I'd be a Vet.

Ok....Apparently I got up to early after working the night shift...I'm thinking I hit the new thread button instead of the reply to "If I wasn't a nurse I'd be a __________. Sorry guys.....my bad. :chuckle

My mom's best friend's daughter just finished her first semester of vet school. She got a 4.0! We're all very proud of her. Yes the program was hard to get into. She's a very bright gal who loves animals and will make a WONDERFUL vet. I would trust her with my babies!

I applied and got accepted to vet school this year. However due to financial reason I was unable to attend and had to declined. I think there was about 2000 applicants applied last year, I was one of the 77 people they selected. I received my BS from California State University Los Angeles with a 3.8 GPA. I won an undergraduate research grant from the National Science Foundation so I did research in molecular biology lab for two years. Our lab published two papers in the Journal of Molecular Biology and I was one of the co-authors in those papers.

I scored really high in the GRE except for the verbal...(it was in the medium percentile). Applied to two school got accepted into one, rejected by the other.

I was pretty depressed for several months when I found out that I couldn't go to vet school. After months of research, nursing school seems to be the best choice for me at the moment. I spoke with one of my best friend who was an NP. He loves what he does to his patients and the pay is not bad at all.

I didn't consider nursing career as a fallback but an equal alternative. Both professions deal with clinical science and helping others.

This year I applied to two nursing schools and I was very fortunate to be accepted into both schools for the Jan class. To be fair with people who are waiting to get in, I had already declined the offer at one of the school.

In my opinion, things happen for a reason. I didn't my best trying to achieve my dream career but sometime you need to get sidetrack to be where you need to be.

I am very happy with my decision to attend nursing school. Who knows...may be once I save up enough funds I may try the vet school thing again.

I once thought about it, I grew up on a farm and do love animals. I would have wanted to specialize in small pets though. There is a vet program near were I live, but I also heard it was tough and didn't have the drive to start all over again.

So I am still a NICU nurse, and have a cat! I help out at the local animal shelter.