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I've read a lot of forums about the opinions on becoming a vet tech before vet school and I've gotten mixed signals. My situation is a little different then most people just because I'm still early in my schooling where I can switch up my path and not feel as if I'm wasting my time. Here's a little background insight about me: I will become sophomore at a Community College this upcoming fall. My grades are good and my GPA is at a 3.6 (which will go up). I'm working as a kennel attendant at a boarding facility (mostly dogs, few cats here and there) and did a independent study on our local painted turtles in my area with my bio teacher, so experience wise I feel I'm getting somewhere (Obviously down the road ill need more tedious experience.)
However my dilemma is I don't know what to major in. I want to be able to have a bachelors degree in which I can fall back on if all goes wrong and I don't get accepted my first round of vet applications or if something comes up and I have to take a year off. My school offers GAP ( guaranteed admissions program) with UCONN and I would be able to get my bachelors degree in either Animal Science or Biology. However after talking to my Bio teacher I realized that the ANSM program is more on the agricultural aspect of the animal "industry", aside from that I can't see myself getting a job with that major in the vet field and he kinda told me that if I majored in Biology I wouldn't even be able to get an entry level job without furthering my school for it. My next option is Mercy College and their "Veterinary technology with specialization in Pre-Vet" major basically I'd be getting a degree as a vet tech and knocking out my pre-reqs for vet school all in four years. The upside of this is that I can probably find a job as a vet tech easily if all went wrong, however I've read so much on how much vet tech applicants are frowned upon. Im considering Mercy's program but I'm open to feedback on what anyone thinks is my best option.
However my dilemma is I don't know what to major in. I want to be able to have a bachelors degree in which I can fall back on if all goes wrong and I don't get accepted my first round of vet applications or if something comes up and I have to take a year off. My school offers GAP ( guaranteed admissions program) with UCONN and I would be able to get my bachelors degree in either Animal Science or Biology. However after talking to my Bio teacher I realized that the ANSM program is more on the agricultural aspect of the animal "industry", aside from that I can't see myself getting a job with that major in the vet field and he kinda told me that if I majored in Biology I wouldn't even be able to get an entry level job without furthering my school for it. My next option is Mercy College and their "Veterinary technology with specialization in Pre-Vet" major basically I'd be getting a degree as a vet tech and knocking out my pre-reqs for vet school all in four years. The upside of this is that I can probably find a job as a vet tech easily if all went wrong, however I've read so much on how much vet tech applicants are frowned upon. Im considering Mercy's program but I'm open to feedback on what anyone thinks is my best option.