My 15 year old has wanted to be a vet since she was 11 or 12, she has been working toward just getting accepted at UC Davis which is local and renowned to bet the best vet med college around.

She spoke to the woman in charge of accepting students and was told straight a's won't get her in, so she has volunteered probably 150 hours with a local vet, even doing surgery with him and she has volunteered 150 hours with the spca. In addition she is a competetive diver, her dive coach has got 2 other divers scholarshops but said this college may give my daughter 5 or 6,000 a year but no more, we are just hoping that helps her get accepted since she would be on their dive team...sports unfortunately gets you a scholarship, I think its wrong but it is what it is.

There is a brand new vet med college in Los Angeles that is suppose to be geared toward general practice, uc davis makes you specialize, this college in la had its first graduating class this year.