Which school is the "easiest" to get in?

[jason0618]

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What the question says. I'm just curious about the different statistics, and thought I'd ask. My grades are pretty good so I'm not overly concerned with whether or not I'll get in, but I figure I'd like to know where I stand. OSU is my instate college, but I don't really want to go there, and I know that would be the easiest one for me to get in, since I live in Ohio. Are there out of state colleges that don't hold it against you if you're an out of state resident?

 

[JIKJen124]

You'll have to check the statistics with "the book" or on VMCAS but I'm pretty sure that the stats for in-state applications have a lower ratio of applicants to seated students than for out of state. The exception is probably Western because it doesn't have any affilation at all with any state (Penn and Cornell do).

Out of curiosity, why don't you want to go to OSU if you're an Ohio resident?

 

[birdvet2006]

Are there out of state colleges that don't hold it against you if you're an out of state resident?

Most of the Caribbean schools are reportedly "easy" to get into. Ross University most notably so. They will accept (or at least in the past have) students with GPAs less than 3.0. But I am imagining you were not thinking about going overseas for vet school?

 

[ri23]

What are your statistics?

 

[runnerDC]

What the question says. I'm just curious about the different statistics, and thought I'd ask. My grades are pretty good so I'm not overly concerned with whether or not I'll get in, but I figure I'd like to know where I stand. OSU is my instate college, but I don't really want to go there, and I know that would be the easiest one for me to get in, since I live in Ohio. Are there out of state colleges that don't hold it against you if you're an out of state resident?

Most of the schools' admissions websites publish statistics of recent successful applicants, as well as information about how many out-of-state v in-state applicants and slots they have. If you really want to know how you look comparatively, it's best to get this information directly from the schools of interest to you.

 

[cyrille104]

If you don't want to go to Ohio, then just apply to the schools that you DO want to go to, in addition to Ohio. "Easy" varies - some require top grades/GRE and will accept less hours, some require thousands of hours and will forgive some bad grades. Vet schools are more or less even across the board as far as admission goes, which is why they say it's difficult to get in. If you don't have "good" stats, you won't get in anywhere (except maybe the carib, I don't know), whereas you can get into some human med schools with "ok" stats. So if money is not an issue, and you don't want to go to Ohio, then also apply to schools that you wanna go to and make your decision at the end.

P.S. I know you said your grades are good, but don't forget about experience! You'll need varied experience and a lot of hours (preferably 1500+) to really consider it an asset to your application. Also don't forget about the GRE, but since your grades are good I'm assuming that will be good too - aim for 750+Q 650+V

 

[QTkitty]

http://www.aavmc.org/students_admissions/statistics.htm This is probably a good place to start.

Sorry Cyrille, but while I think both the hours and GRE scores you mentioned are great to reach for, they seem higher than necessary to me. I received positive feedback (interview offers, acceptances, etc- I pulled a few of my applications early) from each of the schools I applied to with 730Q 550V and 1200 vet hours. I had waaaaaaaay more animal experience hours (as I'm sure most people do) and a good GPA as well. I'm only saying this because if I had read your post as a first time applicant that would have really freaked me out and I don't want anybody to become discouraged because they haven't pulled the stats you recommend.

 

[cyrille104]

http://www.aavmc.org/students_admissions/statistics.htm This is probably a good place to start.

Sorry Cyrille, but while I think both the hours and GRE scores you mentioned are great to reach for, they seem higher than necessary to me. I received positive feedback (interview offers, acceptances, etc- I pulled a few of my applications early) from each of the schools I applied to with 730Q 550V and 1200 vet hours. I had waaaaaaaay more animal experience hours (as I'm sure most people do) and a good GPA as well. I'm only saying this because if I had read your post as a first time applicant that would have really freaked me out and I don't want anybody to become discouraged because they haven't pulled the stats you recommend.

I meant 1500 total between vet and animal, and for the GRE I just mentioned 1400 as a goal 👍

 

[philomycus]

Spend the $20 and get the Veterinary Medical School Admission Requirements book (Purdue press). I got it last year before I started the application process. It's a HUGE hlep. It's got everything you need to start a reality check, and focus your search.

For ex: I was going to apply to UGA, but in 2006 they took ONE out-of-state student. Reality check, no way in h*** was that going to be me 😀
I's expensive to apply, so choose wisely! Do your homework.

 

[bakaduin]

http://www.aavmc.org/students_admissions/statistics.htm This is probably a good place to start.

Sorry Cyrille, but while I think both the hours and GRE scores you mentioned are great to reach for, they seem higher than necessary to me. I received positive feedback (interview offers, acceptances, etc- I pulled a few of my applications early) from each of the schools I applied to with 730Q 550V and 1200 vet hours. I had waaaaaaaay more animal experience hours (as I'm sure most people do) and a good GPA as well. I'm only saying this because if I had read your post as a first time applicant that would have really freaked me out and I don't want anybody to become discouraged because they haven't pulled the stats you recommend.

I second that! For instance the average GRE score of the class of 2010 at UF is 1200. So 1400 is pretty high to shoot for.

 

[nyanko]

I meant 1500 total between vet and animal, and for the GRE I just mentioned 1400 as a goal 👍

If you're gonna aim for 1400 you might as well just aim for a perfect score. 😛

For the record, the GRE is easysauce anyway if you can do college algebra and memorize a word list the day before so you SHOULD aim as high as you can get.

 

[AuburnPreVet]

the GRE is easysauce anyway if you can ... memorize a word list the day before

You can't be serious.

 

[birdvet2006]

You can't be serious.

I second that!

 

[cyrille104]

Just be happy we don't have to take the MCAT

 

[ri23]

Just be happy we don't have to take the MCAT

Agreed a thousand times over ... we really lucked out with the GRE.

 

[ckgilabert]

i spoke to a vet teacher at western that reviews applicants and she said that she doesnt like seeing people take the MCAT cuz she feels that the applicant is looking at vet school as a backup. and they make it seem as thought they review everyones application individually. if they like you, you get an interview, if you pass the interview, then they give everyones application to the dean. the dean looks at your age, ethniticity, and where you grew up and picks a diverse group of people.

and i spoke to an advisor at my school and i was like "i have around a 3.0, do you think i could have a chance in getting into vet school" and he was like "2 years ago i would've said no, but looking at western, i think you could have a chance...blah blah blah".

so i just wanted to post this to inform you guys 🙂

 

[ri23]

they review everyones application individually. if they like you, you get an interview, if you pass the interview, then they give everyones application to the dean. the dean looks at your age, ethniticity, and where you grew up and picks a diverse group of people.

Is that really how they select their class? Isn't there any type of objective scoring system?

 

[OsuVet2010]

I don't know about anywhere else, but that's here's how OSU selects from applicants. The first step is they take your GPA times your GRE score and divide by a number. That number determines if you get an interview and from then on it's all based on points (points for experience both length and variety, personality, etc...). At the end, all yours points are added up together and and a cut-off is selected. Those above are accepted and those below are waitlisted or rejected.

 

[cyrille104]

i spoke to a vet teacher at western that reviews applicants and she said that she doesnt like seeing people take the MCAT cuz she feels that the applicant is looking at vet school as a backup. and they make it seem as thought they review everyones application individually. if they like you, you get an interview, if you pass the interview, then they give everyones application to the dean. the dean looks at your age, ethniticity, and where you grew up and picks a diverse group of people.

and i spoke to an advisor at my school and i was like "i have around a 3.0, do you think i could have a chance in getting into vet school" and he was like "2 years ago i would've said no, but looking at western, i think you could have a chance...blah blah blah".

so i just wanted to post this to inform you guys 🙂

Yeah I was gonna say that I'm pretty sure that Western has the lowest avg GPA for US schools, and I think that's because so many students with more competitive GPAs prefer to go to their *much* cheaper state schools (Western has no state affiliation, so it charges full tuition to all students). I THINK so anyway, I'm too lazy to look it up again haha.

 

[KittenKiller]

Just be happy we don't have to take the MCAT

I dunno, I had a twisted desire to take the MCAT to size myself up against the premeds 😉 Well not really...my GPA just wasnt so hot and I think a strong MCAT score is probably more redeeming than a strong GRE.

 

[philomycus]

too bad all schools don't require the Bio GRE 😀

Just kidding for you guys....but it would help me out a lot!! 😳

 

[nyanko]

You can't be serious.

No that was actually my strategy to be honest. I took one of those little GRE prep mini-books and memorized the words in it the day before I took it. Got somewhere over 90th percentile in verbal so it worked out fine for me. 🙂

The Bio GRE required a lot of cramming ecology which I'd never taken before into my head.

 

[cyrille104]

No that was actually my strategy to be honest. I took one of those little GRE prep mini-books and memorized the words in it the day before I took it. Got somewhere over 90th percentile in verbal so it worked out fine for me. 🙂

The Bio GRE required a lot of cramming ecology which I'd never taken before into my head.

I got 800Q 660V and i had a higher percentile in verbal...😕

 

[ri23]

A friend of mine got a 740 in verbal and that was somewhere around the 98th-99th percentile.

 

[nyanko]

I got 800Q 660V and i had a higher percentile in verbal...😕

Yeah, that's because the quant is like college algebra. Anyone in a science field SHOULD get 800Q and most in engineering/CS/math/physics do, so lots of people get that. The verbal is harder, granted, but all that really matters as far as most schools I've seen goes is the percentile and if you do well compared to your peers then you're in good shape.