WAMC - UGA OOS 2029?

[prevetmoogs]

Hey all!
I'm applying this cycle and am hoping to get some idea of my level of insanity as I'm likely only going to apply to UGA. I'd love to know what people think!
23 y/o female, MA resident, first-time applicant
Undergraduate at Clemson University in SC (going to be a 5th year senior due to some time off mid-college and a major change).
Very interested in specializing after vet school but am not sure, as I also am passionate about rural medicine.

Cumulative GPA: 3.80
science GPA: 4.0 as UGA calculates,~3.7 as VMCAS calculates
last 45: 4.0

Any degrees achieved: BS in Animal and Veterinary Sciences, will graduate Dec. 2024, Minor in Spanish

GRE results: n/a (even my "maybe" schools don't require)

Veterinary Experience:
- 1,600 hours SA GP practice as a technician (uncertified in MA) from 2020-2022
- 50 hours equine ambulatory practice assisting/shadowing, 2023-2024
- Assorted shadowing: 16 hours at SA hospital in high school, 40 hours with internal medicine specialists in high school, 50 hours with oncologist this Spring

Animal Experience:
- 4,000 hours horse care and riding as a competitive equestrian (including working student jobs and barn jobs)
- 100 hours farm animal experience in hands-on animal science courses
- 1,000 hours fostering and pet-sitting
- 200 hours volunteering at a zoo (planned for this summer)

Research Experience:
- 300 hours educational research with animal science professor
Lead presenter at interdisciplinary health conference

Awards/scholarships:
- Member of Clemson Honors College
- Recipient of President's List (x3) and Dean's List (x2)
- Multiple awards through equestrian sports

Extracurriculars:
- President of Hiking Club (previously Trail Leader and Secretary)
- Pre-Veterinary club member
- Tigers for Tigers member

Employment:
- 480 hours cashiering
- 650 hours waitressing
- 600 hours biomedical technician at a plasma donation facility


My concerns:
As an out-of-state applicant, I am concerned about just how competitive it is for students to be accepted. I'm planning to get more clinical experience this summer and am currently reaching out to clinics near me.
My biggest concerns right now are:
- Not much diversity in veterinary experience
- No research that is directly related to animals/vet med

I'd love to know what anyone thinks, I've spoken with the director of admissions there as well but would love some opinions from former/current applicants as well!
Thanks so much

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[Georgethecat]

It's always harder to predict for OOS, but with the increased class size and your excellent gpa's I'd think you'd have as good of a chance as any OOS applicant. Between VIN and UGA's website the seat breakdown looks like: 2 Delaware seats, 29 South Carolina seats, 100 Georgia seats, and 19 OOS seats.

I'd focus on diversifying your vet hours by shadowing a large animal practice and/or an ER practice. Make sure to tie in your animal experiences since you do have equine and farm animal hours.

Wouldn't be overly concerned about the lack of vet med specific research, especially if you don't plan to have a career in academia. It's okay to be open to different areas of vet med at this point. Most people change their minds at least once while in vet school. I'd caution against saying you plan to work in an area in which you don't have any experience.

As always, do your best to line up strong letters of recommendation and have a solid personal statement (or whatever VMCAS is currently asking for) and UGA's supplemental application.

If next cycle doesn't work out for you and you're still set on UGA, I strongly advise you to move to Georgia after you graduate from Clemson and find fulltime work. Had a friend who did this and was able to qualify as IS for tuition purposes. You'd likely need to be "independent" at that point and not be claimed on your parent's tax return. I copied the blurb from UGA's website below regarding residency requirements. I'd also recommend confirming with Parker to confirm this is still a viable option to be considered IS. Besides saving a LOT of money, there are a lot more seats for IS applicants.

Best of luck to you. Go Dawgs!

• Students must first prove that they have established a primary domicile or permanent Georgia home at least 12 consecutive months immediately preceding the beginning of classes for the term to be considered for residency. Typically, the residency status of a dependent student is tied to the status of the parent(s), or in the case of divorce, the tax-dependent or majority support parent, so the parent(s) must show proof of domicile.
• Students and/or parent(s) of dependent students also should be able to provide documentation showing payment of Georgia state income tax, as this shows a tie to the state that proves financial support for the Georgia educational system. Mere property ownership in Georgia, by itself, is usually insufficient.
• The Office of Admissions also suggests that students be able to provide copies of any other documents showing their intent to be a Georgia resident, such as a Georgia driver’s license, car or voter registration, home ownership, full-time employment records, etc. Attending college in Georgia is not proof of intention to be a Georgia resident.

 

[prevetmoogs]

Thank you so much! This is all amazing advice and I so appreciate it!! I have family in GA so I actually might be able to establish residency if I moved in with them for the following cycle Go Dawgs!!!

 

[FluffyFutureDVM]

Hey all!
I'm applying this cycle and am hoping to get some idea of my level of insanity as I'm likely only going to apply to UGA. I'd love to know what people think!
23 y/o female, MA resident, first-time applicant
Undergraduate at Clemson University in SC (going to be a 5th year senior due to some time off mid-college and a major change).
Very interested in specializing after vet school but am not sure, as I also am passionate about rural medicine.

Cumulative GPA: 3.80
science GPA: 4.0 as UGA calculates,~3.7 as VMCAS calculates
last 45: 4.0

Any degrees achieved: BS in Animal and Veterinary Sciences, will graduate Dec. 2024, Minor in Spanish

GRE results: n/a (even my "maybe" schools don't require)

Veterinary Experience:
- 1,600 hours SA GP practice as a technician (uncertified in MA) from 2020-2022
- 50 hours equine ambulatory practice assisting/shadowing, 2023-2024
- Assorted shadowing: 16 hours at SA hospital in high school, 40 hours with internal medicine specialists in high school, 50 hours with oncologist this Spring

Animal Experience:
- 4,000 hours horse care and riding as a competitive equestrian (including working student jobs and barn jobs)
- 100 hours farm animal experience in hands-on animal science courses
- 1,000 hours fostering and pet-sitting
- 200 hours volunteering at a zoo (planned for this summer)

Research Experience:
- 300 hours educational research with animal science professor
Lead presenter at interdisciplinary health conference

Awards/scholarships:
- Member of Clemson Honors College
- Recipient of President's List (x3) and Dean's List (x2)
- Multiple awards through equestrian sports

Extracurriculars:
- President of Hiking Club (previously Trail Leader and Secretary)
- Pre-Veterinary club member
- Tigers for Tigers member

Employment:
- 480 hours cashiering
- 650 hours waitressing
- 600 hours biomedical technician at a plasma donation facility


My concerns:
As an out-of-state applicant, I am concerned about just how competitive it is for students to be accepted. I'm planning to get more clinical experience this summer and am currently reaching out to clinics near me.
My biggest concerns right now are:
- Not much diversity in veterinary experience
- No research that is directly related to animals/vet med

I'd love to know what anyone thinks, I've spoken with the director of admissions there as well but would love some opinions from former/current applicants as well!
Thanks so much

Hey your stats look great! Im curious to see if you would share how your meeting with admissions went?

 

[prevetmoogs]

Hey!! Thank you ) My meeting with admissions went well, he gave me a lot of encouragement as admissions reps tend to do! He did offer some great advice as to what I could improve before apps are due so I highly recommend getting in touch and asking to meet to discuss, either in person or over zoom!