<p>Katie - my D had the opposite experience with Vanderbilt - she went there for a music audition merely curious and ended up absolutely loving it because of the students she met and the campus - it moved to the top of her list. She was afraid to hope, even after a good audition (prof winked after chatting with us post-audition and stage whispered something very encouraging!) because of their tough academic admit stats, but she was admitted and is now thrilled.</p>
<p>My S1 became curious about Tulane after seeing one of their admission road shows and fell in love with it during a post-admission visit (he was trying to decide between Tulane and GW, which he had already visited and liked) - he registered for classes on the spot.</p>
<p>She has been researching vet schools and has had a color coded spread sheet since 10th grade! (but wanted to be a vet sinceā¦well forever!)
She refuses to even look at in state schoolsā¦she is really leaning to moving to a warmer climateā¦so I suggested California (family there as well as I used to live thereā¦) but no, she wonāt even consider it (headstrong kid) Since most Vet schools are associated with state universities, she would like to go to a private undergrad school and then have the state school experience for grad schoolā¦because of the vet school app process we want to look at undergrad schools in the same states as vet schoolsā¦
Someone mentioned Wake Forest and I will suggest it to herā¦it looks like a good choice as well as Duke and Vanderbiltā¦any other suggestions for a small-mid sized undergrad school with strong science (or often pre-med) curriculum?</p>
<p>What about Emory? I donāt know about their majors but Vandy, Duke, Emory and Rice are usually talked about in the same cohort. We visited Emory earlier this week & itās a lovely campus.</p>
<p>Crossed off RPI.
It didnāt feel campus-y. Just buildings (some were cool.) And itās kind of in the middle of nowhere. The town around it isnāt much. Personally, I like a school that has fun things to do on campus but also has a lively surrounding town.</p>
<p>Also, she may want to take how hard it is to get a high GPA at whichever school she goes to into account. I know vet school is even more selective than med school.</p>
<p>katie-
Look at Tufts. Not warm weather but has a program where juniors can apply and get early acceptance to the vet school. Non-binding acceptance, so she could still make a different choice senior year.</p>
<p>Tufts, Emory,and Wake Forest are now on the research listā¦thanks!
Rice (we visited) and is offā¦not campus-y enough and D thought the kids were āweirdā (go figureā¦)
Tulane was on the list, but again I think it is not campus-y enough being in the middle of a cityā¦
I am stressing out more than my D (she is way too laid back about everything!)! But I really want to find a place she āfitsā and will be happy as well as get a good education for vet school app.
Her personality best fits a smaller school for undegrad I thinkā¦
Thanks for all the inputā¦always looking for help!</p>
<p>Tulane is one of the most campus-y schools I saw when looking at schools with my son. Incredibly beautiful old buildings, nicer new buildings, big lawns, giant trees, etc. One nice thing is the size - about 7,000 students, so a lot of personal attention from profs, less TA taught classes. It is right across from Audobon Park in one of the prettiest areas of New Orleans - very picturesque.
p.s. i looked on their website - hereās a virtual tour that gives you an idea: <a href=āhttp://tulane.edu/about/virtualtour/upload/Tulane.html[/url]ā>http://tulane.edu/about/virtualtour/upload/Tulane.html</a></p>
<p>If vet school is like med and law school, a gaudy undergrad gpa is very helpfulā¦so Iād think a good-but-not-overly-competitive school would be a better bet than a Duke, Davidson, Emory, or Wake Forrest.</p>
<p>Iām getting that same feelingā¦gaudy(ā¦love that description!) GPA at a lesser tier school where she can have some fun, get alot of animal work/shadowing time in aand still have a 4.0 (or close!)ā¦plus she is wanting two seperate schools (instead of trying for an early admit at a vet school campusā¦) Now we need some ideas on mid to smallish sized schools inthe same state as a vet school (hopefully somehwere it doesnāt snow 6 months out of the year!!!) Ideas/Suggestions???</p>
<p>From Wikipedia, for example
For example, 25 of the 28 veterinary schools in the US are public universities, and by law may set aside relatively few places for out-of-state residents.[19]</p>
<p>The way vet school used to work was that a number a spots went to in-state applicants, the next set was for OOS from states without vet schools or agreements (Maryland has an agreement with VTech), then OOS students from states with their own vet schools. I donāt know whether this is true today, but it is certainly something that needs to be investigated.</p>
<p>I donāt know if things have changed butā¦
My sister is a vet. We grew up in NJ which does not have a veterinary school. Because of this, NJ contracts (or did contract) with other universities to save a certain predetermined number of seats each year for NJ residents. She went to Cornell but I believe schools such as Penn State and Tulane were options for her as well. (it was a long time ago) That said, it was very very competitive to be accepted since so few seats were available to her.</p>
<p>Consider the University of Alabama (Honors College shrinks the size somewhat) and then to the Auburn University vet school. Alabama has very generous merit aid and is currently running around 43% out of state.</p>
<p>Thanks for the suggestion! We had not looked in Alabama much! Any other smaller schools in Alabama to consider? But the honors College is a good idea at larger schools to shrink class sizesā¦
And the above posters are correct the vet schools give almost all of their alloted slots to resisdents with a few slots for contract states and then a few for OOSā¦that is why we need to find an undergrad school she lieks in the same state as a future vet schoolā¦</p>
<p>As the parent of a freshman at Alabama Iāll agree that they are generous with merit aid, that the honors college is a big draw and the dorms are amazing :)</p>
<p>University of TN at Knoxville also has a well regarded vet school. Since Vanderbilt looks like itās out for you now, how about Rhodes in Memphis or Sewanee?</p>