Questions about becoming a vet?

Question

I'm a JR. this year at high school- I want to be come a vet once I graduate, which means 4 years college + 4 years vet school and any more school beyond that. I am currently trying to make sure that I cover all of the stuff I'm gonna need to have at least some knowledge about before I start college and I was wondering if anyone knew any school subjects, especially the science ones, that I really need to have lots of before going to college.

Currently I am taking Chemistry; I took Biology last year. Summer of 2009 I will be taking another Biology course at a community college... is there stuff I'm missing? I know people who want to become doctors need to have physics but I really wasn't sure about people who want to become vets??

Answer 1

Take every math and science course offered.  You will need 2 years of chemistry in college and Physics will do nothing, but help.  If you school offers an Anatomy/Physiology course for bio take it.  If given a choice of zoology or anatomy/physiology for bio 2, take whatever course offers the most anatomy/physiology.  Good luck.  People I knew who dropped out of failed vet school went on to become human doctors.  Vet school is tough and competitive.  

Answer 2

You should definitely take physics.  The university I'm at has a very good vet program, but its competative.  Only about 1/4 of the people who are accepted for consideration actually make it in to the vet school.  As a physics student I can tell you that all incoming potential vets are required to take college physics.  Usually the vet school uses the grades people get in physics to weed down the number of people who get into the program.  Being good at physics is very important, just as important as chemistry.