Title: Credit hours in vet school | Student Doctor Network
Headings: Credit hours in vet school
Credit hours in vet school
zuneski
twelvetigers
david594
Is it possible to choose to take less credit hours per semester and maybe graduate in 5 years, rather than 4?
sumstorm
zuneski
karmapple
I can't imagine taking like 10 more credit hours with classes that are probably 4x as hard
sumstorm
Jochebed
Is it possible to choose to take less credit hours per semester and maybe graduate in 5 years, rather than 4?
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KittyRex
turnandburn
sofficat
sumstorm
THEOSU2012
zuneski
CBRGrl
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Content: I won't lie, it was definitely an adjustment and occasionally can be a bit overwhelming (we pretty much rarely have weeks where we don't have at least 1 exam), but I agree with previous posters that the issue isn't that the material is more difficult than undergrad, there's just so much more of it and there's also tons of amazing extracurricular activities so it's really tempting to put too much on your plate. However, it's all absolutely doable with some good time-management skills (Hahah... the thing I struggle with the most). If you can manage taking 17 units of upper division classes in undergrad and do well, then chances are you can absolutely manage a vet school course load. and speaking of time management... I should really be studying cardio right now
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I have 28 this semester
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In vet school I've always had somewhere between 19 and 24 hours each semester. And this is also including the classes that are only 1 or 2 credit hours even though there are HOURS of lab time (surgery!) but "if we didn't make it only 2 hours tuition would be even higher" (not to mention then I'd have, like, 27 hours in one semester)
For me it was actually kind of nice because I was used to undergrad where I would go to school from 8-11 am, then work from 12-6pm, then school from 7-9pm... or other days work from 8-4, school (lab) from 5-9pm... so my first week of vet school I got home at 5 and was like "oh my gosh- I don't have to go to work. I have all evening to study!" It's still nice because sometimes we get out at 3pm and I can nap and clean and still have study time. This semester we only have 15 hours, but we also only have 6 weeks of classes (then clinics start!) I think volume of material (not the difficulty level) is the hardest.