Helpful Non-Prerequisites

[PigsRock]

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Hey everyone!

As a distraction from studying, I am thinking about what classes to take next semester. I need to take the rest of OChem and a baby Biochem class, so I think two other sciencey classes would be manageable with some fluff mixed in. So, what classes do YOU think would be the most helpful if I am hopefully going to vet school next year?

Possibilities:
Physiology of Reproduction, Animal Nutrition and Feeding, Animal Breeding and Genetics, Social Behavior of Birds and Mammals, assorted biology classes (zoology, ecology, evolutionary biology, cell and molecular biology,etc.)

Thanks!

 

[Ben and Me]

Histology
Developmental Biology/Embryology

Penn lets you get credit for both of these classes if you took them in undergrad.

Nutrition is also helpful as well, and is a pre-req for some vet schools, so if something happened this application cycle, you'd be eligible for more schools next cycle.

Latin (or Medical Terminology) -- would help a lot with anatomy!
Anatomy

Cell Biology would be helpful for biochemistry.

 

[cowgirla]

A lot of schools require Animal nutrition, so that's one I'd definitely take. I took nutritional biochemisty, which I thought was really interested, and involved research topics I actually wanted to learn about.

Phys. of Reproduction was one of the hardest classes I've ever taken, but I loved every minute of it. Reproductive Managment was good too--we basically learned and practiced how to AI various species.

Also, public speaking, if you haven't taken that already.

 

[rugbychick16]

Physiology of Reproduction was defintely the most helpful class I took in undergrad. More helpful than most pre-reqs come to think of it..

I second an anatomy class as well. There would probably be one as a zoology class

 

[Angelo84]

For most helpful I would say an anatomy/physio class, nutrition, or repro phys.

 

[rileyroo]

i would love to take a phys. of repro course but it's not offered at any of the schools anywhere close to me. 🙁 that sounds like such a good class.

 

[rileyroo]

*posted twice

 

[HopefulAg]

I think it's Missouri that has a bunch of those listed as 'electives' that are 'arguably beneficial' (since their staff can't agree what to do with them and which to count) on their supplemental application.

I've taken both an anatomy and physiology class and I think those will help out a lot. Also a lot of the vet students here that didn't take anatomy as an undergrad get a bit overwhelmed with the amount of material where as those that have taken one have a much easier time of it. So much so that they started offering a summer anatomy crash course type thing for vet students that haven't taken an undergrad anatomy class.

Also I've done animal reproduction and thought that was useful too and that it'll prove useful in the future as well. I did take animal nutrition as well but not sure how that'll help in vet school.

Have done a parasitology class and immunology class as well and feel those will help out as well.


Other than that, I can't really think of anything else that might help out in vet school. Maybe a veterinary entomology class? I wish I could tell you from a vet student stand point 😀

 

[ORvetgirl]

I'm in the middle of my second week of vet school, and I would say anatomy or physiology. I know that having taken an anatomy course recently before starting vet school has given me a slight advantage in our gross anatomy course. Though I've had an animal physiology course before, I wish I had taken it more recently. I feel like that is definitely going to be my hardest course this term.

 

[eventualeventer]

Anyone else read the title as "non-helpful prerequisites"? I came rushing in here to complain about ochem mechanisms.

As a non-vet-student bio geek, I say, take evolutionary biology if it's a good professor. Biology and animal behavior are so much more profound and fascinating if you can think about sexual selection, genomic conflict, etc. JMHO. I'm a geek and can talk about those subjects for hours with other geek friends. Maybe it will help me keep my sanity when I've had too much of anatomy. 😀

 

[PigsRock]

Thanks everybody! It's especially great to hear what actual vet students think...

I'm in an animal anatomy and physiology class now (basically the lab is anatomy and the lecture is physiology) which is a pre-req for most of the classes I listed.

I think I'll try to take nutrition and repro, although that will make for a tough schedule. I keep going back and forth because if I get into vet school this cycle, it doesn't really matter what my spring grades look like and it's okay to take a bunch of tough but helpful classes. If I don't get in then my grades certainly do matter so I might want to take easier classes. Hmm... decisions, decisions...

 

[DVMDream]

Thanks everybody! It's especially great to hear what actual vet students think...

I'm in an animal anatomy and physiology class now (basically the lab is anatomy and the lecture is physiology) which is a pre-req for most of the classes I listed.

I think I'll try to take nutrition and repro, although that will make for a tough schedule. I keep going back and forth because if I get into vet school this cycle, it doesn't really matter what my spring grades look like and it's okay to take a bunch of tough but helpful classes. If I don't get in then my grades certainly do matter so I might want to take easier classes. Hmm... decisions, decisions...

I took animal anatomy and physiology last semester. Bascially all of it was physiology including the lab...but it was really interesting. I am taking human anatomy and physiology this semester (just needed another Bio class for my major and I am running out of options) and the lab this time is anatomy and the class is physiology. I wish we had animal nutrition and repro here that would be really interesting. They have cut back on a lot of the good classes 😡. I think I am going to take an infectious disease class next semester but I only need 9 more credits to graduate and there aren't too many more classes that I could take, most of them are human related. Good Luck to you!! I say take interesting and difficult classes no matter what and try your best to do well in them. It will help you out in the long run.