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What is the day-to-day life of a veterinarian
Do you deem all the schooling to be worth it? Do are you satisfied financially and emotionally? Finally do you have time to live life outside of work?
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Hello, Kyree !
To be honest, no one is going to be able to tell you or give you accurate insight about how your career will be. In order to be a Veterinarian, you will need to know what the basic work is and have a strong passion and drive towards that career. Although it is interesting to hear how someone else's path to a career was, it will not be the same for you.
You will create your own day to day life. As a Veterinarian, however, no two days can be the same as you will have different patients and their owners, your clients, and this is way too soon to even guess on what day you'd be doing what. No one really gets a preview of exactly how their career will be. You just have to love it so much that you are sure it's the career for you.
My opinion is that yes, the undergraduate education and Veterinarian School are crucial in contributing to your knowledge, technical skills and diverse abilities to work with animals. Without the academic path, you wouldn't be able to be a Veterinarian, so it is crucial. From my observance, any Vet I have even seen has been very happy with their career. It is not helpful to worry about salary before you even begin. All careers are a process and you have to be willing to go through the process.
If you want to know more about the work that Veterinarians do - not how your career will be - there is a good way to do this other than hearing stories. You will get a clear picture by doing Volunteer Work. Some places that would be excellent for this would be The Animal Medical Hospital and Urgent Care in Charlotte, Stand for Animals Veterinary Clinic, Veterinary Emergency Group and Queen City Animal Hospital in Charlotte. Instead of forming ideas about it, get some experience around the work. While doing so, you can learn, ask questions and develop new social contacts.
Another way to get a realistic picture of the subject is to take an online class. There is a free online class in Introduction to Animal Science on Alison. Alison is based in the UK, but this would be useful to you as an introduction that you can see and hear. Coursera provides a range of free animal health courses from top universities, including "Dog Emotion and Cognition" from Duke University, "Animal Behavior and Welfare" from the University of Edinburgh, and "The Truth About Cats and Dogs" from the same institution. Cornell University offers a free 3-week online course called "ANSC 1120 Sustainable Animal Husbandry".
So instead of judging the career on elusive possibilities, explore the actual work to see if you personally think it is a good fit for you.
Once you become a Veterinarian, that's when you know what your life would be like. Try not to go by other people's lives, focus on yours. Your life will be very different 11 years from now (it takes 7 - 9 years in North Carolina to become a Veterinarian), and it is not helpful to be concerned with how your life would be then. Live life to its' fullest and pursue things that are close to your mind and heart.
I hope this is something to consider and I wish you all the best exploring this and any other careers !
To be honest, no one is going to be able to tell you or give you accurate insight about how your career will be. In order to be a Veterinarian, you will need to know what the basic work is and have a strong passion and drive towards that career. Although it is interesting to hear how someone else's path to a career was, it will not be the same for you.
You will create your own day to day life. As a Veterinarian, however, no two days can be the same as you will have different patients and their owners, your clients, and this is way too soon to even guess on what day you'd be doing what. No one really gets a preview of exactly how their career will be. You just have to love it so much that you are sure it's the career for you.
My opinion is that yes, the undergraduate education and Veterinarian School are crucial in contributing to your knowledge, technical skills and diverse abilities to work with animals. Without the academic path, you wouldn't be able to be a Veterinarian, so it is crucial. From my observance, any Vet I have even seen has been very happy with their career. It is not helpful to worry about salary before you even begin. All careers are a process and you have to be willing to go through the process.
If you want to know more about the work that Veterinarians do - not how your career will be - there is a good way to do this other than hearing stories. You will get a clear picture by doing Volunteer Work. Some places that would be excellent for this would be The Animal Medical Hospital and Urgent Care in Charlotte, Stand for Animals Veterinary Clinic, Veterinary Emergency Group and Queen City Animal Hospital in Charlotte. Instead of forming ideas about it, get some experience around the work. While doing so, you can learn, ask questions and develop new social contacts.
Another way to get a realistic picture of the subject is to take an online class. There is a free online class in Introduction to Animal Science on Alison. Alison is based in the UK, but this would be useful to you as an introduction that you can see and hear. Coursera provides a range of free animal health courses from top universities, including "Dog Emotion and Cognition" from Duke University, "Animal Behavior and Welfare" from the University of Edinburgh, and "The Truth About Cats and Dogs" from the same institution. Cornell University offers a free 3-week online course called "ANSC 1120 Sustainable Animal Husbandry".
So instead of judging the career on elusive possibilities, explore the actual work to see if you personally think it is a good fit for you.
Once you become a Veterinarian, that's when you know what your life would be like. Try not to go by other people's lives, focus on yours. Your life will be very different 11 years from now (it takes 7 - 9 years in North Carolina to become a Veterinarian), and it is not helpful to be concerned with how your life would be then. Live life to its' fullest and pursue things that are close to your mind and heart.
I hope this is something to consider and I wish you all the best exploring this and any other careers !
Thanks for the help.