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Are we going off of this?

Interview Confirmation Status: Interview scheduled for 2/10/14 - Please e-mail your response to official letter mailed 1/10/14, to accept or decline the interview.

I'm afraid to celebrate, is their portal reliable?

If so then woohoo... If not, I want to have that letter in my hands before celebrating.
 
ntorres said:
Are we going off of this?

Interview Confirmation Status: Interview scheduled for 2/10/14 - Please e-mail your response to official letter mailed 1/10/14, to accept or decline the interview.

I'm afraid to celebrate, is their portal reliable?

If so then woohoo... If not, I want to have that letter in my hands before celebrating.
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I sure went off of that... haha. Should be correct! When I called yesterday, I was told that the portals would be updated by the weekend. 👍 CONGRATS!
 
sblove17 said:
I sure went off of that... haha. Should be correct! When I called yesterday, I was told that the portals would be updated by the weekend. 👍 CONGRATS!
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Oh I hope you're right, I'll probably receive the letter after everyone else since I live in Germany. You guys will have to let me know when you get your letter in the mail so that the portal status can be confirmed and I can really celebrate.
 
Haven't received any snail mail yet, but my portal status changed too! Yay!!!
 
So....I should be studying for my Molecular Genetics class right now (despite the fact that classes just started, I have a very heavy semester, so I'm getting a jump start) but I'm finding it VERY hard to focus on school!! I want to keep checking my mailbox for the official letter (because I can't completely believe it until I get the solid letter in my hand haha).....the anticipation is killing me!!! Anyone else having this problem?
 
Got my official letter in the mail (and have already sent my response e-mail 😉 )
 
Congrats everyone. Does anyone know how many interviews were sent out?
 
Does anyone know what the format of the interview is like? I just heard that it is a large group interview but did not receive much more information. Congratulations to everyone who received interviews!
 
nightdreamer23 said:
Does anyone know what the format of the interview is like? I just heard that it is a large group interview but did not receive much more information. Congratulations to everyone who received interviews!
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Last year I was interviewed by 3 people who knew nothing about me. It's pretty relaxed, but they ask you some personal questions and then some hypothetical questions. I was done in 20 minutes I think.
 
cloverbug said:
Last year I was interviewed by 3 people who knew nothing about me. It's pretty relaxed, but they ask you some personal questions and then some hypothetical questions. I was done in 20 minutes I think.
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Thank you very much cloverbug!
 
I got an interview!!!! so excited! does anyone know about how many people get interviews? I couldn't find anything on their website.

Congrats to everyone else who got an interview 🙂
 
Thank you PurpleMonkey 🙂 I am OOS, so that definitely makes me nervous haha.
 
dragoncat said:
Thank you PurpleMonkey 🙂 I am OOS, so that definitely makes me nervous haha.
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I'm OOS also. Though from learning more about the admissions process, my understanding is that some vet schools "over-accept." This means that after interviews they take in more students than there are class seats. They do this because they know not everyone will accept their acceptance offer. Not sure if Illinois does this or not, but I know a couple other places do.
 
Pretty bummed to say I got bad news this weekend. I really thought I was a good fit for this school 🙁. I have a hunch that I didn't have enough hours in. Good luck to everyone with interviews!!!
 
Also guys, idk if anyone else saw this, but it looks like there is a 75%/25% break down of Phase II/Interview importance....so I guess form this point GPA/GRE are completely unimportant, and they're evaluating us from the "soft" side of our application (the 75%) and the interview (25%).......

Also...is anyone bringing their parents?.....of course, not to the interview, but to Urbana if your OOS?
 
HowIMetYourPet said:
Also guys, idk if anyone else saw this, but it looks like there is a 75%/25% break down of Phase II/Interview importance....so I guess form this point GPA/GRE are completely unimportant, and they're evaluating us from the "soft" side of our application (the 75%) and the interview (25%).......

Also...is anyone bringing their parents?.....of course, not to the interview, but to Urbana if your OOS?
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I wanted my mom to come because my grandpa lives close by and I've never met him but she's baby sitting my sisters 3 kids during that time so I'll be flying solo :-(
 
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HowIMetYourPet said:
Also guys, idk if anyone else saw this, but it looks like there is a 75%/25% break down of Phase II/Interview importance....so I guess form this point GPA/GRE are completely unimportant, and they're evaluating us from the "soft" side of our application (the 75%) and the interview (25%).......

Also...is anyone bringing their parents?.....of course, not to the interview, but to Urbana if your OOS?
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Can you expand on why you are thinking the GRE isn't important at this phase if it counts for 75%? I am trying to evaluate how important the interview is now. is it only 25%? Or did the first cut deal with the gre/gpa and now it is only based on interview? good luck to you all and trying to read the tea leaves for likelihood of admission to schools!
 
mcmom said:
Can you expand on why you are thinking the GRE isn't important at this phase if it counts for 75%? I am trying to evaluate how important the interview is now. is it only 25%? Or did the first cut deal with the gre/gpa and now it is only based on interview? good luck to you all and trying to read the tea leaves for likelihood of admission to schools!
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Grades and GRE are phase I. Personal statement, essay, experience, and recommendations are phase II. Interviews are phase III. If you make it past phase I and II then you are offered an interview. After the interview phase II is worth 75% of the decision and the interview is worth 25%. The academic portion of your application is no longer looked at after you are offered an interview.

Look here: http://publish.illinois.edu/vetmed-admissions/admissions-process/
 
mcmom said:
Can you expand on why you are thinking the GRE isn't important at this phase if it counts for 75%? I am trying to evaluate how important the interview is now. is it only 25%? Or did the first cut deal with the gre/gpa and now it is only based on interview? good luck to you all and trying to read the tea leaves for likelihood of admission to schools!
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Once you get an interview invite you are then evaluated on your extracurriculars and your interview in 75/25 break down. The evaluation criteria are posted on Illinois website.
 
Kyoht said:
My mom and dad want to come (which might be weird because I'm almost 30 lol- but I want them to come!). So they will be with me during the day, except for my interview. On last years interview thread people said that parents are welcome at talks and on tours.

Here is the link:
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/thr...s-veterinary-interviews.974255/#post-13492915
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I am 30 years old and it made my mom's day when I asked her along for the ride for my interview. It was fun to have her there just to catch a glimpse into what I would be doing with the next four years of my life. 🙂
 
mcmom said:
Can you expand on why you are thinking the GRE isn't important at this phase if it counts for 75%? I am trying to evaluate how important the interview is now. is it only 25%? Or did the first cut deal with the gre/gpa and now it is only based on interview? good luck to you all and trying to read the tea leaves for likelihood of admission to schools!
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I personally completely bombed my interview. Like I could see the low scores they were writing down bombed. Behavioral based interviewing is not my thing yet. Anywho, I ended up getting wait listed, which I was surprised about. About a week after the April 15th deadline, I received a call and was offered a spot, so I imagine I couldn't have been too far down on the wait list since I heard early.

Based on that website, it definitely looks like the interview is only 25% of their decision. The GRE is included in phase I, which is why it is no longer a factor in how they decide. Once you make it past Phase I (the academic portion) it's 75% on experience, extracurricular and whatever else is listed on the site and 25% based on the interview (thank god for that).
 
orca2011 said:
I personally completely bombed my interview. Like I could see the low scores they were writing down bombed. Behavioral based interviewing is not my thing yet. Anywho, I ended up getting wait listed, which I was surprised about. About a week after the April 15th deadline, I received a call and was offered a spot, so I imagine I couldn't have been too far down on the wait list since I heard early.

Based on that website, it definitely looks like the interview is only 25% of their decision. The GRE is included in phase I, which is why it is no longer a factor in how they decide. Once you make it past Phase I (the academic portion) it's 75% on experience, extracurricular and whatever else is listed on the site and 25% based on the interview (thank god for that).
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Orca2011, what advice would you give to do well in the interview now that you're able to look back on it?
 
ntorres said:
Orca2011, what advice would you give to do well in the interview now that you're able to look back on it?
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Honestly, I'm not really sure. I looked at practice questions for that type of interview styling and had good responses while practicing, but epically failed during the actual interview. A lot involve dealing with conflict in a group setting, and I'm generally a pretty laid back person, so I don't usually get worked up enough to want to deal with it.

There is part of the interview that is a little bit conversational and I feel like I did fine on that part. I guess just get similar practice problems and maybe have someone you know, but aren't super close to, ask you them in a mock interview format.
 
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