r/prevets

I’m an American pre-vet student who submitted all my VMCAS applications last month and am awaiting responses in a few months. I have a question regarding the University of Sydney vet school. I understand that Sydney sends out offers in late October - November because their school year starts in mid-February. However, mid-February is when the American schools send out all their responses. My worry is this:

Hypothetically, if U of Sydney sends me an acceptance email, I would either have to A) accept it and move to Australia, only to find out after I get there that an American school has accepted me, but by then it’s too late, or B) I take the risk and say “no, I’m gonna wait to see if I can get into a school in my own country,” only for all the American schools to end up rejecting me. So this situation would be a pretty big gamble for me.

Has anyone else been in this predicament before? If so, how did you handle it? What did you decide to do? If you ended up going to Australia, did you have any regrets?

I would appreciate any thoughts or advice. Thanks!

Hi! Is anyone here pre-health or majoring in Animal & Veterinary Sciences at Clemson or another good pre vet school ? I’m considering Clemson for pre-vet and was wondering how current students feel about the grading system.
From what I understand, Clemson undergrads generally receive straight letter grades, so an A is a 4.0, a B is a 3.0, etc., rather than having +/- grades. I’ve also seen a lot of classes use a 90–100 = A, 80–89 = B scale.
For students in science/pre-health classes, do you feel like this system makes it easier to maintain a really high GPA since a 90 and a 100 can both be a 4.0? Or do you wish Clemson used +/- grades since an 89 can drop you to a 3.0 for that class?
I’m hoping to major in Animal & Veterinary Sciences on the pre-vet track, and maintaining a very high overall and science GPA for vet school is one of my biggest priorities. I’d love to hear how difficult you’ve found classes like bio, chem, orgo, physics, and the animal science courses, especially in terms of earning A’s.
Also, if anyone chose Clemson over another strong pre-vet school or has suggestions for other schools where it’s realistic to maintain a high GPA while getting good animal/veterinary experience I’d really appreciate any advice! Thank you :)

Does anyone have a picture of what the email looks like when you paid for the University of Arizona’s Supplemental fee through Kira? I’m trying to find it in my email.