WAMC vet school - low hours

[mistymountainvet]

A short intro about you, where you are from, any previous application results, the school/s you are interested in, your current career interests.

I'm a 23f from florida, basically decided after graduating college i want to go to vet school (after wanting to for years but strict eastern european mom saying no as it's "not prestigious"), fall 2025 will be my first application cycle, scrambling trying to catch up, looking for job as vet assistant DESPERATELY. mainly applying international to up my chances. is it possible to get in first try? if all goes to plan and i get my vet hours up? especially since i am not banking on getting into the us?

schools i am interested in: UF (my in-state school and alma mater, top choice), MSU, UC davis, edinburgh, dublin, rvc, bristol, sydney, massey


Cumulative GPA: 3.799
science GPA: ~3.59
last 45: 4.0

i have one medical drop from having long covid (will explain in explanation statement, then went on to get an A), and initially 1 c and 2 c+, i retook the 2 c's and got A's, also took pre-reqs i never took before. these retakes and pre-req catch ups were taken at a local small name university near me as a non-degree student.

Any degrees achieved
B.S. biochemistry from the University of Florida
B.A. french from the University of Florida

i was also dual enrolled in high school full time for 2 years at a university in an accelerated program, so i went to college at 16

GRE results: Q/V/W
N/A

Veterinary Experience:
-NONE (if all goes to plan with my job search i can work up to 4 days a week as a vet assistant for the next year, hoping i can rack up tons of hours, alternatively, i can shadow)
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Animal Experience:
-500 hrs working at hippodrome helping out equestrians
-will def get more into volunteering this year
-some bs hours from like half a decade ago for my hs volunteering...
-my pets lol (there's 4 of them)

Research Experience:
NONE (except for some research summer camp i did when i was 18 which i won't report)
Awards/scholarships:
-bright futures scholarship (full ride in college)
-idk i guess i got on the president's list multiple times?
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Extracurriculars:
-swimming daily
-i lived in france for a year so i guess that's cool?
-i am a polyglot (that's not an extracurricular but whatever)
-idk where to put this but i have 100 volunteer hours in a pediatric hospital bc i thought i wanted to go to med school
-80 medical shadowing hrs cuz again i thought i wanted to go to med school

Employment:
-like 300 customer service hours in unrelated jobs
-288 hrs working in France as an english language teaching assistant in a high school
-350 teaching assistant hours (college algebra, biology w/lab, molecular genetics)
-500 tutoring hours (many subjects, stem and humanities)

Summarize any concerns you have
getting vet hours in so little time, getting a range of diverse experiences in so little time, last minute change to vet med.....constant self doubt and negativity and anxiety

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[JaynaAli]

A year could be plenty of time to gain a good amount of experience, but that’s the glaring hole in your app right now. Keep your grades up if you still have classes to take and focus on getting vet experience. Try to get experience in several aspects of the field if you can to make sure you truly understand (as well as one can) what you’re signing up for. No need to rush, it may take more than a year depending on your other responsibilities. I like the optimism, enthusiasm, and hope, just be sure you follow through with it all and make that vet experience happen because you need significant experience to remain competitive. If you can rack up 1000 or so vet hours in a mix of experiences I think you’ll be really competitive just about anywhere. You may be successful with less. But without it, your chances are near zero because it’s such a huge part of an app. So go do everything you can to find some vet experience.