congrats on getting an interview!!
I would say it would be better to go to one of the later sessions, though you can ask when you get there if the early session will be over in time for your interview. If you have any questions feel free to ask, I'm a current 3rd year and have helped with interviews multiple times as well. I'll actually be there, likely giving tours, on Friday and Saturday,
Did you ask for a skype interview specifically?
They told me that it was unlikely they were going to add extra dates to this cycle.
I explained how I was unsure if I was going to be able to find someone to cover my shift at work due to the late notice, so they offered to Skype for the interview.
It's a pretty casual/conversational interview. They're trying to get to know you. They'll probably ask about your experiences, interests, what brought you to vet med. They asked about my hobbies, what unique qualities I thought I could bring to my class, how I would handle working with farm animals and horses for the first time (I came in with no large animal experience). They also asked about my opinion on the role of the human-animal bond, so I'd expect a question or two along those lines too, your opinion on something vet med related. Granted I interviewed almost 4 years ago but I don't think they've changed it much.
There are ~25 OOS seats per class, I don't think they do the over-acceptance thing that some schools do but could be wrong about that. There is usually some waitlist movement though.
I think they typically aim for 30
When I received my invitation to interview, they said that it would be open file, but only with my work experiences, research, essays, etc. and that no grades would be in front of them.
Can confirm!
Usually mid-February
Good luck to everyone interviewing tomorrow and Saturday btw! I'll be the short tour guide with curly hair
Usually about an hour and they run through out the day. We have multiple people giving tours so it kind of just depends on when we can get a group together (preferably 10 people or less). There is almost always a tour right after each info session, otherwise the times vary.
Did you write a disadvantaged statement?
No, I didn't write a disadvantaged statement
I thought those were the only applications they still has to look at but I could definitely be wrong about that. I did hear something about more Skype/Zoom interview happening.
