what web sites do you recomend to help my study and learn how to be a vet and things ill need to know?

Answer 1

All the vet schools in the US have different requirements, as far as I know most of them do NOT require a 4 year degree like someone suggested. Most of them do require some undergrad coursework in the basic sciences; biology, chemistry, math... the best web sites are the sites of the individual schools, there's only 28 of them so it's not hard to look at all of them. http://www.vet.upenn.edu is where I go now. Here at least, you need a minimum of 500 hours of experience in animal care for admission. That could be volunteering at your local humane society, or an actual job as a vet tech. Completing the coursework and becoming a certified vet tech will actually give you a HUGE advantage when it comes to your vet med classes and admission as well. Vet schools are considered the most competitive of any US school application for the simple reason that there is only 28 of them and the average class size is around 100. You don't need a 4.0GPA, but it doesn't hurt... I think the average at Penn is 3.75ish. Another very important aspect of vet schools is that you can pretty much only go to a school in either the state in which you live or a neighboring state which has an agreement with that school. As far as I know, all vet schools accept over 1/2 of their incoming class as state residents, and doing your undergrad work at the same school is also a huge bonus. UPenn takes 51% of it's students as former Penn students and over 80% were state residents before admission. The AVMA has a lot of vet school links too... http://www.avma.org

Just check out http://www.avma.org/education/cvea/colleges_accredited/allcolleges.asp it has links to every vet school and is sorted by state. The admission pages for each school will tell you exactly what you need to do and how you should prepare for their program.

My advice, take a lot of bio and get to volunteering. If you have the time and dedication, get certified as a vet tech... 6 months working as a vet tech and a 4.0GPA for 2 years will get you solidly into the vet program in your state ;-) Don't worry about completing an undergrad degree, it's a waste of time if you know you're going to get a DVM (or VMD... which by the way is how you can tell if someone went to UPenn... we're the only ones with VMD's)

Answer 2

You need to be a good student in high school to get into college and a four-year college course is required before you enter a veterinary school. And I have heard it is harder to get into a vet school than a medical school.

Certainly an aptitude for math is a great help, so pay particular attention in those classes.

Spend your summers or weekends during the school year volunteering in an animal shelter. You will learn at lot there and it will motivate you to study well and get into college and vet school.

Answer 3

Best thing to do is to get great grades in ALL your classes in high school and college. It's very hard to get into vet school - harder than medical school. When you go to college you should take an approved pre-vet curriculum that will include a lot of really hard biology and chemistry classes. And having rich parents doesn't hurt!

Answer 4

You need to be good in chemistry, maths and the ology, biology, zoology and such classes. You have to be an almost 4.0 student to get into vet school. Good luck.

Answer 5

What a great career choice! I don't know any websites offhand, but you might try a Google search for "veterinary careers." Very best of luck to you, "Doc"!

Answer 6

Find a certified Veterinary School and take classes.
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Answer 7

http://www.talktothevet.com/VETERINARIANS/veterinarians.HTM