Hey there! He had approximately 500 hours as a CVA (including the training with the vet to get certified) in small animal and equine, about 1000+ animal hours playing polo, polocrosse, teaching horseback and caring for the animals. He was only top 12% of his class of 800 (didn’t go to that school until Sophomore year - transferred from private to public school - and that hurt him). His ACT was not that great either (low end of what is accepted for the programs. What helped him was that he had a lot of people experience (summer camp counselor, volunteer at a hospice) working with people under stressful circumstances. They really liked that. Plus he interviews really well which was a plus to the programs that did interviews. The programs are even more competitive than they were the year he got in but are really nice. He was really happy to be able to only take the classes that were prerequisites or he felt would help him in vet school, go to vet school after 3 years but still get his BS when he completed his second year of vet school, and have time to work hard to have very high grades and still have a life. It helped him to go into vet school without being burnt out! He is in his 4th year of vet school now doing his clinical year preparing for the NAVLE and to apply for internships through the Match. It is a long road and is hard but very rewarding! He has changed his specialty several times since he started undergrad. First he wanted to be an equine surgeon, then a SA surgeon, then a cardiologist but has finally settled on radiology. Good luck!
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