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Hi all, I am looking for some advice! Basically here is my story:
I just graduated from undergraduate in 2015 with a Classics major. I didn't really know what I wanted to so I decided to go to law school, got in to a pretty good one, and I'm about to finish my first year. However, I am not really happy and I don't think I'm going to be a happy as a lawyer if/when I become one. The thought of just "living for the weekends" when I get to do any real passion is kind of a depressing one, to be honest.
When I was in undergrad, I really wanted to go to vet school for my first two years. I shadowed with a vet between my freshman and sophomore years and really loved it. He specialized in small animal orthopedic surgery and some of the surgeries I got to see I can still remember as being the coolest things ever. I probably have ~200 hours of vet experience from that. My sophomore year, I kind of overloaded myself with pre-reqs and elective courses and my grades suffered and I decided I did not want to go to vet school. Now I'm looking back and regretting my choice. I'm thinking of taking the next two-ish years to work on my pre-reqs and apply. My IS is Auburn, so that's where I am looking to go. The pre-reqs I completed in undergrad are the following:
General Chemistry I
Organic Chemistry I (my school had a weird Chemistry rotation)
Physics I
Biology I & II
Genetics
Comparative Animal Morphology
GPA: 3.3 with an upward trend
Science GPA: haven't calculated but probably quite a bit lower
~200 hours of vet experience (know I need to get more)
haven't calculated animal experience but I've had dogs my whole life plus been around horses pretty constantly for 13 years
I would take the rest of my pre-reqs probably at the local community college plus Animal Nutrition and Biochem online.
Honestly, I don't want to look back 10, 20 years from now and regret that I went to law school (since I am already starting to feel that way), and I just wanted to get some advice if I should do this? What are everyone else's thoughts? Anyone else have this experience?
I just graduated from undergraduate in 2015 with a Classics major. I didn't really know what I wanted to so I decided to go to law school, got in to a pretty good one, and I'm about to finish my first year. However, I am not really happy and I don't think I'm going to be a happy as a lawyer if/when I become one. The thought of just "living for the weekends" when I get to do any real passion is kind of a depressing one, to be honest.
When I was in undergrad, I really wanted to go to vet school for my first two years. I shadowed with a vet between my freshman and sophomore years and really loved it. He specialized in small animal orthopedic surgery and some of the surgeries I got to see I can still remember as being the coolest things ever. I probably have ~200 hours of vet experience from that. My sophomore year, I kind of overloaded myself with pre-reqs and elective courses and my grades suffered and I decided I did not want to go to vet school. Now I'm looking back and regretting my choice. I'm thinking of taking the next two-ish years to work on my pre-reqs and apply. My IS is Auburn, so that's where I am looking to go. The pre-reqs I completed in undergrad are the following:
General Chemistry I
Organic Chemistry I (my school had a weird Chemistry rotation)
Physics I
Biology I & II
Genetics
Comparative Animal Morphology
GPA: 3.3 with an upward trend
Science GPA: haven't calculated but probably quite a bit lower
~200 hours of vet experience (know I need to get more)
haven't calculated animal experience but I've had dogs my whole life plus been around horses pretty constantly for 13 years
I would take the rest of my pre-reqs probably at the local community college plus Animal Nutrition and Biochem online.
Honestly, I don't want to look back 10, 20 years from now and regret that I went to law school (since I am already starting to feel that way), and I just wanted to get some advice if I should do this? What are everyone else's thoughts? Anyone else have this experience?