Hey there -
Just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Chris, I am 30 years old and from New York. I have a BS in Biology and I worked as a microbiology researcher for 3 years and a BS from Columbia in Nursing and I have been working as a nurse for the last 5 years. I am also an avid horsewoman who's been managing a private barn on the weekends. I am totally in love with my horsey job and get so much out of it that I am going to be applying to vet school. I have a few pre-reqs to take (physics, calculus, some extra upper level bio classes) and of course, take the GRE, which I am dreading. I am also volunteering at a small animal hospital so that my experiences aren't strictly large animal.
I was curious - when you starting looking into vet schools and going on tours, which schools did you find to be the most helpful? I have had great experiences with Cornell, right down to sending them my transcripts to review and having them let me know what extra classes would be best. UPenn and Purdue were right up there in terms of helpfulness. Tufts was so so. University of Illinois was downright rude as were some other schools. I guess this is the way to weed out what schools work for me and which ones don't.
My advisor told me that usually pre-vets call it quits after applying and getting turned down 3 times. How depressing. I guess I should make some alternate plans, too.
Sorry for the wordy post. Most of the other pre-professionals at my school are pre-med!!!!!!!
Chris
Just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Chris, I am 30 years old and from New York. I have a BS in Biology and I worked as a microbiology researcher for 3 years and a BS from Columbia in Nursing and I have been working as a nurse for the last 5 years. I am also an avid horsewoman who's been managing a private barn on the weekends. I am totally in love with my horsey job and get so much out of it that I am going to be applying to vet school. I have a few pre-reqs to take (physics, calculus, some extra upper level bio classes) and of course, take the GRE, which I am dreading. I am also volunteering at a small animal hospital so that my experiences aren't strictly large animal.
I was curious - when you starting looking into vet schools and going on tours, which schools did you find to be the most helpful? I have had great experiences with Cornell, right down to sending them my transcripts to review and having them let me know what extra classes would be best. UPenn and Purdue were right up there in terms of helpfulness. Tufts was so so. University of Illinois was downright rude as were some other schools. I guess this is the way to weed out what schools work for me and which ones don't.
My advisor told me that usually pre-vets call it quits after applying and getting turned down 3 times. How depressing. I guess I should make some alternate plans, too.
Sorry for the wordy post. Most of the other pre-professionals at my school are pre-med!!!!!!!
Chris