I want to be a vet, can anyone give me an idea of how hard it would be? Thanks
>>16853063
You put down people's beloved pets as your day to day.
I'm a large animals vet, its hard and can be soul crushing at times, you either gotta be a goddamn socialpath that has no emotions, or love the little/big guys A LOT.
Harder than becoming an human doctor -- there are only 32 vet schools in the US, and something like 182 medical schools.
>>>/an/ might have good answers
They often have "shitty owner" threads where vets/shelter workers share horror stories.
>>16853063
Enlist.
Serve in war zone.
Survive
Come home
Vet.
>>16853185
No it isn't.
>>16853185
>its in lower demand so it must be harder
well, it's extremely competitive for one. if you get any Cs on your transcript you're pretty screwed, you need a shit ton of hours of work in a clinical setting working directly with animals to even have your application considered, and at least one recommendation from a vet. just for perspective, each year the school I was considering gets 500+ applicants. they only accept 50.
>source: was going to go to vet school until I realized animal behavior was way more interesting
funny thing, vets get very little to no education on ethology. you'd have to get a separate degree to become an animal behaviorist, which is my goal. weird how they separate it like that
>>16853253
the job itself may not be harder, but getting into vet school is
