Hello everyone,
I'm super anxious over this cycle so was curious what some thoughts are about my chances.
Interests: Large animal, public health, mixed practice... not sure yet
Cumulative GPA: 3.8
science GPA: 3.9
last 45: 3.7
Any degrees achieved: Graduating with B.S. in Animal Science this spring, in the honors college program, minor in small animal science
GRE results: Q/V/W: N/A, didn't take
Veterinary Experience:
- ~350 hours shadowing a mixed practice vet who treats livestock & exotics
-50 hours shadowing at a small animal practice (shadowed a vet who was the wife of the previously listed veterinarian however, they own both practices together)
- 940 hours working for a small animal vet as an assistant
- 90 hours Loop Abroad Thailand veterinary service - Elephants & small animal
-Foal nurse at equine hospital, only got 40 hours or so due to covid but was supposed to get more
Animal Experience:
- 7 years experience raising goats in 4-H, an uncountable amount of hours (I am now a 4-H leader for the goat project in my county so I listed that separately under leadership)
-Worked at my schools USDA small animal lab with rodents, rabbits, cats, fish, and herps, about 300 hours
-Pet sitting in highschool
Research Experience:
-Water quality monitoring research internship
-Online wildlife research project with Loop abroad using camera trap images and drone footage, cut short due to family circumstances due to covid which was explained
Awards/scholarships:
- Scholarship From the Elks
- Merit scholarship from school
- Privately awarded scholarship for Animal science student
-Various awards in showmanship and breeding from breeding dairy goats in 4-H
-Alpha Lambda Delta Membership (honors society)
eLORS: My boss (small animal vet), my advisor (A dvm as well), the PhD I did environmental research with, and a mixed practice vet.
CASPAR: 75th-100th percentile (literally do not know what I did right, I left so many questions blank...)
Extracurriculars:
- Pre-Vet club with minor exec position, all semesters attended
-American Sign language club for one semester
-GLOW club (Gay-Straight alliance) for one semester
-Freshman Peer mentor
- Lab assistant for anatomy & physiology, Animal Science classes during various semesters
-camp counselor in highschool at historical farm
Employment:
- My employment is already listed because it's all animal/vet related, wasn't able to work much until recently due to family circumstance
Summarize any concerns you have
I really think my essays were bad, I really struggled with them
I applied to LMU, ROSS, Oregon State, VA-MD, NC State, Missouri U, Texas A&M, and Iowa State. I know some of those are defintely huge reaches/unlikely due to OOS (I am a NJ resident unfortunely). I haven't heard from LMU and their website says they extend interviews Sept-Oct so I'm starting to be very pessimistic since they are supposed to be "easier" to get into... Perhaps i'm overthinking this. I know my GPAs are ok, just think I need more varied experience, better essays....
I'm super anxious over this cycle so was curious what some thoughts are about my chances.
Interests: Large animal, public health, mixed practice... not sure yet
Cumulative GPA: 3.8
science GPA: 3.9
last 45: 3.7
Any degrees achieved: Graduating with B.S. in Animal Science this spring, in the honors college program, minor in small animal science
GRE results: Q/V/W: N/A, didn't take
Veterinary Experience:
- ~350 hours shadowing a mixed practice vet who treats livestock & exotics
-50 hours shadowing at a small animal practice (shadowed a vet who was the wife of the previously listed veterinarian however, they own both practices together)
- 940 hours working for a small animal vet as an assistant
- 90 hours Loop Abroad Thailand veterinary service - Elephants & small animal
-Foal nurse at equine hospital, only got 40 hours or so due to covid but was supposed to get more
Animal Experience:
- 7 years experience raising goats in 4-H, an uncountable amount of hours (I am now a 4-H leader for the goat project in my county so I listed that separately under leadership)
-Worked at my schools USDA small animal lab with rodents, rabbits, cats, fish, and herps, about 300 hours
-Pet sitting in highschool
Research Experience:
-Water quality monitoring research internship
-Online wildlife research project with Loop abroad using camera trap images and drone footage, cut short due to family circumstances due to covid which was explained
Awards/scholarships:
- Scholarship From the Elks
- Merit scholarship from school
- Privately awarded scholarship for Animal science student
-Various awards in showmanship and breeding from breeding dairy goats in 4-H
-Alpha Lambda Delta Membership (honors society)
eLORS: My boss (small animal vet), my advisor (A dvm as well), the PhD I did environmental research with, and a mixed practice vet.
CASPAR: 75th-100th percentile (literally do not know what I did right, I left so many questions blank...)
Extracurriculars:
- Pre-Vet club with minor exec position, all semesters attended
-American Sign language club for one semester
-GLOW club (Gay-Straight alliance) for one semester
-Freshman Peer mentor
- Lab assistant for anatomy & physiology, Animal Science classes during various semesters
-camp counselor in highschool at historical farm
Employment:
- My employment is already listed because it's all animal/vet related, wasn't able to work much until recently due to family circumstance
Summarize any concerns you have
I really think my essays were bad, I really struggled with them
I applied to LMU, ROSS, Oregon State, VA-MD, NC State, Missouri U, Texas A&M, and Iowa State. I know some of those are defintely huge reaches/unlikely due to OOS (I am a NJ resident unfortunely). I haven't heard from LMU and their website says they extend interviews Sept-Oct so I'm starting to be very pessimistic since they are supposed to be "easier" to get into... Perhaps i'm overthinking this. I know my GPAs are ok, just think I need more varied experience, better essays....
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