> Also, for anyone reading, getting into Vet school doesn't mean that you're not competitive enough for standard med school; quite the opposite. Getting into vet school is damn hard.
We were always taught in school that becoming an animal doctor requires better qualifications/grades and is harder than becoming a human doctor - presumably as there is more than 2 anatomies one must become an expert of.
Over here in South Africa, you actually go to med school for a year, and then apply for veterinary medicine. So you have to be the best of the med school applicants to get a place. Hardest course to get admission to of any.
We were always taught in school that becoming an animal doctor requires better qualifications/grades and is harder than becoming a human doctor - presumably as there is more than 2 anatomies one must become an expert of.