Is anyone here a zoologist or herpetologist?

[Valentine Pirate]

Cant get into vet school until you do your undergrad stuff... (4 years) + another 4 years for vet school... possibly 1 in between for a pre vet course.

My 4 years = Bachelors in Science, zoology. Its alot of chemistry surprisingly

Oh yeah, also, im not sure how other universities do it, but here, you can only take the Pre-Vet course after your 4 years of undergrad, and the pre-vet course isnt a degree or anything its just an extra class to get you prepared for vet school (so you can test into it

Im also shooting to be a vet you could say, but Ill take what I can get seeing as Im willing to work with animals in anyway I can.

Oh I know! I appreciate the reminder though that's why I mentioned early years, I'm only a sophomore at the moment. I'm a chem nut and I love animals, so vet and pre-vet seemed like a good idea to aim for. But a lot can happen in that time, so it's why the vet goal is pretty loose.

What uni you at now?

[I<3Dreamsicles]

Oh I know! I appreciate the reminder though that's why I mentioned early years, I'm only a sophomore at the moment. I'm a chem nut and I love animals, so vet and pre-vet seemed like a good idea to aim for. But a lot can happen in that time, so it's why the vet goal is pretty loose.

What uni you at now?

hehe. wasnt sure. I had no idea when I was in highschool. (wasnt sure if you meant THAT earily.. and i still dont haha. sophmore in HS or College?)

Yeah... its pretty loose here too haha. Then again this I had to pick my major my SR year in highschool. I wasnt sure if I wanted to do something with art (architecture?) or animals.

As you can see I chose animals

I failed chemistry in highschool.



I may be in for a rude awakening... But I doubt it. My teacher was horrible in highschool. I plan on hitting the books like its my job and working my rear off..
(and here they actually give you help and WANT you to do good... unlike my HS teacher unfortunately)

oh yeah and i think... Ohio State University vet school, they say something like a 3.6 GPA in college courses is competitive or something like that.... and you need a certain number of hours working/volunteering at a vet office.

[Valentine Pirate]

wasnt sure if you meant THAT earily.. and i still dont haha. sophmore in HS or College?

College, sorry 'bout that xD And it's a tough business! It's actually supposed to be harder to get into vet school than medical school. I'm absolutely on fire for the challenge, but that's just because I finally have control of what I want to study (overbearing parents have good intentions usually, but it made me do AWFUL in high school, 2. something GPA but a 2300 SAT score put me in an awkward position)

And I knew about needing recommendations from Vets and volunteer organizations, but didn't know about the hours... Might just be safe to log 'em anyway though

[I<3Dreamsicles]

College, sorry 'bout that xD And it's a tough business! It's actually supposed to be harder to get into vet school than medical school. I'm absolutely on fire for the challenge, but that's just because I finally have control of what I want to study (overbearing parents have good intentions usually, but it made me do AWFUL in high school, 2. something GPA but a 2300 SAT score put me in an awkward position)

And I knew about needing recommendations from Vets and volunteer organizations, but didn't know about the hours... Might just be safe to log 'em anyway though

Yeah thats for sure. My actual DOCTOR even told me that, but he said its because there are more parts to learn and stuff cause its all different animals and not just ONE subject, like humans..

Yep, im not sure what other vet schools do but ohio state has some odd number of hours required...

Yeah I had a pretty bad GPA my highschool years except my sr year i had like a 3.4 or something...

Ive never taken the SAT

[Valentine Pirate]

Yeah thats for sure. My actual DOCTOR even told me that, but he said its because there are more parts to learn and stuff cause its all different animals and not just ONE subject, like humans..

Yep, im not sure what other vet schools do but ohio state has some odd number of hours required...

Yeah I had a pretty bad GPA my highschool years except my sr year i had like a 3.4 or something...

Ive never taken the SAT

Bahaha, lucky! Standardized testing is so freaking boring 0_0 Urgh.

I'm just so excited to be studing animal specific sciences after the preliminary classes are done. I know a LOT of people on here don't put a lot of stock in a degree, but combining it with the fact I already keep/help keep a bunch of reptiles, it'll probably be an asset, right?

[I<3Dreamsicles]

Bahaha, lucky! Standardized testing is so freaking boring 0_0 Urgh.

I'm just so excited to be studing animal specific sciences after the preliminary classes are done. I know a LOT of people on here don't put a lot of stock in a degree, but combining it with the fact I already keep/help keep a bunch of reptiles, it'll probably be an asset, right?

Yeah, I did have to take the ACT though... haha i took it at the end of summer break with no studying... Not the best idea but I did well enough to get accepted so im fine with it...

I have no idea about animal specific courses here... I dont know about any to be honest. Ive seen the course list for the whole 4 years and most of its just like different bio classes, organic chem, stuff like that, anatomy and physiology...

To be honest I find it hard to believe that someone with a zoology degree would say that about BP's getting 10 feet....

Worst thing is I like reptiles (or exotics) the most, but there is even less of a market for that than there is for stuff like live stock and small animals.

Our science department has a reptile collection and some invertebrates (which I have yet to see but I've heard its pretty good) Im hoping they will let me bring in my BP and keep it here during the year... And MAYBE start a breeding project or something. Im not sure how they will take it... My BP isnt big enough to breed yet but if they like the idea they can probably fund stuff like that...

[Valentine Pirate]

Yeah, I did have to take the ACT though... haha i took it at the end of summer break with no studying... Not the best idea but I did well enough to get accepted so im fine with it...

I have no idea about animal specific courses here... I dont know about any to be honest. Ive seen the course list for the whole 4 years and most of its just like different bio classes, organic chem, stuff like that, anatomy and physiology...

To be honest I find it hard to believe that someone with a zoology degree would say that about BP's getting 10 feet....

Worst thing is I like reptiles (or exotics) the most, but there is even less of a market for that than there is for stuff like live stock and small animals.

Our science department has a reptile collection and some invertebrates (which I have yet to see but I've heard its pretty good) Im hoping they will let me bring in my BP and keep it here during the year... And MAYBE start a breeding project or something. Im not sure how they will take it... My BP isnt big enough to breed yet but if they like the idea they can probably fund stuff like that...

Now THAT would be sweet! You could probably talk to the people who teach the genetics courses and see if they can help ya out xD but really, a school funded BP breeding program? I'd love to get in on that