As it has been said by many of my fellow classmates and future colleagues, vet schools do not provide students with enough opportunities for hands on experiences during our studies. Volunteering in clinics, shelters, wildlife centers etc, is the only way for us to put all of our knowledge into practice, develop our critical thinking and technical skills. Becoming competent veterinarians as soon as we graduate can actually make a difference between life and death in an animal's life, and having that extra training is actually what can provide us with those skills.

  Most of the students that enter veterinary schools in the US have had a lot of training prior to that and throughout vet school we study continuously and we are being assessed throughout the four years.Please consider removing the current restrictions for veterinary students, which honestly, do limit our ability to become better future veterinarians.