Oklahoma State vs. Kansas State

[callaoak123]

Please help OOS for both, where tuition is relatively the same as well as curriculum structure (besides KSU being non-tracking). Leaning towards practicing rural mixed animal GP

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[JaynaAli]

I think you’ll get a good education for that career goal at either location. I went to okstate, know kstate grads, and interviewed for a faculty position at Kstate a couple years ago. They’re both in smaller towns and felt pretty similar when I was there. I’d say just go wherever is cheapest. If Kstate has a more stable group of faculty hired now that may be a plus over Okstate, but okstate has GP, large animal, and mixed animal covered well, it’s just the small animal specialists they’re currently lacking and currently trying to recruit. Flip a coin and if you’re disappointed with what you flip choose the other, lol.

 

[callaoak123]

I think you’ll get a good education for that career goal at either location. I went to okstate, know kstate grads, and interviewed for a faculty position at Kstate a couple years ago. They’re both in smaller towns and felt pretty similar when I was there. I’d say just go wherever is cheapest. If Kstate has a more stable group of faculty hired now that may be a plus over Okstate, but okstate has GP, large animal, and mixed animal covered well, it’s just the small animal specialists they’re currently lacking and currently trying to recruit. Flip a coin and if you’re disappointed with what you flip choose the other, lol.

This is SO helpful - thank you so much! I’m very impressed with both of the schools after deep diving into them so it’s been hard to decide. Financially, there’s not much of a difference either. Is there anything about your experience at OkSU that you would change or anything specific you didn’t like at the school? Curriculum, faculty, accommodations for students and the rigor of vet school, traveling home on breaks?

 

[JaynaAli]

I started vet school 12 years ago and graduated 8 years ago, so my experiences are pretty outdated, to be quite honest. Many faculty members who were there when I was have moved on and there’s new administration, tracking, different length of rotations, and larger class sizes since I went through. I have been in Colorado, Florida, Tennessee, and Oklahoma since graduation and had exposure to students and house officers from a wide variety of schools during my internship and residency. I freely admit I may be biased by my own experiences but feel like I received a very well-rounded education and I feel like OkSU grads have historically been very practice ready day 1. We also got more surgical opportunities than people at other schools (talking baseline required surgeries or opportunities available to everyone). I was instate and family only lived 2.5 hours away so I could go home whenever I wanted. Rigor…vet school is hard but it’s hard everywhere. I feel like as a whole it was fair. I noticed at UF their average grades are higher than they were at okstate, but grade inflation is real and I don’t think the difference between average GPA between schools is actually due to true rigor.

 

[Polocrosse2017]

I have enjoyed K-State. The faculty has been very friendly and involved with the students. They have some excellent specialists on staff and a good mix of small and large animal. The town is fun and the COL is very reasonable. Work is challenging but not overwhelming (most of the time) I like the fact the faculty really seems to want to teach and to be there and are invested in their student's success (for the vast majority).

 

[callaoak123]

I have enjoyed K-State. The faculty has been very friendly and involved with the students. They have some excellent specialists on staff and a good mix of small and large animal. The town is fun and the COL is very reasonable. Work is challenging but not overwhelming (most of the time) I like the fact the faculty really seems to want to teach and to be there and are invested in their student's success (for the vast majority).

This is very helpful - thank you so much! I was in-person for my interview and have been so impressed with the school since. Is there anything you wish were different about the school or your time there? If you are OOS, how is traveling home during breaks?

 

[Polocrosse2017]

This is very helpful - thank you so much! I was in-person for my interview and have been so impressed with the school since. Is there anything you wish were different about the school or your time there? If you are OOS, how is traveling home during breaks?

Only thing I would like is more clinics earlier. They have updated the curriculum since I started though. Mine has been a great experience. As far as going home I got to know so many people from Kansas City I'd drive there, leave my car at a friends and fly home the few times I flew. I usually just drove the 10 hours home, stayed and studied, or went to my fiancée's home. My parents either drove here or flew right into Manhattan's little airport, or flew to KC and rented a car. Not a big problem and you can find plenty of folks driving to KC to catch a ride with for breaks if you need to.