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All my life I've wanted to be a vet. I've loved caring for and helping animals since I was old enough to do it... I recently realized that I hate my job (insurance, ugh) and that I'm actually quite upset with myself for not pursuing a DVM carrier as I had always planned....
I'm 23, married and living in the Milwaukee area... The nearest veterinary college is in Madison, which is closer to home for me than a lot of schools I know some of you are attending but it's still far enough away that it would cause a problem. I could attend UW-Milwaukee for the pre-vet program, but I would still need to attend Madison to finish up. For various reasons, moving isn't an option and commuting the 75 miles (one way) each day wouldn't be fun to do every day for four years!
I'm DESPERATE to get away from my current job and if I'm going to be switching careers (if what you can call what I currently do a "career") I'm going to go into something I KNOW I want to do.... Becoming a DVM is such a long and expensive process and hubby and I really aren't in a position that I can just quit my job and enroll in school full time for the next 6+ years... So now I'm leaning towards doing the whole CVT thing (two year thing, it would still be in Madison, but I can deal with the commute for two years. Two years isn't all THAT long) and then once I've achieved that, attend school part time and go for the DVM.
I'm totally kicking myself for not doing this straight out of high school. Now I'm married, so I can't think of only myself, and have too many other obligations to just up and do this!
I guess I'm just looking for some input... Has anybody else here gone from CVT to DVM? Forgive me if I'm being really naive, but does anybody know if I'd even be allowed into the DVM program on a part time basis??
Also, anybody have any idea what the average salary is for a CVT in the Midwest? $25k? $30k?
TIA!
I'm 23, married and living in the Milwaukee area... The nearest veterinary college is in Madison, which is closer to home for me than a lot of schools I know some of you are attending but it's still far enough away that it would cause a problem. I could attend UW-Milwaukee for the pre-vet program, but I would still need to attend Madison to finish up. For various reasons, moving isn't an option and commuting the 75 miles (one way) each day wouldn't be fun to do every day for four years!
I'm DESPERATE to get away from my current job and if I'm going to be switching careers (if what you can call what I currently do a "career") I'm going to go into something I KNOW I want to do.... Becoming a DVM is such a long and expensive process and hubby and I really aren't in a position that I can just quit my job and enroll in school full time for the next 6+ years... So now I'm leaning towards doing the whole CVT thing (two year thing, it would still be in Madison, but I can deal with the commute for two years. Two years isn't all THAT long) and then once I've achieved that, attend school part time and go for the DVM.
I'm totally kicking myself for not doing this straight out of high school. Now I'm married, so I can't think of only myself, and have too many other obligations to just up and do this!
I guess I'm just looking for some input... Has anybody else here gone from CVT to DVM? Forgive me if I'm being really naive, but does anybody know if I'd even be allowed into the DVM program on a part time basis??
Also, anybody have any idea what the average salary is for a CVT in the Midwest? $25k? $30k?
TIA!