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Hi everyone! My situation is pretty unique so I doubt there is already a thread about this, but if there is I'm sorry!
I am currently applying to veterinary school (c/o 2022 hopeful) and am working on my experiences section, and I need some advice on how to enter a particular experience. I have been shadowing/ assisting at an equine veterinary practice for over two years now. Very recently, the two veterinarians that owned the practice decided to "split up". As a result, the business was dissolved and a new one was created, less one of the previous owners. I am still continuing to work with the two associate veterinarians that I have been with for several years.
My question is, do I enter this as one experience or two?
Other than legally being a new company and the loss of an owning partner, nothing has changed. I am still working with the same veterinarians, we still see the same clients, their office is still in the same location, etc. I have asked both of the vets that I work with at the company how to approach this in my application, and neither was sure what to do, because while for me nothing is changing, technically it is a new company that they are working for. I don't want it to seem like I'm trying to fill up my application by adding two experiences with the same people, but I also don't want to say that I'm currently working with a company that is no longer in existence. (*FYI I am applying to UGA, and the practice is close to UGA. The doctors at the practice know many of the doctors at UGA personally, so someone on the adcom is likely to know of the practice's situation)
Any advice will help, thanks!
I had something similar. I worked with a food animal practice where the two vets I was shadowing left and joined a larger practice. I ended up just putting it all down as one experience and put the info for the newer practice down in VMCAS. like TrashPanda said, it doesn't really matter as long as the hours are correct.