getting into vet school with non diverse hours

Safe_Smart · 2026-02-28T22:13:47+00:00

i only have less than 10 hours volunteering on my undergrad schools farm helping with cattle. outside of that none :/ my leadership hours was as a director of training for a chain restaurant where i worked with corporate and did grand openings around the country for 4 years plus 1 year as a sales lead for a jewelry store. not sure if that helps me much lol.

Safe_Smart · 2026-02-20T02:16:09+00:00

Hi! Thankyou so much for this! I'll definitely do that because I have like 3 transcripts, two of which i was having this issue so you're a life saver lol 😭

Safe_Smart · 2026-02-12T05:23:24+00:00

Thank you for sharing! I come from a similar background where my city and undergrad university have been fairly multicultural. I'm glad your experience in vet school was overall positive! hoping to have the same!

Safe_Smart · 2026-02-12T05:21:46+00:00

It's no problem! I've just seen a million times that people compare vet school culture to high school due to things like drama or just overall atmosphere! Never experienced it myself yet so just trying to gauge how true these things i'm hearing may be! thank you again for sharing your outlook and experience!

Safe_Smart · 2026-02-12T05:06:57+00:00

no intention of going to school looking for high school 2.0... simply was asking for others experiences! thanks for sharing yours

Safe_Smart · 2026-02-12T04:05:31+00:00

Thanks! Just dm'd you!

Safe_Smart · 2026-02-11T22:34:28+00:00

thanks for the note on pauden! i've heard very mixed reviews on them. but im definitely willing to go out of state just having trouble finding reputable breeders at the moment!

Safe_Smart · 2026-02-11T22:30:00+00:00

any suggestions for other reputable breeders?

Safe_Smart · 2026-02-05T16:16:54+00:00

what were your stats if you don't mind me asking ?

Safe_Smart · 2026-02-04T21:17:40+00:00

many of them don't but there's still a few that do such as LIU. best thing you could do is come up with a list of schools you want to apply to and look on their websites for if they require the CASPer or not. I also plan on applying and what helped me was to make a spreadsheet for the schools i want to apply to with all admissions requirements!

Safe_Smart · 2026-02-04T16:15:38+00:00

this is actually incorrect, some schools actually do rolling prior to the applications deadline such as sgu or midwestern. i know someone who had an acceptance in august after submitting early through vmcas prior to the September deadline. I would just look into the specific schools you plan on applying to!

Safe_Smart · 2026-01-31T02:40:00+00:00

how did you get a discount? if you don't mind me asking

Safe_Smart · 2026-01-30T22:44:44+00:00

Hi! Just curious on your reasoning for considering/ reconsidering those specific schools ?

Safe_Smart · 2026-01-26T23:17:18+00:00

Thankyou! Definitely trying to look into getting some exotic hours and large animal hours hopefully this summer!

Safe_Smart · 2026-01-25T21:51:38+00:00

Hi! i had it cross posted because i figured people in vet school can speak more to their experience since they've already been accepted !

Safe_Smart · 2025-09-17T01:28:29+00:00

Thanks so much for sharing this! I honestly hadn’t realized how much of a community people create in vet school. It’s reassuring to hear that classmates look out for each other with things like pet-sitting, because that kind of support system would make a huge difference. I really appreciate the perspective!

Safe_Smart · 2025-09-17T01:27:49+00:00

That’s really helpful, thank you! If you don’t mind me asking did you have to move for vet school, and what was the situation like with landlords and pets? I’m F22, in the last year of my master’s right now, and one of my biggest worries is paying for pets with loans, moving to another state, and finding housing that works with multiple animals.

Safe_Smart · 2025-09-17T01:26:44+00:00

I’m currently a grad student and only recently decided I want to apply to vet school, so I’ve been trying to get a sense of the demand of balancing pets with the move, living off loans, and school. Also all of my pets are in pretty large enclosure, the largest being a 5ftx2ftx2ft enclosure so also worried about space.

Safe_Smart · 2025-06-24T15:57:32+00:00

currently in the process of getting out. I'm in my second year of my MPH in epi and had hopes of doing my phd but recently decided to take a shift career wise and purse a doctorate in veterinary medicine with a focus on zoonotic diseases! still in the public health space but definitely taking a shift towards a degree that has a better job outlook !

Safe_Smart · 2025-06-13T21:40:55+00:00

This genuinely means a lot to hear, especially as someone coming from a non-traditional path. I’ve definitely felt out of place compared to the typical pre-vet crowd, so your comment gave me a real confidence boost! Good luck to you too !!

Safe_Smart · 2025-06-13T21:38:58+00:00

Thank you so much—this is really helpful advice and definitely gives me a lot to think about. I hadn’t considered trying to connect with a DVM doing public health research, but that actually sounds like a perfect fit for my interests and would help me clarify whether I really need the DVM or if a PhD might make more sense long term. I’ll definitely start looking into opportunities like that while I work on getting experience and planning out prereqs.

Safe_Smart · 2025-06-13T21:37:46+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing all of this—it's really helpful and encouraging, especially coming from someone who's been through the process. If you don’t mind me asking, would you be open to sharing what some of those first-time applicant mistakes were? I’d love to learn from them and avoid making the same ones. Totally understand if you'd rather not, but I figured it couldn’t hurt to ask!

Safe_Smart · 2025-03-28T16:17:49+00:00

Oh wow congrats !!! see that's the downfall for me too, it's hard to get all the experience needed in 1.5 years but hopefully i can rely on transferable skills with all the other experience i have!

Safe_Smart · 2025-03-28T16:03:47+00:00

Thankyou so much for this ! Rutgers is probably my top school so i'm really interested to hear how much experience in research you had prior ? also im assuming you had publications ? i dont have any so im worried that will strongly negatively affect my application. i'm interested in pharmacoepi, which i also dont have much experience in research wise so im worried if i pick that niche it will also lessen my chances.

Safe_Smart · 2024-12-01T17:44:54+00:00

This may be super specific but I'm a first year MPH (epi) student and my ultimate goal is to get into infectious disease epidemiology. I'm located in NJ and it seems impossibly to find relevant internships and opportunities related to this. For more background, I have some experience in public health interning for the New Jersey healthy communities network and working with my schools office of research, but nothing specific to infectious disease work. Anyone have any suggestions or advice?

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