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I am new to this forum. I was wondering if it is possible to get into veterinary school with a GED. I never had the opportunity to finish, let alone go to a traditional high school. I was home-schooled since the fifth grade because the public school I was in at the time did not know how to teach special needs kids. I was thrown into a special ed classroom and despite being in the fourth grade, I was given first grade level "busy work". I had a diagnosis of autism (I'm not sure if it's Asperger's or not because I had a speech delay. My mom claims I didn't speak until I was four or five.) I've struggled with math my entire life.
I wanted to be a veterinarian ever since I can remember but I was always told vet school would be impossible for me because my troubles with math. I was told I was lazy and just not applying myself, but I was never taught HOW to apply myself and if I didn't understand something and asked the teacher to explain in a different way, I often got something along the lines of:"I ALREADY EXPLAINED IT! IF YOU WEREN'T LISTENING THE FIRST TIME, THAT IS YOUR FAULT, NOT MINE!" I was listening the whole time.
Every-time I hear the myth that all autistic people are math geniuses, I secretly want to strangle that person. I eventually got a diagnosis of dyscalculia. When I was in public school, it either wasn't a valid diagnosis at the time, or the school just missed it all together (it was a rural school in the early 1990's). I also was a poster child for dysgraphia and that was missed too despite EVERY teacher commenting on how "sloppy" my handwriting was even when I printed. Anyway, my parents pulled me out to home-school me when I was about to start fifth grade. My mom had no experience with teaching children in general, let alone teaching an autistic child and did what she could.
The bullying was so bad (this was pre bullying prevention like you see today) that had I been forced to stay in the public school setting I probably would have ended up committing suicide by seventh grade. This was about a decade before all this anti bullying sentiment you see today and other children were not my only bullies. Anyhow, I never finished high school. I was never even IN a traditional high school. I got sick twice and had to take two years off and just focus on getting better. When I was better, my mother no longer and any interest in working with me. I'm working with a retired school teacher on my math and going to try and get a GED. Anyhow, my question, one of them anyway...is Can I get into vet school with a GED? I'm 29 now and probably won't be going to college until I'm 30. I know there's no age limit for college, but is is there one for veterinary school? I want to be a zoo or wildlife vet.
Non vet people seem to think that a vet technician and a vet assistant are the same thing and that you can somehow bypass college and go straight to veterinary school if you go to vet tech school. Can people who've gone to nursing school bypass college and be MD''s/DO's? I've always been told that I should forget about being a DVM and focus on being a veterinary technician instead. When I tell them I don't want to do that, I get asked what I have against veterinary technicians. People never want to consider I could be a DVM, even as young as third grade I was told to be a vet tech because vet school would be "too hard" for me. My mom even told me about four years ago that if it was even remotely possible for me to be a vet, I would have finished college a long time ago and be just finishing up vet school by then. My mom NEVER encouraged me to be a vet. I don't really have a preference for what school I go too. People who DO think I have some chance of being a vet tell me I should try Ohio State because that's what state I'm currently in. I know I would not stand a chance of being accepted to a place like Cornell or UC Davis.
I am new to this forum. I was wondering if it is possible to get into veterinary school with a GED. I never had the opportunity to finish, let alone go to a traditional high school. I was home-schooled since the fifth grade because the public school I was in at the time did not know how to teach special needs kids. I was thrown into a special ed classroom and despite being in the fourth grade, I was given first grade level "busy work". I had a diagnosis of autism (I'm not sure if it's Asperger's or not because I had a speech delay. My mom claims I didn't speak until I was four or five.) I've struggled with math my entire life.
I wanted to be a veterinarian ever since I can remember but I was always told vet school would be impossible for me because my troubles with math. I was told I was lazy and just not applying myself, but I was never taught HOW to apply myself and if I didn't understand something and asked the teacher to explain in a different way, I often got something along the lines of:"I ALREADY EXPLAINED IT! IF YOU WEREN'T LISTENING THE FIRST TIME, THAT IS YOUR FAULT, NOT MINE!" I was listening the whole time.
Every-time I hear the myth that all autistic people are math geniuses, I secretly want to strangle that person. I eventually got a diagnosis of dyscalculia. When I was in public school, it either wasn't a valid diagnosis at the time, or the school just missed it all together (it was a rural school in the early 1990's). I also was a poster child for dysgraphia and that was missed too despite EVERY teacher commenting on how "sloppy" my handwriting was even when I printed. Anyway, my parents pulled me out to home-school me when I was about to start fifth grade. My mom had no experience with teaching children in general, let alone teaching an autistic child and did what she could.
The bullying was so bad (this was pre bullying prevention like you see today) that had I been forced to stay in the public school setting I probably would have ended up committing suicide by seventh grade. This was about a decade before all this anti bullying sentiment you see today and other children were not my only bullies. Anyhow, I never finished high school. I was never even IN a traditional high school. I got sick twice and had to take two years off and just focus on getting better. When I was better, my mother no longer and any interest in working with me. I'm working with a retired school teacher on my math and going to try and get a GED. Anyhow, my question, one of them anyway...is Can I get into vet school with a GED? I'm 29 now and probably won't be going to college until I'm 30. I know there's no age limit for college, but is is there one for veterinary school? I want to be a zoo or wildlife vet.
Non vet people seem to think that a vet technician and a vet assistant are the same thing and that you can somehow bypass college and go straight to veterinary school if you go to vet tech school. Can people who've gone to nursing school bypass college and be MD''s/DO's? I've always been told that I should forget about being a DVM and focus on being a veterinary technician instead. When I tell them I don't want to do that, I get asked what I have against veterinary technicians. People never want to consider I could be a DVM, even as young as third grade I was told to be a vet tech because vet school would be "too hard" for me. My mom even told me about four years ago that if it was even remotely possible for me to be a vet, I would have finished college a long time ago and be just finishing up vet school by then. My mom NEVER encouraged me to be a vet. I don't really have a preference for what school I go too. People who DO think I have some chance of being a vet tell me I should try Ohio State because that's what state I'm currently in. I know I would not stand a chance of being accepted to a place like Cornell or UC Davis.