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<blockquote data-quote="simme" data-source="post: 1792147" data-attributes="member: 40418"><p>Of all current licensed vets in the US, about 63% are female and 37% are male. But about 80% of current vet students are female. So the % of female vets will go up as the old guys retire. Years ago, being a vet was man's job. Usually a country boy. The number of yearly admissions to vet school is fixed based on the number of vet schools and their capacity. Increasing that number requires expansion of vet school facilities, teaching hospitals and labs. Admission to those limited slots is based on college grades (need about a 3.5/4 or higher and courses including general chemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, physics, genetics, biology, and such), GRE score and scoring of your veterinary clinic experience, recommendations from other vets and college professors, and other intangibles. In the past 25 years or so, the females have claimed most of the available slots. Majority of students choose a small animal course of study (dogs and cats and such) and don't even take large animal courses. Another issue is that new veterinarians typically do not have the desire to own their practice. They want to work for someone else and not deal with hiring, staffing and management. That has led to a higher percentage of clinics owned by corporate entities. A practicing vet that owns their clinic makes their rules about hours, services offered, prices, etc. Not so with corporate ownership. In recent years, many vet owned clinics have been purchased by corporate as the owner-vets retire. That comes with remote ownership and rule making.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simme, post: 1792147, member: 40418"] Of all current licensed vets in the US, about 63% are female and 37% are male. But about 80% of current vet students are female. So the % of female vets will go up as the old guys retire. Years ago, being a vet was man's job. Usually a country boy. The number of yearly admissions to vet school is fixed based on the number of vet schools and their capacity. Increasing that number requires expansion of vet school facilities, teaching hospitals and labs. Admission to those limited slots is based on college grades (need about a 3.5/4 or higher and courses including general chemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, physics, genetics, biology, and such), GRE score and scoring of your veterinary clinic experience, recommendations from other vets and college professors, and other intangibles. In the past 25 years or so, the females have claimed most of the available slots. Majority of students choose a small animal course of study (dogs and cats and such) and don't even take large animal courses. Another issue is that new veterinarians typically do not have the desire to own their practice. They want to work for someone else and not deal with hiring, staffing and management. That has led to a higher percentage of clinics owned by corporate entities. A practicing vet that owns their clinic makes their rules about hours, services offered, prices, etc. Not so with corporate ownership. In recent years, many vet owned clinics have been purchased by corporate as the owner-vets retire. That comes with remote ownership and rule making. [/QUOTE]
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