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<blockquote data-quote="Brandonm2" data-source="post: 116181" data-attributes="member: 2095"><p>I really don't think it matters what a Vet's GPA was at vet school. Most of the stuff they do (especially in the first two years of vet school) is raw biological science fact memorization. It lays the foundation upon which the clinical stuff in the last couple of years; but MOST of what a vet actually does is based on his ability to handle the animal, do the necessary procedure to the animal, and be able to diagnose the animal. I think some genius students make bad vets and some avg students make very GOOD vets. Some senior vet students can handle themselves very well in the barns or in the stables.....some (though they MAY be geniuses) really were uncomfortable with the animals. I worked at the vet school's large animal barns and paddocks for four years while I got my animal science degree. My grades were good enough (3.0) and I knew half of the profs at the vet school; but borrowing that much more money (and I paid for all my education myself) just did not seem worth it. Of course I ended up on a massive corporate startup sow farm where I had to deal with a massive PRRS virus break pretty much by myself (NOT a lot of FUN either).</p><p></p><p>Your son got a raw deal on that GPA. There is so much variety between High Schools that I think college admissions should go by straight ACT (or SAT) score and throw the rest of it (like class rank) out the window.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brandonm2, post: 116181, member: 2095"] I really don't think it matters what a Vet's GPA was at vet school. Most of the stuff they do (especially in the first two years of vet school) is raw biological science fact memorization. It lays the foundation upon which the clinical stuff in the last couple of years; but MOST of what a vet actually does is based on his ability to handle the animal, do the necessary procedure to the animal, and be able to diagnose the animal. I think some genius students make bad vets and some avg students make very GOOD vets. Some senior vet students can handle themselves very well in the barns or in the stables.....some (though they MAY be geniuses) really were uncomfortable with the animals. I worked at the vet school's large animal barns and paddocks for four years while I got my animal science degree. My grades were good enough (3.0) and I knew half of the profs at the vet school; but borrowing that much more money (and I paid for all my education myself) just did not seem worth it. Of course I ended up on a massive corporate startup sow farm where I had to deal with a massive PRRS virus break pretty much by myself (NOT a lot of FUN either). Your son got a raw deal on that GPA. There is so much variety between High Schools that I think college admissions should go by straight ACT (or SAT) score and throw the rest of it (like class rank) out the window. [/QUOTE]
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