My Daughter Passed the NAVLE!
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Ok, I'm sure that this doesn't matter to anyone else here, but my daughter just passed the North American Veterinary Licensing Examination (NAVLE), and I'm so proud I could burst!
In the USA, veterinary students typically complete 3 or 4 years of undergraduate study at a university, culminating in a Bachelor's of Science degree, followed by another 4 years at veterinary college, after which they receive a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree. In addition to completing their studies and clinical year, they also have to pass the NAVLE, which the individual states require before issuing a license to practice. It's a 6-hour comprehensive exam.
My daughter has wanted to be a veterinarian since she was 6, and she turns 25 on Friday. She took the NAVLE about two months ago and the results came out today.
In the US, veterinarians typically earn about 25% or less of what a physician earns, in spite of earning a place in a more competitive university program and spending as much time on their education. One result of that disparity is that usually more than 80% of vet students are women.
In the USA, veterinary students typically complete 3 or 4 years of undergraduate study at a university, culminating in a Bachelor's of Science degree, followed by another 4 years at veterinary college, after which they receive a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree. In addition to completing their studies and clinical year, they also have to pass the NAVLE, which the individual states require before issuing a license to practice. It's a 6-hour comprehensive exam.
My daughter has wanted to be a veterinarian since she was 6, and she turns 25 on Friday. She took the NAVLE about two months ago and the results came out today.
In the US, veterinarians typically earn about 25% or less of what a physician earns, in spite of earning a place in a more competitive university program and spending as much time on their education. One result of that disparity is that usually more than 80% of vet students are women.
Big Congratulations to your daughter and what is so lovely is that she has wanted this forever so she is going to make a great vet.
The ratio of women to men is the same in the UK in the universities now. About 20+ years ago it was the other way round, quite a big turnaround.
I wish her all the very best but remind her to be good to her vet nurse US equivalents (you have no idea how useful we can be for new grads!)
The ratio of women to men is the same in the UK in the universities now. About 20+ years ago it was the other way round, quite a big turnaround.
I wish her all the very best but remind her to be good to her vet nurse US equivalents (you have no idea how useful we can be for new grads!)
I have never thought about it before (being an Ex Pat in the US) but now that you mention it, most of the vets I have taken our cats too have been female - the vet that is
. Every day is a school day.Congrats to your daughter (and you by proxy). Midwest based here (suburb west of Chicago).
Well done, only one tune for that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDU0B-ByBpk
Send her our regards.
:arm_up_cows_bottom: smilie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDU0B-ByBpk
Send her our regards.
:arm_up_cows_bottom: smilie
, great choice 
Jame's Herriot is the reason I became a vet nurse. Watching the series when 8/10yrs old to reading the books. So many years ago now 
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