21 yr old female, FL resident, first-time (traditional) applicant
Applied: UF, NCSU, KSU, Ohio State, Mizzou, Wisconsin
Offered Interview: KSU, UF, Mizzou (declined), Ohio State (declined)
Accepted: NCSU, like what????

Attending: NCSU (probably)
Overall VMCAS GPA: 3.85
Science GPA: 3.77
Last 45 GPA: 3.84
*my GPA was higher on my transcript, not sure which they looked at
GRE (Q/V/W): 157 (66%)/159 (83%)/4.0 (60%)
Degree: BS in Animal Science- Veterinary Bioscience w/ a minor in Spanish
Veterinary Experience:
1) Wild game mobile practice in South Africa (120 hrs)
2) SA/exotic clinic (420 hrs)
3) SA cardiopulmonary clinic (120 hrs)
4) SA general practice (780 hrs)
5) Equine mobile practice (120 hrs)
Animal Experience:
1) Small ruminant husbandry (320 hrs)
2) Dairy cow husbandry (108 hrs)
3) Exotic foster (205 hrs)
4) SPCA volunteer (200 hrs)
5) NCSU equestrian team president (800 hrs)
6) Hippotherapy volunteer (800 hrs)
7) Equestrian/stablehand (3080 hrs-only included from high school, been riding/competing since 6 yrs old)
Research Experience:
*all completed under DVM or PhD
1) Proposed honors thesis TGF- b2 downregulates MHC expression & cytotoxicity of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (820 hrs)
2) Efficacy of antibiotic treatment of biofilms in four septic osteoarthritic horses (180 hrs)
3) Limited pasture could reduce equine body weight, body condition score & serum insulin (100 hrs)
Employment:
1) Teaching assistant for Introduction to Equine Science
2) Student tutor for TRIO student support services at NCSU
Extracurriculars:
1) VetPAC internship at NCSU
2) Global Village resident & active member
3) Pre-veterinary medical association active member
4) VOLAR (Spanish volunteer club) active member
5) Spanish honor society active member
6) Rho Kappa (social studies honors society) active member
7) English honor society active member
Non-animal volunteering:
1) RMI horse show office volunteer
2) YMCA Community HOPE mentor and tutor
Awards:
1) Horse show awards from regionals, zones, and nationals (only the top ones)
2) North American comparative immunology attendee and co-author
3) ASAS scholastic achievement award
4) Office of undergrad research summer grant
5) Poster presentations at three symposiums (two honors and one undergrad)
6) Invited to join Phi Kappa Phi, SCLA, Sigma Alpha Pi, Golden Key
7) Caldwell fellowship finalist
8) Park scholarship finalist
9) Provost Scholarship recipient
10) Dean’s list every semester except one
11) VOLAR certificate of achievement
12) CALS scholarship every semester
13) AP Psych outstanding student award
14) World language competition champion
eLORS:
1) PI from lab that I worked in for a year and completed honors thesis under
2) Academic/pre-vet advisor
3) SA/exotic animal veterinarian who I formed a close relationship with
Personal Statement:
So there wasn't exactly a personal statement this year. I mainly just talked about my career goals and how they related to the contributions of veterinarians around the world. Also talked about two things that really made a veterinarian a great one. I'll answer any questions!