So as you can tell from the title, I received a rejection letter from Ross the other day. It was a hard letter to open. I knew that a letter from Ross was a 98% chance of it being bad news. I took the letter and ripped it opened and began to read. I read the first paragraph and of course, there were some tears...okay a lot of tears. So sue me, I was really hoping for another outcome. I was upset that I got a letter and not a phone call, like I was promised. Yet it makes sense because who would want to be on the phone and have to tell someone that they didn't get in. I would probably be a blubbering hot mess if I had to carry on a conversion with some random person who called and said I didn't make it. I extremely happy that I had personal time to read and cope and then reread the letter.
So reason behind their rejections (things that didn't help me); not having my bachelor degree yet, still taking Biochemistry and Genetics and my science GPA not being stronger.
Now, for spring 2017, I plan to take the last 13 hours needed for my bachelor's degree. Of course I have just finished up taking genetics and Biochemistry ( which will raise my science GPA and complete all the requirements). I was told by my interviewer that if I had a bachelor's degree it would help combat the negative of my science GPA. So that's the next step.
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Sunday, November 13, 2016
Lights, Camera.....Interview!! - November UPDATE -
Hello all of you lovely readers!!
Well it is Sunday, November 13th, 2016! Last Wednesday I got to do my interview with a interviewer from Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine!
I thought it would be a nice little treat to put together some of the questions I was asked, in case any of you , readers, might be preparing for an interview at a Veterinary College or at Ross!
The interview I had took place on Skype so I had to email the lady my Skype username and my CV. CV is a more focused resume, you put all your stuff that would help you to get into Vet school (your volunteer and work hours, school and such.) If you have any questions, just comment below and I can provide some more detailed outlines.
SO here we go....
1) Basic questions: How did you hear about Ross? Why do you want to be a Veterinarian? Why do you want to come to Ross?
2) GPA & GRE questions: They will touch on any subjects you may not have none so well in. Do not get scared just be honest and explain why you didn't do so well in those courses and then add what you have done to improve on them. Be ready to explain yourself and give examples.
They will ask how you prepared for the GRE, so also be prepared to list what you did for that too.
3.) Work/volunteer questions: Now here I was a little saddened because she only asked me to list off the animals I had seen and worked with in all my hours of working and volunteering. (which has been everything from turtles to chickens to horses to cats to even a squirrel) But she really didn't dig any deeper into the subject but I had a lot of information on my CV , so maybe that's why she only asked that one question.
4) Personal Questions: What is your great strength and your greatest weakness? this one is always hard for me because I am never really sure what to say on this one. My mind always tells me to tell them that my biggest weakest is desserts but I'm pretty sure that's not what the girl meant! Hahaha
The interview it's self took about 45 mins. I was a little offset by the fact that it was on Skype but I got use to it. I caught myself staring at myself while I talked to see if I was making a weird face or anything. Which is completely noticeable from where my eyes are looking, so she totally knew. It was weird to look at her when she talked because I knew i should be looking into the camera but it wasn't the most natural thing in the world. To top it all off, I was getting over a cold so I was coughing every 10mins! I kept apologizing but i still felt so embarrassed! Eek!
But it's over and done with! So now I just have to wait 1 to 2 weeks to hear back from them. I was told it will be a phone call. They will either tell me;
1) yes, you got in! Pack your bags!
2) no, sorry you didn't make it....Try again
or ......(3) We would like to offer you a seat in our Vet Prep Course (which is a prep semester you take , down on the island and if you pass that semester you get "grandfathered" into a seat in the next semester (aka your first real vet school semester))
Well I should hear back by Thanksgiving so I will keep you all posted. (Keeping in mind that if I get offered a seat in 1st semester or Vet Prep, it still all depends on me passing my genetics and biochemistry that I am currently taking).
*FINGERS CROSSED*
Well it is Sunday, November 13th, 2016! Last Wednesday I got to do my interview with a interviewer from Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine!
I thought it would be a nice little treat to put together some of the questions I was asked, in case any of you , readers, might be preparing for an interview at a Veterinary College or at Ross!
The interview I had took place on Skype so I had to email the lady my Skype username and my CV. CV is a more focused resume, you put all your stuff that would help you to get into Vet school (your volunteer and work hours, school and such.) If you have any questions, just comment below and I can provide some more detailed outlines.
SO here we go....
1) Basic questions: How did you hear about Ross? Why do you want to be a Veterinarian? Why do you want to come to Ross?
2) GPA & GRE questions: They will touch on any subjects you may not have none so well in. Do not get scared just be honest and explain why you didn't do so well in those courses and then add what you have done to improve on them. Be ready to explain yourself and give examples.
They will ask how you prepared for the GRE, so also be prepared to list what you did for that too.
3.) Work/volunteer questions: Now here I was a little saddened because she only asked me to list off the animals I had seen and worked with in all my hours of working and volunteering. (which has been everything from turtles to chickens to horses to cats to even a squirrel) But she really didn't dig any deeper into the subject but I had a lot of information on my CV , so maybe that's why she only asked that one question.
4) Personal Questions: What is your great strength and your greatest weakness? this one is always hard for me because I am never really sure what to say on this one. My mind always tells me to tell them that my biggest weakest is desserts but I'm pretty sure that's not what the girl meant! Hahaha
The interview it's self took about 45 mins. I was a little offset by the fact that it was on Skype but I got use to it. I caught myself staring at myself while I talked to see if I was making a weird face or anything. Which is completely noticeable from where my eyes are looking, so she totally knew. It was weird to look at her when she talked because I knew i should be looking into the camera but it wasn't the most natural thing in the world. To top it all off, I was getting over a cold so I was coughing every 10mins! I kept apologizing but i still felt so embarrassed! Eek!
But it's over and done with! So now I just have to wait 1 to 2 weeks to hear back from them. I was told it will be a phone call. They will either tell me;
1) yes, you got in! Pack your bags!
2) no, sorry you didn't make it....Try again
or ......(3) We would like to offer you a seat in our Vet Prep Course (which is a prep semester you take , down on the island and if you pass that semester you get "grandfathered" into a seat in the next semester (aka your first real vet school semester))
Well I should hear back by Thanksgiving so I will keep you all posted. (Keeping in mind that if I get offered a seat in 1st semester or Vet Prep, it still all depends on me passing my genetics and biochemistry that I am currently taking).
*FINGERS CROSSED*
Friday, November 4, 2016
October 2016 Update
Okay so I received an email from the Ross admission department and guess what!
They are offering me an interview! I have it scheduled for next week and I'm pretty excited but also a little nervous. I'm still focusing hard on my classes i'm still in the progress of taking, which are Genetics and Biochemistry. I have to stay focused so I can pass these course so that if I get offered a seat in the DVM program I will be able to accept it. Things are happening really fast but my advice to anyone who is applying or going to apply to Ross, don't be afraid to call and check on your applications status. This is your dream and when you call to make sure you are doing everything you need to be, it shows your passion and your willingness to do what needs to be done to achieve your dream!
Surround yourself with a great support system! I'm blessed to have such wonderful friends, family and mentors who continue to support me. It's great to have such a support system but I'm also worried that if I'm not accepted this time, I will have let them down. I want to make them proud, but the only way to do that is to just keep on forging ahead.
Onward and upward, my friends!!
Promise to keep you posted
They are offering me an interview! I have it scheduled for next week and I'm pretty excited but also a little nervous. I'm still focusing hard on my classes i'm still in the progress of taking, which are Genetics and Biochemistry. I have to stay focused so I can pass these course so that if I get offered a seat in the DVM program I will be able to accept it. Things are happening really fast but my advice to anyone who is applying or going to apply to Ross, don't be afraid to call and check on your applications status. This is your dream and when you call to make sure you are doing everything you need to be, it shows your passion and your willingness to do what needs to be done to achieve your dream!
Surround yourself with a great support system! I'm blessed to have such wonderful friends, family and mentors who continue to support me. It's great to have such a support system but I'm also worried that if I'm not accepted this time, I will have let them down. I want to make them proud, but the only way to do that is to just keep on forging ahead.
Onward and upward, my friends!!
Promise to keep you posted
Thursday, October 6, 2016
Application Update: UNDER REVIEW
Spoke with the Admission office last week and I got an update.
For those who are unfamiliar, Ross will allow you to apply before you have completed all of your required course. I am currently taking my last two required course I needed, which are Biochemistry and Genetics. I was told when I visited the campus down on St.Kitts that you could apply while in the process of completing two of the required course. Yet I was updated that you can actually only have one required course still in progress. But have no fear!!!
If you ask, you can apply for a waiver to still be considered for acceptance while taking your two last required course. I applied for that waiver and got accepted for the waiver, so now my application is now in the progress of being reviewed. **Whoo-who!!! mini-celebration!!**
So now I wait.....it's not glamorous and the time seems to drag on. I was told that I should hear something back within 3-4 weeks (so hopefully before the beginning of November).
So by November, one of two things will happen....
1.) I could get a letter in the mail, this will inform me that I was not chosen to go to the next step (an interview). Basic rejection....pretty much. If this happens then I will find out how to strengthen my application and then reapply for May 2017 semester.
OR
2.) I get contacted (phone or email) from the admission office to set up an interview. Meaning I get to advance to the "next round". I , of course, are hoping that this is what will happen. *fingers crossed*
Whatever happens I plan to remain positive and focused. I doing well in Genetics so far yet I am having a harder time in biochemistry but I still have time to help build up my weakness in the course.
Keep in mind, that If I was to get accepted, it would be a "circumstantial acceptance". Meaning that I can only go if I pass the two required classes that I am currently taking, which is completely understandable, of course!
So that's it for right now. I promise to keep you updated! Keep your head up and remember that even the darkest night ends with the light from the sun. Everything will be okay, just keep moving forward. show the world that you have the drive that will take you to your dreams.
I believe in you and so does Gryffindor 🐱
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
J's words of wisdom
Okay so J has been down at Ross medical school for about three weeks now and here is what we have learned.
J's Ten Wisdom Suggestions
1) Invest in luggage with wheels (no one wants to carry 50lb bags all over the place, J got bruises on her arms)
2) Pack some of your guilty pleasure snacks (you'll be in a new place with stressful stuff happening, having your favorite pop tart might settle your nerves)
3) Invest in a big, good quality umbrella and rain boots....and a rain jacket (when it rains it pours! and even if it's sunny one second, it can storm the next 20 mins and then return to perfect sunny weather like nothing happened)
4) Bring a sketch pad and box of colored pencils (you'll be drawing out body systems and organs and such and you'll appreciate it, trust me)
5) bring a small personal fan (it's an island....need i say more?)
6)Bring cash on your person so if there is any problem with banking you don't have to fret because you have cash
7) multiple charging cord and a power strip
8) a good quality water bottle and a back up (just in case)
9) make sure you can live off what is in your carry on bag for two to three days. ( you are going to the caribbean and there are storms that delay flight and it is very possible that you could be stuck in an airport overnight. SO pack your toothbrush in your carry on lol)
10) Lastly be friendly and make friends. Join clubs and don't wait to join study groups. Dive In!
J's Ten Wisdom Suggestions
1) Invest in luggage with wheels (no one wants to carry 50lb bags all over the place, J got bruises on her arms)
2) Pack some of your guilty pleasure snacks (you'll be in a new place with stressful stuff happening, having your favorite pop tart might settle your nerves)
3) Invest in a big, good quality umbrella and rain boots....and a rain jacket (when it rains it pours! and even if it's sunny one second, it can storm the next 20 mins and then return to perfect sunny weather like nothing happened)
4) Bring a sketch pad and box of colored pencils (you'll be drawing out body systems and organs and such and you'll appreciate it, trust me)
5) bring a small personal fan (it's an island....need i say more?)
6)Bring cash on your person so if there is any problem with banking you don't have to fret because you have cash
7) multiple charging cord and a power strip
8) a good quality water bottle and a back up (just in case)
9) make sure you can live off what is in your carry on bag for two to three days. ( you are going to the caribbean and there are storms that delay flight and it is very possible that you could be stuck in an airport overnight. SO pack your toothbrush in your carry on lol)
10) Lastly be friendly and make friends. Join clubs and don't wait to join study groups. Dive In!
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
J is off to Med School and I'm working on finishing stage 2 of my application to Vet School
Well it's the night before J leaves to go to Ross University School of Medicine. I'm so proud of her and will miss her very much. J says she is nervous about leaving. We always grew up knowing this day would come but we never really prepared for the good bye part. I also never thought I would be send J off first, since I'm the older sister! But hey that's life, it always has it's own plan and doesn't really care too much about any preconceived notions about what might happen now and in the future. I look at J's room and see essentially her life packed up into four suitcases, a carry-on bag and a backpack.
It will be strange not having her just upstairs or a short drive away. I guess in the same sense that I always knew we would move away from home but I always pictured it as a future event. I want to hug her and not let her leave but I know that is silly. It has been pointed out to me that at least now I won't have to worry about my clothes going missing. (she was notorious for wear/taking my clothes/shoes)
J is pretty worried about her baggage being lost and not making it to her final destination. So we will just have to see. Keep you updated!
ROSS UPDATE FOR ME:
It had been about 10 days since I had sent my transcript in the mail to Ross and had my GRE scores sent electronically. But I didn't see them as being received yet on my Ross application page, so I called the admission office in New Jersey and chatted with someone. It seems that they had come in but had yet to be processed. They inputted the info and it all checked out, aside from the fact that they forgot to input that I took Physics 1 already. I called back and left them a voicemail to try and correct the error. I'm sure they are really busy with a new semester starting at Ross Med and Ross Vet in the next two weeks.
I do want to let you know that I sent in my current transcript that shows that I am currently taking Biochemistry and Genetics. So if I get an interview and then if I get a letter offering me a spot, it will be on the basis that I pass those two required classes and then resubmit my final transcript.
Keep You Posted!! Ask if you have any questions!
Friday, August 19, 2016
Application Update: Slow going....
So it is officially four days before sister "J" goes off to medical school. It is really getting down to the nitty gritty stuff. We packed up three duffel bags full of stuff and kept weighing it over and over again trying to make sure we are not over the 50lb limit for the airplane's baggage rules.
I went and picked up my books for (hopefully last semester at Wichita State University) fall classes. They start this coming monday and I'm so looking forward to them. Every semester I get closer to being in class where I go "yes I do think that information would be useful on a day to day basis in a vet clinic". Let's be honest, no vet is sitting in an exam room mulling over the molecular structure of Hydrochloric acid or debating the role of physics in their ability to exam a dog with a cough. But I know that in the end it will all be worth it.
I know that there is a possibility that one of you reading this might also be feeling a little glum. I have felt that stab of self doubt in my journey to where I am today but it gets better. It does not get easier but I do think that you get stronger as you go through. I am talking about college courses, friends, family and life in general.
I look in the mirror and I realize that all my life I've been dreaming of moving out on my own and applying to Vet School but now that it's finally happening it's odd. I never really thought this day would come. In a way I guess I have been dreaming for so long that it's hard to believe that I'm taking the next step. I guess from here on out every step will be a "new" step.
I'll calm this post back down and get off my soap box. I send my GRE scores, WSU transcript and my application fee (money order by mail). I paid for it all to be sent out last thursday (so a little over a week). Last night I saw that Ross received my $100 application fee but I am still waiting on my transcript and GRE scores to come in. I call and left a message at the Ross admission office this morning to check on the progress and to see if they had arrived yet. I have not heard back from them and since it was friday, i am sure they were busy. So I look forward to hearing back from them maybe by monday or tuesday at the latest.
Keep You Posted
Stay Strong!
Random Cuteness Picture of Gryffindor
I went and picked up my books for (hopefully last semester at Wichita State University) fall classes. They start this coming monday and I'm so looking forward to them. Every semester I get closer to being in class where I go "yes I do think that information would be useful on a day to day basis in a vet clinic". Let's be honest, no vet is sitting in an exam room mulling over the molecular structure of Hydrochloric acid or debating the role of physics in their ability to exam a dog with a cough. But I know that in the end it will all be worth it.
I know that there is a possibility that one of you reading this might also be feeling a little glum. I have felt that stab of self doubt in my journey to where I am today but it gets better. It does not get easier but I do think that you get stronger as you go through. I am talking about college courses, friends, family and life in general.
I look in the mirror and I realize that all my life I've been dreaming of moving out on my own and applying to Vet School but now that it's finally happening it's odd. I never really thought this day would come. In a way I guess I have been dreaming for so long that it's hard to believe that I'm taking the next step. I guess from here on out every step will be a "new" step.
I'll calm this post back down and get off my soap box. I send my GRE scores, WSU transcript and my application fee (money order by mail). I paid for it all to be sent out last thursday (so a little over a week). Last night I saw that Ross received my $100 application fee but I am still waiting on my transcript and GRE scores to come in. I call and left a message at the Ross admission office this morning to check on the progress and to see if they had arrived yet. I have not heard back from them and since it was friday, i am sure they were busy. So I look forward to hearing back from them maybe by monday or tuesday at the latest.
Keep You Posted
Stay Strong!
Random Cuteness Picture of Gryffindor
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
2016 Update!!!
Hello Everyone!
So Aunt K has brought that I have been lacking of my post for some time now, so here we go!
So I am currently applying to Ross University of Vet School for January 2017. The home office for Ross is in New Jersey and I have sent my transcripts, application fee and my letters of recommendation. So I am currently waiting for all of these things, along with my GRE scores to be processed and attached to my application. Once all my required paperwork is in then comes the part when I wait. I wait for the acceptance committee to review and possibly get invited to have an interview (skype interview) and then hopefully get that acceptance letter!
Little Sister J is currently packing up for Medical School. She got her acceptance letter from Ross University School of Medicine on Dominica. She leave Aug 25,2016…..so in a 9 days!
You can follow J’s travels on her blog!
http://jess2md.weebly.com
Now time for a farm update:
Lil Darling had a bull calf named Rufio
Black Mamba had a bull calf named Hercules
Merida had a bull calf named Mad Hatter
Belle had a heifer calf named Tuppence
Sam, Kitty and Layla are still doing well.
I have a new little addition. Meet Gryffindor! My little orange pumpkin tabby, born April 26,2015. He is about to turn 4 months old this August and is already 6.5 lbs. Hoping my little guy keeps filling out. I hope to take him down with me to St.Kitts if and when I get accepted. He would come down with me after my first semester down there because you have to stay in the dorms first semester and pets are not allowed. But after first semester I would get an apartment or a house with other classmates.
SOoooo Right now I am signed up to take Biochemistry and Genetics this Fall Semester at my local Kansas University! I will try to keep everyone updated on what happens next!!!
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