When I first applied, I didn't read it correctly and thought it said 5000 words, not characters. Imagine my shock when my advisor looked over my PS and said it was too long. 😱 I'm just glad she corrected it before I submitted it...that was a lot of correcting and cutting out...
It's very normal and only gets worse once you're accepted. Figure out where the nerves and hesitance are really coming from. It doesn't mean you don't want it, it means you're being realistic. Don't let the fact that you're worried about it, make you think it's not for you. You would be naive not to worry. It's a huge decision and it's good you aren't walking into it blindly. The debt? Huge scary!! The lifestyle...depends who you are. I am absolutely terrified of the debt, but I personally know that no other career could make me as happy so it's worth it to me. But it's not for everyone. Try to figure out if it's just nerves or a deeper rooted issue. Unfortunately, it's a personal decision so I'm not sure how else to help you.
It helps a lot just to know I'm not alone. Thank you. 🙂 My hesitation is very much rooted in the financial aspects of it all. I'm terrified of debt and the lifestyle it causes. It doesn't help that I want to be an equine vet, because I know they start the lowest out of school (general average I've gathered, but please correct me if I'm wrong).
Guess I need to just take a step back and breathe. Filling out the application doesn't commit me to anything...it just gives me plently of extra months to stress about it, right?
So I sound rather dumb to myself sometimes when I think about what I'm doing. I'm the person that's a mess inside because my CC balance isn't zero every month, I HATE spending money. My BF teases that I'll make the perfect wife because I'll never spend money on anything. 
When he wants to buy a pair of jeans for $45 I feel like its the end of the world lol. I absolutely DESPISE spending money and I know I get it from growing up the way I did. But there are ways to be responsible with debt. And this may be a cop out but I'm starting to feel like debt in this economy is starting to be the norm (if it wasn't already before) and maybe that will help you feel less alone too! 😀
I completely understand. And I'm leaving a job where I get paid above most starting salaries for veterinarians with a very small UG debt.
But seriously, it is great that you are worried about it. It means you are responsible with your finances, and will probably end up better off than the people completely blind sided by it when they graduate. You can do this Phil's Lab! We all have faith in you! 👍
Wow! I'm exactly like that! If I have any balance on my credit card, I fret over it until it's paid and hate spending money for non-essentials. I'm honestly not sure I would be brave enough to do what you're doing. I've seen the ugly side of debt through an unfortunately personal situation, and I know how hard it is to dig yourself back out. Guess that has made me hypersensitive to it all, but I'm not complaining because it was an excellent (if painful) life lesson.
But thank you for the positive vibes. I'm going to talk to my horses' "personal" vet and see if I can do some shadowing with him soon. I love his style and think that will make me realize why I'm doing this. SDNers are so awesome! 😍
Feckin blows! But I try not to go through life ONLY worried about money, because it's silly in the long run. I think the BF has helped me out with this too. He is very responsible with his money, but he still spends it when he wants to (and is able to), so he has helped me loosen up a little bit. He says "you make money to spend money" Unfortunately paying loans back isn't what I had in mind for "spending money". I still wear the same t-shirts since highschool... I refuse to shop 😳. And when I do, I go to like Plato's Closet or something.
It also caused a year of hell on my transcripts that worried me sick when it came to my application. CAN'T HOLD ME DOWN MOTHER FECKER! 
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You will soon.... 👍
Get to gettin on that application!!! You can do this! You have worked really hard for it, no reason to stop now!
Someone last year started balling because they couldn't find a stapler! 🙄
It's "bawling." Unless....
Philliab: If it helps some, I know how you feel. I had to fill out two applications, one for VMCAS and one for TAMU. I started the TAMU one really early and when I got done with like 4 or 5 sections in one day I felt like I was on top of the world. Then I went home and started shadowing/working . I still worked on one app, but halfway thru the summer, I got cold feet and literally got sick to my stomach whenever I would look at those apps. I started thinking about the debt that I would be getting on top of my undergrad debt and how my family is still struggling financially and how much stress this would put on me and them. I also started thinking that I didn't stand a chance with other applicants, especially the ones from my undergrad who were applying with me. I guess my mom had to give me a pep talk about how she believed in my and that she knew I could do it. I think it took me til August to finally screw up the courage to finish those apps.
Moral of the story? You can do this! 😀 The fact that this happened to you shows you understand the serious sides of being a vet and that you are more than qualified to be one. Good luck this cycle!
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Go look at the rant thread, or the class of 2016 thread from just the past few days. I was a bubbling idiot this past week . The stress of this process is pretty crazy, but this forum is the perfect place to let it out because we ALLLL understand (well then you have the cool, calm, collecteds like nyanko)🙄
And that's a great point about the length of time it takes to work your way up. I'm almost to the ceiling in my current career (accounting blah!) without another degree, and there is nothing that looks more boring to me than MBA. (Sorry for anyone who has one, but those classes look awful!) So in reality I'd have to go back to school for something to make more money...and it might as well be for something I'll enjoy! Thanks for the different POV! When put that way, why wouldn't I go for it?! 👍
Have you not seen the breakdowns I have?
Bring on the panic attacks... we got this! 😀
And the point is that you kicked their ass! So you were back to calm and confident in like 2.5 seconds.🙂 Congrats by the way!
And this is how awkward you'll feel when other people get accepted and you try to congratulate them while waiting for *your*email
OK maybe you did have a bit of a panic attack over your classes, but that was very warranted.
Thank you! I still have 2 exams on Thursday which are the ones I'm worried about, but I think I can kick their butts too 👍😀
I don't really have a choice
Yup. But in your head you're like:
But I am doing this on blind faith that my high GPA and experience will carry me through, and in the meantime, people live without full night's sleep for 10 months, right?😴
And you really just want to do this
but you have to do this....
and they do this....
and you want to do this...
... get goin! 
