Malaysia Veterinary Forum (Archive)

StHoly · Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 29 Location: Malaysia

hi

from what i've known.. (financial mayb a prob... but my results....)
i think i kinda will not be accepted in UK unis to take veterinary..
so i wanted to at least have a chance to study overseas about veterinary..

everyone's been askin me to reconsider of what course i'm choosing casue of my alevel forecast result.. (quite bad for a vet student.. T_T)
but i'm still very determine that i wanna pursue veterinary!

i know UPM hardly take ppl from Alevel (well.. i may not be that lucky to be able to go into UPM, but i'll try applyin to it as well...)

but anyone can teach me how do i apply to Veterinary Unis in Australlia, New Zealand or Europe?

i really hope i can get into Uni (i'll try my best to score in Alevel!!!!! T_T)\

thanks a lot in advance! please teach me!! T_T

Dr Nat · Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 1834 Location: Klang Valley

If you think you cannot qualify for university in UK, what makes you think that applying to Australia, New Zealand, or Europe makes it any easier? If you already think negatively, then nobody can help you much there. And haven't you thought that UPM hardly takes in A Level students, is because there's not many A Level applications in the first place? How many A Level people you know got rejected AFTER they have applied? ;)

If you really want to study veterinary medicine, firstly, do your homework. Find out which universities in the country of your choice offer the vet course. Then find out if they open their course for international students. Then look at their entry requirements. After that, if you have limited fundings, look for scholarship offered by the university. Plus there's many more places you can look to get scholarship or loans for education. And even if you don't fit into their requirements, it does no harm to write or talk to them about your situation. Who knows, they still might take you in.

Even if you get really bad results to enter a vet school, there are still ways to get in. Maybe you could even retake your A Levels to get better results. I always say "If there's a will, there's a way".

Syed89 · Joined: 21 Feb 2007 Posts: 44 Location: Segamat,Johor

A convenient worldwide veterinary school website directory I found in the net! :)
Hope it will help anyone who needs to know which uni offers veterinary courses.
http://netvet.wustl.edu/vschool.htm

Dr csh · Joined: 21 Jan 2006 Posts: 427

If your results are only OK, you will NOT get into vet school in Britain/America, and even Australia and New Zealand will be almost impossible. Europe outside of England teaches the curriculum in a different language so that is another problem. So, more realistic options overseas are: South Africa (also very tough), India, Pakistan, and Indonesia, (still tough but more realistic). Those schools may not be the most impressive names but are still solid schools and produce good veterinarians. If you work hard and smart you can be a good vet no matter what school you graduated from.

StHoly · Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 29 Location: Malaysia

erm...

i would like to askk..

do they (i mean europe Unis) have any agents here in Malaysia, like british council or IDP?

thanks for your advises!
i will work hard no matter what!

Dr HanMRCVS · Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 566 Location: Johor Bahru

maybe you can do some research into which university that offers vet studies, pin point which country it is at, then just call the ambassy or send an email to them directly (the unis i mean). unis in europe tend to use their native language, so maybe language may be a challenge!

other than that, you may also have to do some research as whether the degree is recognized by LAN.