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Post by lcheng on Apr 30, 2014 11:14:38 GMT -5
Is having a large variety of volunteer experience very key to admissions? Or is having grades a much much larger aspect? Ive heard the experience acts as more of a flag for admissions.
Hope to hear everyones input
Thanks
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Post by guest 5649 on Apr 30, 2014 13:25:50 GMT -5
Is having a large variety of volunteer experience very key to admissions? Or is having grades a much much larger aspect? Ive heard the experience acts as more of a flag for admissions. Hope to hear everyones input Thanks I think it acts as more than just a "flag". I think everyone who got an interview has good grades. If someone has an average slightly lower than another person but has a lot more animal experience and they perform equally well in the interview, I think the person with more experience would be admitted. More variety shows your committed to exploring all aspects of the profession. |
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Post by matteroffact on Apr 30, 2014 13:59:40 GMT -5
i think people sometimes forget another huge reason why you need a variety of experience in vet med before applying: what if you hate it? what if every minute in a clinic/farm/lab makes you cringe, or isn't how you want to spend your time? the OVC program is a tough program, it's long, and it's expensive. you should really make sure that you can see yourself in a vet career before applying, and that's another reason why having a variety of experience is important.
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Post by datass on Apr 30, 2014 20:30:10 GMT -5
My understanding:
Applicants are ranked with grades and MCATs. Top ~200-215 have their BIFs/experience/LORs looked at. If there is a bad recommendation, not enough experience, a problem with the essay, etc the application is flagged and rejected. At the end of the day the top 200(based on grades) non-flagged applicants get invited for an interview.
You need enough experience to not get flagged as not having enough experience.
blabla...experience will also help during interviews, etc, etc... bla bla bla
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Post by cbarne01 on Apr 30, 2014 20:49:35 GMT -5
However, admission is by the math - lots of experience won't get you ranked above someone with a higher score (marks, mcat & interview)
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Post by lowenger on May 1, 2014 8:58:48 GMT -5
My understanding: blabla...experience will also help during interviews, etc, etc... bla bla bla Datass - have you experienced our interviews? Do you realize that your experience is actually part of the interview? If after the interview we have concerns about what you put on your BIF or what you actually learned this will be noted and may impact your admission. The admissions committee also reserves the right to verify information on your BIF with the veterinarian(s). Please do not minimize the importance of veterinary experience. |
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Post by guest504 on May 1, 2014 9:36:31 GMT -5
My understanding: blabla...experience will also help during interviews, etc, etc... bla bla bla Datass - have you experienced our interviews? Do you realize that your experience is actually part of the interview? If after the interview we have concerns about what you put on your BIF or what you actually learned this will be noted and may impact your admission. The admissions committee also reserves the right to verify information on your BIF with the veterinarian(s). Please do not minimize the importance of veterinary experience. So in summary: Our experience doesn't affect our ranking (unless we are close to the 200 mark) BUT it is used in the interview 1. to verify that we were being truthful and 2. to further discuss our experience and how it helped us decide on pursuing a veterinary career? |
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Post by datass on May 1, 2014 13:31:47 GMT -5
Datass - have you experienced our interviews? Do you realize that your experience is actually part of the interview? If after the interview we have concerns about what you put on your BIF or what you actually learned this will be noted and may impact your admission. The admissions committee also reserves the right to verify information on your BIF with the veterinarian(s). Please do not minimize the importance of veterinary experience. So in summary: Our experience doesn't affect our ranking (unless we are close to the 200 mark) BUT it is used in the interview 1. to verify that we were being truthful and 2. to further discuss our experience and how it helped us decide on pursuing a veterinary career? Haha yea post makes it look like I was minimizing it... Definitely was not minimizing it; it's just something that's consistently mentioned everywhere, so the goal was to mention it but not elaborate/go through the usual spiel due to laziness |
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Post by lowenger on May 1, 2014 15:02:01 GMT -5
Your experience or lack thereof can mean that you will not make it to the interview stage.
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Post by 123123 on Sept 25, 2014 8:53:13 GMT -5
I know there is no stated minimum number of volunteer hours necessary to apply to OVC, but is there an expectation that successful applicants have hundreds or even thousands of hours of clinic experience? I've been volunteer consistently for two years and I have a wide variety of volunteer experience with large, small, and exotic animals. Despite this, I don't have thousands of hours worth of volunteer experience. Is that the expectation? What are other applicants' thoughts on this?
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Post by Guest643 on Sept 25, 2014 16:01:21 GMT -5
I know there is no stated minimum number of volunteer hours necessary to apply to OVC, but is there an expectation that successful applicants have hundreds or even thousands of hours of clinic experience? I've been volunteer consistently for two years and I have a wide variety of volunteer experience with large, small, and exotic animals. Despite this, I don't have thousands of hours worth of volunteer experience. Is that the expectation? What are other applicants' thoughts on this? Hey I'm in my first year at OVC. I started volunteering later than others in my undergrad because I had a hard time adjusting to university and focused most of my time on school and work (because I needed money). My job had some lab animal components so I had over 1000 hours there but for my small animal clinic volunteer hours I only had under 500. Obviously the more the better, but don't scare yourself by looking at the US applicant data that's out there - their stats are ridiculous because their schools get 1000s of applicants every year. Hope that helps! |
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Post by Guest 1212 on Sept 26, 2014 10:20:02 GMT -5
Also it's not so important how many hours you have as is the quality. If you have a thousand plus hours cleaning cages in the vet clinic over 200 hours assisting the vet with appointments and surgery the second one will look better because of the quality of what you did.
As long as you were in the action and can talk about your experience there for the interview It should be good
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