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Question about Vet School & Graduate School...does it matter where you go?

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    You can't apply for the army vet scholarship until accepted to vet school- and it is incredibly competitive.

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    • #42
      vet school

      Ok, I started to read most of this post, but I got to say I couldn't get threw it all.

      I AM an Ohio State vet student. I can tell you I got in, after three years of trying with a 3.3 and a GRE score of 1025. Which I'm not proud of, but hey I got in. I worked in a vet clinic for the five years before I got in, and I made my self the best applicant I could by getting experiance. Though grades are important, experiance, and being able to deal with people is seriously the most important.

      At OSU, there is a public health masters program. It basically proves you can handle vet school, which by all means, I'll say sucks. Its hard, it makes you cry, your brain hurts, and your exhausted, BUT its completely worth it.

      If vet school is what you want, then do it. Do whatever is possible. Seriously. I had people tell me for years I couldn't make it. I did, and I may not have amazing grades, but grades don't matter it's what you learn that matters and there's a HUGE difference.

      If you need any advice Id be happy to help in anyway. Make sure you look into how different schools handle residence. At osu, after the first year you can get residency, and that drops tutiiton by about 30k. Just keep that in mine.

      Good luck, and dont give up!
      "It is said that for every great horse,there is but one rider.''- the legend of the black stallion

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      • #43
        Originally posted by confusedTB View Post
        The grad program Im looking at does also offer a part-time route for the first two years. This would allow me to keep my waitressing job and work off as much tuition as possible so I dont bring any debt into vet school, but again that comes back to putting my full effort into the classes. Working 30 hours a week and supporting a graduate program is going to stretch me thin.
        OK, I'm not a vet but I was I was in the pre-professional program so a lot of my classmates were trying to get into vet school, and many did. But I would seriously try to find a vet asst. or vet tech type of job. Even working at an animal shelter or animal lab, SOMETHING to do with animals, instead of waitressing. I know the concept of a job is to make enough money to pay bills, but if you want to go to vet school, they want to see dedication to the career and experience with animals. One of my friends had a 3.4 and didn't get in her first year applying, but got in the second year after working a full year with a vet. She went to UPenn and I believe that the vet she worked for had also gone to UPenn and had given her glowing recommendations.
        Another classmate of mine had somewhere around a 3.999 undergrad (I remember she only had a 'B' in one class all four years) She did not get in to any vet schools either. Why? She had absolutely never worked with animals in her life. She ended up becoming an opthamologist. So my advice is to make up for your GPA with some work or volunteer experience. Even if you have already had some, you have to maximize it. If they see you've been content waitressing that is not going to look very good (I know, I know... the money!) but that's how it is sometimes.

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        • #44
          Coming to the party late here.

          If you and the admissions person feel that grades are a big part of the problem, you need to do something to raise the GPA. Take the missing chemistry course (which I'm guessing has something to do with second-semester organic and/or its lab) and get an A. Take any other required or recommended courses you didn't already take and get A's. Show improvement and intent. It's not always possible to retake a course within a given time period, but may be possible at a different college or in conjunction with a grad program. If you retake something, don't coast b/c you assume you already know it. I've had few students in similar situations who assumed they didn't have to do much work, based on the first few weeks and/or the fact that they already took the course, and who went down in (academic) flames.

          Some grad programs pay you to TA or do research (RA) as well as pay your tuition.

          Get a lot of experience working with a vet or in a hospital. Try to find one that has influence on admissions committees or at least has an association with a vet school.

          Ross might be relatively easy to get into. I ran into a former student at a pet immunization clinic. She had gone to Ross. I didn't remember her being a stellar student, so I looked up her grade. She got a C in organic, and it wasn't a very good C. Not saying that a C in ochem means you can't be a good vet, but I doubt she would have gotten into UC Davis, or even Western...
          The Evil Chem Prof

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