Hi all! I've seen a couple posts on here about UGA vs other schools, but I wanted to chime in with my own situation to see if anyone can offer any guidance. I am OOS for both schools, am interested in small animal medicine (likely without doing a residency), and am from NH.
UGA:
Pros
Tufts:
Pros:
UGA:
Pros
- the pass/fail system is huge for me because I am a really bad test taker and think it would relieve a lot of anxiety for me
- I like that students get to do some clinical rotations in their third year before returning to the classroom for electives
- new hospital/facilities, the anatomy lab is gorgeous
- big school atmosphere- I'm a big football fan and never had that experience in undergrad
- honeybee medicine!!! I just think this is so cool
- curriculum is split up into body systems rather than the "-ologies"
- the students all seem so nice and genuinely seem to enjoy it there
- no classes until 1pm on Wednesdays to give students a mental health break
- opportunities to partner with the zoo/aquarium
- 100k cheaper overall (not including the cheap rent)
- far from home
- big class size (150), everyone is together for the labs
- I am worried about the heat lol
- not a lot of large animal experience on campus
- parking seems like a pain
Tufts:
Pros:
- has always been my dream school since I decided I wanted to go into veterinary medicine
- super close to home!
- the teaching/clinical skills lab is really really nice
- wildlife hospital/wildlife clinical rotation (not something I will do as a profession but something I'd like to get involved with in school!)
- no issues with parking, in it's own little bubble
- beautiful campus with lots of trees
- the hospital gets a ton of cases
- large animals on campus
- not a lot going on in that area
- they drastically increased their class size (from ~105 to ~130) and do not seem to have the capacity for it as the lecture halls only hold ~130-150
- the campus would be under construction for the entire time I am there. They are building a new health services building and are talking about building a new hospital. There would be "temporary classrooms" for a lot of the discussion-based classes
- I will be around 100k more in debt if I go here
- housing is expensive