I would like to become a veterinarian taking care of the larger and smaller animals and with that said I have these questions:
1.When you become a veterinarian do you learn how to take care of all animals?If you do not learn how to take care of all types of animals(large and small) what should you do to learn how(ex:large animals first then go back and do the smaller animals)???
2.What is the best college or university in Texas to obtain a DVM?
3.What classes do you need to take to become a veterinarian?
4.What classes do you need to take in order to get into veterinary school?
5.What do you have to have to get into a veterinary school(ex:classes, experience...etc.)?
6.How long does it take to become a veterinarian?
7.What is a Pre-Veterinary Track?
8.Is it needed to get into a veterinary school?
9.I am 16 years old and I am a junior in high school. What classes should I take now that will help me obtain a DVM or get into a veterinary school,college, or university?
10.Is TSU, HCC, or any other college a good school to take classes right now(as a junior in high school) to become a Veterinarian?
If there is any other information you could give me please do I would greatly appreciate it :)
Thank you for answering my questions.
Don't worry about the specific details of vet school until you have spent some time in college science courses. Good luck.
2. Texas A&M is the only school in texas that has a vet school
3. Pre-vet courses vary by individual school. I've included a link to a website that lists all 28 US vet schools and their requirements. But to give you a general idea it will be several chemistry courses, including organic and biochem; several biology courses, including microbiology and genetics; physics; several social sciences/humanities; basic english/writing and public speaking
The classes in vet school are more specific. You'll take gross anatomy and physiology, microanatomy, bacteriology, virology, immunology, pathology, pharmacology (those would all be in your first 2 years). Then your third year you start learning how to do surgeries and basic medical procedures. Then your 4th year is all clinical, so you're in the hospital seeing clients and performing surgeries.
5. In addition to the pre-vet classes I mentioned above, you have to take the GRE (Graduate record exam). It's similar to the ACT/SAT but you take it in college. You have to have experience working with a veterinarians and you have to have a recommendation from a veterinarian. This is a very important part. Good things to do, are volunteering at animal shelter, zoo, wildlife rehab facility etc. But once again, while volunteering at these places is good, the practical clinical experience is better. So, if you don't have time to do both, work at the clinic.
6. It takes 6-8 years. 2-4 in undergrad because a degree is not needed, just those pre-vet classes, but 90% of people accepted do have 4 year degrees. Vet school itself is four years.
7. A pre-vet track is just what colleges use to describe you. Normally, it's used in conjunction with another major. For example: Animal science with a pre-vet track. So, this means that you are working toward an animal science degree, but you're also taking additional classes that are required for vet school. With an animal science major, most of the pre-vet courses will overlap with your degree.
8. Yes, those pre-vet classes are required for vet school, but you don't necessarily have to declare the fact that you're on the pre-vet track. You can major in something completely unrelated and take the pre-vet classes as well.
9. At 16, you should be working in a vet clinic. As far as courses, take as much science as your school offers. It'll help you in those basic undergrad classes.
10. I don't know what those schools are, but your pre-requisite classes (especially the english, public speaking and social sciences) can be taken anywhere.
Hope this helped. Vet school is very difficult to get into. Good luck, if I can do it anyone can.
Take on work experience for a week in a vets and charm them into giving you a Saturday job as a veterinary nurse even if you're just cleaning up it's still a plus. Ask your local university can you sit in on some labs/surgeries etc.
When I applied for my Animal Science course (specialised in vet nursing) I had an interview with one of the most highly regarded vets in Ireland who discovered the BSE epidemic and advised on Foot and Mouth disease and was on the news every second day. He looked at my science results was impressed but also asked how do I know it's what I wanted to do and I listed a few procedures I've watched (my favourite being an exploratory laporotomy) and he was impressed that I knew what I was talking about in such detail. Anyway I done so well he offered me a Saturday and full time summer job with him and I even lectured our class for a while in sterilsation procedures. I finished after 2 years with 7 distinctions (7 A+s basically a perfect score) and won a scholarship to study veterinary. Then long story short decided it wasn't for me and went into journalism instead...lol > don't let the last part bother you though I still write a lot about animals/science and farming so it did help. Everytime I was in college and was given a project I exceeded anyones expectations in the angle I took.
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