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Hello everyone!
I have been lurking in the forums for a long time now. I am a pre-nursing major (was just about enter clinicals) but I honestly have always, always, always wanted to be a vet. I always put it off because well, let's be honest here, it's very difficult. I work with animals as my daily job at a boarding/day-care facility and after getting my CNA and doing countless "pre-nursing" things to get into nursing school I have come to the conclusion that humans just aren't really my thing. It's not the medicine aspect I don't like (honestly medicine always appealed to me more than nursing but again, I didn't want to put into the work for med school but here I am thinking about going into vet school...go figure...but it just feels so different) it's just the fact that I'd rather be working with animals. Okay, enough rambling.
I have since decided to go the vet route. I've probably researched every last thing I could and have stalked these forums for a long time. But I still have many questions. If anyone could answer just one of them, I would be eternally grateful.
1) I reached out to NC State (my in-state school and my #1 choice for vet school) and they said that taking pre-reqs at a community college as well as online classes will not lower my chances of admission but I was wondering your opinion on this.
2) The university I plan on transferring to has a horrible reputation for its chemistry department. It's a large state school but I have heard from multiple people that the department is on probation for its high failure rate. Everyone I know that attends the school has failed chemistry (not even just organic) at least once. Should I accept the challenge or protect my GPA and take these classes somewhere else? Would it look horrible?
3) How in the world do I get research experience? Do universities offer it?
4) When trying to shadow a vet, would it be inappropriate to e-mail or should I approach in person? Is it generally difficult to shadow somebody?
5) Why do you want to be a vet? I swear if I had a $1 for every time someone told me I should just be a human doctor instead I would enough $ for vet school. But, it's also just a little disheartening to see actual vets regret getting into the profession themselves. So, what keeps you going?
Thank you so much everyone!
I have been lurking in the forums for a long time now. I am a pre-nursing major (was just about enter clinicals) but I honestly have always, always, always wanted to be a vet. I always put it off because well, let's be honest here, it's very difficult. I work with animals as my daily job at a boarding/day-care facility and after getting my CNA and doing countless "pre-nursing" things to get into nursing school I have come to the conclusion that humans just aren't really my thing. It's not the medicine aspect I don't like (honestly medicine always appealed to me more than nursing but again, I didn't want to put into the work for med school but here I am thinking about going into vet school...go figure...but it just feels so different) it's just the fact that I'd rather be working with animals. Okay, enough rambling.
I have since decided to go the vet route. I've probably researched every last thing I could and have stalked these forums for a long time. But I still have many questions. If anyone could answer just one of them, I would be eternally grateful.
1) I reached out to NC State (my in-state school and my #1 choice for vet school) and they said that taking pre-reqs at a community college as well as online classes will not lower my chances of admission but I was wondering your opinion on this.
2) The university I plan on transferring to has a horrible reputation for its chemistry department. It's a large state school but I have heard from multiple people that the department is on probation for its high failure rate. Everyone I know that attends the school has failed chemistry (not even just organic) at least once. Should I accept the challenge or protect my GPA and take these classes somewhere else? Would it look horrible?
3) How in the world do I get research experience? Do universities offer it?
4) When trying to shadow a vet, would it be inappropriate to e-mail or should I approach in person? Is it generally difficult to shadow somebody?
5) Why do you want to be a vet? I swear if I had a $1 for every time someone told me I should just be a human doctor instead I would enough $ for vet school. But, it's also just a little disheartening to see actual vets regret getting into the profession themselves. So, what keeps you going?
Thank you so much everyone!