I go to a very small liberal arts school (about 2,300 students...there are 20 bio majors in my graduating class) and those who aren't local will ask, "Oh, is [name of undergrad] known for their veterinary medicine program?" Or "Ohh, I didn't know [name of undergrad] had that!" um...no.
And of course there's always the- "Is that a 2 yr program?"
And- "You're going to be a vet?! That's so cool! I wanted to be a vet, but I could never put an animal to sleep."
And- "Oh that's so exciting! I'm so jealous you'll get to play with puppies and kittens all day!" Oh, is that what vets do all day? Thanks for the reality check.
And- "Vet school... I've heard that's harder to get into that med school and that it's tougher than med school. Why is that?" I know most people sincerely don't understand this, so I try to have patience without going into great detail or sounding pompous but it usually goes something like, "well, human doctors treat 1 species, and they typically specialize to treat 1 part/feature of human medicine. Vets are trained to treat 100's of species with varying anatomy, digestive systems, and physiology. They're family practitioners, surgeons, cardiologists, oncologists, dentists, optometrists, gynecologists/urologists, dermatologists, etc."
And- "My cat has this gaping laceration in its neck and I put Neosporin on it but before I took him to the vet I figured I'd ask your opinion first."; "I thought I'd give my cat some of my dog's leftover medication. Do you think this will work?"; "My dog has been is so much pain or throwing up, can I give her [over the counter human meds] and if so, what is the dosage?" My personal fav- owner calls me in panic "I'm at work and my daughter called me telling me Islet (golden ret) is throwing up and it looks like intestines! She's throwing up her intestines! Could you please calm my nerves and run over to check on her?! It would make me feel so much better."
Again, I don't even have my bachelors. I'm obviously not a vet yet but oh boy...