University of Saskatchewan Western College of Veterinary Medicine Interview Feedback Summary
Saskatoon, SK
Veterinary Schools | Public Non-Profit
How do you rank the facilities?
How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?
How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?
What is your ranking of this school's location?
How is the friendliness of the admissions office?
What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?
How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
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What is COTA?
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Do you think vets are necessary?
What was the most interesting question?
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Can’t recall.
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Do you think vets have to love animals?
What was the most difficult question?
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If someone wants to euthanize a perfectly healthy dog and won’t listen to anything you have to say, what do you do? They persisted and said the person would take the dog into a ditch and shoot it with the loaded gun they had in their vehicle if I didn’t euthanize. They took my response of calling the cops as unacceptable.
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What organization does someone go through if they want to complain about a vet?
How long was the interview?
How did the interview impress you?
How many people interviewed you?
What was the stress level of the interview?
How you think you did?
What was the style of the interview?
What type of interview was it?
Was this interview in-person or virtual?
Where did the interview take place?
How did you prepare for the interview?
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Researched online, looked at school website, asked my mentor questions.
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I read interview questions online and looked at brief summaries of veterinary organizations listed on their website.
What impressed you positively?
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Nothing.
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They were very friendly and tried to make you feel at ease.
What impressed you negatively?
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The panel I had was not great. Specifically, there was one very rude panel remember who would raise her voice at me and belittle me. I get that they want someone to put pressure on you to see how you handle it but I think she went very over the top.
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Nothing.
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
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I wish I had known it would be so intense. Everyone says the panel is so friendly and makes you feel comfortable, but what I didn’t know is that there are two separate panels. As luck goes I didn’t get the friendly one that everyone had been raving about. I also wish I knew more about Ag. Being a UofR student and being a part of the SK pool, they expected me to know so much about agriculture when UofR doesn’t have any ag classes. I feel it was very unfair and probably mostly USask students are successful over Regina students for the 20 SK spots.
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Nothing
What are your general comments?
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I wasn’t thrilled with how the interview went. All of that aside I feel the one panel member destroyed my chances of a good interview. Being a vet, I know I would face difficult clients and have issues many days. But I wasn’t expecting to have a panel member attack me so I was a little shocked and I feel like that made the last 35 minutes of my interview just continue roll downhill at full speed.
What are your suggestions for the admissions office?
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Online applications.
Who was the tour given by?
How did the tour guide seem?
What is your in-state status?
What were your total hours spent traveling?
What was your primary mode of travel?
About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?
What airport did you fly into?
Where did you stay?
What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?
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Best Western
How would you rate the hotel?
Would you recommend the hotel?
What are your comments on where you stayed?
All Responses
| Application Cycle ▿ | Impression | Performance | Interview Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | Negatively ☹️ | Poor | N/A |
| 2013-14 | No change 😐 | Average | N/A |
| 2011-12 | Negatively ☹️ | Poor | N/A |
| 2011-12 | Positively 🙂 | Good | N/A |
| 2009-10 | Positively 🙂 | Good | N/A |
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