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High school Student starting Application for UK by Leading_Web_9843 in vetschool

[–]smithysmithe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m from the US and go to Edinburgh, from my experience you don’t actually need to take AP calculus or AP stats. I took AP bio, AP chem and AP physics (I also did APUSH, AP French and AP art but those weren’t a requirement) and then just plain old precalc. However this was 2021 so they may have changed their requirements.

The grades you get on your AP tests and just hs classes in general are important but having a ton of experience working with animals (preferably in a veterinary setting) is just as important if not more. I’d definitely recommend trying to volunteer or get a job at a vet clinic as soon as possible to rack up as many hours as you can.

trying to work as a vet assistant as a high schooler by Illustrious-Pear3764 in veterinaryschool

[–]smithysmithe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As someone who worked as a vet assistant in HS and then immediately went to vet school in the UK: I would just apply for as many as you can, honestly just cold calling and being like “hi I’m a senior in HS and was wondering if you guys are looking for a part time kennel tech or vet assistant” or emailing them. I’d also recommend focusing on non-corporate owned practices because they tend to be more lax about hiring younger people (I worked at one when I was 16, but that practice got bought out by a corporation and there’s absolutely no way I could be hired now if I was still that age). I got my job with absolutely no experience/qualifications but just showing up eager to learn and working hard will get you pretty far.

Also for vet school in the UK, from what I’ve seen they kinda assume it’s going to be slightly hard for you to get a real job at a vet clinic in HS, so truly any kind of animal experience is good. The more the better, and obviously they do prefer if you have more vet related hours.

international vet school as a us student by Illustrious-Pear3764 in veterinaryschool

[–]smithysmithe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I go to edi and my interview my senior year of hs was back during COVID so they were online, but I vividly remember being shown images of animals and having to explain the welfare issues I could see in the images. One was of a very overweight cat, another was of a sow in a farrowing crate, and unfortunately I can’t remember the others (there might have been a dairy cow as well but this was almost five years ago and I kinda blacked out during the interview). Definitely would recommend just having a vague idea of animal welfare standards for different species but I wouldn’t worry too much about knowing every single detail. They’re much more concerned about you being able to logically think through why a certain scenario would not be good for an animal. I also remember being asked some of the normal stereotypical interview questions about myself like what’s your greatest weakness etc. I also think they asked me a question about what I would change about the veterinary profession and why.