Welcome!
to the newsletter for any and all Vet School Applicants
How overwhelming is the process of applying to Vet School?!
Extremely! Follow along as I pull back the curtain behind the application process and give you real tips and things you can do NOW, to increase your chances of acceptance!
1. Who am I and how the hell do I know?
I’m Dr. Katie Maher, a full-time small animal veterinarian. I’m a mom, a wife and a coach. During my several years of volunteering for my local vet school’s admissions department, I spent many grueling nights reviewing vet school applicants: reading Letters of Recommendation, scouring over transcripts and GPAs, being inspired by (or put to sleep by) Personal Statements, and, generally, trying to decide if a student “could hack it in vet school.” Then, I’d spend a few days at the vet school, interviewing Potential Students.
To be honest, while I was doing this, year after year, I really couldn’t tell you why I did it. It was not for any profit, and it took hours of my free time, as well as days off my work schedule. Years later, I put that knowledge to use and created the “Let’s Get You into Vet School Mentorship Program.”
2. This is a place to share knowledge and tips to overcome this grueling and unforgiving process.
In this newsletter, I promise to teach you real things. Things that will increase your chances of acceptance. Things that will connect us to each other, so this doesn’t feel like such a lonely process.
3. The Details…
This newsletter is for anyone considering applying to vet school, for the undergrad students to the “adults” who want a second chance at their first dream, veterinary medicine.
I’ll be sending these out weekly. I’ll be adding podcast interviews that I promise will have you laughing out loud. We will cover essay inspiration, how to get your grades up, significant changes in the application process, and the requirement changes from vet school to vet school. All this and more.
4. Most of us have felt this passion since we were kids.
Having this fire inside you is not uncommon in our field.
But… it is SO uncommon for every other field! How many people do you know that have been aspiring to become a lawyer since the fourth grade??
Let’s celebrate this feeling, this drive. I’ll show you ways to stand out amongst others, but don’t be afraid to give into this passion!
5. Today’s TIP
Know your worth. You have studied. You have committed. You are in the trenches.
Do not let anyone tell you how hard it’s going to be. It will be! But you already know that!
One test at a time. One semester at a time. Don’t get bogged down in thinking about decades of schooling. That’s just crazy. You don’t worry about what groceries you’ll be buying in 10 years… you know you’ll figure it out!
Here’s my favorite mantra:
“Action beats anxiety.
Motion beats meditation.
Work beats worry.”
I’m going to help you do this. I’m going to get you closer to your goal. Your job is to implement small changes that will eventually make big waves! Don’t get in your head! Just continue plugging away and we can do this together!
Today’s Homework:
If you want to do ONE thing this week…
Log into VMCAS. Make a username and password.
That’s it.
Look around if you want. But just logging in. That’s it for the week.
OH, and subscribe and send to a friend!!
Interested in one-on-one help?
Dr. Katie runs a Mentorship!
Set up a time to chat!