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I am in 10th grade and i'm interested in becoming an veterinarian. What courses should I take that will help me prepare for this kind of job?

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Darcel’s Answer

Becoming a veterinarian is just like becoming a medical doctor; except you are a doctor for animals. Your courses in high school as mentioned before are chemistry, anatomy, physiology; and microbiology if you want to work with sea animals. It's important to work towards a strong GPA in all your high school and college course. Veterinarian schools/colleges are very hard to get into because they are so few. Your higher education process will be long one, don't get discouraged. If you have a domestic animal at home talk to your vet. It's a very rewarding career helping and treating animals. Hopefully you don't have any allergies related to all types of animal like dog/cat dander that would make the career problematic. Best of Luck

Darcel recommends the following next steps:

Volunteer (after the pandemic) at the city/government animal shelters where many veterinarians work to see the kind of treatment and case they work.
Alternative career is Veterinarian Assistant a great starting point you can get your AS/certificate from a local college, them maybe work part-time while you pursue for Veterinarian degree.
Think about what animals you would like to work with there are various degrees of specialization in the Veterinarians.
Look for local Veterinarians Assistant program in your city community colleges are the most affordable.
I can't stress enough your overall GPA more importantly the sciences grades Chemistry, Biology, Microbiology etc. Look up online any veterinarian program and they will tell you the prep courses.
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Summer’s Answer

Since you're in high school, I would recommend taking some biology and chemistry classes. If your school offers anatomy, that could also be good.

Once you're in college, vet schools usually have a set list of requirements they want students to complete. It would be best to also take animal physiology and classes similar to that.

Here is a link to various courses that vet schools look for: https://www.aavmc.org/data/files/vmcas/prereqchart.pdf
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Oanh’s Answer

Depend on your school offering what courses, but you will need classes in biology, chemistry, physics, and math. Also depending on the school, you may also need classes in biochemistry, mammalogy, and other advanced classes such as: organic chemistry; Molecular and Cell Biology; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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