25 years old, female, California resident, first time applicant. Non-traditional.
Degree: B.A. Psychology
School: UCLA
Cumulative GPA: 3.45-3.5ish (I took classes from multiple schools and haven’t had the chance to fully calculate this yet but that’s a pretty good estimate of what I believe it should be)
Last 45 GPA: 3.73
Science GPA: 3.51
GRE:
Scheduled to take on July 15
Veterinary Experience (~3200 hours)
-2200 hours working as a vet tech at a SA hospital. Duties include pulling blood/urine, running lab work, monitoring anesthesia, placing catheters, etc.
-1000 hours working as a kennel assistant at an SA, avian/exotic specialty hospital.
Animal Experience
- 50 hours volunteering at local shelter where I helped walk/bathe dogs and socialize cats.
- 80 hours animal handling/restraint class where we worked with equine, food animals, and avians. At the end of the semester they let us draw blood on sheep (which I thought was super cool at the time haha)
- Years of owning my own pets and pet sitting for family members and friends.
Non-Animal Work Experience
-Research assistant working with autistic children
-HR Assistant
-Manager of a coffee/tea shop
Honors/Awards:
- President’s list multiple semesters
- Awarded a STEM scholarship
Letters of Recommendation (4 total):
- Two from the SA vets that I am currently working as a tech for
- Office manager at the same SA hospital
- Ochem professor
Schools applying to: Western, Washington, Illinois, Louisiana, Tufts, Ross, St. George, Colorado, Michigan, Ohio, Oregon, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Midwestern
I know, I know, that’s a lot of schools. But I really don’t want to apply a second time around so I figure I cast out a large net. I don’t qualify to apply to UC Davis (my IS) because some of the pre-reqs they require it to be taken at a 4 year institution and I took all my pre-reqs at a community college. With that said, I don’t have much of a preference in terms of location and money since I will most likely be going out of state and be paying out of state tuition.
I come here, however, to ask you fellow good people if there are any schools you think would be an out of reach for me? As well as what schools I might have a fair chance at. I guess it all depends on what I score on my GREs but other than that this is pretty much it for my stats. I still need to take Ochem 2, biochem, and public speaking in the fall semester so hopefully I can do well in those and boost my GPA. Thank you to anyone who has read this far and can give me any advice
Degree: B.A. Psychology
School: UCLA
Cumulative GPA: 3.45-3.5ish (I took classes from multiple schools and haven’t had the chance to fully calculate this yet but that’s a pretty good estimate of what I believe it should be)
Last 45 GPA: 3.73
Science GPA: 3.51
GRE:
Scheduled to take on July 15
Veterinary Experience (~3200 hours)
-2200 hours working as a vet tech at a SA hospital. Duties include pulling blood/urine, running lab work, monitoring anesthesia, placing catheters, etc.
-1000 hours working as a kennel assistant at an SA, avian/exotic specialty hospital.
Animal Experience
- 50 hours volunteering at local shelter where I helped walk/bathe dogs and socialize cats.
- 80 hours animal handling/restraint class where we worked with equine, food animals, and avians. At the end of the semester they let us draw blood on sheep (which I thought was super cool at the time haha)
- Years of owning my own pets and pet sitting for family members and friends.
Non-Animal Work Experience
-Research assistant working with autistic children
-HR Assistant
-Manager of a coffee/tea shop
Honors/Awards:
- President’s list multiple semesters
- Awarded a STEM scholarship
Letters of Recommendation (4 total):
- Two from the SA vets that I am currently working as a tech for
- Office manager at the same SA hospital
- Ochem professor
Schools applying to: Western, Washington, Illinois, Louisiana, Tufts, Ross, St. George, Colorado, Michigan, Ohio, Oregon, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Midwestern
I know, I know, that’s a lot of schools. But I really don’t want to apply a second time around so I figure I cast out a large net. I don’t qualify to apply to UC Davis (my IS) because some of the pre-reqs they require it to be taken at a 4 year institution and I took all my pre-reqs at a community college. With that said, I don’t have much of a preference in terms of location and money since I will most likely be going out of state and be paying out of state tuition.
I come here, however, to ask you fellow good people if there are any schools you think would be an out of reach for me? As well as what schools I might have a fair chance at. I guess it all depends on what I score on my GREs but other than that this is pretty much it for my stats. I still need to take Ochem 2, biochem, and public speaking in the fall semester so hopefully I can do well in those and boost my GPA. Thank you to anyone who has read this far and can give me any advice
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