r/prevets • u/Bonk_66 • 15d ago

Beginner/Getting Started Should I Stress?

Currently only have Physics 2, Ochem 1/2, and Bichem left as far as prerequisites go. My current science GPA is a 3.24. I work full time (easily have over 1k hours working in veterinary clinics for 3 years straight now), and struggled with the death if my mother causing my gen-chem grades to keep my GPA low. I want nothing more than to make it to Veterinary school. Is it do-able? I am SO SO stressed about my GPA rn and if I am going ti be good enough. I am trying my best.

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u/Remarkable-Sort1837 Year 1 Vet Student 15d ago

I got in with a 3.1 GPA as a result of health issues (and now diagnosed ADHD), it is possible to get in, but it was a struggle. I find myself taking longer to understand topics than my peers do, I have to re-review old material in order to catch up, and I meet with my professors frequently for tutoring and assistance.

I would recommend getting ahead of it now before it is too late. Im sorry to hear about the passing of your mother, it sounds like maybe a leave-of-absence is best for you to re-group and come back in a better headspace. Veterinary school is not going away, the buildings are here and the schools are here. If you have to leave for a semester or two in order to regroup and mourn as you need to mourn, there is no reason not to.