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[larcherl]

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Hello!! Thank you in advance for any constructive feedback you may have on my application. I am a male, first time applicant looking to get into veterinary school this cycle. I am from MD and my top school is VA/MD, but also looking at schools like UPenn, NC State, UGA, Ross, St. George’s, and possibly a few more. My current career goal is to become a mixed animal veterinarian, but I have interests in pathology and academia.

Cumulative GPA: 3.84
science GPA: 3.70
last 45: 3.95

Any degrees achieved: Honors B.S., Pre-Veterinary Medicine; Animal Nutrition Minor

GRE results: n/a

Veterinary Experience:
- 350 hours: Vet Assistant/Kennel Tech at small animal GP
- 260 hours: Vet Shadow -> Tech Assistant -> Vet Assistant, small animal GP
- 180 hours: Small Animal Clinical Skills Course (taught by DVM)
- 70 hours: Animal Anatomy Teaching Assistant (under a VMD)
- 150 hours: Mixed Animal Pre-Vet Externship
- 30 hours: Animal Pathology Rounds (under DVM)
- 20 hours: Equine Shadowing
Total 1,060 hours

Animal Experience:
- 300 hours: Equine Care and Rehabilitation Intern at horse rescue
- 30 hours: Helping raise calves on university farm
- 225 hours: Puppy sitting guide dogs through Guide Dog Club
- 75 hours: Lambing and Calving Reproduction Intern
- 210 hours: Doggy Day Camp Counselor at small animal gp
Total 840 hours

Research Experience:
- 20 hours: Reading scientific literature for equine gut microbiome laboratory
- 90 hours: Research in silage fermentation and dairy cattle methionine

Awards/scholarships:
- University’s Honors College + Scholarship
- General Honors Award
- Dean’s List (all semesters)
- Eagle Scout
- Multiple awards for instrumental and vocal music

Extracurriculars:
- University’s Marching Band & Pep-Band
- Guide Dog Raising Club (Treasurer)
- Pre-Vet Club
- Alpha Phi Omega: Co-ed service fraternity (Public Relations Committee)

Employment:
- Honor’s College Live-in Peer Advisor & Community Engagement Leader (2 years)
- Server at a resteraunt for 2 summers

I’d really appreciate any feedback you may have to improve my application. Thank you in advance!

 

[pp9]

Your stats are good, you probably have decent odds in general. Your school choices are interesting though...why are you choosing either the most expensive schools (UPenn, island schools) or the ones with notoriously low OOS acceptance rates (NC State, and I think UGA)?

You have good stats, so it's not that I think you have no shot or you shouldn't at least apply to these schools. If my stats were considered good though, I would use that to my advantage and choose the cheapest OOS schools/ones that let you change residency (but have higher odds than NC State).