DVM Hopefully the following will answer some of the many questions that I am always asked about the veterinary profession and schooling. I originally decided to become a vet when I was 12 years old because my best friend wanted to be one. I had been riding horses since I was eight or nine. I would strongly recommend for anyone interested in veterinary medicine to volunteer or at least observe somewhere that you are interested to see if it truly is what you want.
Vet school is four years after college.
You take the boards after your four years of school. Internship and residency are optional and quite competetive for certain fields. Some of the things that I personally like about my job is the surgery and more extensive case work-ups that I get to do. We do labwork, endoscopies, sonograms, surgery, etc. at my practice. It is often very difficult to discuss costs with the owners, especially because insurance is so limited and many states don't even have it for pets.