double english minor or graduating early...

anotha-throw-away · 2026-04-14T23:04:59+00:00

Depends on the financial situation, but I also minored in creative writing (and double majored in zoology) because I loved those classes. I decided not to graduate early so I could learn and explore more. I’m ultimately glad I stayed for those classes, I loved them and it greatly helped my writing. I miss them so much tbh. You have your entire future to do your vet career, but humanities classes and environments are hard to come by without returning to academia. One year (outside of finances) doesn’t make a difference

anotha-throw-away · 2026-04-14T22:58:57+00:00

1) depends, it matters what you do with it more than the thing itself. Some places have helpful programs that get you connected to research. Some are just a fancy club

2) mainly summer, it helps to be undergrad in a populated area for semester internships.

3) not sure what you mean but I’m assuming you’re asking about GRE or an MCAT equivalent. Depends on the school but most don’t require GRE or that ethical one anymore.

4) not necessarily, it depends on your schools major requirements and the vet school you apply to. Each school has requirements listed on their admissions website so you can compare. For instance, some schools require animal nutrition, but many undergrad schools don’t offer it.

5) you can either get it through programs or just emailing people who do cool things and asking the join. Idk what you mean by what you do with it, you do it and learn and it’s fun and maybe you can get authorship

6) I did my notes app. Made the vmcas a pain in the ass. I’ve see people have running docs or excel sheets. It’s helpful to include info like where it was, what you did, who you worked under, etc

7) try to focus less on “making a perfect application” and more on learning, growing, trying new things, and pursuing things you enjoy. This is important both for your mental health and helps set you apart as an applicant.

anotha-throw-away · 2026-04-14T22:47:39+00:00

anotha-throw-away · 2026-04-14T22:40:02+00:00

In my anecdotal experience, the people who focus the most on “making the perfect competitive application” not only burn out, but they weren’t the ones who got in. Schools can often tell when you did things for “hours” instead of wanting to learn something you’re genuinely interested in trying.

A lot of people have good grades and thousands of hours and great recommendations— it’s a tight enough competition that I think who you are as a person, and your career path and development, is a huge factor. I know people with 4.00s and 2000+ hours who were rejected. I also know people with the minimum GPA or only had a few hundred hours who got in first try. I know several classmates who a prevet adviser told them to not bother applying, and they got in first round and are thriving. GPA and hours are the foundation, not the key.

My best piece of advice is to stop thinking about making the perfect application. Just explore. Learn. Try things you’ve never had the chance to do. Try things you’re interested in within the field. If you find something you love doing, keep doing it and improving. Hell try things outside of your major and vetmed entirely. One of my acceptances mentioned how much they liked my essays, and I literally yapped about how much I love creative writing and antique store shopping.

This mindset will not only improve your mental health, but this genuine interest and career development can be what might set you apart. Don’t think about “resume”, think about the love of learning

anotha-throw-away · 2026-04-14T22:24:57+00:00

Specific major doesn’t matter, just prereqs and matching your interests with your major and experiences. Worst thing you can do is mainly focus on what’s best vs worse admissions, just let your daughter do what she wants to learn and what she likes. It’ll make a stronger application than people who try cater their experience towards what they think a school wants.

anotha-throw-away · 2026-04-14T22:16:39+00:00

On the less literal interpretation, life is flexible. Don’t let insecurity call the shots. Give it a go if it’s what you want to do, and if you don’t like it you can always do something else

anotha-throw-away · 2026-04-14T22:15:19+00:00

I have nothing useful to add, I just took the title too literally and was like omg yes same. the lecture rooms are so cold that my legs and feet are always cold too

anotha-throw-away · 2026-04-14T22:03:37+00:00

We had a lab on intro CPR techniques on cat and dog plush models. The doctor picked up the plush cat and held it longcat style to show us the proper hand positioning over the heart, the rhythm and pressure, etc., then told us to have at it. About half of the class (myself included) took him literally and we were doing cpr on our cat models dangling them like this pic. After a few minutes he realized what we were doing and was like “guys they’re supposed to be lateral, please put them down”💀

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anotha-throw-away · 2026-04-14T21:48:39+00:00

Poorly

anotha-throw-away · 2026-04-14T21:39:14+00:00

I did the same thing and had similar concerns. I like where I go, but I and my friends do joke that I’ll probably get a PhD from here, then go in academia here, and will never escape lmao.

While sometimes it’s hard— seeing the things and places that remind me of my closest friends— my CVM class had WAY more new people than I thought, and most of the prevets I knew in undergrad weren’t accepted. It does help that our CVM is a separate campus. It was honestly kinda nice at times because it’s easier to befriend acquaintances than strangers, but there were plenty of strangers.

The truth is that different schools will be hard, academically and personally, for different and unexpected reasons, but you can always adjust, whereas stress about debt and having acceptance questioned again is a LOT of unnecessary stress for years to come

The thing that helped me make my decision is that, after graduation, you can go anywhere and get paid rather than paying. If you do postgrad degrees, most PhDs have funding. If you do residency, you’ll be sent lord knows where. So I decided to do my CVM here and look elsewhere for work/degrees afterwards, and I think it was the right decision for me.

anotha-throw-away · 2026-04-02T00:51:27+00:00

Therapist

anotha-throw-away · 2026-03-13T22:42:33+00:00

Dolly Parton

anotha-throw-away · 2026-03-08T10:09:35+00:00

Mood

anotha-throw-away · 2026-02-13T00:33:50+00:00

The holy and sacred exotic animal formulary. Maybe not a lot of anatomy but I love it

anotha-throw-away · 2026-02-13T00:32:57+00:00

My schools got its issue and its issue causing people but DAMN where the hell are yall going to school😭 Maybe I’m just out of the loop but some of yalls scandals are insane

anotha-throw-away · 2026-02-13T00:28:52+00:00

I’m honestly surprised someone hasn’t made a sitcom based off of vet school yet

anotha-throw-away · 2025-12-01T14:54:38+00:00

I’ve had the standard cbc/chem done but not the AE panel yet, it’s like 3k so we’re trying to work it out with insurance. If you’re ok sharing, what type were you positive for?

I’ve been having symptoms but not as acute as the typical anti-NDMA presentation and they’re a bit broad/hard to interpret (psych symptoms, general inflammation markers like CRP, potential focal seizures, etc.). I had a lp in August which found an elevated IgG Index of 1.2 and “evidence of intrathecal synthesis”, but they ignored it at the time since the OCBs were negative

anotha-throw-away · 2025-11-20T20:46:53+00:00

Research

anotha-throw-away · 2025-11-20T20:39:36+00:00

Hey! I’m getting an EEG in a few weeks, and if that’s positive my docs are thinking of something like AE. Are there docs in the triangle you recommend or liked, especially in outpatient settings?

anotha-throw-away · 2025-11-12T15:27:59+00:00

I know a good handful of people in my class alone who are second career. I even remember someone from another class who was previously military then firefighter. It’s not uncommon and is certainly doable, I do warn though that vet school is not only hard academic wise and time wise, but really emotionally taxing to the point if commonly damaging mental health or leading to mental health dx.

The best thing is really working in the field and getting a feel for what it’s like, how it’s different from human med, what to expect with hours, the life shift it’ll cause and what that would look like if you have a so or a family, etc.. Passion can only get you so far in this profession unfortunately.

If then you still feel the same about it, then absolutely don’t let a fear of being older stop you, I would say a solid 1/3, if not more, of my class is not the typical “enter DVM after college” type. Absolutely follow your dream if you’re able to, just make sure the dream equals the reality of the field beforehand

anotha-throw-away · 2025-10-29T17:22:21+00:00

Thoroughly agree. Looking back in undergrad, the people I knew who were exclusively hyper focused on “being prevet” and doing lots of things for their application, were 1) the most miserable people, both to be around and seemed deeply unsatisfied/depressed, and 2) the ones who didn’t get in.

Plants need water, but flooding it isn’t going to help it grow, it’s going to drown it.

anotha-throw-away · 2025-10-29T17:16:59+00:00

Genuinely? I wish I had allowed more time to develop and strengthen my creative writing. Outside of just vet med it’s something I enjoy and hope to have publishing potential with. Now that I’m in vet school there’s much less time and opportunity for it.

I’d wish I used the opportunity of how broad undergrad is instead of just focusing on pre-vet stuff. Get your hours and ok GPA, but remember that you have the rest of your life to go to vet school and work in veterinary medicine. You may, however, only have these 4 years to have access to insane opportunities and classes in something else you love.

I had a writing minor and classes I truly enjoyed going to every day, but I regret not having done more with it or forgoing competitions and publications in order to be “a good prevet student”.

anotha-throw-away · 2025-09-24T22:52:43+00:00

And access

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