Vet School Programs

[Dania2016]

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Hi everyone! I've been lurking around and this forum has been so helpful but I haven't found the answer to a particular question so here I am! 🙂

I know there are few vet schools in the U.S and all of them have excellent veterinary programs but I was wondering if there are any that provide more opportunities and experience in specific concentrations. I was looking to become a vet that focuses on oncology, research or ER. Are there any particular vet school programs that excel in this area?

 

[Ashgirl]

Vet school, in my experience, is entirely how you make it. Every school has every opportunity you would want, you just have to look for it. There's excellent clubs, externships, networking opportunities, and research ready to discover at any school.

For example, at my school, it is well known that we have zero exotic experience during core rotations/classes. However, I have several classmates who are interested in exotics and are doing just fine because they were active in ZEW club, spent summers at zoos or in our South Africa program, and have all of their electives/off-time doing exotic stuff.

Go to a cheap school, and whatever interest you have can be sought out along the way 🙂.

 

[MDB74]

Go to the cheapest school. All schools have will offer you about the same oncology and ER opportunities. There may be some differences between school when it comes to research tho.

 

[WhtsThFrequency]

Hi everyone! I've been lurking around and this forum has been so helpful but I haven't found the answer to a particular question so here I am! 🙂

I know there are few vet schools in the U.S and all of them have excellent veterinary programs but I was wondering if there are any that provide more opportunities and experience in specific concentrations. I was looking to become a vet that focuses on oncology, research or ER. Are there any particular vet school programs that excel in this area?

Are you looking for formally specialize in these areas? Some of them, such as ER, don't necessarily require formal residency training to "specialize" in, but others such as oncology do. If you are thinking about pursuing a residency, going to a school with a strong program in your chosen area can be helpful as a means to gain experience. However it is certainly by no means required, and not worth the extra out of state tuition in most cases.

Same with research - some programs offer DVM/PhD programs and others do not; some have strong research programs for their dual degree students, others dump them off into clinical research with lower impact publication opportunities.