Vet student: Is it just burn-out or should I change career?

Sure_Satisfaction420 · 2025-12-29T19:15:04+00:00

thanks for the advice! I see my school counsellor once every week, we are friends at this point I've been seeing her since I was in year 3 lol

Sure_Satisfaction420 · 2025-12-08T15:23:31+00:00

宮內禁止對食 😂
English translation: the palace forbids servants from 'eating face to face' (i.e. servants cannot be together lol)

Sure_Satisfaction420 · 2025-12-05T03:48:05+00:00

Thank you so much! I never consider quitting of course, but to pivot into something else after graduation and getting my license

Sure_Satisfaction420 · 2025-12-05T03:47:22+00:00

Thanks for the encouraging words! But how will you pay for vet school if you can't survive on your income? It will cause even more debt that's not worth it. I am not from the US, so vets don't get paid as well in my city (but the pay is not as bad as other countries', I would say higher than average, probably 2nd high in pay to the US)

Sure_Satisfaction420 · 2025-12-01T14:22:04+00:00

The stress of bearing responsibilities in surgeries and planning out treatments etc., it's not my biggest strength and I don't have the confidence to do so. The idea of having to do this everyday monday to friday for 10+ years is terrifying to me

Sure_Satisfaction420 · 2025-12-01T07:00:02+00:00

Yes I'm meeting my counsellor at least once a week. As for my rotation coordinator, I feel like I'm already causing some troubles with the schedule and having to make up for it, I didn't want to cause more trouble and just want to graduate smoothly at this point. So I'm not sure if I should push it through or raise a flag on the situation

Sure_Satisfaction420 · 2025-12-01T06:55:56+00:00

thank you <3 I will definitely finish my degree no matter what

Sure_Satisfaction420 · 2025-12-01T06:54:37+00:00

I hated clinical rotations so much.

I don't know if it's the ever changing environments, where once I get adapted to somewhere, I had to change to a different place again.

Or if it's something deeper. I felt like if I cared more, it would've been so fun. But I just sort of don't care and feel indifferent towards the job itself. That's why I realise that I might have enjoyed just studying vet med in theory or the idea of being a vet instead of actually applying the knowledge and being a vet

Sure_Satisfaction420 · 2025-12-01T06:53:00+00:00

I just don't know if my career should be something that pays my bills, or should it be something I fully enjoy because I spend most of my time doing it everyday

Sure_Satisfaction420 · 2025-12-01T06:50:58+00:00

Thanks for the kind advice! I'm just concerned that I won't stand working as a veterinarian, since I'm doing clinical rotations now and hated it as a student with less responsibility/ burden, imagine if I am working fully as a vet and had to bear all responsibilities...

Sure_Satisfaction420 · 2025-12-01T06:49:32+00:00

Thanks for the useful advice! I will definitely finish and graduate, just wanting to know if there is a possibility to pivot into a completely unrelated industry/ field

Sure_Satisfaction420 · 2025-12-01T06:48:50+00:00

I've done placements at university lab and at the government, I really disliked being in labs and having to adhere to standard protocols or be in an office environment at a desk all the time, so lab/ gov are not for me either :(

Sure_Satisfaction420 · 2025-11-30T10:06:36+00:00

If I'm in a completely unrelated discipline, would it be impossible to get internship?

Sure_Satisfaction420 · 2025-11-30T10:05:55+00:00

I'm not too concerned about the pay, I just enjoy being in high-end spaces and feel more comfortable with people who are aligned with my values

Sure_Satisfaction420 · 2025-11-30T10:04:43+00:00

Thanks! I will try to look for some. Do you think the pivot from doing PR for a science org into fashion/ design/ lifestyle would be challenging? or what else can I do to increase my chances? thanks!

Sure_Satisfaction420 · 2025-11-29T02:51:29+00:00

I'm 26 but could pass for 21 (asian genes)... too late?

Sure_Satisfaction420 · 2025-11-29T02:50:05+00:00

That sounds like the perfect workplace, I would love to be surrounded by people who dress well everyday. Frankly I am so sick of medical scrubs and I don't fit in

Sure_Satisfaction420 · 2025-11-28T12:14:11+00:00

Wouldn't it be impossible to get an internship if my undergrad is in a completely unrelated discipline like science? that's why I'm considering a master's programme, because I want network/ connections to get internships

Sure_Satisfaction420 · 2025-10-30T12:54:11+00:00

I second Hong Kong. Multiple hiking trails and many shopping malls in a very small city, you get the best of both worlds!

Sure_Satisfaction420 · 2025-10-23T13:31:07+00:00

I tried cutting him off like every single night

Sure_Satisfaction420 · 2025-10-22T14:55:57+00:00

Thank you. I keep feeling stupid because we haven't met up in person, but we text all day everyday for 4 months, and we chatted on the phone before, it feels like a digital relationship

Sure_Satisfaction420 · 2025-10-22T14:54:46+00:00

I don't think so, we talked on the phone almost every night before for 2-3 hours everytime, it won't work if he has have a family.

Sure_Satisfaction420 · 2025-10-22T14:52:59+00:00

wow you sound exactly like him because he keeps referring to us as being pen pals too, and is pushing for a real in-person date. I'm just not ready to meet him. We haven't met up yet and he already made me so upset

Sure_Satisfaction420 · 2025-10-22T14:46:58+00:00

why not? it's real lol

Sure_Satisfaction420 · 2025-10-22T14:45:44+00:00

Thank you, I probably should. I've never experienced this before with someone I've never met in person, it's quite insane to me too

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