yurio7617
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Hi everyone. I'm applying to vet school this fall as a junior in undergrad. I am currently attending Virginia Tech. I plan on applying to VMCVM (in state) and tOSU (oos). For context: I am only applying to those two schools as they are the only ones near me that do not require physics. I have W'd out of physics twice because I would've gotten D's, and that would've looked bad. I also W'd out of a microbiology course and instead took it over the summer at community college for the same reason.
My stats are:
Cgpa: 3.71
Science gpa: 3.73
Last 45 gpa: 3.74
Volunteer hours: 200 (150 with church and 50 with local lifesaving and rescue squad)
Veterinary hours: 1050 (1000 as a vet assistant in mixed gp and 50 shadowing at small gp)
Animal hours: 575 (500 as kennel assistant, 25 in animal handling practice program mostly large animals, 50 as a Dairy Farm student worker)
Research hours: 175 (25 with project on boredom in broiler chickens and 150 with project on postmortem metabolism in swine)
Extracurriculars: pre vet club, squirrel watching club, Blacksburg community orchestra, science living learning community Peer Mentor, NHS in high school, vp of chess club in HS, county orchestra in HS
Other jobs: Hostess, insider at Papa John's
Awards: deans list x3
LORs: hoping to secure one from a veterinarian in small gp where I shadowed, Ochem professor, English professor, and possibly 1st lieutenant of the lifesaving and rescue squad I joined.
Overall, I feel like a very average applicant and that I won't get in this cycle because of that. Any advice on how to make myself stand out? Especially if it comes to reapplying next year? Should I even apply this year? Thank you in advance!
My stats are:
Cgpa: 3.71
Science gpa: 3.73
Last 45 gpa: 3.74
Volunteer hours: 200 (150 with church and 50 with local lifesaving and rescue squad)
Veterinary hours: 1050 (1000 as a vet assistant in mixed gp and 50 shadowing at small gp)
Animal hours: 575 (500 as kennel assistant, 25 in animal handling practice program mostly large animals, 50 as a Dairy Farm student worker)
Research hours: 175 (25 with project on boredom in broiler chickens and 150 with project on postmortem metabolism in swine)
Extracurriculars: pre vet club, squirrel watching club, Blacksburg community orchestra, science living learning community Peer Mentor, NHS in high school, vp of chess club in HS, county orchestra in HS
Other jobs: Hostess, insider at Papa John's
Awards: deans list x3
LORs: hoping to secure one from a veterinarian in small gp where I shadowed, Ochem professor, English professor, and possibly 1st lieutenant of the lifesaving and rescue squad I joined.
Overall, I feel like a very average applicant and that I won't get in this cycle because of that. Any advice on how to make myself stand out? Especially if it comes to reapplying next year? Should I even apply this year? Thank you in advance!
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