biovet science help

im doing a bio vet science degree at the moment having failled to get into vet straight off..... what i would like to know is how do i go about applying for a vet course after this i havoe no idea

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Reply 1

kookabura

You would need to apply when you are in your third year if you want to start the vet course straight away with no break, or you could obviously have a break in between the two courses if you wanted.

Nottm and RVC are currently the only two who charge standard fees to grads (circa £3290), Cambridge I think charge that amount as well, and then college fees on top. Whereas all the others are £18000 py plus up to Edinburgh which is about £22000 py.

Some do a four year accerlated/2in1 course. (RVC, Liverpool, Edinburgh for definate, not sure about the others). Nottm are still a five year course.

It tends to be fairly easy to get offers from the expensive places - Edinburgh seem to give every grad applicant an offer (they don't even interview grads), quite a lot of grads get offers from Bristol, Liverpool etc. Nottingham seem to give very, very, few grad offers out. RVC give out a fair few - but have a huge number of grad applicants.

So, you need to make sure that your application is as competitive as it can be. I would suggest you don't rely on just your degree as you current 'work experience' - get other placements done as well during your uni holidays. Also, what alevel grades did you get first time round? Because if you got particulary low grades it might be worth resitting chemisty as well as your degree (there are people here you got C/D in chem and ended up taking chemistry a level again to get in).

Reply 2

diddeyboy

hello yes i am thinking about redoing my chemistry would it maybe be worth looking to take the course abroad??
thanks

Reply 3

diddeyboy

Also would it be possible to find a sponsor for the post grad course and if it is how do i go about it??? thanks guys for the help in advance :rolleyes:

Reply 4

kookabura

I'm not aware of any sponsors/anyone who is sponsored. Most people are affording it by a combination of getting another student loan (you can get a second maintainance loan, but not grant or tuition fee loan), career development loan (a bank loan, which is a bit better than a normal bank loan, but still not ideal), working (quite a few of us haven't come straight from uni had a year+ inbetween the two courses earning, working in holidays and some people working during the course (not really recommended though!)

Redoing chemistry may well help if your chemistry grade was low first time round. By all means look at doing vet med abroad (there are quite a few people on here who are in slovakia (have a look at the Kosice thread), from what I know it is comparable with doing a second degree in the UK at one of the cheaper unis cost wise. So would be a good alternative if you didn't get into Nottm or RVC rather than the likes of Liv/Ed etc.