The Evolution of Veterinary Medical School Hopefuls
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2023-05
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Lyke, Jaime Reanne
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Bundy, Jennifer
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This research was conducted to analyze how the application pool of veterinary school students has changed over time. By understanding these trends, the hope is to aide veterinary school applicants in the future by providing resources that others do not have. A Qualtrics survey was used to collect data on how many people applied to veterinary medical school and what obstacles they faced (IRB 23-061). The survey had 213 respondents, the majority of which being students majoring in animal science at Iowa State university. Respondents pursuing the veterinary medical field reported that the hardest part of being pre-vet was stress related to being qualified or accepted. These respondents reported they could use the most support in obtaining experience with a veterinarian. 88.3% of the respondents reported having an ethnicity of white and 86.6% of people still pursuing veterinary medicine are white. Of those pursuing veterinary medicine, 51.8% are small/companion animal interest compared to the 28.6% being production animal interest (beef cattle, dairy cattle, poultry, sheep/goats, and swine). Outside of finding other interests, the number one reason why pre-vet students changed their career path was due to the financial expense related to attending veterinary medical school.
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