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I'm currently a 2nd year microbiology major and have no animal experience so far aside from having pets, but I'm still interested in pursuing vet school. The problem is that I don't have a car, which severely limits me as my school is almost surrounded by freeway, and it is hard to get off campus. The bus system is also very slow. That said, I'm also involved in a music club, which is another passion of mine, and that's 10 hours a week, which severely limits my ability to take on more volunteer hours since I'm a full time student. Is it too late to get experience? Seeing as how so many applicants have at least 1000 hours of animal related experience, I will probably take a gap year or two to gain experience. Is this a good idea? Any thoughts are appreciated.
Honestly, I'm not a big fan of taking off time... if you take off time I think people should at least be going to school part time or something so in that time you "have to rememeber everything"
I'm currently a 2nd year microbiology major and have no animal experience so far aside from having pets, but I'm still interested in pursuing vet school. The problem is that I don't have a car, which severely limits me as my school is almost surrounded by freeway, and it is hard to get off campus. The bus system is also very slow. That said, I'm also involved in a music club, which is another passion of mine, and that's 10 hours a week, which severely limits my ability to take on more volunteer hours since I'm a full time student. Is it too late to get experience? Seeing as how so many applicants have at least 1000 hours of animal related experience, I will probably take a gap year or two to gain experience. Is this a good idea? Any thoughts are appreciated.
"Taking off time" doesn't mean you aren't doing anything. One would likely be working, and if the idea was to gain experience, one would likely be working in a very related area. You can learn as much out in the "real world" as you can in school, if you want to.