<p>Hi everyone! I was searching around the forum and saw that there is some pretty good advice circulating around and just thought I'd take advantage of it. </p>
<p>I graduated with a degree in Biology and a minor in Chinese in May of 2010. So, as the title states, I am currently in my first year of chiropractic school. As a matter of fact, I will be completing my 3rd quarter here in the next 2 weeks. Ever since I was 5 years old, I have wanted to be a veterinarian. (I have proof in a book I wrote in kindergarten :) ) Somewhere along the way during my undergrad, I lost the confidence I needed to pursue my dream. I felt I was no where near as smart or motivated as the other premed/prevet students in my biology courses, and convinced myself that I wasn't cut out to be a vet. For the last two years of undergrad, I did the minimum just to get by and get my degree in hopes that when I graduated, I'd have time to figure out what I "really" wanted to do. Immediately following my graduation ceremony, my mother commenced the pressure of finding a job or finding a grad school to go to. My sister had always tried to convince me to go to chiropractic school ever since she graduated from it, and I had always vehemently refused because, although it's a great career, it wasn't something I was interested in doing for the rest of my life. </p>
<p>I applied to job after job, heard nothing from anything that would accept my BS degree. Bills were piling up, student loan people started hitting me up to pay them back for my undergrad, and I was desperate for money. So, I got a job in retail and worked there for 3 months with people pestering me, "You have a degree in biology? What are you doing here?" I was at an ultimate low point in my life, and was vulnerable to any sort of advice that was given to me. Thus, I applied to chiropractic school, the alma mater of my older sister to be exact, as a back up plan. I got in, and was extremely ecstatic that someone accepted me that all previous notions of me not wanting to be a chiropractor faded from my mind. Keep in mind that this was simply a back up plan, but since I had no original plan to back up to..this plan became my only plan..and now I'm here and not liking it at all. My original plan was to finish chiropractic school, then get a specialty in veterinary chiropractic so I could at least work with animals, but all treatments I would be doing requires that a DVM be present. Then I figured, Ok, I'll finish chiropractic school and since I'll look more competitive, I'll apply to vet school after...But this idea didn't last very long. I don't want to go through so many years of schooling and debt. I just want to take this time to pursue my true dream, which is to be a veterinarian. I find myself depressed every day and the only way I can make myself feel a little better is going to the local pet shops because animals have always made me happy, especially at my lowest points. </p>
<p>Something positive has surfaced from my despair in school, however. I have regained the confidence that I needed to go to Vet school. If I can hack it here, I'm darn sure I can hack it in Vet school, actually doing something I have a passion for. The thing is, this epiphany came really late. Within the last month, to be exact. I just took my GRE's on Thursday for the first time. Chiropractic school didn't require them so I don't have any scores on my records. I did relatively well, reaching the average of the applicants of the schools I wanted to get into. I have a little less than a month to get all my applications in, and since I didn't care much in undergrad about my biology courses, I didn't make any special relationships with my professors, so my LORs would be a simple rehash of any CV or resume I send to my professors that know nothing else of me besides the fact that I took their class some odd years ago. </p>
<p>I guess, what I'm asking after this long winded post is if anyone had any advice on what I can do in such a short amount of time. Also, do I send the transcripts of my chiropractic school to the Vet schools I'm applying to? And also add this to my VMCAS application?</p>