WCVM interview

[Flashthesloth]

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Hello everyone

I am wondering if I stand a chance for the vet school. I can't stop thinking about it because I have sent my application to the vet school. I am going to finish my pre-vet courses in this semester. Let me introduce my background, and I hope to have some advice from all of you reading my post

my GPA is 3.91 after 48 credits hours have been completed

I am in Saskatchewan applicant pool

Because I want to complete the pre-vet courses in two years, I barely participate in any activities that allow me to demonstrate my leadership skill, communication skill or other skills WCVM is looking for.

I worked in a lab over the summer last year, and I have about 120 hours volunteering in a vet clinic; however, veterinarians who work there don't have fixed schedule, so I didn't spend all my time shadowing with the veterinarian who sent her reference letter for me. Another reference letter is from my employer who is also a professor with animal background.

My non academic part of application is pretty weak, so I am worrying if I can impress the admission.

Can anyone give me some advice? Thank you in advance

 

[SnowshoeDog143]

Hey @Flashthesloth I am just a pre-vet still, but I would say your GPA is great for WCVM! The interview invitations are primarily based off GPA and you definitely stand a good chance based on that. Talking to the admission staff, they seem to be pretty understanding if you don't have time during the school year for volunteering/extracurriculars.

All that being said, they do like to see a lot of experience in the veterinary field. Do you think you got pretty strong references? That would definitely help you since your experience hours are low. What are you animal experience hours/diversity? Even if your vet hours are low, you can get around that by having diversity in your animal experiences.

Overall, I think you have a pretty good chance at an interview because interviews are offered primarily based on grades. I think the harder part due to your low hours will be the interviews (but take this with a grain of salt because I've never gone through a WCVM interview) because that is when they will want to talk about your experiences, vet life, and ethics in the field. It might help to read up on ethics and recent news on the CVMA/AVMA websites. I would also try and practice in mock interviews with different people/vets/pre-vets. Do you have a pre-vet club at your school that you are part of? Even if you aren't involved in any other clubs, pre-vet clubs are a great place to help prepare for interviews as often (at least in my school's club) you discuss recent veterinary news, ethics, etc.

Also remember something you have no control over is the other people in this years Sask. pool. Some years just happen to more competitive then others. So don't despair if you don't get an interview this year, you definitely still have a good chance next year. WCVM is a really competitive school and it often takes people a couple applications before they are accepted. I would focus on boosting your vet/animal experiences over the summer and getting to know whoever you are going to have as a references so they can give outstanding, personal referral.

And feel free to join us other WCVM pre-vets on this years thread:
WCVM/UCVM C/O 2021

 

[Flashthesloth]

Hey @Flashthesloth I am just a pre-vet still, but I would say your GPA is great for WCVM! The interview invitations are primarily based off GPA and you definitely stand a good chance based on that. Talking to the admission staff, they seem to be pretty understanding if you don't have time during the school year for volunteering/extracurriculars.

All that being said, they do like to see a lot of experience in the veterinary field. Do you think you got pretty strong references? That would definitely help you since your experience hours are low. What are you animal experience hours/diversity? Even if your vet hours are low, you can get around that by having diversity in your animal experiences.

Overall, I think you have a pretty good chance at an interview because interviews are offered primarily based on grades. I think the harder part due to your low hours will be the interviews (but take this with a grain of salt because I've never gone through a WCVM interview) because that is when they will want to talk about your experiences, vet life, and ethics in the field. It might help to read up on ethics and recent news on the CVMA/AVMA websites. I would also try and practice in mock interviews with different people/vets/pre-vets. Do you have a pre-vet club at your school that you are part of? Even if you aren't involved in any other clubs, pre-vet clubs are a great place to help prepare for interviews as often (at least in my school's club) you discuss recent veterinary news, ethics, etc.

Also remember something you have no control over is the other people in this years Sask. pool. Some years just happen to more competitive then others. So don't despair if you don't get an interview this year, you definitely still have a good chance next year. WCVM is a really competitive school and it often takes people a couple applications before they are accepted. I would focus on boosting your vet/animal experiences over the summer and getting to know whoever you are going to have as a references so they can give outstanding, personal referral.

And feel free to join us other WCVM pre-vets on this years thread:
WCVM/UCVM C/O 2021

Hello SnowshoeDog143

I am kinda keeping myself in solitude because all that matters is my grade. I would like to participate in some of the activities thrown by the pre-vet club, but the time always conflicted with my schedule. I basically spent all my time for work and volunteer over the summer. I am 30 so I really desperate to get into the vet school and will gain more experiences even after I get accepted. I only owned 3 cats before and grew up in a city. That's why I don't have confidence even my GPA is good enough. I assume the vet who I shadowed won't recommend WCVM to accept me without reservation because I didn't volunteer as a vet assistant. Most the time I did clean up in the clinic. I educated myself with knowledge about vet clinic that I found on the internet. I applied those experiences to my work though, so that I didn't act too dumb to the vet.

 

[TheGirlWithTheFernTattoo]

Definitely suggest posting in the UCVM/WCVM thread. We actually covered this topic on there back a few months ago. 🙂

There is a bunch of people who would be happy to give advice over there.

 

[Flashthesloth]

Definitely suggest posting in the UCVM/WCVM thread. We actually covered this topic on there back a few months ago. 🙂

There is a bunch of people who would be happy to give advice over there.

Nice! let me find it out. thank you