UC Davis c/o 2025

Veterinary Science Graduate Certificate from UofI
This forum made possible through the generous support of SDN members, donors, and sponsors. Thank you.
monkey net said:
Has anyone's portal updated yet with acceptance information?

IS first time applicant
Cumulative: 3.75
Last 45: 3.95
Overall science: 3.74
GRE: (V) 82%, (Q) 75%, (W) 92%
3 LORs: 2 from vets I worked with, 1 from professors (chemistry)
B.A. Psychology
Click to expand...
It should be updated tomorrow!
Members don't see this ad.
 
  • Like
Reactions: 1 user
IS first time applicant
B.S. in genetics and genomics, minor in music, minor in ecology
Cumulative: 3.86
Science: 3.86
Last 45: 3.98
GRE: 99% V, 89% Q, 99% AW
LORs from: vet/mentor I have worked with since high school at both clinic and rescue, professor I worked with in a TA-type position and also in a marine animal care job, bio professor who I took a couple classes with and am just kinda friends with (we’ve worked on some science hobby stuff together).

I had 2000+ vet hours, research, etc, but Davis doesn’t look at any of that for most applicants.
 
does anyone know the best place to look for living? trying to not be right next to campus but i know we need to be close.. any current students live right outside davis?
 
Members don't see this ad :)
corgimom12 said:
does anyone know the best place to look for living? trying to not be right next to campus but i know we need to be close.. any current students live right outside davis?
Click to expand...
+1 What's the price to expect for a one/two bedroom, large dog friendly (not aggressive breed, just...big), less than 2 mile from school and VTH apartment? Ideally with a leasing company, not with individual landlords.

And this may sound random but it's quite important to my boy: is there any off-leash dog park close to the school area?
 
Once your portals update you guys should all get access to the FB page and typically there will be a housing spreadsheet that's posted there where you can put in what you are looking for & current students will put in places they are moving out of as well as filling rooms in houses & apartments. Its really great! I would say that craigslist, zillow/trulia/rental websites, as well as the housing spreadsheet are good starts. You can also search for apartments in Davis through google and some of the bigger complexes/companies will come up. Its kind of variable whether or not they allow dogs so you kind of have to search around. Over the next couple months, more and more things will start popping up!
 
  • Like
Reactions: 5 users
Futuredogtorem said:
Do you guys mind sharing your stats! I’m applying for the next cycle 💓
Click to expand...
IS First Time Applicant:
Cumulative GPA: 4.0
GRE: (V) 67%, (Q) 85%, W (92%)
3 LORs: 1 from owner of practice that I worked at, 1 from veterinarian and professor, 1 from a Spanish professor
B.S. in Animal Science, minor in Spanish
 
corgimom12 said:
does anyone know the best place to look for living? trying to not be right next to campus but i know we need to be close.. any current students live right outside davis?
Click to expand...
Plenty of people live in woodland or dixon. Most of us rent houses with other vet students because we usually have pets and honestly apartments suck and are way more expensive. I've had really good experiences with just landlords as opposed to the companies that refuse to fix things or try to steal security deposits.
 
  • Like
Reactions: 1 user
Has anyone else’s portal not updated? I’m nervous they called me by accident yesterday 😩
 
  • Like
Reactions: 2 users
monkey net said:
Has anyone else’s portal not updated? I’m nervous they called me by accident yesterday 😩
Click to expand...


Omg LOL i've been thinking this all weekend being in denial about the call😂 I hope it's updated soon!
 
monkey net said:
Has anyone else’s portal not updated? I’m nervous they called me by accident yesterday 😩
Click to expand...
I even asked if they were sure they got the right number /person when I talked to them on the phone. But Iv been thinking it’s just a mistake ever since.
 
  • Like
Reactions: 1 user
Members don't see this ad :)
carryonbag said:
Um I got 4 missed calls from a number in Davis (530 area code). It was at 7:46am Sat (I’m temporarily in Taiwan), which is 3:46pm Fri PDT.. AND my phone has blocked VM access 😫

(It's now 4:51pm PDT. I called back the number listed on my missed call list (530-752-xxxx) but got to voicemail... omg I'm going to have to wait the whole weekend now)
Click to expand...
UPDATE: okay, I guess I just missed out on the human-delivered acceptance. Just checked my portal - IS Admit!

My stats -
Cumulative: 3.34
Last 45: 3.92
Science: 3.75
GRE: Q 163 (85%), (V/W: forgot , haha)
LOR: 1 vet, 1 ochem 1&2 professor, 1 previous employer

Good luck to those on the waitlist, and good luck to everyone in the process because we WILL see and work with each other one day in the field!
 
  • Like
Reactions: 2 users
Hey for everyone that got accepted when did you take your casper ? And how did you prepare for it? I would really a appreciate you feedback :)
 
simbawolf360 said:
Hey for everyone that got accepted when did you take your casper ? And how did you prepare for it? I would really a appreciate you feedback :)
Click to expand...
They offered 2 dates and I chose the latter one (1/12). My suggestion would be to find all the free examples online and practice typing answers until you can consistently answers all 3 questions before time is up! My biggest issue was I kept having only ~30-60 seconds to answer the last question so it was always just a random mishmash of word vomit haha.
 
simbawolf360 said:
Hey for everyone that got accepted when did you take your casper ? And how did you prepare for it? I would really a appreciate you feedback :)
Click to expand...
I took it 1/12. I watched all the YouTube videos and ended up trying to follow the method mentioned above. I also tried to add something “out of the box” that was somehow related to my life. I ended up talking a lot about my kids somehow. I was also paranoid of getting marked down for having rehearsed answers. I did watch a lot of MMI prep YouTube videos and pre wrote out the top 10 most common questions. What I also did to prep was I took the full length practice test a couple days in a row before the tea test. My biggest issue is anxiety and trying to reduce the wasted time due the panic brain freeze. Having a go to start helped like “we need more information before addressing the problem of ____. Asking for guidance from____.” Was what I wrote to start the ideas.
 
IS acceptance from the waitlist! I’m so excited, Davis is my dream school!! Looking forward to meeting all of you! :soexcited:
 
  • Like
  • Love
Reactions: 7 users
omgletmeintakemymoney said:
I took it 1/12. I watched all the YouTube videos and ended up trying to follow the method mentioned above. I also tried to add something “out of the box” that was somehow related to my life. I ended up talking a lot about my kids somehow. I was also paranoid of getting marked down for having rehearsed answers. I did watch a lot of MMI prep YouTube videos and pre wrote out the top 10 most common questions. What I also did to prep was I took the full length practice test a couple days in a row before the tea test. My biggest issue is anxiety and trying to reduce the wasted time due the panic brain freeze. Having a go to start helped like “we need more information before addressing the problem of ____. Asking for guidance from____.” Was what I wrote to start the ideas.
Click to expand...
I fully agree with preparing upfront a few things, if only to calm the nerves, since just the anxiety from the crazy-fast pace might knock out a few seconds from you! Good things to prepare are: 1. a few personal experiences that you can speak to quickly, so you can focus on answering the question instead of coming up with examples from scratch while watching the timer, 2. a basic 'format' so that if nothing brilliant comes to mind once you watch/read the scenario, you have a format to follow asap, 3. A mental list of key attributes that are important, like: empathy, nonjudgment, fairness, legality, etc., so you can quickly evaluate what the scenario is looking for.

I have a lot of problems with the CASPer, and I feel like the above is a large reason why. I just can't imagine how this test, in this format, can seek out the authentic, empathetic leaders from the well prepared robot. Ya know?? :(

Good luck!
 
Congratulations to everyone who got in!!! :love:
Davis is my top choice for C/O 2026. I'm an IS applicant and would really appreciate it if those of you who were accepted IS would let me know your stats (if you're comfortable sharing, of course)! Please feel free to PM me!
Thank you and congrats again!
 
  • Like
Reactions: 1 user
thankdog said:
Congratulations to everyone who got in!!! :love:
Davis is my top choice for C/O 2026. I'm an IS applicant and would really appreciate it if those of you who were accepted IS would let me know your stats (if you're comfortable sharing, of course)! Please feel free to PM me!
Thank you and congrats again!
Click to expand...
You can find their stats for entrants on their webpage from each year as well if that helps.

Application Statistics - Class of 2024

Application Statistics - Class of 2024 Applicant Pool Summary: Residency *Applied Offered Admission Accepted offer Gender Applied Accepted California Residents 510 128 126 Female
www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu
 
Lupin21 said:
You can find their stats for entrants on their webpage from each year as well if that helps.

Application Statistics - Class of 2024

Application Statistics - Class of 2024 Applicant Pool Summary: Residency *Applied Offered Admission Accepted offer Gender Applied Accepted California Residents 510 128 126 Female
www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu
Click to expand...
Thank you! Just curious if this wild pandemic year and the increase in apps had much of an effect on Davis
 
Hey guys if any of you all know anything about the waitlist and how it moves please let me know Im currently #21 (started at 25) and anxiously refreshing and trying to determine what my chances are. Davis is my in sate and the only school I can really afford so I am just a bundle of anxiety about this whole ordeal. I am not looking forward to the tough decisions I may be facing if I don't get in. ;(
 
  • Like
Reactions: 1 user
simbawolf360 said:
Hey guys if any of you all know anything about the waitlist and how it moves please let me know Im currently #21 (started at 25) and anxiously refreshing and trying to determine what my chances are. Davis is my in sate and the only school I can really afford so I am just a bundle of anxiety about this whole ordeal. I am not looking forward to the tough decisions I may be facing if I don't get in. ;(
Click to expand...
I imagine it will move more around March-April as people hear back from other schools? I'm on the waitlist too and I'm surprised it's been inching slowly these past days; I assumed it would be stagnant until later. I emailed about something related and Brandy McCall mentioned that people stay on the waitlist until summer because some people occasionally decline past the April 15th deadline.

I'm in your same boat! Davis would be a lot cheaper for me but if I don't get in this time I would have to go to out of state. For reasons I don't really want to get into, I won't be able to try to apply again to Davis next cycle, but maybe you can try to apply next cycle?
 
  • Like
Reactions: 1 user
simbawolf360 said:
Hey guys if any of you all know anything about the waitlist and how it moves please let me know Im currently #21 (started at 25) and anxiously refreshing and trying to determine what my chances are. Davis is my in sate and the only school I can really afford so I am just a bundle of anxiety about this whole ordeal. I am not looking forward to the tough decisions I may be facing if I don't get in. ;(
Click to expand...
From checking the past several years of applicant stats on their website, I would say it ranges from approximately 10-40 people getting of the waitlist. For the past 5 years, on average it looks like about 25 people get off the waitlist (I calculated this myself so it may be off if they over accept initially past the 150 seats). So, it really depends on the year but I think you’re in a good spot!
 
Where were u able to find the past 5 years worth of stats? Also Ik that they accept exactly 150 they don’t over accept students.
 
Last year they actually over accepted and sent out 160 admission offers initially! We also only had a few spots open up for the waitlist, most likely due to this. In previous years the waitlist would move 20-30 spots.
 
thankdog said:
Congratulations to everyone who got in!!! :love:
Davis is my top choice for C/O 2026. I'm an IS applicant and would really appreciate it if those of you who were accepted IS would let me know your stats (if you're comfortable sharing, of course)! Please feel free to PM me!
Thank you and congrats again!
Click to expand...
Class statistics for the class of 2025 should be posted to the UC Davis SVM website (hopefully) sometime this Spring. This is a great recourse to use to get a good idea of what the class looks like as a whole. It should also provide some information in individual applicants that were at the upper and lower bounds of certain important metrics (Science GPA, last GPA, and GRE(Q) scores). While it's never a bad thing to get individual statistic information, I think you will be able to evaluate your application in a more comprehensive manner when comparing your stats against the average stats of the incoming student body.
 
  • Like
Reactions: 1 users
simbawolf360 said:
Where were u able to find the past 5 years worth of stats? Also Ik that they accept exactly 150 they don’t over accept students.
Click to expand...
If you google them they still show up even if it’s not one of the two most recent years that they visibly link on their website, if that makes sense.
 
  • Like
Reactions: 1 user
Hi! Is anyone in the UC Davis c/o2025 facebook group? (If there is one)
 
Arielll6 said:
Hi! Is anyone in the UC Davis c/o2025 facebook group? (If there is one)
Click to expand...
Yep! There’s a link to it in the “Admissions Welcome” section of the portal. Then you just have to request to join. It took a couple of days for me.
 
  • Like
Reactions: 1 user
Does anybody know if Davis has any requirement on computer? Another laptop of mine suffered an untimely death (laptop on top of a steaming coffee maker - bad idea). I'm planning to buy a cheap ass laptop cs I do not anticipate doing data analysis, graphic processing, or gaming with it. Unless there's some requirement from the school.
 
Ariel-Li said:
Does anybody know if Davis has any requirement on computer? Another laptop of mine suffered an untimely death (laptop on top of a steaming coffee maker - bad idea). I'm planning to buy a cheap ass laptop cs I do not anticipate doing data analysis, graphic processing, or gaming with it. Unless there's some requirement from the school.
Click to expand...
If you log in to your portal there should be a little section at the bottom left that says “Computer Information”, right under “White Coat Ceremony”, hope this helps!!
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: 1 user
could any current students talk about what their daily schedule is like? like how are lectures, labs, ect broken up in the day? and I understand that davis does block classes, but is it problem based learning or more like just focusing on 1 topic at a time? thanks!
 
  • Like
Reactions: 1 user
Hey! So currently the schedule changes based on the day, but you can usually count to be in lectures from 9am till 3pm (with an hour lunch break 12-1pm). With this semester we have had an increase in the number of labs so far. Those are scheduled based on groups that you are assigned to. For example, if the school sets aside time from 8am-12pm for labs for the entire class, but your group is scheduled from 8am-9am, then you get the remainder of the time to use as you choose (be it studying, sleeping, mental wellness, what-have-you).

As far as the blocks go, it is more about focusing on 1 topic at a time. For musculoskeletal (which we are wrapping up soon), we go over everything pertaining to the musculoskeletal system including pathology, radiology, anatomy, normal cellular function, pharmacology, etc.
 
  • Like
Reactions: 1 user
PepeLeMew said:
Hey! So currently the schedule changes based on the day, but you can usually count to be in lectures from 9am till 3pm (with an hour lunch break 12-1pm). With this semester we have had an increase in the number of labs so far. Those are scheduled based on groups that you are assigned to. For example, if the school sets aside time from 8am-12pm for labs for the entire class, but your group is scheduled from 8am-9am, then you get the remainder of the time to use as you choose (be it studying, sleeping, mental wellness, what-have-you).

As far as the blocks go, it is more about focusing on 1 topic at a time. For musculoskeletal (which we are wrapping up soon), we go over everything pertaining to the musculoskeletal system including pathology, radiology, anatomy, normal cellular function, pharmacology, etc.
Click to expand...
thanks!
 
Does anybody know when houses start to be available to rent? I’ve been looking on trulia/Zillow but nothing looks too promising.
 
Hi everyone! I was just curious if anyone here is still deciding between Davis and another school? I’m currently number 3 on the waitlist and was just wondering what my realistic chance of getting off of it is? Thanks in advance!
 
PropaneAccessories said:
Hi everyone! I was just curious if anyone here is still deciding between Davis and another school? I’m currently number 3 on the waitlist and was just wondering what my realistic chance of getting off of it is? Thanks in advance!
Click to expand...
Are you IS or OOS?
 
simbawolf360 said:
The waitlist is all the same they don’t differentiate.
Click to expand...
Oh! I did not know that! I may give up my OOS seat. It's a very hard decision for me either way, I'm having a stomachache recently trying to decide.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Next unread thread

Similar threads

eleanor713
UC Davis C/O 2028
Replies
2
Views
1K
eleanor713
eleanor713
T
UC Davis c/o 2027
Replies
22
Views
2K
PepeLeMew
P
gloworms
UC Davis c/o 2028 Hopefuls
2 3 4 5 6
Replies
255
Views
30K
elsa2000
E
lis1127
Shadowing at UC Davis
Replies
4
Views
493
lis1127
lis1127
Cami194
UC Davis c/o 2027 Hopefuls
2 3
Replies
147
Views
22K
coolprius
C
Top