Hello 🙂 I am looking to get advice on what to improve and how realistic my chances are.
Overall GPA: 3.025
Last 45 around 3.5
I have a low gpa but good grades in certain classes like A+ microbio and lab, A+ comparative vertebrate organology, A in zoo biology etc. I explained why my grades are low in my explanation statement and at the bottom here.
Currently retaking genetics to try and boost my prereq and science gpa, then may retake a different class or take animal nutrition after. It is just hard because I am working full time at a VCA hospital as a vet assistant and scribe, so I can only manage one class outside of work.
Total hours:
I have three letters of rec, one from a professor I learned veterinary Spanish from outside of class, my research mentor, and one of the veterinarians at my job.
TW: SA my first year of college was difficult because of COVID, then second year I was raped on campus. This had a tremendous impact on my mental health and grades but I’m hoping schools will see I recovered and had an upward trend.
Overall GPA: 3.025
Last 45 around 3.5
I have a low gpa but good grades in certain classes like A+ microbio and lab, A+ comparative vertebrate organology, A in zoo biology etc. I explained why my grades are low in my explanation statement and at the bottom here.
Currently retaking genetics to try and boost my prereq and science gpa, then may retake a different class or take animal nutrition after. It is just hard because I am working full time at a VCA hospital as a vet assistant and scribe, so I can only manage one class outside of work.
Total hours:
- Animal Experience (no veterinarian involved): total of 1,344 hours
- 72 hours at a wildlife rescue
- 90 hours with large (farm) and small animals at a vet who does research (I was doing animal husbandry without vet supervision)
- 6 hours feeding stray cats
- 1,176 hours fostering kittens
- Extracurricular activities: total of 2,628 hours
- 600 hours playing club field hockey, i was co fundraising coordinator
- 30 hours vet aide club
- 10 hours vet related club
- 120 hours uc davis club lacrosse
- 40 hours for a club i founded in high school that raises money for children's surgeries in third world countries
- 28 hours junior mentor project in high school shadowing human surgeries
- 1000 hours girls lacrosse in high school
- 800 hours field hockey in high school
- Employment: total hours 208
- 208 hours babysitting in college
- Research: total hours 168 hours
- 132 hours completing my own research project on captive bottlenose dolphins
- 8 hours of research abroad at an elephant nature park and dog/cat clinic in thailand
- 28 hours of my own research project at the san diego zoo safari park in high school
- Veterinary Experience: current total 680 hours, projected total 1,180
- 24 hours at UC Davis small animal emergency
- 4 hours at wildlife rescue
- 30 hours at a small animal hospital
- 12 hours at a zoo
- 50 hours at the large/small animal research vet
- 60 hours abroad at the elephant nature park and dog/cat clinic in thailand
- 500 hours with VCA where i'm currently working (will probably double to 1000 by the time I submit my application)
- Volunteer: total hours 113
- 2 hours at uc davis field hockey game as ball person
- 80 hours in thailand
- 10 hours beach clean up
- 21 hours feed the hungry
I have three letters of rec, one from a professor I learned veterinary Spanish from outside of class, my research mentor, and one of the veterinarians at my job.
TW: SA my first year of college was difficult because of COVID, then second year I was raped on campus. This had a tremendous impact on my mental health and grades but I’m hoping schools will see I recovered and had an upward trend.
