By: zia
OP, your questions are totally legit. The thing is that the way you approach career development is very different if you have finite and limited resources or if you have unlimited. I urge you to think...
View ArticleBy: DanielleT
Thanks for all the input. I understand how some of you think I come across as immature; your comments actually opened up my eyes to that and made me realize I am being pretty thoughtless in some...
View ArticleBy: _Silky_
brown hound, I agree with you that, taking OP at her word, she should not complete the program. But right now is when a lot of people in pre-professional programs feel like they chose wrong. OP may not...
View ArticleBy: brown hound
Veterinary technology is high technical and specialized field. It's a combination of nursing and laboratory technology. We place catheters, intubate and extubate patients, induce and monitor...
View ArticleBy: steinsaltz
I disagree that these are immature questions to ask--your dilemma is legit.
View ArticleBy: Uniformitarianism Now!
I work in academia with many non-clinically focused LVTs, and also many traditionally clinic-focused or even clinical specialist LVTs. There are many ways to parlay an LVT into other work. You may have...
View ArticleBy: _Silky_
1. I assume you have paid all of your tuition for this year already. In that case, DO NOT mentally check out or drop out right now. Try hard, find a summer job in the vet tech field if possible...
View ArticleBy: zia
Nthing that you need to finish the program. Not because you need to work as a vet tech but because as a drop out from the program you are essentially someone who has wasted your own time and a...
View ArticleBy: fshgrl
What I'd really love to do is just take some time away from everything and be able to really think about my options and what I'd really like to do, but I don't have the financial means to do that at...
View ArticleBy: Kruger5
Describing the OP as "slightly immature" is being kind. You're talking about thousands of dollars of *other people's money* and their equally generous goodwill. You need to get a hold of your life...
View ArticleBy: BlueHorse
Out of sheer roaring curiosity, I just looked at brown_hounds eponysterical link to the HSU. It might be exactly what you're looking for. I'm sure you could swing your two years vet tech AND slant your...
View ArticleBy: smoke
If you drop the program you need to be able to offer your parents and others a plausible alternative, and I respectfully suggest that studying yet another degree is not that alternative, especially one...
View ArticleBy: brown hound
LVTg here. If you really have "have no interest in working with them (animals) in a medical sense", you should drop the program. Especially if it's only a two-year program and you already have a...
View ArticleBy: dawkins_7
I think you need to read I Could Do Anything I Wanted If I Only Knew What It Was by Barb Sher and do all the exercises in it. And stick to the program.
View ArticleBy: mleigh
I'm enjoying the courses and I'm doing really well,disliked my former job at an advertising firm (or at least the work itself Please keep these two things in mind before you make a decision. It sounds...
View ArticleBy: Ideefixe
It's entirely possible that you could get a job related to animal welfare once you had this degree, but not work as a vet tech. Personally, I'd see what else the degree can help you with or if there's...
View ArticleQuestion: I made the wrong career choice so now what do I do?
I enrolled in a veterinary technician program this past fall, and I've realized that I don't want a career in this particular field. The main reason I actually returned to school was not to pursue a...
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