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I have an interview looming for a place to study veterinary medicine at University in the U.K.. Veterinary/ medicine courses are organised differently in the U.K. and Ireland and becauyse of the situation I'm in I thought it would be benificial to get feedback from an American prospective. Here you gain attmitance to study veterinary straight from secondary school (highschool), at the age of seventeen/eighteen and the course last five or six years depending on the University. I have taken another root, I've already completed an honours degree and am studying for a research masters/Ph.D in mammal ecology. Because of the free fees available to me and the funding I've secured for postgraduate studies I have no debts to date. If I do get accepted I will have to pay fees for the duration of the course (5-6 years) and take out loans for accomadation and living expenses. It would mean I wouldn't be qualified til i'm thirty! What age are average veterinary graduates in the U.S. and Canada? What is the average debt on completion of Veterinary medicine in U.S.. My worries are that I'm too old to be changing direction and that I won't be able to afford the loan I'd need to complete the studies ($100,000). Any comments or suggestions are graetly appreciated.
