A few days ago
Anonymous

What else do I need to do in order to become a vet?

I already have Bachelors degrees in Wildlife and Biology. Obviously I would need to go to vet school, but I’m not sure how to go about it. Do I need to take the GRE? Is there some other test(s) that I would need to take? How long is vet school? Any recommendations for a good one? Thanks for any help.

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A few days ago
alynnemgb

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Becoming a Vet takes a lot of hard work and is not easy. To become a Vet you first need to finish an undergraduate degree, then apply to Vet school. There isn’t a specific undergraduate degree you need, but many vet students have bachelor’s degrees in biology or one of it’s subfields. Your degrees will be just fine. Just make sure you have taken all of the required courses to get into Vet school.

Once you finish your undergraduate, you apply to get into vet school. Admission to Vet school is extremely competitive. There are only 28 Vet schools in the U.S. and each school only takes a set amount of students. And yes, it is actually easier to get into Med school than Vet school. The joke around Vet schools is “What do you call someone who can’t get into/flunked out of Vet School? An M.D.” To get into Vet school, you need a high GPA (as close to a 4.0 as possible), you will need to take a standardized test called the GRE and score well on that, and you will usually have to write an essay.

Once you get in, Vet school takes 4 years. Three years of classes and one year on clinical rotations/externships. Once you graduate, you will need to take national and state boards before you are licensed to practice.

Since there are only 28 vet schools in th U.S., any one that you get into would be a good one. Otherwise, Cornell consistently ranks as one of the top vet schools.

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5 years ago
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It’s without doubt a extra problematic profession to get into versus fitting a Doctor, and it is difficult to wreck into the area as there are a confined quantity of locations at tuition. If you truthfully consider you desire to be a Vet, then I could say a prime motiviation force and a ardour for animals is what you wish to have, on most sensible of the hours a week of finding out and staying on the most sensible of your categories. A household pal of mine is taking Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Biology A-Levels, however I consider that she could do larger doing five A-Levels having said that! Chemistry is primary at A-Level adopted by means of Biology, however do not force your self loopy with the themes, I’d ensure that you simply revel in them seeing that they are lovely excessive and you can be doing them for decades. If you efficaciously get a situation at a University, then be ready for a four 12 months measure adopted by means of three/four extra years of research. Also – ensure you input your self for volunteer paintings! As a lot enjoy that you’ll be able to get. In the tip despite the fact that, after the years of finding out I’m definite that it could be an overly beneficial profession, as soon as you will have completed you are simply going to appear again and shrug it off, seeing that you are going to have far more years of serving to animals forward of you and that are meant to be what you are watching ahead to – in the event you truthfully are ready to move via all of it. If you’re then I recognize your choice!
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A few days ago
Smurfette
Auburn is good…But there are plenty more good vet schools. Figure about a 7year span if starting from the beginning but probably less for you. Good Luck
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