aparently shadowing a vet is impossible

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02 Dec 2010, 4:56 am

I went back the disability advoate place next day and asked them if they could help me, they gave me the name of an animal hospial and suggested I volenteer there first. Everyone suggests that and extactaly how long am I supposed to volenteer before I ask the vet about letting me shadow them? I'm almost 24 and it's not like I have forever to wait. I wish someone would actualy talk to the vet and say something like, "There is a girl here who wants to be a veternarian herself and needs someone to show her the ropes, etc." I appriacte them giving me the name of the place but I really wish someone would put in a good word with a vet for me and help me shadow them. I'm up at three in the morning because I'm so upset about this I can't sleep. Peole may have good intentions but intentions do not do anything. It seems no one wants to help me.

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02 Dec 2010, 5:19 am

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Vets learn the ropes at veterinary school. If you want to be a vet, and you are sure of this, you should see what the admittance requirements are for various veterinary schools, and follow them. You will probably have to finish enough college to pass an entrance exam.

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02 Dec 2010, 6:42 am

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PunkyKat wrote:

You need so many hours of shadowing a vet to even be considered for vet school.

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02 Dec 2010, 10:07 am

Are you already enrolled in a science program in college following a pre-vet track? Very high grades will be much more important, and require a lot more time and effort to achieve, than the volunteer hours. I wouldn't sweat the easy stuff right now - focus on your studies and acing your classes and you can find the time to get the hours in when you get closer to applying.

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02 Dec 2010, 12:11 pm

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I'm trying to get my GED right now.

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02 Dec 2010, 12:24 pm

You are putting the cart way in front of the horse then. You will need your GED and at least 2 years of college with preferably a 4 year degree in science. Focus your energies on that right now and worry about shadowing in a couple of years. By then you will probably have made some connections through your studies.

Best of luck!

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02 Dec 2010, 2:24 pm

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I've always heard that vet schools want potential acclipants top to have expirence with procediures and things BEFORE college.

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02 Dec 2010, 2:29 pm

No. The timing makes absolutely no difference.

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02 Dec 2010, 4:28 pm

MidlifeAspie wrote:

No. The timing makes absolutely no difference.

Good to know. I still think it would be a good idea to volenteer at an animal rescue or vet's office anyway. I guess I should focus on my GED right now. I'm having so much trouble seeing the text. It jumbles together and is really hard to make out the letters. Maybe my room needs a new bulb. Perhaps it's time to get new glasses or they are just dirty. I really hope I am not going blind (Mary Ingals had trouble reading because she was going blind) and my eye doctor says I might have glacoma.

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02 Dec 2010, 11:46 pm

Mary Ingalls also had Scarlet Fever. I think you'll be safe.

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02 Dec 2010, 11:47 pm

I agree on the GED. Focus on that first. You've got plenty of time to find the opportunity to shadow a vet.

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03 Dec 2010, 5:39 pm

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I agree on the GED. Focus on that first. You've got plenty of time to find the opportunity to shadow a vet.

My parents are going to help me get my deploma from this homeschool program. The GED has too many algebra questions and I'd need to learn algebra jsut to pass the test. I could get my deploma in the same time or faster than it takes to get a GED.

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03 Dec 2010, 6:10 pm

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I wish someone would actualy talk to the vet and say something like, "There is a girl here who wants to be a veternarian herself and needs someone to show her the ropes, etc.

That someone needs to be you, Punkykat. You're 23, so none of your co-workers will ask for you. At most, they may offer to give you an email address or a number.

Use the internet and find the vetinary groups in your area and then just email them all asking for work experience. I had classmates who did this and none had any problem finding at least 1 vet willing to let them hang around.

As for the degree itself, I think you're right about getting work experience first; it's a difficult degree to get into, and there'd be nothing worse than starting and finding you hate it! That said, if you are only looking for things that look good on the CV, volunteering will look great on your app.

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03 Dec 2010, 6:27 pm

Lene wrote:

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I wish someone would actualy talk to the vet and say something like, "There is a girl here who wants to be a veternarian herself and needs someone to show her the ropes, etc.

What do I say to them?

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03 Dec 2010, 6:30 pm

PunkyKat wrote:

What do I say to them?

Pretty much what you've said to us.

I'd start with something like;

"Hi, my name is Punkykat, I'm a student interested in becoming a vet. Would it be possible to do some work shadowing in your clinic for X number of weeks?"

and then just take it from there.

Before you ring, it's probably a good idea to have a ball park idea of when you'll be free and how long you want to shadow them for.

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03 Dec 2010, 9:44 pm

Lene wrote:

PunkyKat wrote:

What do I say to them?

What does "ball park idea" mean? I'm pretty much always free.

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