I am also a USA citizen. PLEASE HELP!
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As long as you go to an AVMA accredited school then your degree is exactly the same as if you graduated in the US. There are a few AVMA accredited schools outside the US... here's the list. http://www.avma.org/education/cvea/colleges_accredited/foreign.asp There's a couple of things you need to realize though. In the UK, veterinary medicine is an 5 year undergraduate program. This is different in the US where you need a bachelor's degree to study veterinary medicine. In the UK, they complete what are called A levels while US students are in high school. These A levels are very intense studies of a few select subjects. For for those interested in vet med is typically includes biology, chemistry, and physics. For the most part, these are equivalent to the pre-vet coursework that you would complete in undergrad and not your high school level courses. So, you would probably not be qualified to enter the program as an undergraduate (although if you take the right AP tests you might be able to apply). Now, most schools do accept students with a bachelor's degree for a 4 year program. But, you need to realize that you will be going to school with 18 year olds. But, as long as you choose of the AVMA accredited programs, you will only need to take the same national boards that all US grads take. If you don't attend an AVMA accredited program you will need to take additional tests (which are extremely expensive) and you run the risk of not passing if the program didn't teach you want the boards test on. Keep in mind that they have different diseases and different focuses in the UK than in the US so many of the things that US schools emphasize (and are on the boards) will not be the same as in the UK. So, you will need to prepare differently for the NAVLE than most US students.
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