superstar565
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For A levels i am planning to take biology, chemistry and either history/Philosophy/PE. i know random last three but they are releavnt!
I am hoping for either 3 As or 2 As and 1 B( i know this is optimistic but i am at one of the best schools in the country and QUITE intellegant....).
I am then palnning to go to uni and do a degree in veterinary science. After that maybe do a few years in the army as a vet, ive heard they use them for dogs and horses. i am then wanting to go on and do a masters in equine..
now i am stuck...
eventually i want to have my own practise but do you think i will appeal to emploers if i decide to be employed before settinp a practise?????? any info please....thanks!
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The_Psephologist
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Right, for a start, vet unis won't touch you without 3 A's in either Bio, Chem & Phys or Bio, Chem & maths, so you'll need to rethink your AS choices.
Make sure you are an all rounded person (lots of extra curricular stuff/part time jobs/clubs) to add to your ucas form.
Get LOTS of work exp in vets/farms/abbatoirs/kennels. Anywhere animally. Ideally get a range of pig/cattle/sheep/small animal/equine experience.
I really wouldn't worry as far ahead as whether people will employ you if you want to start your own practise. You need to get there first! Anyway, someone might make you a partner one day!
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countrybumpkin1
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I agree with previous comment. First priority should be getting into uni, (i personally didn't try myself but was at a really good college with the intelligent people) so know how tough it is for medicine, vet, law etc etc.
It is good to have the dream (don't want to crush you at all, sopund harsh) but vet is TOUGH you need loads of experience, do everything and anything you can, including the slaughterhouse (its part of the course anyway, but get your stomach used to it!!!!)
I wish you loads and loads of luck, i'm sooooooooo sorry if it sounded mean at all.
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emma69
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Also, you will need to be physically fit, no medical disabilities, and be able to pass a short course at Sandhurst (including fitness, weapons, map reading, etc etc. It is NOT an easy course, and you have to really want to do it!) You also have to be prepared for a full military life style, travelling anywhere they send you, tending to war-injured animals, etc etc. You are a soldier first, vet second! If you are serious about wanting to join the army, I would speak to a careers officer at the age of 15/16 and look for sponsorship - they will pay you an amount of money but the real advantage is that you will have an edge over other candidates, rather than post degree when you will be competing with tons of others. You can apply to be sponsored at university as well, and work at the OTC which will give you a definite advantage over others at Sandhurst (you will already have all the skills needed to pass the course if you do a few years in OTC - in fact, you can go and get your TA commission which is almost identical in content to the course Vets do).
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superstar565
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thanks for all the advise.
i have already been incontact with unis etc about AS and a level choices and i can take 2 sciences.....please trust me..
as i said i am at one of the best schools in the country and if any of you know anything about the major public schools in england then i am certain you will know of my school and i know people going on to do veterinary with 2 sciences...
i also know a lot about the whole work experience and extra stuff as i have also been in touch with the cambridge admissions tutor...
as for the army i play many sports and the things you pointed out are the reasons i want to be in teh army...travelling etc although i know its no holiday.
i also know i 100% want to go to uni....i havent grown up with my aprents spending hundreds of thousands of pounds on my education to drop out at 18+...
thanks for the help..i know its tough...
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only_me
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Reged: 07/06/2007
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Loc: Northern Ireland
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HANG ON!!
Vet schools WILL take you if you don't do 3 sciences for A2.
You must do Chemistry, and get an A. then you do 1 or 2 from biology,physics or maths. You then can do a non-science subject!
Some schools actually like you having done an art subject (history, english etc.) as it shows you are not just a science freak 
I am doing A2s, Bio, chem and history. now i would have no problem applying for veterinary with those subjects and getting an offer (apart from not getting 3 As and I dont want to do veterinary )
If you work hard enough, you should get good grades, and I assume you are able to get 3 As  the mimimum grades are AAB, and most likely you will get in on that, if you have a good personal statement and lots of work experience.
Lucky you for being so focused!! I would love to be like that I have just sent away my UCAS to the unis  have applied for Physio - no jobs i know but I dont know what the economy will be like in 3 years etc.
and actually, you are a vet first, officer second I researched  you are taken in to do a certain job and trained to be a soldier in there. Not sure about training etc. but that is a whole 7 years away!
good luck and I hope I was helpful
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superstar565
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thank you only_me..
you seem to know mroe about the current situation...(thank you eveyone else for your help..)
i know i need to have aims for myself so i keep motivated and my eye on teh target!
i know its ambitious etc but if i aim high then when (if) i get there i will know i have achive so much...trust me i know what hard work is...thank you again so much!!!
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only_me
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there is no shame in being ambitious!!
Aim for the stars, land on the clouds
By the time you are actually filling in your UCAS you may find that you dont even want to do veterinary
just remember, you need to be a well-rounded individual and not just be academic, but I assume you ride so thats not a problem
I really hope that you do well and become a vet
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glenruby
Reged: 26/12/2004
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I think you need to focus on the present first!!
I went in to vet college adament that i wanted to work with sporthorses. Over the course of the last 4 years ive done not one but numerous u-turns. Fr the last year I was convinced that mixed practice was definitely where i wanted to spend the forseeable future, however now Id like to spend a year or o in mixed practice to improve my general skills, then go into racehorse veterinary (no sporthorses for me if i can help it now!!) possibly go the surgery route or on another extreme - leave vet altogether and train NH horses. Either way - Im keeping my options open - its far too early to be choosing to go a specific line. I wouldnt be helping my chances - merely ruling out many many great opportunities!
Relax - its not time to worry about who will employ you just yet - you have to get there first.
Anyway, a large number of vets eventually become partners or own their own practice so of course they are employable along the way- how else do they learn their trade? Its the same as most other careers in that respect. Also i doubt if new grads went out setting up their own practices straight after graduating there would be even more sueing of veterinary practices!! A lot of vets I've known have become partners around 5 years after qualifying. Not bad, eh?
Oh and remember confidence is good but cokiness will do you no favours in vet college!! Be careful to stay the right side of the line!!
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emma69
Reged: 09/01/2004
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In the military you are ALWAYS a soldier / officer first. Regardless of trade - I was certainly not a nutter running around in camo - I wore a skirt and did an office job the majority of the time. However, if you are deployed to a war zone, you need to be as competent as every other soldier out there, be that carrying your bergan, running fast, shooting and killing the enemy. You cannot afford to be the weakest link, as that costs lives. So in addition to my paperwork, I also made sure I was out on the ranges, in the gym, and on the assult course with all the soldiers. So was the vet that worked with our unit. As a vet you will also be in charge of men and women, and they expect you to be a damn good officer, you need to be able to lead troops - be it in training them to change dressings, or through enemy fire. You have to work damn hard to earn the respect of male soldiers, and trust me, if you can't shoot as well as them, or complete your CFT and BFTs in decent times, they won't respect you as a person - they will respect the rank, of course, but not you, and having watched a fellow officer crash and burn by being worse than her soldiers, it really isn't a pretty sight.
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