Typically, students attend a University for four years majoring in Biology or biomedical science before applying for vet school. Once accepted, vet students begin another 4 years of study in veterinary medicine before graduating as a DVM. Vet School is very competitive with most under grad students applying with a 3.8-4.0 gradepoint average!!!! Females now average 50% of most vet school classes!
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To be able to euthanize pets, you will need to be a veterinarian, or a vet tech. This is something that requires schooling for such. A person must be licensed to do this.
Depending on the schooling degree you are trying to attain, students can receive their diploma in under 3 years. Although the standard veterinarian attended school for almost 6 years.
The book how to become a verterinarian has some very clear outlines in how to reach your goal. The next step after being a vet tech is to continue with your schooling to finish being a vet.
If you mean a wildlife vet, you need the same amount of schooling that any veterinarian needs, which is to go through vet school.
You will need to have good financial sense while going to school to be a veterinarian because you will have to be able to borrow to cover many years of schooling. Money you squander while in school will take years to pay off.
People that become a veterinarian usually stay one their entire career. Becoming a veterinarian is not easy. It takes a lot of work and education.
Being an experienced veterinary technician will give you a leg up, but you still need to get a bachelor's degree (preferably in a science) and get into and successfully complete veterinary school. See the related question on what is need to be a veterinarian.
A degree in veterinary medicine usually takes four years to complete, and nearly 40% of graduates pursue additional studies after registration.
If Fresno State University is in California, you can't become a veterinarian there. The two colleges of veterinary medicine in California are UC-Davis and Western University.
A cook or chief is considered vocational education and only requires 6 months to a year of schooling, but you can become a cook or chief without any schooling as long as you can cook. College is not needed.