I went into school with optimism and blind faith that everything would work out. I also would not quit pursuing my objectives. Veterinary school is competitive, and I did not get in the first time-or the second. He encourages present and future veterinary students to keep an open mind about their career. I don't know if careers, or life for that matter, can ever really be planned.
Veterinary medicine offers so much variety in work and professional activities.
Probably the single most important thing is not to close any doors or think it is too late to change. I keep changing direction. It broadens your knowledge and understanding of the profession. Second-year veterinary student Steve Haase, of Gilman, Illinois, went to Open House with his family when he was in eighth grade. I was already confident that I wanted to be a veterinarian at that time, and I went away from Open House with enthusiasm and with no doubt left in my mind that the veterinary profession was the right one for me.