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Any veterinarians out there? Any advice you can give me? I recently just started back in school for the first time in 4 years. I'm planning on getting my bachelors in biology with a concentration in zoology.

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I'm a Vet Tech and i'd been contemplating on going back to school for that too! Looking forward to see if anyone on here has any insight of the subject.

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I'm a vet student! I think you're asking about what the best route to take to get into vet school?

Well what I did was start a BSc in Agriculture. I majored in animal science with a double minor in Mathematics and Genetics & Molecular Biology. In my first two years I completed all my prerequisite courses. In Canada you can apply to vet school in your second year if you'll complete all your prerequisites by April. I was accepted my first try which isn't too common.

You need very high marks for vet school. On a 4.3 scale my GPA was a 4.19- my lowest mark was an A-. Now you don't need that mark necessarily. I know people that got in with averages of 75%. But that's the cut off more most schools- you get have marks below 70% and to be competitive you should have at least 75%. You also must take a full course load (generally 5 courses per term). The school needs to see that you can handle undergrad well because vet school is hard- I cannot describe how hard it is because until you live through it you won't get it.

School isn't the only thing you need to worry about though. You'll need animal experience. I suggest getting varied experience- I worked with wildlife, farm animals, mink and volunteered at a small animal hospital. The more experience you have the better.

Your degree sounds like a good choice to me. I know a number of people in my class that did that. What I would recommend is making sure you take classes in physiology and anatomy because those two classes are hell on earth in your first year. Getting in is really hard- competition is very high and I know a number of very smart people that never made it in. But contrary to the common perception- getting in is no where near as hard as vet school itself.

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I'm an animal behavior major and I work at a wildlife rehabilitation center. Not a vet but I do some work on wild animals

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