vindelilas
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Hi everyone! I am somewhat of a non-traditional 19-year-old student transfer student who has moved over twenty times (including lived in Eastern Europe and South America) due to family reasons. I began attending college full time when I was 15-years-old (did not go to high school or do dual-enrollment), but decided to add a couple more years to my undergraduate studies to gain more experience.
I would love some feedback on how my application looks! I am a part time certified caretaker for my mother and brother who have terminal illnesses, my sister who had cancer, and my sister who was temporarily paralyzed so I had a bit of a rough year last year with the diagnoses (I landed a few Bs and a C). I love research and hope to apply to dual PhD/DVM programs despite these academic transgressions (although my advisor discourages me from doing so entirely due to my GPA).
I really would like to figure out which schools would be most realistic for me to apply to next year. I know I am not a perfect student, but I would love to hear any suggestions you all may have on refining my application. I started attending university solely as a pre-veterinary student but began listening to my family members (who wanted me to be a lawyer or a human doctor) and completely lost sight of what I wanted to do. I still intend to fulfill my Pre-Med and Pre-Law concentrations, but after much soul searching (+ shadowing), I realized it was never my dream to be a human doctor or lawyer. I hope to convey this in my application. My main concern is getting veterinary experience, I am starting to get nervous looking at the recent statistics of successful applicants. But I am beyond excited at the prospect of applying next year <3 Thank you!!
Cumulative GPA: 3.799
Science GPA: 3.822
Any degrees achieved
Will graduate with four degrees: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Cell/Molecular Biology, Psychology, and Honors Studies with Pre-Vet, Pre-Med, and Pre-Law concentrations
GRE results: Q/V/W - did not take
Veterinary Experience:
Picking a maximum number of schools to apply to isn’t a concern for me, but here are the ones that intrigue me the most. I am very open to adding or taking away from this list:
- OK State (IS)
- Texas A&M (Hometown)
- Auburn
- Tuskegee
- Midwestern
- Cornell
- Western
- UTK (Did vet research here)
- UGA
- University of Florida
- LSU
- Mississippi State
- NCSU
- University of Pennsylvania
- Colorado State
- Tufts
Thank you for reading this super long post! Any advice (especially from reformed Pre-Law/Pre-Med successful applicants) would be greatly appreciated.
I would love some feedback on how my application looks! I am a part time certified caretaker for my mother and brother who have terminal illnesses, my sister who had cancer, and my sister who was temporarily paralyzed so I had a bit of a rough year last year with the diagnoses (I landed a few Bs and a C). I love research and hope to apply to dual PhD/DVM programs despite these academic transgressions (although my advisor discourages me from doing so entirely due to my GPA).
I really would like to figure out which schools would be most realistic for me to apply to next year. I know I am not a perfect student, but I would love to hear any suggestions you all may have on refining my application. I started attending university solely as a pre-veterinary student but began listening to my family members (who wanted me to be a lawyer or a human doctor) and completely lost sight of what I wanted to do. I still intend to fulfill my Pre-Med and Pre-Law concentrations, but after much soul searching (+ shadowing), I realized it was never my dream to be a human doctor or lawyer. I hope to convey this in my application. My main concern is getting veterinary experience, I am starting to get nervous looking at the recent statistics of successful applicants. But I am beyond excited at the prospect of applying next year <3 Thank you!!
Cumulative GPA: 3.799
Science GPA: 3.822
Any degrees achieved
Will graduate with four degrees: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Cell/Molecular Biology, Psychology, and Honors Studies with Pre-Vet, Pre-Med, and Pre-Law concentrations
GRE results: Q/V/W - did not take
Veterinary Experience:
- Small animal veterinary assistant (+ certification): 252 hrs
- Exotic/lab animal shadowing (this is an amazing PhD/DVM researcher i started shadowing recently): 10 hrs
- Exotic animal shadowing + assisting: 100 hrs
- Pre-Vet internship (shadowed/assisted a variety of specialties and subspecialties related to equine, LA, SA, exotics, etc.): 52 hrs
- Co-Founder, Co-Vice-President, and Secretary of a 4-H chapter (showed rabbits lol): 160 hrs
- Volunteer at an African animal preserve: 700 hrs
- Humane Society: 100 hrs
- Animal Center: 20 hrs
- English Equestrian: 450 hrs
- FFA Volunteer: 20 hrs
- I am contemplating adding this but if I do the math, I have 1760 hours of animal care due to me owning horses (I am unsure if this is looked down upon to add this though)
- Studied bioinformatics, genomics, and genetics in relation to med/vet entomology at a different university
- First year research assistant - studied E. coli and antibiotic resistance
- Personality psychopathology undergraduate research assistant - helped with a lot of studies/ran participants but first authored a study on emotion dysregulation, gender, and college dynamics
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Cancer literature review (published paper)
- I have written honors research papers for all of these research opportunities and presented my findings for each at symposiums and/or conferences but hope to have another paper published in the next year (who knows if it will be lol)
- Will begin nutrition-based cardiothoracic veterinary research (will take place at my school’s vet hospital, aid me in refining my surgical skills, and received the research scholarship for this that I talk about below) beginning this fall
- Research-based freshman scholarship
- Dean’s list x6
- President’s list x8
- Academic scholarship x8
- Military family scholarship
- Dean-appointed award/scholarship for “dedication to academic achievement and research”
- Recently won my school’s research scholarship
- Sorority - Positions Held: Nationals Inclusion Committee, Academic Assistant
- Global Medical Brigades (pre-medical study abroad) - Positions Held: Secretary
- Internship at pediatric hospital
- Internship through university at cardiology-focused hospital and clinic
- Pre-DO club - Positions Held: Founder and President
- Rural Medicine club - Positions Held: Secretary
- Ag Honors Representative (appointed by my school’s Ag Dean, allowed me to attend 6+ conferences and increase our college’s involvement at the university)
- Friends of Doctors without Borders: General Member
- AMSA: General Member
- African American Psychologists: General Member
- Fundraising and FInance Team Member for our school’s danceathon
- Biochemistry Club: General Member
- Pre-Vet Club: General Member
- Developed an application that reminds my grandfather to water his crops due to him having Alzheimer’s
- Ag College Ambassador
- Founder/President of a rural beach clean up organization
- Student Academic Mentor for freshman ag major students
- Caretaker for family
- Volunteer at human hospital
- Volunteer at a center for people with physical disadvantages
- Private Tutor - Underclassmen Mathematics
- School-employed Tutor - 20+ STEM and Spanish courses
- Supplemental Instruction Leader - Calculus I
- Supplemental Instruction Leader Associate Mentor
Picking a maximum number of schools to apply to isn’t a concern for me, but here are the ones that intrigue me the most. I am very open to adding or taking away from this list:
- OK State (IS)
- Texas A&M (Hometown)
- Auburn
- Tuskegee
- Midwestern
- Cornell
- Western
- UTK (Did vet research here)
- UGA
- University of Florida
- LSU
- Mississippi State
- NCSU
- University of Pennsylvania
- Colorado State
- Tufts
Thank you for reading this super long post! Any advice (especially from reformed Pre-Law/Pre-Med successful applicants) would be greatly appreciated.
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