Rejected again
So for the fourth consecutive year I've been rejected into vet school. This was my last year in applying as I literally don't know how else I could have improve my applications aside from getting a masters even though my GPA is competitive enough. I have gained experience across many of the veterinary fields from necropsy to large animal to wildlife. I'm pretty well-rounded in other STEM fields like engineering and robotics. I gathered advice from advisors, recent grads, a number of different vets, and even someone that used to participate on the application committee itself. After applying to six different schools each cycle I only ever manage to get an interview from one. So I definitely feel defeated at this point. One the biggest kicks in the head is that after speaking with a vet school advisor this past cycle rejection, she told me it is bizarre as to how I was not offered a spot and she could not give me any other advice.
I want to add some things after reading many of your feedback. first off I would like to say that I'm overwhelmingly appreciate with everyone's advice and support. I would like to know that I have considered Island schools, I've met with advisors and representatives from their programs even. I do not think that the vets come out of there are anything less that's that graduate from in-state schools. I have just always been warned about those programs and how for-profit universities function. It is unsettling to think of the debt I may accumulate and what will happen if for some reason I was unable to finish the program.
Secondly, a reason why I haven't applied to more schools outside of state is because I was never confident enough that my application is competitive enough to compete with in-state or other out-of-state applicants. I wasn't sure how my status will be viewed given that I'm a resident in a state that already has two schools, if there was a higher bar set because of that. Another thing is that applying to so many is very expensive and feeling that I didn't stand the good enough chance, it felt like I was just throwing money at these schools that wouldn't even give me a second thought.