College Experiences That Helped A Vice President At The Vets Succeed

I think this is one of those things that people, when moving out of high school and into an undergraduate program, aren't always thinking about. There's often an overwhelming course load that goes on top of it.

But I think what you're looking for during those few short years is to provide yourself with opportunities that only an undergraduate education can. So, look for diverse activities, diversity in class, diversity in people. Break out of the things that you normally do and the people you would normally hang out with.

Go and do new things. Try them. But also look for opportunities to volunteer and be a leader amongst your peers. Integrate and do things that you might not have otherwise done.

I think when we look for people who have a breadth of experience, that's a lot better than people who have a very homogenous experience coming into things. So, we want people that have the ability to think in a broad and diverse way in a lot of different situations.

If you can show that over your undergraduate career, in a very short amount of time, you've been able to do different things, lead different groups, and participate in different things, it means a lot more to me than if you've just focused on one particular area of expertise or focus.

That's coming into veterinary medicine. I think that you need to be curious because every animal is different, every condition is different, and every home is different. If you're always looking at one particular thing, it's going to limit the way you're able to solve those problems.

So, be diverse in thought. Be diverse in action. Try to do as many things as you can while still performing well academically by the time that you graduate.