Vet med rejections ( please give advice )

Heyy,
I applied for my Vet med choices this year and unfortunately got 4/4 rejections. I have gotten and offer for Animal science at Nottingham and Bristol suggested applying to Zoology which I soon got an offer for.
Unfortunately even thinking ab zoology makes me excited but a little sad at the same time , because at the end of the day I want to be a vet. Looking at the percentages of people who get spots in postgraduate veterinary medicine is terrifying as it seems more competitive that undergraduate, between <25% of people getting offers.
I'm scared on what to do as I'm not too sure you can transfer at university of Bristol in the first year through ucas for undergrad vet med , and I would be forced to finish zoology ( if I get the grades guys I'm so scared lol ) and then apply of postgraduate.
If I were to take a gap year I do have a job as an ANA at a vet clinic which is useful but the thought of a gap year scares me a little. Like what if the same exact rejections happen next year?
Any advice would be appreciated, especially if any Bristol vet student had similar experiences.
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I’ve had 4/4 rejections as well. So my plan is just to take a gap year, focus on my grades and use the summer to get as much work experience as possible and then just reapply in ocotber

And this... is the correct answer. 👍️

You didn't get a place. I know the feeling. I had that happen to me.
You're going to reapply next year.
In the meantime go away and have a think about what you will spend the next 12 months doing to improve yourself and make you a better vet by the end of it. Post your thoughts here when you have some ideas.
I wrote a thread about people not getting into medical school which may be applicable to your situation.

Heyy,
I applied for my Vet med choices this year and unfortunately got 4/4 rejections. I have gotten and offer for Animal science at Nottingham and Bristol suggested applying to Zoology which I soon got an offer for.
Unfortunately even thinking ab zoology makes me excited but a little sad at the same time , because at the end of the day I want to be a vet. Looking at the percentages of people who get spots in postgraduate veterinary medicine is terrifying as it seems more competitive that undergraduate, between <25% of people getting offers.
I'm scared on what to do as I'm not too sure you can transfer at university of Bristol in the first year through ucas for undergrad vet med , and I would be forced to finish zoology ( if I get the grades guys I'm so scared lol ) and then apply of postgraduate.
If I were to take a gap year I do have a job as an ANA at a vet clinic which is useful but the thought of a gap year scares me a little. Like what if the same exact rejections happen next year?
Any advice would be appreciated, especially if any Bristol vet student had similar experiences.
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If you want to be a vet, don’t start another degree just because you didn’t get in. Take a year out, get some experience (or resit exams if you need to). Once you’ve got your grades, you’re in a much better position because universities see you as a “banker” as they already know you’ve got the results, which massively improves your chances (this is word for word the advice i got from prof at nottingham who does interviews and applications etc). Adding more experience on top of that will only make you even stronger. If it still doesn’t work out after that, then you can think about graduate entry.
As for graduate vet med, you can still apply for the normal 5-year courses even after doing a degree, and the acceptance rates are usually a lot higher. For example, at Nottingham, the offer rate for school leavers is usually around 10%, but for graduates in recent years it’s been more like 30-40% (partly due to you being a "banker" like above but mostly more expirence and confidence). So it’s definitely possible just be aware that there usually aren’t tuition loans available for a second degree and some unis charge higher than the minimum for eg edinburgh who charge about £40k.

Thank you for the advice. Yeah I think I'm just going to do the gap year and try focus completely on my exams now as that will just put me in a better position. And financially I'm not too sure if I could afford graduate entry.
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