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Post by edwards1 on Feb 23, 2016 23:40:25 GMT -5
Hi all, I'm planning to be a vet and got accepted to York, UofT, and Ryerson. I know UofT is hard, but all the academic advisers at my school say that a bad gpa from UofT will be accepted over a better gpa from York because UofT is prestigious, is this true? I've also been told that York is easier so I'd be able to get a higher gpa there, but that it would be discredited because its York, is this true?
Any advice on which university I should go to for undergrad if I want to go to the OVC afterwards?
Thanks in advance!!!
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Post by lowenger on Feb 24, 2016 10:17:23 GMT -5
Hi Edwards1 Please read over the selection process at OVC www.ovc.uoguelph.ca/recruitment/en/applyingtodvm/selectionprocess.aspAny university is fine as long as the courses are approved as prerequisites and you follow all the rules. This is a breakdown of the class of 2019 (Canadians only, Canadian schools only) Acadia 1 Alfred 1 Carleton 1 Dalhousie 1 Guelph 68 Lakehead 1 McGill 3 McMaster 5 Ottawa 4 Queens 2 U PEI 2 Trent 1 Toronto 2 UBC 1 Waterloo 3 Western 7 Wilfrid Laurier 2 Windsor 1 York 2
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Post by datass on Feb 24, 2016 11:40:00 GMT -5
You can do well anywhere and everywhere.
However the smartest decision is to pick the easiest thing possible. "Prestige" doesn't mean nuts. Professional schools only care about the number. Some schools ARE easier than others. Some people on the UofT subreddit compared past tests/exams with Ryerson in comparable courses and it was just sad.
My guess is that York also gave you a bigger scholarship than UofT.
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Post by dvmtobe on Feb 24, 2016 16:30:14 GMT -5
Hey!
The best advice I can give you is stay away from hard schools like Queens, McGill or U of T, I learnt this the hard way. The DVM program seems to be very numbers driven and if you don't have the marks your application will likely not be successful. I would recommend Guelph personally where you can get really high marks and still have a social life. Take a look at the stats, majority of accepted DVM students hail from U of G. Of course more people who are interested in the DVM program go to U of G for undergrad so there is some bias but they still hold the highest application to accepted ratio. There are also more animal related opportunities in this area as well.
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Post by 000 on Feb 25, 2016 19:06:12 GMT -5
I would go to York because it is easier... ahem "If you can use a fork you can go to york". That being said, if you don't get accepted to OVC, and you have a degree from York, that won't look as good as if you have a degree from the other schools. As per "dvmtobe"... I completely disagree with your statement. Most people got into OVC from guelph not because it is easier, but because they came to Guelph wanting to be vets. Most are in animal biology, the only animal biology program in ontario and thus highly competitive. Most people I know with competitive admission statistics and good extracurriculars do not have much of a social life because they throw themselves into school. Not only that, but the courses we take surround animals primarily, which we are obviously interested in and more likely to do well in.
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Post by datass on Feb 25, 2016 23:16:23 GMT -5
I would go to York because it is easier... ahem "If you can use a fork you can go to york". That being said, if you don't get accepted to OVC, and you have a degree from York, that won't look as good as if you have a degree from the other schools. No worries there, a life science bachelors degree by itself is 100% USELESS no matter what university it's from. This is not an exaggeration.
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Post by dvmtobe on Feb 27, 2016 11:23:29 GMT -5
@000 I did say that more people go to U of G who are interested in the DVM program, hence why there is more people in the accepted class..."Of course more people who are interested in the DVM program go to U of G for undergrad so there is some bias". I switched to U of G partway through my undergrad from a different university so I am just comparing my own personal experience. I personally found that if you tried hard at U of G you got the marks you deserved unlike other universities which try to maintain 65% class average. For example, more than one of the courses (science courses) I took last year had 80% class averages.
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Post by anon on Mar 26, 2017 15:32:26 GMT -5
Hi Ms. Lowenger,
Is there a breakdown of where the admitted class of 2020 went for their undergrad?
Thanks!
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Post by lowenger on Mar 27, 2017 10:47:17 GMT -5
Just for you anon - these are just for the undergrad cohort
Athabasca 1 Carleton 2 Florida International 1 Guelph 59 Laurentian 2 McGill 2 McMaster 5 Nipissing 1 Ottawa 3 Queen's 8 Toronto 2 UOIT 1 UBC 1 Waterloo 2 Western Ontario 5 Wilfrid Laurier 2 Wisconsin - Madison 1 Windsor 1 York 1
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Post by anon on Mar 27, 2017 11:34:24 GMT -5
Thank you very much!!
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Post by Elimy1224 on Jun 3, 2018 17:22:25 GMT -5
Is there one for this years admittance? (Class of 2022 I think).
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Post by lowenger on Jun 4, 2018 12:38:57 GMT -5
Not yet but the trend is pretty clear
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2022 15:14:23 GMT -5
Just for you anon - these are just for the undergrad cohort Athabasca 1 Carleton 2 Florida International 1 Guelph 59 Laurentian 2 McGill 2 McMaster 5 Nipissing 1 Ottawa 3 Queen's 8 Toronto 2 UOIT 1 UBC 1 Waterloo 2 Western Ontario 5 Wilfrid Laurier 2 Wisconsin - Madison 1 Windsor 1 York 1 Hi Lowenger! I was wondering if you had a more recent breakdown of which universities admitted students attended (i.e., for the class of 2025 or 2024)? Thank you!
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Post by lowenger on Jan 19, 2022 10:26:38 GMT -5
Sorry no
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