Thoughts/Recommendations between Purdue/UDel/UMass Amherst for aspiring future vet?

gcmom1
Sun, 20 Feb 2022 12:10:22 +0000

Good morning!
@Penned23, thank you, but I think the application ship has sailed. D applied to quite a few schools, and these are her current top three with acceptances.

@DadTwoGirls, we hear you on the animal science vs. pre-vet majors. Some of my D’s particular choices have been driven by the info provided by the colleges she applied. For example, at UDel, the animal science major there does not contain all of the prerequisite courses needed to apply to vet schools, and it has an emphasis on business and other jobs related to the industry. Purdue’s AS major allows for different concentrations within the major (Business, pre-vet etc). Obviously, as you said, many AS and BIo majors are highly successful in getting into vet school, but we were trying to follow the guidance given by the schools themselves on which major might be the best fit.

D is currently working for a small animal vet. Some of the vet techs at her practice have had multiple rounds of disappointment trying to get into vet school (and have good GPAs with BS degrees in AS and Bio from very good undergraduate schools, as best she can tell). The vet she works with has emphasized that she will need experience in as many areas of vet medicine as possible to apply. We don’t live in an area with easy access to large animal vets, so she would like to get this experience at school if possible.