Life In Vet School & Tips On Getting In
So you want to become a veterinarian. Now what? Some people say that veterinary school is the hardest type of professional school to get accepted to. I disagree. Getting accepted in to veterinary school is not that hard, but it does take strategy! This blog will: 1) Provide information to aspiring veterinary students that will help them become the most competitive candidate they can be. 2) Provide a glimpse into what veterinary school is like at UC Davis. Enjoy! -Sharon
I know it helps to read a successful veterinary school applicant’s personal statement, so I am posting mine on this site. *** Sharon now offers personal statement editing! *** See Career Coaching for details: http://www.lifeinvetschool.com/coaching/ Please do not attempt to copy or use this statement in any way, shape, or form — plagiarism is a Read More …
Personal statements are often the most difficult and yet the most fun part of the veterinary school application. Most of the VMCAS application is simply a matter of entering in data from transcripts or copying and pasting information from your resume or CV. The personal statement is the one and only area of the VMCAS Read More …
If you are a few years (or more) out from applying, make sure you foster your relationships early on and build ties with the vets, professors, employers, etc as these are the people that will be helping to decide whether your application goes into the admitted pile or the rejected pile. Say you are interested Read More …
If you are a few years (or more) out from applying, make sure you foster your relationships early on and build ties with the vets, professors, employers, etc as these are the people that will be helping to decide whether your application goes into the admitted pile or the rejected pile. Say you are interested Read More …
So you didn’t get the news you were hoping for this year. Whether you were rejected out right from all of the schools you applied to, were rejected after interviewing or seemingly indefinitely waitlisted, it’s time to think about the next application cycle as they are due in exactly 6 months! You might wonder what Read More …
You may be asking yourself, what do I have to do to get into vet school? Every year, thousands of applicants submit their best attempts at gaining access to a coveted seat at one of the 28 veterinary schools in the United States. Unfortunately, due to the limited number of schools, the number of applicants Read More …
Congrats to those of you who have received interview invites to the School of Veterinary Medicine at UC Davis. Those invites are quite coveted and represent a huge accomplishment! You might be half-optimistically wondering whether that invite means anything, so let me tell you — it does! The School of Veterinary Medicine at UC Davis Read More …
I know from perusing the Student Doctor Network Pre-Veterinary Forum that many schools have already started sending out invitations for interviews. For those of you who receive them – Congrats! It’s one of the most exciting and yet terrifying feeling to get that invite, so I’ve got some advice for you. When You Receive an Read More …
Along with submitting an application via VMCAS, you are required to submit an official transcript from every school you ever attended to the vet schools you are applying to. In addition, VMCAS requires that you enter in each individual course and course information into VMCAS, a tedious process. With that in mind, do not wait Read More …
Before you dismiss this post and say, “Well, that’s obvious!” take a moment to read on and question your judgment. Believe it or not, getting in to vet school is not just about proving that you are competent enough to handle the course material. Rather, it is about demonstrating that you are a unique individual Read More …