2023 Veterinary Medicine Applicants
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Thank you, that's really helpful. I have about 35 of clinical and 55 of non-clinical (plus 35 taken place before 18 months from application date). I plan to do about 200 in total but I will try to do more, time permitting obviously.
When you say reflect on it, do you mean researching the cases you saw or relating that to skills needed to be a vet/vet student?
When you say reflect on it, do you mean researching the cases you saw or relating that to skills needed to be a vet/vet student?
Original post by boomsicles48
Thank you, that's really helpful. I have about 35 of clinical and 55 of non-clinical (plus 35 taken place before 18 months from application date). I plan to do about 200 in total but I will try to do more, time permitting obviously.
When you say reflect on it, do you mean researching the cases you saw or relating that to skills needed to be a vet/vet student?
When you say reflect on it, do you mean researching the cases you saw or relating that to skills needed to be a vet/vet student?
Relating to the skills is most important - they don't really care for your knowledge about cases etc they don't expect you to have much vetty knowledge prior to the course and knowing knowledge like this is basically useless for when you start the course - you're going to start from the basics. For research I'd research basic things like what is in a standard dog/cat vaccine and when they are given, common topics like brachycephalic dogs, avian flu, bTB and badger culling, 'lockdown puppies', the vet shortage, Brexit impacts/changes etc. And knowing things like the differences between small and large animal vets, challenges in the vet community etc - smallies and equine is generally about the individual, whereas farm is about the herd/flock/etc and public health, and there are issues which come up with ethics etc like what to do if an owner has financial issues etc so it's good to know both sides for things like that to make a good discussion.
Original post by Wilson_2
Sorry to hear that. Just out of interest, what subjects, grades and work experience were you applying with? Did you manage to get offers from your other two?
oops sorry for the late reply! i took chemistry, biology and maths and I believe my predicted grades were A*AA, I had work experience working with non clinical work experience with horses and some at a dog training group. I got interviews from the other two but got rejected post interview so I’m taking a gap year
Hi Guys!
I applied this year for vet med at uni for 2022 entry and was able to get in everywhere I applied for! (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Liverpool and Harper & Keele)
I'm happy to answer any questions about grades, subjects, work experience, interviews and choosing the uni's!
Where is everyone thinking of applying to?
I applied this year for vet med at uni for 2022 entry and was able to get in everywhere I applied for! (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Liverpool and Harper & Keele)
I'm happy to answer any questions about grades, subjects, work experience, interviews and choosing the uni's!
Where is everyone thinking of applying to?
Original post by aliaa03
can't believe the 2023 thread is already up 😂 feeling a little old rn !!!
What about me then. I’m retiring at the end of this season🤣
Original post by Nobody2u
What about me then. I’m retiring at the end of this season🤣
omg 😭😂
Edinburgh and Glasgow have quotas for non Scottish students so it is best not to apply to both if you are not Scottish
Original post by evejgrier
Hi Guys!
I applied this year for vet med at uni for 2022 entry and was able to get in everywhere I applied for! (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Liverpool and Harper & Keele)
I'm happy to answer any questions about grades, subjects, work experience, interviews and choosing the uni's!
Where is everyone thinking of applying to?
I applied this year for vet med at uni for 2022 entry and was able to get in everywhere I applied for! (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Liverpool and Harper & Keele)
I'm happy to answer any questions about grades, subjects, work experience, interviews and choosing the uni's!
Where is everyone thinking of applying to?
Wow congrats! Which have you chosen as your firmed choice?
Original post by evejgrier
Hi Guys!
I applied this year for vet med at uni for 2022 entry and was able to get in everywhere I applied for! (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Liverpool and Harper & Keele)
I'm happy to answer any questions about grades, subjects, work experience, interviews and choosing the uni's!
Where is everyone thinking of applying to?
I applied this year for vet med at uni for 2022 entry and was able to get in everywhere I applied for! (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Liverpool and Harper & Keele)
I'm happy to answer any questions about grades, subjects, work experience, interviews and choosing the uni's!
Where is everyone thinking of applying to?
Just out of curiosity are you a Scottish applicant?
Original post by raeayam
woahhh congrats!! that's amazing! may I know your stats and are you an international student or local? I'm thinking of applying to Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cambridge and Liverpool
Hi! I'm a scottish applicant, so I sat my nat 5's, highers and currently sitting advanced highers! For my highers I got AAAAB and in sixth year I am studying chemistry, biology and physics! I was quite lucky work experience wise for clinical as I was able to volunteer at a small animal clinic pre covid, and then for the rest of my experience I was able to get a week or so for each non clinical place! I'd personally say that the "scottish applicant bias" isn't as bad as what people think, they honestly favour other applicants because they bring in more money, it just means that they have to give out at least 30 offers to scottish students. They're interview style as well I'd say was quite enjoyable and they weren't annoyed if you didn't have the most work experience!
Original post by jasmineh0171
Wow congrats! Which have you chosen as your firmed choice?
I haven't yet! I'm currently stuck between choosing either glasgow or edinburgh, my first choice for years was glasgow as it's top of the UK and my local uni so I would be able to stay home but now I think I'm swaying towards edinburgh as the amount of work they've put into offer holders days and it's made me fall in love with the uni more and I like the idea of moving away
Original post by evejgrier
Hi! I'm a scottish applicant, so I sat my nat 5's, highers and currently sitting advanced highers! For my highers I got AAAAB and in sixth year I am studying chemistry, biology and physics! I was quite lucky work experience wise for clinical as I was able to volunteer at a small animal clinic pre covid, and then for the rest of my experience I was able to get a week or so for each non clinical place! I'd personally say that the "scottish applicant bias" isn't as bad as what people think, they honestly favour other applicants because they bring in more money, it just means that they have to give out at least 30 offers to scottish students. They're interview style as well I'd say was quite enjoyable and they weren't annoyed if you didn't have the most work experience!
The bias against English students IS something significant which is why when you stated you had offers from 2 Scottish schools I asked your fee status.Edinburgh states that this year there are 40 places for Scottish applicants, 30 places for the English, Welsh and N. Irish combined, and 35 places for Internationals. Therefore Scott’s and Internationals have a higher chance of getting a place than an English or Welsh applicant and as such it is something that really should be taken into account when applying. It would be almost irresponsible to use 2 out of 4 choices if you weren’t a Scott imo!
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Original post by Nobody2u
The bias against English students IS something significant which is why when you stated you had offers from 2 Scottish schools I asked your fee status.Scott’s and Internationals have a higher chance of getting a place than an English or Welsh applicant and this is backed up by information on their own websites and as such is something that really should be taken into account when applying. It would be almost irresponsible to use 2 out of 4 choices if you weren’t a Scott imo!
PRSOM !!!
Original post by flamingolover
Nottingham is absolutely brilliant!! If you want to know specifics let me know! Yeah the application process is pretty bad! I ended up with all my offers but it was one of the most stressful periods of my life but it is totally worth it. Vet med is hard but it is so rewarding
Where else did you apply? and what grades did you get at a level?
Original post by jasmineh0171
I'm in Berkshire, there's tonnes of vets (farm animal, small animal, even camelid specialists!). Unfortunately no one is taking placements at the moment due to COVID 
My local vets and my nearby large animal practice have said they might have placements available in the summer. I live next to a beef farm, so I'm going to ask there too
My local vets and my nearby large animal practice have said they might have placements available in the summer. I live next to a beef farm, so I'm going to ask there too
I'm from Berkshire too and managed to get 2 placements so keep emailing places!
Hi everyone! I'm not sure this is the place to post this, but i've gotten responses from all my choices for Graduate entry Vet Med except for Glasgow. I'm getting worried as in the interview they said i'd have a response by the end of March, but i have nothing. Has anyone gotten a response for the graduate entry yet??
Hi guys! I am an international applicant and the options in my country for work experience are very limited so I'm unsure whether I should still take up vet med because I don't think I'd get accepted anyway. My top uni is Edinburgh and it seems like Edinburgh really prefers applicants with good quality of work experience. I have read several posts and when I compare the work experience that I could do with the work experience that other applicants have done; my work experience is pretty low. I only have a 2 week break before my the UCAS deadline for vet med.
So far the work experience that I could do are:
small animal vet clinic
volunteer at animal shelters
so yeah I don't know if I should go for it since it seems unlikely that I'll be accepted.
So far the work experience that I could do are:
small animal vet clinic
volunteer at animal shelters
so yeah I don't know if I should go for it since it seems unlikely that I'll be accepted.
Original post by raeayam
Hi guys! I am an international applicant and the options in my country for work experience are very limited so I'm unsure whether I should still take up vet med because I don't think I'd get accepted anyway. My top uni is Edinburgh and it seems like Edinburgh really prefers applicants with good quality of work experience. I have read several posts and when I compare the work experience that I could do with the work experience that other applicants have done; my work experience is pretty low. I only have a 2 week break before my the UCAS deadline for vet med.
So far the work experience that I could do are:
small animal vet clinic
volunteer at animal shelters
so yeah I don't know if I should go for it since it seems unlikely that I'll be accepted.
So far the work experience that I could do are:
small animal vet clinic
volunteer at animal shelters
so yeah I don't know if I should go for it since it seems unlikely that I'll be accepted.
What country are you in?? If it’s anywhere in Europe you should be able to get work experience that will cover the requirements of almost all the schools even if it’s not the classic dairy and lambing that others might have done. For example my daughter substituted goats for her farm work but pigs would probably do just as well ,or failing that stable work. Sometimes it involves going hundreds of miles and sleeping on a friends sofa or being put up on the farm, but it’ll be worth it.And if the excuse given is that the farm/ practice isn’t insured for unqualified staff you can always take out private civil responsibility insurance fairly cheaply which often seems to make things easier.
So basically just saying if you want to do vet med don’t be put off by the work experience requirements. Do any online courses ( future learn etc) which will count for at least a week of work experience, and if you can do the two weeks you talked about plus a Saturday for a few weeks between now and the deadline, you should have the minimum requirements for most schools. After that it’s not the quantity that counts but the quality and your ability to reflect on what you have learned during this time. So if it’s what you want then go for it!! As I’ve said many times already , if you don’t try you will never know, but what is very likely is that you will always regret never giving it a shot!
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