1st time applicant, 20 year old female at time of app. BS in Animal Science expected May 2010. Virginia resident.
Applied: VMRCVM, Auburn, Missouri, Cornell
Rejected: Cornell, Auburn
Accepted: VMRCVM, Missouri
Attending: ???
Cumulative GPA: 3.73
Last 45 credit hrs: ~3.55
Science: 3.65
GRE: Q- 730, V- 590, AW- 4.0--I took it twice and this is the best of both
My experience sections are kind of messed up w/ each other--all the supplementals are such a pain.
Animal Experience:
As a note to all future VMRCVM applicants--they want to see your pet/livestock/horse owning experience on VMCAS.
~ 2300 hours owner/breeder/primary caretaker, herd of goats
~ 250 hours owner/caretaker/rider horses
~ 1000 hours owner/primary caretaker pets, dogs, cats, and bearded dragon
~ 75 hours feeding/cleaning/assisting at university swine center
~ 35 hours caretaker for poultry
~ 100 hours animal shelter volunteer
~ 30 hours as animal science student--think labs people!
Community Activities:
Member of Pre-Vet Club
Volunteer of the month in county for Animal Shelter
Senator of Student Government Association @ CC
Interpreter at local historic site
Theater stuff--acting, producing, writing, stage directing
oogles of 4H
Honors and Awards:
2 merit based scholarships from university
Graduated Summa Cum Laude from community college
Who's Who @ CCs and Junior Colleges
lots of presidents/deans list
several showmanship awards
Research Experience:
~ 150 hours working for exotic vet, cross referenced w/vet e.
~ 75 hours as research assistant to biologist
~ 75 hours as assistant in engineering lab
Veterinary Experience:
Observed 6 vets at 4 practices
~ 1100 hours working at a mixed practice
~ 150 hours working with exotic vet as assistant/research assistant
~ 20 hours observed equine vet
~ 200 hours observed food animal vet
Work Experience:
most listed somewhere above...
Also 1 semester rec soccer ref
Letters of Recommendation:
1 from vet I worked for at mixed practice--got most vet hours there
1 from my advisor
1 from supervisor at a volunteer gig
Other things of note:
I have no high school diploma and no GED, which you can imagine was fun for VMCAS and the 1 supplemental that wanted to know high school ranking, GPA, and SAT stuff I had. The other big thing here is my goat experience. I included every little thing I had pretty much ever done with my goats some place in my app. 10 years of breeding/herd owning and everything that goes with it looks pretty impressive if you put it in bullet format
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