Do I take the plunge and get a career I love?

MrChandlerBing

Becoming a midwife is a realistic aim. Becoming a vet is not unfortunately

jayII

MrChandlerBing wrote: »

Becoming a midwife is a realistic aim. Becoming a vet is not unfortunately

Why not? A handful of universities do accept the science access course and the OP said she's spoken to her local uni and been clearly told they'll accept access (with appropriate pass marks) as an entry qualification.

shegirl

coinxoperated wrote: »

Thanks.

I spoke to a college and university I would like to go to and have confirmed that I am able to do a part-time access course in science and then (assuming I get good grades! (B+ equivalent) they have confirmed they will accept me onto the veterinary course. I'm going for a meeting next week with the college and have confirmation of this via e-mail from the uni.

Thanks for all the advice !

Are you sure they said you will get a place on the degree?I find that incredibly unlikely.I'd say it's more likely that you'd be considered.There will be interviews etc and,as it is a competitive course offered at only a handful of unis,there will be many candidates who may have better qualifications,experience,more passion and various other things.

By all means,go for it if it's what you want but be wary of convincing yourself of guarunteed entry.

For your info a quick google found the expectations/info for all the unis that provide the vetinary medicine degree http://www.rcvs.org.uk/document-library/admissions-requirements-aug-2010/AdmissionsReqAug2010.pdf (two years out but it won't make much difference)

Best of luck!

pleasedelete

jayII wrote: »

Why not? A handful of universities do accept the science access course and the OP said she's spoken to her local uni and been clearly told they'll accept access (with appropriate pass marks) as an entry qualification.

No a handful don't. There are 7 unis in the uk that offer the course. Only 1 really seems to be open to access courses. Some of the others accept access but only with a grade gcses. Some accept access but with b grade gcses. Many don't accept access. If they do accept access they have about 5 places each on the course.

A local uni may be the case but only if it is one of the 7 which are all top Russell group unis

pleasedelete

shegirl wrote: »

For your info a quick google found the expectations/info for all the unis that provide the vetinary medicine degree http://www.rcvs.org.uk/document-library/admissions-requirements-aug-2010/AdmissionsReqAug2010.pdf (two years out but it won't make much difference)

Best of luck!

I think I posted that 14 posts ago (smiley face which can't do on iPad)

Plus a list a few posts before that (even smilier face!)

This is good guidance about Russell group unis and chosing a levels
http://russellgroup.ac.uk/media/informed-choices/InformedChoices-latest.pdf

princessdon

I am suprised that uni's would take access for Vet's - but that is why I asked OP to contact them for clarification.

Very very suprising though, not for midwifery (access courses are normal entry up here) but suprised at the Uni response for Vetinary.

OP did you ask to speak to the right department? I'd double check, there is nothing worse than doing a year for nothing!

shegirl

pleasedelete wrote: »

I think I posted that 14 posts ago (smiley face which can't do on iPad)

Plus a list a few posts before that (even smilies face!)

This is good guidance about Russell group unis and chosing a levels
http://russellgroup.ac.uk/media/informed-choices/InformedChoices-latest.pdf

Ooh,sorry didn't notice:o (only recently managed to do smileys on iPod!):)

jayII

pleasedelete wrote: »

No a handful don't. There are 7 unis in the uk that offer the course. Only 1 really seems to be open to access courses. Some of the others accept access but only with a grade gcses. Some accept access but with b grade gcses. Many don't accept access. If they do accept access they have about 5 places each on the course.

A local uni may be the case but only if it is one of the 7 which are all top Russell group unis

You may be right but without trawling through 2013 entry requirements of different courses it's difficult to know.

Ultimately, if the OP gets into her local uni to study Veterinary Medicine, that is all that matters.

I hope she's asked about the right course, there are a lot of veterinary courses that don't lead to vet qualifications. I found it pretty confusing when I first looked on UCAS.

Person_one

MrChandlerBing wrote: »

Becoming a midwife is a realistic aim. Becoming a vet is not unfortunately

She's 22 and you're writing her off?

It will be harder, but its not impossible, it'd just take a long time and a lot of hard work.

OP, have you considered other careers that involve working with animals and are possibly less competitive and would be quicker than vet school?

What about dog grooming or training? There are also lots of different uni courses about animal behaviour and husbandry, you can even train to be a zookeeper!

http://www.chester.ac.uk/fd/animal-management

pleasedelete

Person_one wrote: »

She's 22 and you're writing her off?

It will be harder, but its not impossible, it'd just take a long time and a lot of hard work.

OP, have you considered other careers that involve working with animals and are possibly less competitive and would be quicker than vet school?

What about dog grooming or training? There are also lots of different uni courses about animal behaviour and husbandry, you can even train to be a zookeeper!

http://www.chester.ac.uk/fd/animal-management

This is Liverpool. They take access with 7 grade a and b at gcse. It is hard and it is not just time- it is very competitive. The access generally replaces a levels not a levels and gcse.

http://www.liv.ac.uk/veterinary-science/undergraduate/prospective-applicants/bvsc-applicants/