Ella
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University of Cambridge
Veterinary
Graduate
DBS
21About Me
I graduated from Cambridge Veterinary School in July, and have been travelling and volunteering in South America since then. Now I am back home and planning to work as a small animal vet starting in January. I loved my time at University, constantly learning new things, developing my scientific skills, and my clinical reasoning abilities. I really enjoy teaching and inspiring students, helping to motivate them and help them achieve their aims. I was always very grateful to the teachers and vets in my own path that helped me along the way with my vet school applications and throughout university, and I would really love to be able to help the next generation. I am a friendly, open, and approachable person and would always want my students to feel they could ask any question they wanted, or ask for concepts to be explained in different ways until it makes sense.
My teaching style
My teaching style is motivated and inspiring! I want students to want to learn, to feel encouraged to ask ‘why’ rather than just learning facts. I have always found this helps things stick better and develop a deeper understanding. I always try to explain concepts in a new or interesting way, to make it varied, memorable, and engaging. I am patient and calm and like to make students feel comfortable and relaxed to facilitate the best learning environment. I enjoy using whiteboards and interactive drawings or activities to help students engage, however, I appreciate everyone learns in different ways, therefore I would adjust my teaching style to how my student learns best.
My past experience
I have loved being able to teach and inspire younger vet students throughout my studies. I was a supervisor teaching reproductive biology to second year vet students, involving giving them weekly teaching sessions, helping explain and reinforce concepts from lectures. This also involved coming up with a variety of ways to explain more complex concepts, setting essays and giving feedback. I helped run and teach clinical skills sessions to younger vet students, taking the time to teach suturing technique and bandaging etc. I have also done mock interviews for students wanting to apply to Cambridge vet school, with success!
My Proudest Achievements
I love playing hockey and so some of my proudest achievements have been sporting success, and doing this alongside my team mates, such as captaining the Cambridge Blues at Varsity! I am also very proud of being offered all four vet schools I applied to. At University I am very proud of passing my final vet exams and finally graduating as a vet, after many years of exams! But also receiving a merit (90%) in my final year research project, as well as a 1st in my third year research project too.
I teach
- Veterinary Interview
- Oxbridge Interview
- 11+
- Vet Personal Statement
- Science
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Zoology
- Biochemistry
- Biomedical Science
- Maths
- English
- Oxbridge Application
- Natural Sciences
- Personal Statement
- Interview Training
- Hockey
- Horseback Riding
- Exercise and Fitness
- Running
My Results and Achievements
- Veterinary 4/4 university offers
- 1st class in Zoology research project
- A*A*A at A-level
- BA in Natural Sciences
- VetMB degree