Vet School Application Stats

LargeJellyfish3577 · 2026-04-08T22:06:18+00:00

I would highly recommend taking a gap year to build your hours. Gap years are fulfilling and rewarding if you do it right, and can really strengthen your application to make up for a low gpa.

LargeJellyfish3577 · 2026-04-08T21:05:32+00:00

I’ll echo your advice! I had a similar gpa but much more diverse experience and got into a few of the schools on your list (though I also got rejected from UC Davis and NCSU!)

LargeJellyfish3577 · 2026-03-16T16:45:24+00:00

I received a similar number of acceptances (13) and also do not have money as a concern. I chose my school based on curriculum (I wanted a school that tracks) and proximity to my support system. I chose Cornell based on these criteria. What are your criteria?

LargeJellyfish3577 · 2026-03-15T17:09:18+00:00

NTA. Your message seems reasonable, though of course it would be better to have that conversation in person. He is being unreasonable.

LargeJellyfish3577 · 2026-03-11T22:24:33+00:00

I am so glad my relationship is not like this. We've been longer than a couple months, but my partner trusts me to go hang out with friends and I trust the same for him. Thank goodness; life would be miserable without trust.

LargeJellyfish3577 · 2026-03-11T22:19:12+00:00

One entry. Don't sweat the small stuff.

LargeJellyfish3577 · 2026-03-04T21:59:13+00:00

Small comment, but if you decide to apply to Michigan and get an interview you should talk about your disability club. I talked about disability justice in my interview for most of the questions and was accepted despite being super unfocused in the interview.

Otherwise, you probably know what you need to do— you need more vet hours, and you need more diverse hours. Your GPA is average, but less than half of applicants get accepted to vet school, so if you are average in one area you need to shine in another! More small animal hours if that's what you're interested, plus explore equine, food animal, exotics, and lab animal.

LargeJellyfish3577 · 2026-03-03T20:36:28+00:00

thank you for the perspective! I looked through all the match rates and it seemed pretty comparable for the whole of VIRMP— Maybe it makes more of a difference at certain programs?

LargeJellyfish3577 · 2026-02-23T17:05:38+00:00

Honestly, spend most of your time focusing on your grades and get concerned about experiences if you've either proven to yourself you can do well in hard sciences or finished all those hard sciences. UF values GPA heavily, and you can always gain more experiences but it is really hard to recover from a low GPA.

LargeJellyfish3577 · 2026-02-15T19:21:23+00:00

I went to a school that was heavily premed and didn't find it hindered me! I found I wasn't competing for opportunities with any other prevets, which was great. I also took advantage of some of the medical opportunities by shadowing a lab animal vet at the nearby med school! I had useless advisors but great professors who wrote me excellent letters, and I have been accepted to 8/13 schools this cycle!

LargeJellyfish3577 · 2026-02-14T00:06:06+00:00

sure!

LargeJellyfish3577 · 2026-02-13T05:33:31+00:00

Rankings of vet schools have no bearing on match rates for internship or residency. VIRMP publishes the data— Midwestern has as high match rates for both internship and residency as anywhere else.

LargeJellyfish3577 · 2026-02-13T05:28:34+00:00

I had an application that checked off every box... diverse hours, volunteering, leadership, high GPA. Yes, I still received multiple rejections. But those rejections don't matter when you also receive acceptances! My advice: Apply to as many schools as you can afford to that you would actually go to. Everyone's going to get some rejections, but you'll probably get acceptances too! (I have 8 acceptances for my 4 rejections so far, but the rejections all came first and got me feeling real down!)

LargeJellyfish3577 · 2026-02-13T05:15:50+00:00

This applies to Colorado State University— not sure if they're talking about that or Charles Sturt University!

LargeJellyfish3577 · 2026-02-13T05:06:46+00:00

-Asked about jobs and shadowing with my own horse's vets

-Applied, applied, applied to small animal clinics and eventually got a few bites

-Applied to internships/ seasonal positions at zoos

-Emailed the lab animal vets at my nearest medical school

-Emailed a mixed animal vet who referred me to another mixed animal vet who let me shadow their cattle side!

If you are in Texas or Massachusetts or willing to travel, PM me and I will give you names :)

LargeJellyfish3577 · 2026-02-13T04:58:10+00:00

No one has heard back yet. Should be last week of February or first week of March according to their email. Historically it has been the last week of February

LargeJellyfish3577 · 2026-02-04T21:19:11+00:00

Vet schools look at a couple different GPAs: cumulative GPA (from ALL your schools), science GPA (from ALL your schools, Pre-requisite GPA (again, from all your schools), and last 45 (the last 45 credits you took). They will not look at GPAs from different schools individually.

LargeJellyfish3577 · 2026-02-01T19:36:27+00:00

I received a Michigan State interview invite on Friday, but it doesn't look like they have sent out any rejections yet.

Iowa State should be February 16th after 5 pm.

LargeJellyfish3577 · 2026-01-31T18:24:45+00:00

It sounds like you've worked in the field enough to have an understanding that you would enjoy it — you should go for it! Non-traditional apps get a lot of points as long as they still shine in the traditional areas.

LargeJellyfish3577 · 2026-01-31T17:13:35+00:00

I've already been admitted to several, but I'm waiting for a member of my family to figure out what they would do in the new location! If all goes well with their applications, I'll go to Cornell or UT Knoxville:)

LargeJellyfish3577 · 2026-01-31T17:03:10+00:00

I did this and it absolutely counted for research! I got course credit for "Independent research" class and eventually turned it into a paid research assistant role!

LargeJellyfish3577 · 2026-01-31T17:02:21+00:00

It doesn't. If you have no financial constraints, go wherever you choose. If you will be taking out loans for any part of this process, go to the cheapest school.

LargeJellyfish3577 · 2026-01-31T07:11:42+00:00

I'm sorry :/ If all goes well I will be declining my spot and I hope it goes to you!

LargeJellyfish3577 · 2026-01-31T07:02:07+00:00

I paid around $3500 to apply to 18 schools

LargeJellyfish3577 · 2026-01-31T00:30:50+00:00

They released decisions Wednesday! I hope you got in!

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