<p>So, i know that you can major in basically anything if you want to go to vet school, i just wanted to know if this makes sense.</p>
<p>At Ohio State, i was thinking of majoring in Medical technology and wither double major or minor in Animal Science so i can get my vet school reqs. I plan on doing the certification route for medical technology so i can have a decent job if i don't make it into vet school on the first try. i also thought it would be good because I plan on doing veterinery research. And also to get more vet experience i was going to try to get a job or something at the Veterinary Medicine Hospital. I even thought about doing the Vet Tech progam but i heard that vet tech creds don;t roll over for vet school (is that true?)</p>
<p>At Penn State i have an issue. I really like their Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences major and their Biotechnology major with the clinical option. I cant decide. I even thought of maybe killing myself by trying to do both. Would it make sense to do the Vet and Bio Sci major or do the Biotech major with like a minor in Animal Science?</p>
<p>Any help wpuld be useful. I just have a lot of thoughts in my head and I need help straightneing them out.</p>
<p>I have the same question myself. I don’t know what to major in. But I heard that it was a bad choice to major in Animal Science. I was planning to major in Biochemistry or Microbiology or something lol.</p>
<p>My High School and collegiate undergraduate advisers insisted that the Animal Science major route to veterinary school was THE way. Having done that, I think it was and still is a stupid idea! Everyone wanting to become a veterinarian majors in Animal Science! I am a veterinarian and were I to relive those pre-vet years, I would have done differently. </p>
<p>For me, Animal Science was a waste. About half of my freshman class at the University of Minnesota College of Vet Med were not even science majors. Many were liberal arts or even art majors! </p>
<p>The object as a pre-veterinary student is to get “A’s” in the basic courses required by the veterinary schools to which you will apply. That means any rigorous classes required by a given science major but not for veterinary school, is diluting your time that would be better spent getting good grades in the General Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Genetics, etc. classes for your veterinary school admission. That means if the lowest math they require is Algebra, then why do the more involved work of doing well in Calculus? It does not help to take more advanced classes than what are required for the veterinary school.</p>
<p>I would pick the easiest major with the least rigorous requirements for that major. Remember that a major may require classes superfluous to veterinary admission. All your effort should be focused on those pre-vet requirements. Of course, you must be determined to get into veterinary school no matter WHAT it takes. Otherwise, you will not have a very marketable skill with a major like (no offense) sociology. I would have majored in, for example, Viticulture had it been available at Rutgers. At least I would have had a practical degree to get a job in the wine industry.</p>
<p>Thanks for your insight. My daughter currently schools in Europe and is looking to attend college in America. I have some questions:</p>
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<li><p>Are there any colleges and/or majors you could recommend or it does not matter? At the moment, she is considering applying to colleges that offer majors in any of the following: Animal Sciences and Husbandry (which I now understand may not be necessarily helpful), animal biology, biology and biological sciences, veterinary medicine/science </p></li>
<li><p>Also, do veterinary schools admission requirements differ from school to school? By this, I mean, would she need to focus on a particular veterinary school in order to consider which colleges to apply to?</p></li>
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<p>I apologise for the fully loaded questions.</p>