I'm going to an Indiana college, and want to become a vet. HELP!?
Hello everyone. I'm a senior in high school. I'm graduating in January. I would like to become a vet, but first off, I'm a little confused on how to make that possible. When I go on to www.collegeboard.com and in the search criteria I put Indiana as my location, and D.V.M. as my major...no preference on everything else...But no schools meet my criteria. So I put pre-veterinary medicine in as my major, and I get 8 results. What do they mean, pre-vet? After I finish pre-vet, I'll go on to D.M.V....but it said there's not any vet schools in Indiana? I thought there was one in West Lafayette, IN. I'm confused because my school really doesn't talk about college much, and my parents don't really know. So hopefully you can help me. Also, I wanted to go to ball state or Indiana university- south bend...Can I take basic classes there, then transfer? Ahh, I'm so confused but I need to understand this since I have to apply in less than 2 monthes. Thanks!
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Answer 1 :
Many colleges offer a Pre-Vet program (which is basically a major/minor in Biology and Chemistry). You can get your 4-year at almost any college and then transfer to a Veterinary Medicine College (that is if you are accepted). I would visit college websites and e-mail or call them if you have questions about it. Purdue has a Veterinary Medicine College in West Lafayette, IN. To find out more information about it go to: http://www.vet.purdue.edu/ -----------------------EDIT---------------------------- Alynnemgb is incorrect....the listing he provided included Purdue University, which is in Indiana. (I provided the link above)
Answer 2 :
Look at the website and see where their vet med students graduated from. Often there is an undergraduate school that gets more of their students into the vet med program, and its usually not the one where the vet school is. Start at the school you were intending to go to and transfer. Just make sure that your credits will transfer, so find out now where Purdue's vet school is accepting students from and start talking to one of those schools right away about how and when you'll transfer.
Answer 3 :
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. Some universities have a pre-professional program for students who want to go to Med/Vet/Dental/etc school. Most undergraduate degrees take four years to finish but many people take five years or more. There isn't a specific university that you need to attend to get into Vet school. Any accredited school will be fine, although vet schools will probably put more weight on you GPA if you went to a more prestigious school. Once you finish your undergraduate, you apply to get into vet school. Admission toVet 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 standarized 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 pratice. There is no Vet school in Indiana. Here is a list of all 28 Vet schools in the U.S. http://www.eckerd.edu/academics/nas/premed/vetmedschools.htm
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