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really?!? didnt know that about UCD ... youve set me straight on that one!! Though if they only look at grades how do they decide between 2 people with 4 A's?

Anywho, you would have to call up the universities about the A* thing, personally i think the whole idea of them is rediculous!

OllyH

I emailed the admissions guy at Dublin, and to get an offer from the UK you need to have AAAB at A2 and have an offer from a british vet school

Hahaha, so theyre just piggybacking off the british vet school admissions process!! Cheeky sods :P

Reply 21

xFuture_Vetx

OllyH

I emailed the admissions guy at Dublin, and to get an offer from the UK you need to have AAAB at A2 and have an offer from a british vet school

That seems a bit odd... I suppose that means you are good.

Reply 22

ashefbjhsdab

nickj

Hahaha, so theyre just piggybacking off the british vet school admissions process!! Cheeky sods :P

Exactly, its an easy way of working out who is good enough on the work exp/interview side when they dont have a chance to do it themselves. (Or would rather not waste resources for a couple of UK people)

Reply 23

zoop

OP

Actually I think they do all of this because they don't actually want british students because there is only one vet school in the whole of ireland, republic and north, and only approx. 65 places. They want as many places as possible to go to home students, then the north then british and scottish students.

Also - Xfuture_vetX - how come your offers are BB?? Is that for vet med??

Reply 24

xFuture_Vetx

zoop

Actually I think they do all of this because they don't actually want british students because there is only one vet school in the whole of ireland, republic and north, and only approx. 65 places. They want as many places as possible to go to home students, then the north then british and scottish students.

Also - Xfuture_vetX - how come your offers are BB?? Is that for vet med??

Ahh, I am a Scottish Applicant and do Advanced Highers which are deemed more difficult than A levels and so I have lower offers :biggrin:

Plus I already have official qualifications (highers) which indicate my academic ability.

x

EDIT: Oh and yes it's for vet med :woo:

Reply 25

abgrad

Hi, is it true that students who study vet med as a second degree (so already studied first degree in uk) have to pay crazily high fees, I was told by one funding agency that is could be £20,000 a year as the universities can set what fees they like for grad students. I think I must have been mislead as that is crazy! Tho it is about this price for international students?

Btw, what do vets earn? Does it totally depend on who you work for?

Reply 26

ashefbjhsdab

abgrad

Hi, is it true that students who study vet med as a second degree (so already studied first degree in uk) have to pay crazily high fees, I was told by one funding agency that is could be £20,000 a year as the universities can set what fees they like for grad students. I think I must have been mislead as that is crazy! Tho it is about this price for international students?

Btw, what do vets earn? Does it totally depend on who you work for?

It depends where you apply. I know that nottingham, cambridge and RVC all charge the same as if it was your undergraduate degree.

I know for sure that Liverpool and Edinburgh charge a lot if you're doing vet med as your second degree. I met someone on work exp who was paying £18,000 a year to do vet med at liverpool as her second degree. She had done animal science at Nottingham beforehand.

Vets tend to start out at £18k on graduation and then increase with experience. Partners can earn 50k +
Somone posted a really good article on vet wages the other day but i cant find it. It was in the Society of Practicing Vet Surgeons(SPVS )

Reply 27

Annaconda

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http://www.vet-pr.co.uk/uploaded/Newsletter%20in%20part.pdf
i still have the window open

Reply 28

abgrad

Wow, imagine paying £18,000 a year to study! They must really want to do it! Maybe they wanted to study vet med ever since school and needed to do an undergrad first as their original grades werent good enough? Or maybe they are just really well off!

Reply 29

abgrad

That was an interesting article, thanks!

Reply 30

schmel86

abgrad

That was an interesting article, thanks!

Abgrad....I'm sorta guessing by your name but are you a grad? If so then yay theres more of us! :biggrin:

Theres about 10 or so of us on here. Have you applied this year?

Reply 31

ch0c0h01ic

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abgrad

Hi, is it true that students who study vet med as a second degree (so already studied first degree in uk) have to pay crazily high fees, I was told by one funding agency that is could be £20,000 a year as the universities can set what fees they like for grad students. I think I must have been mislead as that is crazy! Tho it is about this price for international students?

Btw, what do vets earn? Does it totally depend on who you work for?

The Government will only fund the first degree you do. So yes, if you are a graduate applying to veterinary science, chances are that you will be paying the same fees as international students. So for preclinical years you could be looking at paying £15K a year and in clinical years £25K per year (that's using Bristol's figures, of course it is going to vary slightly but they're all much the same).

Now this is the same with most courses (unless it is in a subject where there is a shortage), the issue with Veterinary Science is that it is a very expensive course to run, so naturally course running costs are going to be significantly higher than Geography for instance.

There are exceptions, Nottingham and RVC, apparently only charge £3K per year, personally I'm not sure of the others. Bear in mind that living expenses in London are significantly more, while you may be saving many thousands on the course fees you're still going to end up paying £2+K per year extra on accommodation, living expenses, etc in London. It's swings and roundabouts.

Plus also bear in mind that you are missing out on 5+ years wages by doing Veterinary Science as a secondary degree. In another thread I worked out that becoming a Vet using graduate entry would cost you an extra £50K (at the very least) through tuition fees, living costs and lost wages.

It is significantly cheaper and quicker to get into Vet School first time around as opposed to going the graduate route.

Reply 32

J_E_N_N_Y

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liverpool is £17500 per year every year and if its that when you start it will remain the same thoughtout.

http://www.liv.ac.uk/vets/study/admission.htm
scroll down to grad applicants

Reply 33

tiny_tiger

As far as Im aware, Bristol is the only vet school that varies fees depending on clinical/preclinical years but in general it is v expensive to do vet med as a graduate. Notts and RVC charge 3K a year so same as undergrad but like ch0c0h01ic said, it is mega expensive to live in london if you go to rvc. Cambridge also charge grads 3K but the also charge college fees which vary between colleges so you should remember to consider that. Glasgow, Edinburgh, Liverpool and Bristol are all the stingers for grads. Glas, Ed and Livs fees are about 18k per year and Bristol averages out at around the same price bracket

Reply 34

abgrad

I'm a grad but I'm not applying to vet med, was just interested and to be honest I wanted to know if my funding authority was talking a lot of rubbish when they gave vet med as an exmple of high grad fees, they are wrong most of the time! I'm applying to a healthcare degree where my fees will hopefully be paid at least :smile:

but its a long course too so living expenses will be tough.

So, are any of the grads on here looking at having to pay these huge fees or have you applied to the cheaper unis (that's what I would do!)? Theyll be much more competitive tho I guess.

Reply 35

schmel86

I think theres a few of us Nellied, Solargirl, and a couple of others have got offers from edinburgh, so £20,900 a year for 4 years! (eek, scares me when I write it). Its a lot of money but once you consider what its possible to save in a year with a standard job then it seems do-able. I certainly couldnt afford the 5 year (£100,000+ is a little too excessive). The way I think of it is I could keep my current job which has an amazing salary, and not get in debt but i'd be miserable, bored and unhappy as its not what I want to do. I've weighed up the pros and cons over the couple of years at uni and it really isnt too big a deal if it means I get to be a vet :yep:

. I just wish I'd know about grad fees when I was doing my A-levels and deciding between a gap year or specialising in horses and doing an equine BSc....at the time there were no graduate fees :frown:

Reply 36

abgrad

So how do you pay for that tho? Like can you get it financed by the loan ppl and they you pay it back after grad or do you need to prove you have the money before they let you onto the course? You guys are well committed and if it means you are going to be doing a job you love then its worth it! :smile:

Reply 37

Kangamingo

If anyone is willing to show me their PS I would really appreciate it, I have a total of 3 pages with paragraphs for each work experience placement. But would like to see how people joined theirs into an actual whole document. And make sure I haven't missed anything. I am a grad from Bangor Uni and have 5 years work experience, tough to know what to include and what to cut out. Cheers! :smile:

Reply 38

Amanda1801

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zoop

Hey
I just went to VetMedlink and one of the lecturers said to try and befriend current vet students (well what he said was a wee bit more eccentric than that!).

Would anyone be able to answer questions, especially those in vet schools already plus those applying. Any chance I could see personal statements etc, see what work experience AND... you're answer to the dreaded question - why do you want to be a vet?

I'm currently in yr12 studying Bio, Chem, Physics and Geography.

Thanks! xx

The crazy guy with the blonde hair? I loved that guy - he made that seminar at midnight worth every second! Did you by any chance have to run around a tree in the dark at 3am too lol

Reply 39

supastar101

Hi everyone,

was the guy at vetMedLink called Gary someone? I swear I had the same talk when I went on Vetsim etc back in the day... well, 2002 ish!
I'm a fourth year D101 student at the RVC and am happy to befriend people who have questions about anything.

Back to the 'why I wanted to be a vet' theme, I had the one answer which was apparently unacceptable. I was a MASSIVE fan of vets in practice and I saw it and my future career clicked into place. Needless to say this was not mentioned to a single interview panel or in my PS :smile:

Jen

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