[skatealexia]

(Original post by klucys047)
Hi, im hoping to apply for vet school this year! finding the personal statement difficult! have you all put most of your work exp to make up the characters?
i have done this so far:
4 week small animal vet practice
1 day large animal vet practice
4 days Leahurst(including farm)
1.5 days at mixed farm
1 week lambing
1 week dairy farm
6 months every saturday (5hours) kennels/cattery
1 week rspca
1.5 days riding school
volunteer at rspca since august 2010
2 days livery
2 days vet lab
1 week pony sanctuary

how does this sound? good luck on results day everyone! x

I'd get maybe a slight more vet work experience, but that seems fine. Your owork experience is very good

[sheepzibaa]

dairy this week, starting tomoz afternoon. im good with cows, we have beef, but never done dairy so will be interesting me thinks

[Robpattinsonxxx]

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[klucys047]

(Original post by skatealexia)
I'd get maybe a slight more vet work experience, but that seems fine. Your owork experience is very good

Thank you I've booked in a week at small animal vets for October (but after personal statement is sent off) do you think I still need more vet work experience? Just finding it hard to get it in large animal vets :/

Thank you

[skatealexia]

(Original post by klucys047)
Thank you I've booked in a week at small animal vets for October (but after personal statement is sent off) do you think I still need more vet work experience? Just finding it hard to get it in large animal vets :/

Thank you

Thats fine

[Stir fried Giblets]

Seeing as we're on the topic of work experience.. This is my pathetic amount:

1 week - 48 hours - (accumulated hours since August 2010) at an animal sanctuary
1 week stables - 35 hours - (at 2 different stables)
2 weeks at a small veterinary practice - 76 hours
7 and a half hours at farms
5 and a half hours at Dogs Trust

I'm going to a kennels, 9 to 5, for five days this week. And after that hopefully returning to a farm to help with sheep and stuffs.
Any suggestions on what else to focus on? I'm trying to organise large animal vets atm. Currently my ideas include; canine hydrotherapy centre, grooming parlor, two days at an abattoir. But I don't wanna risk my application by trying to do too much. ><

[sheepzibaa]

milking is fun, but seriously watch ur head, easy to get **** on...

[Stir fried Giblets]

(Original post by hannah.daw)
milking is fun, but seriously watch ur head, easy to get **** on...

That happened on my first day all in my hair, ear and down my neck, lovely!

[schizopear]

(Original post by hannah.daw)
milking is fun, but seriously watch ur head, easy to get **** on...

i've managed to avoid actually being **** on but still always managed to get it all up my arms and in my hair anyway...

[klucys047]

You've really got to watch your back when milking!!

[Grizzly-Bear]

Hey guys, not really posted in here before but just wanted to hear your opinions!

So far i've got;
1 week Society for Abandonded Animals (Cats, Dogs & Rabbits)
1 week Falconry (Birds of prey, aquatics and petshop)
2 week stables
2 weeks equine vets
1 week zoo

Also booked in;
2 weeks emergency vets (SA)
and looking for 1 more week animal husbandry.

Anything you guys think i'm missing/would benefit from? I'm thinking of lambing or dairy farm for the week of animal husbandry to be booked!

[m.ben]

(Original post by stir fried giblets)
seeing as we're on the topic of work experience.. This is my pathetic amount:

1 week - 48 hours - (accumulated hours since august 2010) at an animal sanctuary
1 week stables - 35 hours - (at 2 different stables)
2 weeks at a small veterinary practice - 76 hours
7 and a half hours at farms
5 and a half hours at dogs trust

i'm going to a kennels, 9 to 5, for five days this week. And after that hopefully returning to a farm to help with sheep and stuffs.
Any suggestions on what else to focus on? I'm trying to organise large animal vets atm. Currently my ideas include; canine hydrotherapy centre, grooming parlor, two days at an abattoir. But i don't wanna risk my application by trying to do too much. ><

dont doubt yourself its not pathetic!

[Robpattinsonxxx]

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[klucys047]

Hi, if when, for example Liverpool university say minimum of 10 weeks is it 5 day weeks? I heard this at Liverpool university open day but just double checking!
Thanks! Xx

[Stir fried Giblets]

(Original post by m.ben)
dont doubt yourself its not pathetic!

You really think so? I just feel like crap coz everyone else seems to have so much more than me.

[Loosy]

(Original post by hannah.daw)
milking is fun, but seriously watch ur head, easy to get **** on...

I've managed to avoid that but did get almost weed on once. The worst bit is you can smell it before it comes but don't know which cow it's coming from XD
I ended up just getting splashed because I scooted out the way in time.

[sheepzibaa]

haha my head hasnt been **** on yet but it did get my arm, but to be honest im half used to being covered in cow ****, and it makes a change cus im usually covered in sheep. and stir fried giblets ur not doing too badley, i havnt got that much week wise: 1 week mixed vets, 1 week kennels, 3 days lambing on some1 elses farm, 2 days pigs, about a week stables but thats ongoing whenever i can get there basicly, doing a week dairy this week and got 5 days hydrotherapy booked, theoreticly got time at equine vets, and can go to an abattoir if i want to, think i will do a day. that seems more than it is but only adds up to 6 weeks of definate stuff, i also have a year of ongoingly vets every other sat morning. but i do have 5 years ish of sheep and beef cus of own farm, but they dont really count that.

[beccac94]

Well done with the personal statement!! Mine is looking a mess lol

How often have you worked at the cattery and for how long? How long have you been walking dogs for dogs trust? Although I'm not so sure on the english system I'm going to guess that year 9 was about 2 or 3 years ago? If so I'd aim to do a week at the stables just to have some solid recent work experience. I asked a vet school about my stable work experience that I did 3 or 4 years ago and that was their advice to me

Sorry it took like 3 weeks to reply I went on holiday :P Erm I've done like 25 hours walking dogs in the dogs trust. In the cattery it varied between 2 and 4 times a week it started off with 3 to 4 times but when I went to college it was either once or twice a week.

[Ellieblah]

Oh gosh is anyone else nervous for thursday? That's scottish applicants only I guess.

On the subject of work experience I think i'm ok but what do you guys think, this is what I have;

1 hour every monday since September 2010 Small animal clinic (DVG)
2 weeks large animal call outs and surgery observation(DVG)
2 hours ever wednesday during school terms since June 2011 large animal call out and surgery observations (GVG)
2 weeks Kennels and Cattery (CKC)
1 full day lambing (AF)

and this is what I plan to get;

1 week exotics (GWP)
1 Day vet labs (DSCD)
1 weekend milking (AF)
7 days (consecutive saturdays) Stable work
2 more weeks kennels and cattery (CKC) < this will be after the application is sent as it's in the october hols

[AdamKr]

(Original post by Ellieblah)
Oh gosh is anyone else nervous for thursday? That's scottish applicants only I guess.

On the subject of work experience I think i'm ok but what do you guys think, this is what I have;

1 hour every monday since September 2010 Small animal clinic (DVG)
2 weeks large animal call outs and surgery observation(DVG)
2 hours ever wednesday during school terms since June 2011 large animal call out and surgery observations (GVG)
2 weeks Kennels and Cattery (CKC)
1 full day lambing (AF)

and this is what I plan to get;

1 week exotics (GWP)
1 Day vet labs (DSCD)
1 weekend milking (AF)
7 days (consecutive saturdays) Stable work
2 more weeks kennels and cattery (CKC) < this will be after the application is sent as it's in the october hols

Your experience with vets is good, and going to a labs is nice to have as it's different to what most have. However, I think the uni's like to see more experience with animal husbandry as well, a week at a stables would be ok, but a weekend milking and a day lambing is very little, would you be able to do a bit more in that area?

Your best bet in my opinion is to try and meet Liverpools requirement of 10 weeks, approximately 4 at vets and 6 in animal husbandry (being kennels/cattery, stables, farm, etc).

I take it Thursday must be Scottish results day, so good luck! Hope all goes well for you.