Could you be a terrible vet/get into Vet School?
So you think you want to be a veterinarian? You sure about that? Well, take my test to see if you should try pre-selection Vet School.
A. How do you feel about competition?
- I’m more a fan of collaboration and cooperation.
- I love being “in the game,” trying to be better than other players!
- Me big quarterback like sports and tripping people.
B. How do you like to learn?
- I like to really understand my material and be able to put it to practical use.
- I luurve cramming craploads of information into my brain that I couldn’t possibly retain for more than a couple months.
C. How do you feel about your fellow classmates/colleagues?
- Communication is essential, and I like to have a good relationship with my colleagues.
- I love screwing people over and then kicking them while they’re down!
D. What’s your maturity level?
- After careful thought, I have decided that this is what I want to do with my life, and I will work hard to build a future for myself.
- I, like, totally love your shoes! omg have to study now. Laaame!
E. Did you just get out of high school?
- No, I have taken time to think about my career path.
- Yes, and now it’s time for university, cause that’s what people do!
- Yes, but I have wanted to be a vet all my life.
F. How do you feel about being a vet?
- I’m so passionate about caring for animals, and I feel like this job would complete me!
- My parents said I have to be a doctor, lawyer, or vet, and animals are kinda cool or whatever. Plus, you make a nice salary.
G. What’s the most important thing about pre-vet?
- Learning as much as I can to prepare myself for Vet School.
- Getting good grades so I can make selection!
How a vet shouldn't behave
How to score your test:
For each time you chose #1, give yourself 1 point.
For each time you chose #2, give yourself 0 points.
If you chose #3 for question A, give yourself 0 points.
If you chose #3 for question E, give yourself 1 point.
0-4 Points:
Congratulations! You are perfect material for pre-Vet school! You would make an absolutely terrible vet, but that’s not what our universities care about! Well done! Please go here to learn more about yourself.
5-7 Points:
Haha, loser. You would hate pre-Vet school. Ironically, you would make an outstanding vet. But that’s life, and life isn’t fair.
Vets make a nice salary? Not compared with what they can make overseas, and the horrendous loan.
Which country are you referring to? Here in New Zealand, the loan is quite bearable and the salary is over $50,000 within the first three years. That’s pretty damn good. The average is $75,000 per year.
In the US, the loan is bigger but the salary is really good. That’s why people move there to be doctors and vets.
Generally, I don’t understand why anybody making over $50,000 a year by themselves would have anything to complain about. My mother has been working for 30 years, has two Masters Degrees, and makes about $30,000. That’s how it is for most people.
Persevere. Ignore the moneygrubbers and the gradechasers (many of whom will probably lose interest when they find they have to deal with reluctant clawed patients, disease, blood and guts). Find a few of the other people who are there for the right reasons and commune with them. If you are competing for limited places with people whose values you do not like, I suppose those are the rules of that game at present, but use that competition to prove that cooperation and empathy do not disadvantage you as a student or as a vet.
Thank you. I like you
Unfortunately, by the time those who are there for the wrong reasons realise it was a bad idea, the will have already gotten into Vet School in place of somebody else.
I was happy to finally find a couple nice vet students, and I renewed a tiny bit of my faith in humanity