<p>@rosie416 I don’t think massive amounts of animal experience are necessary, but it certainly couldn’t hurt. My guess would be that the CALS admissions department is looking for passionate students with strong grades and scores, in other words, people that are likely to succeed in the rigorous program. Most of the ansci students I know do have a lot of experience, but some have much less. The beautiful thing about Cornell is everyone starts out on an even playing field, and you’ll have plenty of opportunities to acquire experience here.</p>
<p>Personally, my application focused around my animal experience. I was (and still am) very involved in a rescue group in my hometown. I volunteer for at least 8 hours a week at the adoption center, regularly foster dogs, I’ve worked special events, and I spent a summer volunteering as a counselor at an animal themed camp run by the organization. Additionally, I worked at a dog kennel for my junior and senior years of high school and run a successful pet sitting business for many years. But, that’s just me. Some people will have been much more involved than that, other less. It really depends on the student and ultimately the strength of the entire application, not just one small component. Hope that helped!</p>
<p>Ok, so at first I thought really? I am going away to college and STILL cleaning stalls, spreading manuare, lol. Your discription of the program sounds great. I am particularly interested in large animal repo, especially challenging issues like managing placentitus or collection and transportation of reproductiive “material”. I have AI’d my cows and many times watched the vet ultrasound and eventually breed mares. It’s just I have never seen the collection part, or why chilled vs frozen, etc. I also love chemistry which seems like a good thing based on your course descriptions. Are most of the students looking to become vets? I am not sure what I want to do but am interested in animal drug and hormone development, maybe a vet. Maybe just return home and take over the farm from my dad as he is getting older. Thanks for getting me excited about the program. Now I hope admissions says yes.</p>
<p>@Cundalini Glad you’re excited about it! I came in with really high expectations and I can honestly say that Cornell has more then met them. I would say the majority of ansci majors come in pre-vet, but a lot of them have already been/will soon be weeded out by some of the tougher courses or will realize pre-vet just isn’t the right track for them. There are definitely a lot of ansci majors who do come from farming backgrounds or are looking to go into the industry, not necessarily as a veterinarian. Good luck with admissions, from what you’ve written it sounds like you’d be a good fit here!</p>
<p>Hi cornellian926, thanks for doing this. I was just wondering do you find getting to class and other places on campus to be relatively difficult/annoying at times? I heard that all freshmen pretty much have to walk 10-15 minutes to get to their classes.</p>
<p>@asdasd77 At first I was definitely annoyed by the distance between buildings on campus, but now after visiting friends at other, much more cramped schools, I can definitely say I’m very happy to go to a school with such a giant campus. So to answer your questions, yes expect at least 10-15 minutes to get to your classes. Morrison is the Animal Science building and it’s located wayyyyyy down Tower road, so it takes me at least 20-25 minutes from my dorm. But Cornell is absolutely gorges (sorry, I had to), and at least personally, I enjoy walking as much as possible. Honestly, you’ll quickly adjust to the walks, and if you really hate them so much, then all freshman are given a free TCAT bus pass that will basically take you anywhere you want on campus or around Ithaca. One of my suite mates hates walking, so she’s basically mastered the bus schedule and never walks more than 1-2 minutes from buildings to bus stops.</p>
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