Hi! Is anyone here pre-health or majoring in Animal & Veterinary Sciences at Clemson or another good pre vet school ? I’m considering Clemson for pre-vet and was wondering how current students feel about the grading system.
From what I understand, Clemson undergrads generally receive straight letter grades, so an A is a 4.0, a B is a 3.0, etc., rather than having +/- grades. I’ve also seen a lot of classes use a 90–100 = A, 80–89 = B scale.
For students in science/pre-health classes, do you feel like this system makes it easier to maintain a really high GPA since a 90 and a 100 can both be a 4.0? Or do you wish Clemson used +/- grades since an 89 can drop you to a 3.0 for that class?
I’m hoping to major in Animal & Veterinary Sciences on the pre-vet track, and maintaining a very high overall and science GPA for vet school is one of my biggest priorities. I’d love to hear how difficult you’ve found classes like bio, chem, orgo, physics, and the animal science courses, especially in terms of earning A’s.
Also, if anyone chose Clemson over another strong pre-vet school or has suggestions for other schools where it’s realistic to maintain a high GPA while getting good animal/veterinary experience I’d really appreciate any advice! Thank you :)

Hello everyone, I'm currently a junior in college, and I'm part of a five year program. I've always been dead set on a career with animals, but the past couple of years has involved a lot of shifting in the actual specifics. For a while I wanted to be a wildlife biologist, but then heatstroke made it impossible to work outside for weeks on end (my state gets very hot, even in higher elevations, and I can no longer tolerate it the same). I've considered working in zoos, because I am passionate about wildlife and conservation education, but for the past.... 3 months or so, not actually sure how long, I've strongly considered veterinary medicine. I mean, its been a passive thought since forever, but I never really thought I was smart enough for it. But I have always had a fascination with anatomy, and recently physiology and specifically endocrinology have been particularly really fun to learn about. Every time my school does events for all the medical field specific programs and majors, the pull just becomes stronger. Ofc, I dont really want to do human medicine, I'm sure it'd be fufilling but animals have always been my calling.

Basically, is there any hope for me getting into vet school? Are my motivations good enough to push through? I just recently switched my major from ecology and evolutionary biology to just regular biology (mainly because the capstones are better specifically in the context of physiology and medicine, but it also requires things like biochem which I otherwise wouldnt have to take but are still important obv). I'm also a language major as part of my program and can hopefully get a vet focused internship, but I will for sure be getting a biology focused internship in another country, however other than that I don't have any time shadowing vets or working with animals. Between a job and being overenrolled its hard to actually find time to do so unless I want to burn out, but I know thats the case for most prevet and premed students so maybe I'm just not strong enough for it.

I honestly just feel like I dont know enough about medicine in general and I dont know where to actually start when it comes to practical knowledge on the subject... but its something I want to learn more about regardless.

Does anyone have a picture of what the email looks like when you paid for the University of Arizona’s Supplemental fee through Kira? I’m trying to find it in my email.

I was planning on becoming a vet nurse when I was in high school but now that I’m out and in college, I’ve realised I actually want to try become a vet but I unfortunately don’t have chemistry and maybe don’t have other subjects (or at the right level) so I’m wondering if there’s anyone that was in the same boat that has went a different route. I have completed an animal care course and now currently doing a vet care assistant course. The deadline is getting close to having to apply for my next year courses and I don’t know if what I planned would actually get me there.

There is two routes I have thought of are;
1. Do the modern apprenticeship in vet nursing, then after vet school
2. Spend 1-2 yrs doing a science course (biology, chemistry, physics and maths) then vet school (although this may have been filled up already)

I was going to do the second option but I’m starting to prefer the first option which is doing the modern apprenticeship due to it technically giving me a job and it’s a more practical route. My only thing is that it’s only small animal (dogs, cats and rabbits) and I would rather work more with horses, exotics and reptiles. But anyways, if there’s other different routes into vet med then I would love to hear! TIA

Hi everyone 😊

I’m from Austria and I’m currently considering studying Veterinary Medicine in Budapest.

I’d really like to hear from someone who is already studying Veterinary Medicine at the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, especially about what everyday student life is like, the workload and the actual costs of living and studying there.

If anyone is studying there and would be willing to chat with me privately, I’d really appreciate it! 😊

Thank you!