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First, a disclaimer that I haven't heard back from Tech yet, so that may not even be an issue.
I just finished up undergrad and my Master's with A&M, so I've been in College Station for 5-6 years now. I spent a fair amount of time working with whitetail deer as a grad student and was hoping to continue that, but it looks like I'm going to be out of luck on that front no matter what option I ultimately pick. If I choose an in-state option, I'm going to be in the panhandle region for 2-4 years, working almost exclusively with SA/LA rural medicine. I'm not averse to that--I've loved my experience in that area in the past--but I'm leery about the idea of shutting myself off from other career options before I even really know what I'm getting into.
Both Tech and the VERO program are also very, very new. Tech is still in the process of getting credentialed, while VERO has multiple Zoom classes for its first two years and seems to generally be cut off from the broader A&M program. Upsides: for either, it's a relatively small class size with a large amount of hands-on experience. Tech issues its students handheld ultrasounds on day 1, for instance. For the VERO program, I've been told that the students there tend to get access to live animals for clinical skills well before the main A&M campus does.
Ohio State would involve a change of pace, a new climate, and a similar college culture as one of the big SEC schools. It's also a well-established program. I don't know anyone there, though, and so I'm not as well-informed about the quality of life and pros/cons.
Accepting all feedback.
I just finished up undergrad and my Master's with A&M, so I've been in College Station for 5-6 years now. I spent a fair amount of time working with whitetail deer as a grad student and was hoping to continue that, but it looks like I'm going to be out of luck on that front no matter what option I ultimately pick. If I choose an in-state option, I'm going to be in the panhandle region for 2-4 years, working almost exclusively with SA/LA rural medicine. I'm not averse to that--I've loved my experience in that area in the past--but I'm leery about the idea of shutting myself off from other career options before I even really know what I'm getting into.
Both Tech and the VERO program are also very, very new. Tech is still in the process of getting credentialed, while VERO has multiple Zoom classes for its first two years and seems to generally be cut off from the broader A&M program. Upsides: for either, it's a relatively small class size with a large amount of hands-on experience. Tech issues its students handheld ultrasounds on day 1, for instance. For the VERO program, I've been told that the students there tend to get access to live animals for clinical skills well before the main A&M campus does.
Ohio State would involve a change of pace, a new climate, and a similar college culture as one of the big SEC schools. It's also a well-established program. I don't know anyone there, though, and so I'm not as well-informed about the quality of life and pros/cons.
Accepting all feedback.