What college is best for pre-vet medicine?

[prevetmaj90]

Hey guys, I am a senior in high school and I have recently received most of my letters from the colleges I applied to. I plan on being a pre-vet major in college but I don't know what college is best for my major. The three schools I am between right now are Rutgers University, CUNY Hunter College, and Stony Brook University. I want to go to a college that offers internships and opportunities to actually work with animals which is why I'm leaning more towards Rutgers or Stony Brook. However, Hunter is a good school and the tuition is minimal but I don't know if it's good for pre-veterinary medicine since they don't really offer many internship opportunities. HELP?!?!

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[that redhead]

Hey guys, I am a senior in high school and I have recently received most of my letters from the colleges I applied to. I plan on being a pre-vet major in college but I don't know what college is best for my major. The three schools I am between right now are Rutgers University, CUNY Hunter College, and Stony Brook University. I want to go to a college that offers internships and opportunities to actually work with animals which is why I'm leaning more towards Rutgers or Stony Brook. However, Hunter is a good school and the tuition is minimal but I don't know if it's good for pre-veterinary medicine since they don't really offer many internship opportunities. HELP?!?!

The simple answer is: there is no one school best for being pre-vet. I would advise you to go to the least expensive of your options, do well in your coursework and seek out nearby veterinary experiences. Just because a school doesn't offer many internship opportunities does not mean that you can't find your own Connect with your professors and start networking with nearby veterinarians and you should have little problem finding great experiences in the field.

Edited to add: You don't have to be a pre-vet major to get into vet school either. As long as you take the appropriate pre-requisite courses, you'll be eligible.

 

[WhtsThFrequency]

Absolutely agreed. Go to whatever school provides the appropriate prereqs, do well in them, and get as much clinical experience as you can. You don't have to be a "pre-vet" major. I know people who were humanities majors but rocked all their hard science pre-reqs and had a ton of experience and got in first try.

Most internships and things like that are pursued outside of school anyways. Of course, some school-offered ones are helpful, but there are always ways around that. Considering the debt:salary ratio of veterinary medicine, I would absolutely pick the lowest tuition option. You'll be accumulating enough debt in vet school alone.