Grad School Admissions Criteria

Exactly! That's what my son did and found out exactly what he needed to do to gain admittance. That professor has become his mentor and arranged this year for him to present his paper at six different conferences including one at Yale this past fall. A faculty advisor when you ask for help can become your best friend.

I spent 20 years in academia. There is also competition in the faculty. Advisors who get students promoted get brownie points towards their own promotions........

The best!

Class of '84 Whoop

Any suggestions?

UofI has gotten off the beaten track for veterinarians from what I have heard from practitioners in Illinois. They are looking for research oriented potential recruits. I personally know of three cases where the students were exemplary and daughters of veterinarians that graduated from UofI. All three were repeatedly turned down by the process at the UofI for admitting veterinary applicants. All three established residency in Mississippi and two have already graduated from MSU as veterinarians and one is currently in matriculation at the MSU CVM.

All veterinary colleges have to meet a standard for teaching and the instructors can teach at any CVM without missing a beat. The teachers I had at Tennessee are now teaching at Auburn, UC Davis, and Texas A&M as well as Tufts, Pennsylvania and Cornell. Once one gets the DVM (VMD in Pa), it is up to the individual what they do with the degree because the sky is the limit. It is easier to become a Dentist or a M.D. than it is a veterinarian because of the plethora of those colleges versus the limited number of veterinary colleges. Competition is tougher and therefore most veterinarians upon graduation are the cream of the crop no matter what CVM from which they graduate.

If she doesn't wish to leave the state and establish residency elsewhere I suggest
a)Apply to all veterinary colleges that take out of state students (be prepared to pay out the kazoo for out of state professional college tuition)
b)Pursue a more difficult area of education that would augment a veterinary education, (ie. Microbiology, biochemistry, through a Masters or Ph.d programme).Undergraduate Animal Science curriculum is a cakewalk compared to Micro or Biochem.
c)Learn what instructors are reviewing the essays and find out what is tripping their trigger and brownnose the hell out of them the next time one applies. Sometimes a little insight will help.