Vet school is very very difficult. My niece is a vet and all her life she was the smartest in school, nothing less then an A for her. Once she got to Ohio State she was no longer the smartest she was riding the middle of the pack. Only 3% of the population are as educated. It takes incredible drive, strength, intelligence and will power. She would often stay up all night studing for exams with her classmates.

She started to work for a vet as a teenager and went to school to teach seeing eye dogs. Not till she was older did she decide to become a vet. She graduated a day after her 35 birthday. Since she was 15 she had been working with animals either as a vet tech or training seeing eye dogs.

I think becoming a vet tech is an excellent idea, you can always go to school later as she did. This way you see how things are run in a practice and you get a feel for handling the animals and their owners.

Good luck to you. I am sure you will be a sucess in whatever you do.