Uni course choice

For the whole of secondary school, I was set on vet med but now I’m in year 12 and I’m doubting whether I should do biomed/experimental psych at somewhere like Oxford instead and go into maybe prep teaching after. I’ve done work experience and the vets and vet students I spoke to didn’t recommend the career and I’m not sure how well I’d cope with the stress? But at the same time I don’t want to make the wrong choice and be unfulfilled in a ‘easier job,’. I can’t decide! For background I got all 9s in GCSEs. Any help or advice would be great!

Hi,
I’d recommend researching your options and looking closely at the course modules, as your own experience and strengths may make a course feel very different from what others have described. If you’re leaning towards veterinary medicine, you’d also need to plan for UCAT preparation over the summer, so it’s good to decide if that’s still something you’re considering in the next few months. Ultimately, focus on what you’d enjoy learning and doing in the long term, rather than just what seems ‘easier’.
Hope this helps,
Tayba
Student Rep

There’s no UCAT currently for vet med, only Cambridge has the NSAA admissions test. In my free time I enjoy researching about child development and neuroscience, but not sure if I’d want to study these at uni. My main concern is about the stress of the vet profession and high rates of burnout and dropping out?