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Veterinary schools Anonymous
dear /an/
I recently discovered that I want to be a veterinarian. If I don't want to work my ass off to get into my country's only ridiculously elite veterinary school, I would be better off studying abroad. Does /an/ know of any good veterinary schools in Europe/USA that aren't incredibly difficult to get into?

Thanks
>> Anonymous
find a country that has legal beastiality, it's the only way you'll perfect your vetrinary bedside manner.
>> Anonymous
Go to africe you'll have a lot monkeys to experiment on.
>> Anonymous
They're all rediculously hard.
Try Ross University in St. Kitts in the carribean. It's a fairly good school with US accredation, but it's easy to get into. (You have to do your clinical year in the US though)
>> Anonymous
there are 25 certified vet schools in the us, if i'm not mistaken. none of them are easy to get into.


veterinary school is a ton of work to get into, a ton of work once you get in, and you have to do a ton of work after you graduate to continue to practice.
>> Anonymous
I work in a vet as a mere receptionist - the SHIT that I've witnessed the nurses and doctors go through with not the pets but their OWNERS -

(Please note this: The pets are mostly a joy to work with - the fucking OWNERS are the biggest problem of all.)

is horrible. The problem with vets is that they are all mostly independant places (meaning that they aren't normally large corporations) so that your hours will be all mixed up and uneven and shifts will usually be about 8-10-12 hours a day. (I'm not bs'ing you on this.)

If you want a vet job - start off as a secretary in one so that you can get your feet wet and see what it's like w/o actually having to go to school for it. Once you are able to handle the routine - as them if you're able to work as a nurse from time to time - they usually are willing to give you a change if you want it. Once you're in you can mention that you want to go to school and the other nurses will tell you where they went and you can choose to persue it or just hang tight where you are.

Good luck!
>> Anonymous
>>140384

I'm really sorry to break this off to OP, but veterinary science is a thankless SUBJECT, never mind a job as a vet. You will never see a field of study that is more ill-equipped for the job at hand.

I am guessing OP wants to be a vet for treating pets, mainly because that's what people believe a vet is, as opposed to say, sticking one's arm up a cow's vagoo to pull the dead calf out.
But this is what I can tell you about the established schools:

In about 80% of your degree, you will be required to learn about the animals that REALLY bring in the money - cattle, horses, sheep, farm fowl, et cetera. Dogs and cats will be smooshed in somewhere, cats less than dogs because you see, as a money-maker, cats are useless!

You can forget about exotic animals, birds and reptiles. They're the kind of stuff you have to learn as you go along: This is why there's so little progress in the field.

And seriously, farm animals are the only way a vet can actually make money, unless you like chasing after snooty, ignorant folk in Orange County who brings Precious in for her monthly toenail trim, because, you see, toenail trims bring in more money than the vaccines, and in reality, you don't even have to be a vet to trim toenails.

If you want to really help animals, OP, grit your teeth through something that works to bring in the dough, and then use said dough to operate a small no-kill shelter.
>> Anonymous
>>141023
you mean my dreams of opening a cat-only clinic in a big city is nothing but a dream D:
>> Anonymous
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This is a less romantic display of a vet's work.
Mooh
>> Anonymous
Virginia Tech has a pretty good vet college.

I'm not lying.