Out of state I’m guessing then? If possible I would try to raise that GPA, UF is known for being very GPA oriented, especially for OOS students. Other than that they very much value quality and varied veterinary experience and interests/hobbies/volunteering outside of vet med.
Thanks for the link! Do you know if UF is one of those schools that does grade replacement or recalculates your GPA to get rid of the +/- scale? I know most places don't do either, but I also can never find that info when I'm looking for it. Either one of those boosts my GPA so for me it's worth finding outOut of state I’m guessing then? If possible I would try to raise that GPA, UF is known for being very GPA oriented, especially for OOS students. Other than that they very much value quality and varied veterinary experience and interests/hobbies/volunteering outside of vet med.
Here is an example of the accepted student profiles from the past few years:
Admitted Class Statistics » Veterinary Education » College of Veterinary Medicine » University of Florida
Class of 2029 Student Profile Class of 2028 Student Profile Class of 2027 Student Profile Class of 2026 Student Profileeducation.vetmed.ufl.edu
No problem! To my knowledge UF does not do either of those currently.
Generally, I would recommend having someone who doesn't know you personally read over your essays. The whole point of these essays is to sell yourself and tell your story, so someone that doesn't know you will be better equipped to tell you how effective your essays are at doing that.
UF has a very strong exotics service with multiple boarded specialists and a residency program. The zoo med rotation is often easy to get if desired. Some people take it twice. There is also an aquatic animal certificate offered (no extra tuition cost) and many exotics oriented students pursue it.
As someone who did a semester abroad and was accepted to UFCVM, I don't think that its a necessity to travel abroad to be accepted, but it did give me the opportunity to work hands on with unique native animals in a way that would not have been possible in Florida. If anything, those sort of things help your application stand out.
Of interest, I think it is viewed different as actual study abroad and go to school for a full semester in another country and a short 7-10 day trip to work with a Vet. The point was you could spend $1000s doing that week long trip but it might not move the needle for admissions. The point was to save that money and build your application at home. In the end though, the admissions process is fairly subjective between schools so gaining experience matters and if you want to go to a far land and work with elephants or other exotics, you should.
Not all trips are like this, but a lot are. It's v important to do a lot of digging and sifting (and talking to trip alumni) when choosing to drop that kind of money on a trip. Some trips really are good experience, but as a prevet, the type of experience you can expect is often limited just because you aren't a vet student/vet.
Basically this. It's kind of a gamble. If you already have quite a lot of hours, a trip may not matter much. On the other hand, if you have very few hours and need to buy your experience, that isn't great either. These trips can be fun ways to get some hands on experience, but they are in no way a realistic portrayal of what 99% of vets are doing on the day to day. I'd rather see someone with 100 hours in a clinic than 100 hours bottle feeding orphaned manatees, even though the latter is more exciting.
Hi, also a second time applicant! I wish you the best this year!
Also a second time applicant :’) UF is one of my top choices but also have a 3.46 cGPA so I’m hoping to get some advice here
I vote extracurricular, or 'other' if that's an option (VMCAS is down right now as I type this so I can't check). You might have had presentations on different specialties, but that does not give you 'veterinary experience.' Similarly, I present to student groups on my specialty all the time and I would not expect that to count for veterinary hours. For more context - You can watch TV shows and learn about the profession, that would not count as veterinary hours. You may get career exposure through this seminar/TV shows, but you are not supervised by a vet in these contexts so it doesn't qualify as vet experience by default. Veterinary supervision, or lack thereof, is what veterinary experience hours boil down to.
Its the same (new) admissions director - I believe they will read all applications that meet minimum requirements again, but I cannot make promises.
I made sure my word count was close or specific to the 250 words. Despite there being more characters available on the character limit.
Can confirm: stick to the 250
Just wanted to let you know you all saved me money. thank you <3
Hi Chill! That is great news. Best of luck to you in this process. You got this.
Please rephrase your question, not sure I understand what you’re asking.
I edited it!!
Someone in another thread answered, in case anyone else has the same question:
Would like to come in here and say that my overall gpa was a 3.0 and I got in last round! Most of my friends were also in the 3.3-3.6 range. That being said, all of our apps were different and I had around 8k vet hours logged etc Statistics can be incredibly discouraging when looking from the outside- but there are people with lower numbers than the 'average' in the class!! It a tough road but not impossible <3
Yes which is why I include in my post “Keep in mind that there are people that had lower or higher than these numbers so don’t let it deter you!”. There are people who got rejected with a 3.8 and accepted with a 3.0 with similar hours/extracurriculars. To some extent it is just pure luck but some people asked for stats!
They have not in the past.
Hey! I got an email on september 8th that says the following:
I believe that you should get 3 emails total: one with the title that starts with "Welcome from the ..." which you get when you submit VMCAS, one that says "Application recieved" which you get when you submit the professional application, and "UF CVM Application Complete" which you get when you have finished both the prof/vmcas and you have 3 LORs.
Thank you! I just got the email today yay
I submitted 2 weeks before deadline. i did email them last week and they got back to me and updated my application to complete and now forwarded to admissions.
I have not received the the application complete email. I was considering emailing them.
