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Veterinary Career Essay Questions

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2017-2018 VMCAS Essay Questions Each question has a 1,000-character limit. 1. There are many career choices within the veterinary profession. What are your future career goals and why? My goal is to become a small animal veterinarian and to be able to run my own practice. Also, my goal is to be a certified canine and feline specialist. I am more comfortable with small animals and with large animals which is why I want to be a small animal veterinarian. I want to run my own clinic because, while I respect the way other practitioners do things, I want to be able to work and practice the way I want. My goal to be a canine and feline specialist is because most small animal visits are for dogs and cats, so being a certified specialist, I will be …show more content…

Consider the breadth of society which veterinarians serve. What attributes do you believe are essential to be successful within the veterinary profession? Of these attributes, which do you possess and how have you demonstrated these in the past? I think to be successful within the veterinary profession one would need to have communication skills, customer service skills, good observation skills, good motor skills, be compassionate, be intellectual, excellent time management skills, skills and/or knowledge of how to run and mange a business, as well as be passionate about animals. I possess all the attributes listed above to a certain degree for each. I can interpret social and behavioral cues and be able to change my behavior and actions based on those interpretations to handle the situation. I have developed customer service skills of how to treat customers/clients as well as coworkers from working my job as a cashier. I am passionate about animals. I am compassionate because I want to help to customers have the best possible service no matter what. I have good coordination and I am somewhat physically fit. I have good problem-solving skills and quantitative skills, which I demonstrate by successfully solving customer problems without a manager. I have the business skills, since I have been taking business classes to achieve a business minor as well as have general knowledge from working as a

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