idk. I kinda think most schools can see through that kind of spin. They read a lot of applications.
If everyone who is applying to the school picks out the same quick hits & buzzwords, you eliminate what makes you unique -- suddenly you're just one more person talking about one health and wildlife in a sea of hundreds of others talking about one health and wildlife...
...whereas you could be the only person in the room talking about how you want to treat critically ill horses with EEE. Oh, what's that? People can get EEE too, you say? --> there's your One Health angle, easy peasy.
Even beyond the initial application, anything that goes on your app needs to be something you are real comfortable with discussing in person, so I'd advise against stating interest in stuff you actually don't care about unless your in-person BSing skills are
really on point. And ultimately, the goal shouldn't be "get accepted to vet school" -- it should be "what do I want to do with this very expensive degree once I have it." It sounds like the OP already has their eye on the prize
@Fluffypancakes I definitely see what you're saying about applying to a lot of schools knowing that some of them are a shot in the dark...but idk, I would think it would be exhausting to have to be a different candidate for every school.
Maybe it's just because I am old and therefore lazier, but I don't have the energy for that anymore haha