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Hello all,
As my first post, I wanted to ask for the advice of my peers on a decision I am trying to make.
To sum things up: I have been accepted into a spot to go on a veterinary "mission" to an exotic animal sanctuary, where dental work will be performed on several captives and a couple of servals. I was originally quoted a tuition cost of $350 for the mission, and was prepared to make cuts to my budget/future spending to be able to cover it. I just found out that the tuition for the 2-day trip will actually be $750. Yikes :/ In short, I have no idea if this opportunity will be worth it. The opportunity is through the Peter Emily International Veterinary Dental Foundation (PEIVDF).
I basically worry day and night about the strength of my vet school application (I will be applying this coming cycle), and thought that this would be an extremely valuable asset to add to my list of experiences. I have an internship this coming summer at an exotic animal sanctuary, but won't actually be working in a clinical veterinary setting day-to-day. I do have prior vet experience in a small animal practice and have a few other things as well, and I really wanted to explore this avenue, but I do not think that I am able to justify spending $750 on a 2-day long experience. I have no idea where any other pre-vet students are getting this kind of money to drop on things like this, and it's honestly just more and more discouraging every day. I am digging myself into a pretty huge financial hole, and it seems like I'll never even be able to measure up to my competition.
I am wondering if anybody has had any experience with this kind of thing, and if it would be worth the huge expenditure for me. I simply have no way of knowing if this would be worth it, and cannot find any information elsewhere online. If it would be, I would do everything I could to be able to get the money together. I am desperate for advice here.
As my first post, I wanted to ask for the advice of my peers on a decision I am trying to make.
To sum things up: I have been accepted into a spot to go on a veterinary "mission" to an exotic animal sanctuary, where dental work will be performed on several captives and a couple of servals. I was originally quoted a tuition cost of $350 for the mission, and was prepared to make cuts to my budget/future spending to be able to cover it. I just found out that the tuition for the 2-day trip will actually be $750. Yikes :/ In short, I have no idea if this opportunity will be worth it. The opportunity is through the Peter Emily International Veterinary Dental Foundation (PEIVDF).
I basically worry day and night about the strength of my vet school application (I will be applying this coming cycle), and thought that this would be an extremely valuable asset to add to my list of experiences. I have an internship this coming summer at an exotic animal sanctuary, but won't actually be working in a clinical veterinary setting day-to-day. I do have prior vet experience in a small animal practice and have a few other things as well, and I really wanted to explore this avenue, but I do not think that I am able to justify spending $750 on a 2-day long experience. I have no idea where any other pre-vet students are getting this kind of money to drop on things like this, and it's honestly just more and more discouraging every day. I am digging myself into a pretty huge financial hole, and it seems like I'll never even be able to measure up to my competition.
I am wondering if anybody has had any experience with this kind of thing, and if it would be worth the huge expenditure for me. I simply have no way of knowing if this would be worth it, and cannot find any information elsewhere online. If it would be, I would do everything I could to be able to get the money together. I am desperate for advice here.