College

[texasgal]

And remember .. "dreams DO come true"

Good for you!!

 

[Lazy J Farms Feed & Hay]

Good luck with your dream.

My wife is a vet, went back to school at 32. She had a B.S. and a M.S. but still had to take 18 hours of make up classes to meet the academic expectations of the selection committee.

Based on her experience I would spend more time on schooling than wasting time volunteering.

Jim

 

[beefy]

Sarah-
i went to UGA out of highschool with plans of going to vet school. i changed my mind, after 3 years of an animal science major. (i have an animal science degree). my advice is to go ahead and do the vet tech stuff and make sure thats really what you want to do. work on your core classes in the meantime, all of that should transfer when you get ready to. you may find the vet tech work satisfying enough without all the responsibility of being a vet on call all the time with a minimum of 8 years of schooling ahead of you.

 

[SarahFair]

I just found this on the Athens Tech site

Veterinary technology courses
do not transfer for college credit to programs that offer
the doctor of veterinary medicine (DVM) degree. The
Veterinary Technology curriculum is not equivalent to a
pre-veterinary course of study.

So does this mean that becoming a Vet Tech would be a waste of time?​

 

[Beau coop]

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Best of luck Sarah! How exciting to start a new chapter in your life!

Camelot Farms what online school did you do your courses with?

 

[beefy]

all that is going to transfer is your core. (in general)

becoming a vet tech or at least working under a vet in some way will only help when they look at hands on experience when they look to accept you in four years. the schooling may not count towards anything but the experience will.

 

[Camelot Farms]

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Best of luck Sarah! How exciting to start a new chapter in your life!

Camelot Farms what online school did you do your courses with?

I used SUNY (State Univ of New York) Empire college. Loved it!!

 

[babylady4]

This was my goal for a career since I was 5.

I went back to school after a 10 year hiatus to have kids and so on, got decent enough grades, and then applied to Vet school.

I was told that I needed to have 1000+ hours of clinic experience OR working on a farm was acceptable.

Every class I ever took was calculated into my GPA, so you cannot affort to get anything less than a C in any class (I had gone to school for a while after I had my first 2 kids before I realized it was too difficult to handle babies and classes...). I had worked my butt off going back to school, I had good scores on the GRE, and it still did not matter. I was told I should go back to school and take more classes to get my GPA up.... not happening......

I live in an area of few clinics so working for a clinic was impossible. I did volunteer at the local Humane Society, I worked at a horseback riding facility, and I also had raised my fair share of an assortment of critters from Ferrets to Geese.

Be prepared to have the admissions people be extremely rude. I was told that after calculating out my GPA, they could not believe how well I did on the GRE exam.........

I would also recommend you find an individual who graduated from that program. If you can get to know them and work with them that can give you an edge in getting into the school. Ask them to write one of your letters of recommendation, the admissions will put more weight on a letter from an allumni since they are familliar with the program.


So since I am now sitting with a degree in Human Biology/chem minor, I have decided to go back to school and become a RN. You are getting good advice here; I wish you the best of luck! I suppose I could try again after I finish with the RN program but frankly I am getting tired of going to school, and I would like to stop at some point....... I also can't afford a tuition bill of 150k and then get a paycheck of 50K... (making estimates here...).

 

[SarahFair]

Official transcripts from every college attended demonstrating
that they have earned a minimum cumulative
grade point average of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale on all
college coursework attempted previously (the admissions
committee will consider high school grade point
averages (2.0 on a 4.0 scale) if applicants have not
attended college in the past);

So what does it mean if I got my GED? How do I know what my grade point average is??
Alls this says is my Standard Score Total is 3010 out of 4000
and Battery Average is 602 out of 800​

 

[Camelot Farms]

Sarah, someone suggested contacting UGA directly...I think thats a great idea. Sometimes reading material is outdated or confusing. Talking to a degree counselor is probably the way to go. They will be most familiar with their program and what works and doesnt work.

Be sure to come back and let us know how you make out! I have some great resources for loans and grants and cheap text books...