepted: Ohio! (and Edinburgh but thats up for grabs!)

Experience:
Small animal - ~2000 hrs as a vet assistant/vet tech
Large animal- ~100 (in Philadelphia zoo)
Zoo- ~200
Research-~1000 or more
Wildlife- ~150
Extracurricular:
Random assortment of student clubs and orgs (president of two), Biology honor society, Biology club and Animal behavior club are the most relevant I s'pose (though I also played club rugby and was in a sorority)

I took a year off to get more experience (small animal emergency techinician). It was definately was worth it personally for the experience and preparation for vet school. Good Luck all!!!

 

[polo vet]

First time applicant, traditional, 19 years old
Undergrad: BS in Molecular Biology (expected this May) from a liberal arts college
Overall GPA: 3.91
Science GPA: 3.90
GRE: 790Q 520V 4A

Applied: Davis (IS), Penn, CSU, Purdue, WSU
Accepted: Penn
Interviews: Purdue and WSU (turned down both)
Haven't heard: Davis
Rejected: CSU

Experience:
Small animal: ~4000 hrs tech at GP and specialty clinics
Research: ~500 hours summer developmental biology/neuroscience internship at a lrg public university, ~200 hours independent research project

Extracurricular:
guide dogs, animal assisted therapy/activities, therapeutic horsemanship, sign language club, prison fellowship, american chemical society, led missions trips to a school for the deaf abroad

wow congrats pupsforseeing... how are you finishing college 2-3 yrs early (noticed you said you were 19)

 

[pupsforseeing]

wow congrats pupsforseeing... how are you finishing college 2-3 yrs early (noticed you said you were 19)

I took courses at a local college while in middle school and high school which allowed me to skip 10th and 11th grades, graduating at 15. I then took a year off to get some experience in the real world (wanted to make sure I got a much out of college as possible and fit in) so I worked full-time for a vet, travelled a bit, and did a lot of volunteer work during that year. Then, because of my previous college credit, I only had about 2 years of credits to finish in undergrad, but have stretched it out over 3 years (minoring in religion and getting close to minors in other fields) because, well, I like college 🙂 And, I have a really early birthday which adds to the young-ness.

 

[rexosaurus]

how lovely. isn't that the ideal situation? i think there was a question on the Tufts (?) supplemental that asked what you would do if you could take a year off of school before going to vet school. you kind of did this already... kind of 🙂 kudos to you !

 

[saratogian]

just bumpin' it up...

 

[dustman]

21 years old when applied. CA resident
Majors: Integrative physiology & Evolutionary and Ecological Biology
Gpa: 3.3 Pre Req GPA: 3.4

GRE: Q: 790 V: 520 W: 4.5

experience
SA: 1000
Emergency: 40
Equine: 30

Accepted: Kansas, Edinburgh
Rejected: many
Waiting: UC davis

In my application i stressed that i had traveled a lot and will likely continue to travel. I went to South Africa last spring and one of my interviewers at kansas was from South Africa so that may have helped.

 

[TCVM808]

First-time applicant, traditional, 24
I am basically a "traditional" applicant, but I completed my BA in 5.5 years as a result of transferring universities as well as other circumstances explained in my ES.
Hawaii resident, WICHE applicant
Major: Zoology
Minor: Chinese
(Yeah, I know, pandas, right?....ha ha)

IMO my strengths and weakness were basically as follows....
Strengths: LORs, PS & evidence of commitment to a unique area of interest, well-roundedness, strong upward GPA trend
Weaknesses: some very poor grades (including Fs & a 1.9 GPA semester), very average GRE scores, lack of breadth in experience (mostly SA with a sprinkle of exotics)

Applied to: Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Ohio, Oregon, Washington, Western
Accepted to: Washington (WICHE), Colorado (WICHE)
Offered interviews by: Ohio (declined), Iowa (declined), Western (declined), Florida (declined)
Withdrew from: Oregon
Attending: Colorado 😍

ETA - Please feel free to PM me for the rest of my stats. I do not mind sharing them, but have decided that I no longer want them posted. Thanks! 😀

 

[Pennvet]

2nd year applicant, last year I made it to 1st on the in-state waitlist.


GPA: 3.25 from 2 competitive Universities, 1 year CC.
GRE: 720q, 610v
work exp: 1000's and 1000's of hrs: 4 SA clinics, a feline clinic, veterinary stem cell lab., LA vet shadowing, wildlife refuge/zoo animals: primates, big cats, alligators, avians., vaccine production lab, etc.

Recs: Combo letter from undergrad profs, 2 vets, and a recent prof.

Moral: You don't need a 4.0 to go to vet school, all you need is determination and perserverence, residency helps too.

 

[josie1000]

GRE 710 quant, 620 verbal, 5.0 analytical

GPA 3.1
Pre reqs: 3.0ish
From a competetive Liberal Arts School

Experience
SA : Around 2000 hours
Equine: 400 hours
Large Animal: 500 hours

Community and Extracurricular
SGA, shelter volunteer

 

[ontheranch]

Josie1000 and PennVet where did you apply and where did you get in?

 

[josie1000]

Sorry, I'm a first time applicant and applied to UF, Upenn, Iowa, Ohio, Western, and Illinois. I was rejected from Illinois, interviewed at Iowa, Western, and Ohio, was accepted to Ohio and still waiting to hear from the rest about interviews or decisions.

 

[thesonofdarwin]

Second timer, though I was accepted last year with the same stats (minus SPCA experience)

GPA (overall): 3.85 GPA (pre-req) 3.85 -- Small, liberal arts school
Major/Minor: Biology/Chemistry
GRE: Verbal 460, Quantitative 650, Analytical 4.5 -- 1110 I hate you, GRE, hate

Extracurriculars: None, except Biological, Chemical, and National Honor Societies. Also teach obedience at the SPCA.

Experience:
SA: 800+
Exotic: 1200+
Surgical: 400+
Clinical: None.
Shelter (SPCA): 1,500+ -- Kennel: ~400
Research: ~400
LA: 500? None within the past 5 years, plenty before

Strengths: Good GPA, very diversified experience.
Weakness: Limited extracurriculars, bad GRE score, NO clinical experience


You don't need to be good at everything, but if you have weaknesses in GPA, GRE, experience, or whatever you need to wow them with whatever else you have.

Total Schools Accepted: Penn, Edinburgh
Rejected: Cornell, Colorado
Waiting: Wisconsin

 

[VAgirl]

Wait-list: VA-MD

How do you know you're on the VA-MD waitlist yet? Didn't think anything was coming out until tomorrow. And then theoretically that will be by USPS... What's the deal, if you don't mind my asking? 🙂

 

[thesonofdarwin]

How do you know you're on the VA-MD waitlist yet? Didn't think anything was coming out until tomorrow. And then theoretically that will be by USPS... What's the deal, if you don't mind my asking? 🙂

I combined this years and lasts, sorry for the confusion 🙂 I've since changed it.

However, they told us last year that you could call them the day they sent out the results. That's what I did.

 

[Pennvet]

I applied to Penn and Western, but withdrew my app. from western after getting my letter from Penn.

 

[ElvisMarie6]

Second time applicant, traditional 22 years old.
Undergrad: BS in Biology at a competitive university
Overall GPA: 3.73
Science GPA: 3.6
GRE: 600Q 460V 3.5A (yikes 😱)

Applied: CSU, WSU, Davis, Kansas
Interviews: CSU, WSU
Rejected: Davis and Kansas
Accepted: CSU 😍

Experience:
Small animal -- 4000 hrs as a vet assistant/receptionist
Equine- 60 hrs (except I showed in dressage when I was in high school and helped teach vaulting to kids which equaled ~ 2000 hrs?)
Lab Animal- 600 hrs

Extracurricular:
Crisis Line director/volunteer ~ 800 hours

 

[CanadianGolden]

First time applicant, traditional, 20 years old
Undergrad: BS in molecular biology at a Tier One school
GPA: 3.78
Science GPA: 3.82
GRE: 760Q, 630V, 5.5A

Edited to Update:
Applied: OSU, UW-Madison, VA-MD, Tufts, Penn
Interviews: OSU, VA-MD, Tufts, Penn
Accepted: OSU, Penn (+VMSTP), UW-Madison, VA-MD, Tufts (+ PhD)

Experience:
showing horses for ~13 years
showing dogs for 7 years
research (>2000 hours in comparative medicine)
small animal/exotic clinic (part time for 4 months)

 

[westpoloplayer]

Hope this gives hope to some of those people with mediocre (or bad) GPAs. The best advice I recieved from my advisor was to do something interesting-- it might just get you an interview because they are curious!

First time applicant, 24 years old.
Undergrad: BS in Animal Science, minor in Chemistry
Overall GPA: 3.33
Science GPA: not sure? I didn't calculate this one but I'm sure it wasn't great.
Post-baccalaureate GPA: 3.4
GRE: 670Q 590V 5.5A

Applied: CSU, WSU, Oregon State, Glasgow
Interviews: CSU, Glasgow
Rejected: WSU
Haven't heard from: OSU
Accepted: CSU !!

Experience:
SA -- 50 hrs
Equine- 350 hrs shadowing at time of application. Approx 600 more hours working as a large animal tech since (which I mentioned in my interview).
LA- 50 hours at time of application, approx 600 more hours working as a large animal tech since (mentioned in interview).
Research- 2800 hours at several different genetics labs
Wildlife- 44 hours of necropsy lab on black bear, nutrea, various fowl, etc.
Other- thousands of hours providing slave labor for vet teaching hospital in another state.
Human- 60 hours shadowing OB-GYN at local hospital

Extracurricular:
- Speak 4 languages conversationally (Italian, Spanish, Modern Standard Arabic and Colloquial Moroccan Arabic)
- Have lived abroad several times
- Spent the previous summer on a State Department sponsored trip to North Africa to work on my Arabic. After the program, traveled up into the Atlas mountains on horseback with a guide and stayed with the Berber Tribesman for approx. 1 week.
- Reporter for school newspaper

 

[imagine21]

Second Time Applicant/Career changer (was in dental school) 25y/o female
Last Yr: Waitlisted @ Penn, Western, Oklahoma
Accepted but declined: Massey
This Yr: Applied: Ohio, Kansas, Oklahoma, Penn, Western, Iowa, Michigan
File Discarded w/ no review: Michigan
Rejected w/ no interview: Iowa
Interviewed: Ohio, Kansas, Western, Penn
Waitlisted: Kansas
Waiting to Hear: Ohio, Oklahoma, Western
Accepted: Penn
GRE: 720Q
450V; 4.5 A
GPA: 3.45 BA in Biology & Math Tier One Liberal Arts
science: same
last 45 Hrs: 3.75
Experience: 1000's of hours equine experience
1000hrs. small animal clinic
200 zoo hours
some shelter experience
500 hours large animal (mostly cows)
college undergrad research
Extracurricular: competitive riding, college riding team

 

[hoodle]

First time applicant, 22 years old, WA resident
BA in Biology from top 10 liberal arts school
GPA: ~3.6 overall, about 3.5 science
GRE: 760 Q, 690 V, 6.0 writing

Applied:
dual degree programs: UC-Davis, NCSU, Cornell, Tufts
regular programs: Wisconsin, Oregon, Illinois, Penn, Minnesota

Interviewed everywhere possible, except
Declined Interview: Illinois, Minnesota
Withdrew: Penn
Rejected: Cornell DVM/PhD

Accepted: UC-Davis VSTP, NCSU DVM/PhD, Cornell DVM, Oregon, Wisconsin, Tufts Vet and Sackler school

***PM me if you want to know the details of my application, for whatever reason! Or have questions about applying with significant other, or to DVM/PhD programs.***

 

[nyanko]

hoodle, please do not take any offense to this as you've got my total respect, but I quite honestly expected your GPA to be a lot higher with all the programs you've gotten into. Congratulations!

 

[chris03333]

hoodle, please do not take any offense to this as you've got my total respect, but I quite honestly expected your GPA to be a lot higher with all the programs you've gotten into. Congratulations!

Hoodles GPA is quite good. Especially with that GRE score...🙄

 

[ri23]

hoodle, please do not take any offense to this as you've got my total respect, but I quite honestly expected your GPA to be a lot higher with all the programs you've gotten into. Congratulations!

She has a solid GPA (that is pretty much the average), a very high GRE and above average breadth and depth of experience.

 

[VetMed555]

hoodle, please do not take any offense to this as you've got my total respect, but I quite honestly expected your GPA to be a lot higher with all the programs you've gotten into. Congratulations!

😱 3.5-3.6 is a disappointment to you? Average of applicants accepted is about 3.5.

 

[CanadianGolden]

Well I met hoodle and I know she is totally smart.

 

[clawsbeatskin]

What's the point of this thread if people aren't honest about their stats? I applaud hoodle (and everyone else) who've contributed. They should be able to do so without fear of negative comments.

Besides, the only judgement that matters around here is that of the adcoms, and it looks like they've made theirs.

 

[nyanko]

God of course that's a good GPA and the GRE scores are awesome and she has good experience and stuff, jeez, I said don't take offense. I'm not like belittling her at all, and it's awesome that she got into such competitive programs - I was really under the impression that your app had to be pretty bulletproof to get into UCD's VSTP as a first year, that's all! My GPA is not that high. 🙂

I mean, UCD's out of state average is in the 3.8 range, and I know NCSU is also pretty picky about out of state. That's why I expected it to be higher, I guess! Y'all are pretty quick to misinterpret things sometimes (it's not a negative comment, or at least wasn't meant to be!). 😳

 

[VetDJ]

First time applicant, 25 years old, NJ resident
BS in Biology & Sports Medicine
GPA: ~3.6 overall, 3.7 Science
GRE: 780 Q, 560 V, 5.5 writing

Applied:
RVC, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, Ohio, Florida, UPenn, Mississippi, Kansas, Iowa, Oregon State, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Western

Offered Interviews: Everywhere
Accepted Interviews: Ohio, Kansas, Iowa, Western
Declined Interview: Everywhere else
Rejected: Ohio
Wait List: Iowa

Accepted: Kansas, Oregon, Edinburgh

Once I was accepted to Oregon I was done w/ the process 🙂
Experience:
Equine Practice: ~500 hours
Animal Shelter: 200 hours
Rehabilitation Medicine: 300 hours
Small Animal: ~1000 hours
Research: ~500 hours

Extracurriculars:

Teacher Assistant for: Zoology, Microbiology, and Physiology
Founder of the Pre-vet club at my school
Professional DJ
Martial Arts for 10 years, teaching for 3

 

[VAgirl]

I mean, UCD's out of state average is in the 3.8 range, and I know NCSU is also pretty picky about out of state. That's why I expected it to be higher, I guess! Y'all are pretty quick to misinterpret things sometimes (it's not a negative comment, or at least wasn't meant to be!). 😳

I don't mean to sound like I'm jumping on the attacking you bandwagon, nyanko, but I got an interview at UC Davis as OOS (obviously not the same as getting in, but it means they don't think I'm pond scum at least) and my GPA is not anywhere near 3.8. Now, there are many different calculations one can do w/ my GPA (undergrad only, everything including grad school, grad only), but the only one that is high is the grad only. So apparently some of these places look at things a little outside the norm on occasion.

I'll post the rest of my stats soon. I just haven't gotten around to it yet. I think I have a lower undergrad GPA than any other posted so far on here.

 

[RockStarKDub]

I don't mean to sound like I'm jumping on the attacking you bandwagon, nyanko, but I got an interview at UC Davis as OOS (obviously not the same as getting in, but it means they don't think I'm pond scum at least) and my GPA is not anywhere near 3.8. Now, there are many different calculations one can do w/ my GPA (undergrad only, everything including grad school, grad only), but the only one that is high is the grad only. So apparently some of these places look at things a little outside the norm on occasion.

I'll post the rest of my stats soon. I just haven't gotten around to it yet. I think I have a lower undergrad GPA than any other posted so far on here.

And on the other side of the coin, my GPA is 4.0 and I was rejected without interview from Davis. (Guess I'm pond scum! Hahahaha!)

 

[VAgirl]

And on the other side of the coin, my GPA is 4.0 and I was rejected without interview from Davis. (Guess I'm pond scum! Hahahaha!)

Oh crap...ok, I'm so so sorry about my wording...I really didn't mean to imply anything bad about anyone who didn't get an interview!!! 😳😳 I was typing when I first woke up this morning and wasn't thinking clearly. (Also, the pond scum phrase is one my dad uses a lot in jest, so it just popped into my mind because going into this process I half expected schools to laugh at me with my low undergrad GPA...I really meant the phrase about myself!) I'm so sorry, I swear I didn't mean anything by it! This process seems so random, who even knows what these places are looking for. 😳

(Ugh, talk about open mouth, insert foot. 😳😳)

 

[hoodle]

To all of the comments about my GPA.

I think the school you get your GPA from has a lot of relevance. My school is one of the top three liberal arts colleges in the country, renowned for intense academics and grade deflation. Maybe you should have thought about that a bit more before attacking my stats.

If you're here to assuage your bitter disappointments, maybe you should find some other way to do it.