VET VS MED SCHOOL - Why I didn't go to Med School . . . 

The respect part, you are on point... and it frustrates me so much that veterinarians are not respected

I struggled with feeling "smart enough" to go to vet school (or med school), for a long time. So much so, that I didn't go to vet school until I was in my 30s. 😊I'm in the US though, so our education system is a little different (we don't go to med/vet school, right after high school). Animals really are the best. 😊

I'm trying to decide whether to go to med school or vet school next year. It's the hardest decision I've ever had to make. The lack of respect and the pay is what's really holding me back from vet school right now. Your video helped me out a lot thank you!

Hi I'm studying vet med in Thailand I want to say that I'm totally agree with about everything you saying!! especially topic about not as respected as human med. Despite that we learn human at basic first 😒 btw. I very very love your video 💖💖

Im a certified veterinary technician and a first year veterinary student. Im my country (Europe-Slovenia) both the medical and veterinary degree are 6 years long and best of all FREE OF CHARGE. Im very glad I didn't have to base my decision on money at all! I have always known that vet med was the right path for me:D

7:41 " either if you graduate as a doctor or a vet". No disrespect at all, I love your channel but this is why we aren't respected as much in the medical field because we don't even refer to each others at doctors. I think you meant " a physician or a vet". Love how you shared your story and shared the pros and cons, can’t wait to complete undergrad and apply to veterinary school!😊

OMG Jess I felt like you were talking about me! I am so stuck between vetmed and medicine and also thinking about biomedical engineering! I'm from a physician family so medicine was kind of the default option for me. I grew up doing first aiding at school and loved it. It was gratifying to help people at their worst moments. But it just didnt feel right. i did veterinary work placements and LOVED it! I totally agree with all the points you made about vet med! specially the flexibility vets have in terms of work like being able to do surgery, clinics and the possibility to go down the research path. also being able to work in conservation. But with my A/L results i got into med school (it's free in my country). I can appeal and chose vetmed too but no one supports that choice. I'm a little skeptical of taking tht jump cuz i want to apply for specialty training abroad after vet school (we don't have specialty training here) but the vetmed program is not accredited so I need to do all these expensive, long licensing exams. if it wasnt for that i'd already be signing up for vet med in a heart beat! and all this time i still LOVE biomedical engineering too! I'm so stuck and I'm running out of time to decide😓 I just wish the universe can send me a signal my way too, just like it happened to you🤞🏻🙈

I watched this video when I was thinking what I wanted to do, what degree I would prefer (I was sure about going do med school since middle school)... And the fact that, this video really helped and was one of the reasons that I chosed to study veterinary Is amazing! About to finish my first year at vet school this year and I could not be more grateful for you! I'm loving and I'm 100% confident that I made the right decision for my life! Thanks SO MUCH for this

I love these videos!! Im studying VET next year at Massey and this is making me so excited. Thank you so much!!!

I love this video 😍 you raised some valid points! Funnily enough, I dropped out of UoA Law in my third year to try out for Vet. I had a part-time job in a pet store/vet care and I just found the animal field to be so much more rewarding & interesting!

This video was perfect! I’m in a similar situation as you, and I had all the same pros and cons to both degrees as you listed here! I think ultimately I am going to chose vet med, but the cons of vet med are really tough

Great Video Jess! Very Motivating.

I did some research for my Senior Assessment, and found that many individuals who go to medical school in order to become a surgeon or some other high-status medical position tend to have more of an attraction to the status itself than the actual work. This is not true of every med student, without a doubt there are many who truly have a passion. But for those whom lack the passion, the work is either means to achieve the end or a byproduct (whether its positive or negative depends on the individual) Whereas almost every veterinary student has such a strong love for animals, and that's also why vets tend to have depression and suffer from burnout, because their passion to their work and their love for their patients hurts them when they fail to save one, or when they fail to achieve what their passion demands from them. Vets have a much stronger emotional connection to their work, and so it hurts a lot more. I had dogs as a kid, and the emotional attachments I formed with them trumps any possible attachment I could ever have with any person. I don't love my friends as much as I loved my dogs. And that's not to say I don't love my friends, but to stress just how much I loved those slobbery pups... May they rest in peace.

easy answer from me: animals > humans

Hey,Jess I'm a 4th yr veterinary student from Bangladesh🇧🇩. I agree with all of your points. Loved the way you explained all the matters. & I don't know why but whenever I see a veterinarian/vet student from anywhere in the world it feels like he/she is closer to me.I think vet. med have made my mind convinced to think anyone who studies it closer to me.

Thank you, lovely video! I’m also a vet student from Croatia and definitely prefer veterinary medicine over human. I think there is so much room for improvement, when doing research we already have a blueprint to follow and results from human medicine research to compare to and I feel like better times are coming for our profession. In our university vet school is 6 years like med school. 😊

Vet school is definitely harder!! I did my apprenticship in Germany and became a vet nurse (my german wasn't that great and I didn't think I would be able to survive at uni - english being my first language). Then I got into Med, but didn't get into vet. So I started Med. Did four semesters before I gave up. I hated the fact, that I had to touch people. I tried again...and got into vet eventually. Now in my seventh Semester (we have 11). Uni over here doesn't cost anything. I thiink this was a key factor in me changing my degree. I had really only lost time and didn't have a massive debt to deal with. I don't regret my decision at all. I would never go back. Yes, you don't earn a lot...especially when you compare yourself to a human doctor. Doctors look down on you (although you tend to know more than them). But I can't wait to graduate and to start working in the field.

Well thought out video Jess! Nice one 🙂

I really liked your hair and your words.

Proverbs 12:10 A righteous man take care of his animals, but wicked men are cruel to theirs .

Might be a *tad* early as I am a year 7 but I really do not know what I should do, medical or veterinary school and this video helped, thank you!

I'm in medschool and it s very intense, but in my view Vetmedschool is harder, more types of patients etc, way harder to do an anamnesis on an animal 👐👏🏻

Cleaner, teacher, physician or veterinarian. Rich or poor. Employed or unemployed. Whatever your station in life, you should always respect each other. It takes a certain amount of arrogance to believe just because you have a good job means that you should be respected more. Don’t pursue a career for status. Pursue it because it is something you’re passionate about and can see yourself doing.

Couldn't agree more with your opening statement haha!

Awesome!!! Great video!!

Thank you

Love your videos ♥

surely it´s an interesting but also hard job

agreed ! human can be gross sometimes lol. Glad I found your video cuz I am also in confusion whether to choose human med or vet. Anyways, you got a new subscriber here ! keep up the good work Jess !

I am going to give enterence this year for veterinary ,the one thing I like most about veterinary is being with animal

Kia ora. I really enjoyed anatomy class in human medicine and I thought it would be way more interesting looking at different animals in veterinary medicine, so I might change 😄

I either want to do human medicine (spec. pediatric) or veterinary medicine/science (spec. equine / farm), love these two dreams/potential options bc they go hand in hand with each other I believe 😷

I see it the same way. I considered both med and vet and then I thought: „humans are gross“ so now I’m sure I will do vet. Still have to finish school Strohhalm but I really really hope I get in directly Fingers crossed (working my butt off to achieve it rn)

My Doctor is both a veterinarian and a GP!! He was a vet first, then became a doctor!

love love love 💓 this video jess great work!!🥰i have one question.. after the 5 year bachelors degree in veterinary science can you proceed with a phd straight away or have to do a masters first? thanks 😊

hey I'm in the UK, currently I'm in key stage 3. (quite young.) what can i do early to try and secure a place at vet school.

Hi Jess! Thanks so much for this video. I am currently in my last semester of Pre-Med in the US. Ever since I was in middle school I thought that I wanted to go to med school to become a dermatologist. I have worked at a dermatologist office for about a year and loved the easy going lifestyle. I find myself now stuck between med and vet school because I love animals more than anything. I have grown up fostering animals, and have about 6 rescue animals at home. I always found myself really happy after fostering a sick animal back to good health. The only thing that made me think I couldn't become a vet is my strong emotional attachment to animals. I get very sad about animals dying, even ones on the side of the road, so I can't imagine seeing animals that just got hit by a car Would you be able to share about your thoughts on this? Do you get very sad seeing seriously injured animals? Or seeing animals being euthanised? I feel as though I could make much more of a difference in my life by becoming a vet rather than a dermatologist

Hey from Austria! It’s so funny, but in europe vet school lasts even longer than med school! But it’s also not not very well respected. Vets can also be doctors and it’s upsetting me that society thinks it’s “easy” and they’re not “real doctors.”....

Such a hard decision. Ultimately I think I'm going to vet school it's not about the money it's more about passion and desire. The lack of respect kills me 😅

I’m 13 and I was wondering what kind of subjects you have to be good at in order to be a vet. Love your videos! Also how hard was it to get into vet school?

My teacher said if you hate math. math will hate you back. math hated me first though.

Is the vet school in your country a graduate or undergraduate degree?

I am 15 years old and i really want to be a veterinary but i really bad at math .( im bad at english and btw i love your vid 🥺)

Everyone I know has a much more favorable opinion of Animal Doctors than Human Doctors. The former diagnoses and treats their patients as a whole. The latter sees us as body parts since they've specialized themselves so much and prescribe what is dictated to them. Because of this the vast majority of people above a certain age are condemned to suffering all the time. The reason Vets earn less is because animal owners typically pay out of pocket for the service. Doctors' salaries took off when the majority in this profession decided to go from generalist to specialist and the gov and insurance companies inserted themselves between the patient and doctor.

I'm currently still in high school in south africa, and really want to get into a veterinary school. The only thing is that there is only one vet school in the whole of south africa.

all my life I wanted to be a vet but my parents are always against me and I have mild asthma :,( I had no choice but to take dentistry..... I hope I can be a vet in my next life :(

Hello I am your new subscriber now I really love your vid

hey , i am 14 at the moment but once i finish school in the UK , i really want to move to the USA , as im gonna be 18 and be a veterinarian there . do you think it’s worth it ? i really need some help because i don’t want to make that silly mistake . would mean a lot if you replied :)

I’m currently a junior in hs and I’m having such a tough time trying to choose if I want to go into nursing or be a vet 😪😪

Im only 15 years old and im already vet nursing student at TAFE NSW in Australia

I really want to be a aquatic veterinarian but I’m sacred of water and at the same time I really want to be a nurse but I can’t choose.

in my country vet is 6 and med is 7 yaers

I want to work with animals but I don’t want to do surgeries..I’m torn on what to do

Hi!! I’m about to go to college and I really want to be a veterinarian! How long does it take to be a vet in Australia and New Zealand? Can you discuss tuition fees and other expenses?🥺 Thank you so much!

I entered university in 1969. I had no idea what I would study. I only knew it would be in the sciences. I met a third year undergraduate student in pre-veterinary medicine. I grew up on a dairy farm. He said I would be a nature veterinarian. I started pre-veterinary medicine my second year of college. In my naïve mind, I had no idea what I had gotten my myself into. First, your grade point average needed to be 3.5 or better to have a good shot at being admitted to veterinary medical school. Next, the course of study was 7 to 8 years of university back then. Now, it is 8 or more years. In the US even then, the cost of education was very high. It was especially high compared to a veterinarian's earning potential. Our tuition was comparable to medical school. In veterinary medicine, you will be working with people. Sometimes, my job seemed like veterinarian/psychologist. A veterinary performs services and procedures at a fraction of the pay of medical doctors. I owned my own clinic and pharmacy. I earned the pay of a nurse in medicine. I eventually became a Veterinary Medical Officer in the USDA supervising meat inspection in a processing plant. Meat inspection was looked down on in veterinary medical school. I was content at doing the job. i retired at the job after 29 years.

I love this video😍ma'am I m also a vet student and youtuber from India.mam can I contact with u

lmao here i am waiting to know if im accepted into med school and vet school. applied to both and still can't decide :(

Where do you study in?

Los veterinarios de primer mundo como que tienen los mismos problemas que en Latinoamérica.

SA vet student 🐶