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Hello! Thanks for reading my thread. I was wondering which route I should take that would give me the highest chance of getting into vet school. I have 3 semesters left after this one (depending on what I do) and I'm starting to stress.
I'm in my fifth year at UT, although I technically took a semester off since I only did one class. I have a double major in Psychology and Evolution / Ecology Biology while taking the pre vet courses. My current GPA is a 3.12 and my current science GPA is a 2.5 (awful I know ) I've worked 40+ hours a week in school until just recently and made Cs in most of my chemistry classes.
I'm in a better situation now and can focus much of my time on school. I'm confident that I can raise my overall GPA to at least a 3.4 and my science to at least a 3.0 (everything here on out is pretty much math and science). I've worked with two professors on undergraduate research and volunteer at the zoo with exotic / farm animals. I'm meeting with a vet this week to start working in her clinic.
Either way I want to take a year off so I can apply with 1500+ hours of vet experience/ and large/small/exotic animal experience. I would also like to do more undergrad research and try to do exceptionally on the GRE. I would actually like to go to an international school but would go to pretty much any vet school that would take me and that's credited.
So should I graduate with my 2 degrees, do that for a year, and then apply? I started a neuroscience major, should I add another semester or 2 and use it to finish my neuroscience major so I can raise my GPA (3 bachelors degrees, rather pointless I feel like). Should I apply after the year of working and then just go get my masters if I don't get in and try later? I'm just so worried about not getting in and wasting a bunch of time but I also want to be realistic.
Thank you so much for the input.
I'm in my fifth year at UT, although I technically took a semester off since I only did one class. I have a double major in Psychology and Evolution / Ecology Biology while taking the pre vet courses. My current GPA is a 3.12 and my current science GPA is a 2.5 (awful I know ) I've worked 40+ hours a week in school until just recently and made Cs in most of my chemistry classes.
I'm in a better situation now and can focus much of my time on school. I'm confident that I can raise my overall GPA to at least a 3.4 and my science to at least a 3.0 (everything here on out is pretty much math and science). I've worked with two professors on undergraduate research and volunteer at the zoo with exotic / farm animals. I'm meeting with a vet this week to start working in her clinic.
Either way I want to take a year off so I can apply with 1500+ hours of vet experience/ and large/small/exotic animal experience. I would also like to do more undergrad research and try to do exceptionally on the GRE. I would actually like to go to an international school but would go to pretty much any vet school that would take me and that's credited.
So should I graduate with my 2 degrees, do that for a year, and then apply? I started a neuroscience major, should I add another semester or 2 and use it to finish my neuroscience major so I can raise my GPA (3 bachelors degrees, rather pointless I feel like). Should I apply after the year of working and then just go get my masters if I don't get in and try later? I'm just so worried about not getting in and wasting a bunch of time but I also want to be realistic.
Thank you so much for the input.