Working Full-Time and Completing Vet School Prerequisites OnlineThe realistic time math, the courses that fit working schedules, and the structural reasons self-paced online prerequisites work when semester-based community college doesn’t
The question that defines this article: “I have a full-time job. Can I actually complete vet school prerequisites without quitting?”
The answer is yes — but the path depends entirely on format. Semester-based community college prerequisites are structurally hostile to full-time workers: fixed-term schedules, in-person attendance requirements, daytime lab sections, and rigid course progression that delays the entire prerequisite timeline by 6-12 months when work conflicts force a missed semester. Self-paced online prerequisites are structurally compatible with full-time work: monthly enrollment, asynchronous coursework, flexible weekly pacing, and parallel course-taking that compresses total prerequisite timeline by 25-30% compared to semester-based alternatives.
This article walks through the realistic time math for working adults completing vet school prerequisites alongside full-time employment — how many hours per week prerequisites actually require, how to fit them around 40-hour work weeks, the specific scheduling patterns that work and don’t work, and the structural reasons self-paced online formats genuinely solve problems that community college can’t. The audience: career changers, RVTs, and reapplicants who can’t quit their day jobs but need a credible path to vet school admission.
| The time math you need to understand before you startA standard 3-credit science course represents 6-9 hours per week of study (general 2-3x credit hour rule). A 4-credit science course with lab is closer to 10-12 hours per week. For a working adult doing 40 hours per week of paid work: One 3-credit course is comfortable (6-9 study hours); two 3-credit courses simultaneously is demanding but sustainable (12-18 hours); three or more simultaneous courses is generally unsustainable for more than a few weeks without sleep deprivation or work performance impact. Realistic monthly throughput for working adults: 1-2 courses simultaneously, 1.5 courses on average. Translation: a 9-course prerequisite stack typically takes 12-18 months of focused work for working adults, NOT the 3-4 months a full-time student might compress it into. |
Most articles about prerequisite completion timelines assume a student profile that doesn’t match working adults: someone with 30+ hours per week available for coursework, flexible daytime scheduling, and no income constraints. The math changes substantially when the available hours drop to 15-20 per week and the timing has to fit around fixed 9-to-5 work shifts.
The general rule for college coursework: 2-3 hours of study time per credit hour per week. A 3-credit lecture course represents 6-9 hours/week of work — about 1-2 hours per weekday plus weekend study. A 4-credit science course with lab represents 10-12 hours/week because the lab component adds structured time beyond the lecture. The table below shows realistic time commitments per course type.
| Course Type | Credits | Hours/Week | Sustainable Alongside FT Work? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statistics (MATH 220) | 3 cr | 5-7 hrs | Yes — easiest to fit |
| Biochemistry I (CHEM 330) | 3 cr | 8-10 hrs | Yes — but demanding |
| General Biology I + Lab (BIO 135) | 4 cr | 10-12 hrs | Yes — one course at a time |
| Organic Chemistry I (CHEM 251) | 4 cr | 12-15 hrs | Yes — but the heaviest course |
| Microbiology + Lab (BIO 210) | 4 cr | 10-12 hrs | Yes — moderate intensity |
| General Genetics (BIO 282) | 3 cr | 7-9 hrs | Yes — straightforward |
| A&P I + II (BIO 270 + 275) | 4 cr each | 10-12 hrs each | Yes — sequence them, not parallel |
The pattern: most individual prerequisite courses are sustainable alongside 40-hour work weeks at 6-12 hours per week of study time. The problem isn’t any single course — it’s combining multiple courses simultaneously or trying to compress a 9-course prerequisite stack into 6 months. Working adults need to plan for sequential or moderately parallel coursework, not maximally compressed schedules.
Sustainable monthly throughput for working adults: 1-2 courses simultaneously, averaging 1.5 courses per month over the long term. The math works out to approximately 6 courses per year for working adults who maintain steady pacing — meaning a 9-course prerequisite stack typically takes 12-18 months of focused work. Trying to compress this to 6 months requires either reducing work hours, taking vacation time for coursework intensives, or maintaining 30+ hours per week of study alongside full-time work for an unsustainable duration.
Most working adults who attempt aggressive compression eventually slow down to sustainable pacing. The 12-18 month timeline isn’t a constraint to work around — it’s the realistic baseline that produces strong grades and avoids burnout. Applicants targeting the VMCAS application cycle should plan backward from VMCAS submission with this realistic throughput in mind.
Community colleges and university extension programs are the traditional path for prerequisite completion outside a four-year degree program. They offer in-person labs, established credentials, and (sometimes) lower per-credit costs than online providers. For full-time workers, they also offer structural problems that often outweigh these advantages.
Semester-based programs typically offer Fall (August-December), Spring (January-May), and Summer (May-August) terms. Course registration windows open 2-3 months before each term. Course schedules are published with specific class meeting times — typically Monday-Wednesday-Friday daytime sections or Tuesday-Thursday evening sections. For a working adult with a 9-to-5 schedule, the available course sections are usually the Tuesday/Thursday evening sections, with limited flexibility on which specific courses are offered in any given evening time slot.
The result: prerequisite sequencing depends on what’s offered when the working adult can actually attend, not on what’s pedagogically optimal. General Chemistry might only be offered in evening sections during Fall semester; the Spring evening section might be General Biology; the Summer evening section might be Statistics. A 4-course year through community college evening sections is typical and represents the floor for most working adults — which translates to 24-30 months for a 9-course prerequisite stack.
Work conflicts happen. A demanding project at your day job, a family emergency, a health issue, a relocation — any of these can force a missed semester. In semester-based formats, missing a semester means waiting 4-6 months for the same course to be offered again. Missing General Chemistry in Fall pushes Organic Chemistry from Spring to next Fall, which pushes Biochemistry from next Spring to two springs out, which pushes the VMCAS application from this cycle to next cycle. A single missed semester can delay the entire vet school application by 12 months.
This is the asymmetric cost that working adults underestimate when comparing semester-based and self-paced formats. Self-paced format absorbs work disruptions without affecting the timeline — you simply pause a course for 2-4 weeks and resume when work pressure eases. Semester-based format converts work disruptions into multi-month delays.
Many science prerequisites require lab components. Community college lab sections are typically offered in 3-4 hour blocks during weekday daytime. “Tuesday lab section 1-4 PM” is incompatible with most full-time jobs. Working adults often face the choice of taking PTO for lab attendance (limited and accumulates penalty against vacation time), shifting to second-shift work to accommodate daytime labs (rarely available), or finding evening/weekend lab sections (rare at most community colleges).
Self-paced online providers solve this through asynchronous lab work: virtual labs, at-home lab kits, or scheduled lab intensives compressed into weekend blocks. The PrereqCourses.com General Biology I with Lab (BIO 135), Microbiology with Lab (BIO 210), and General Chemistry I (CHEM 151) include lab components delivered without requiring weekday daytime attendance. This is the single largest structural advantage of self-paced format for working adults.
Semester-based formats organize courses by term — students typically take 4-5 courses simultaneously during a 14-week semester, then move to the next term. For working adults taking only 1-2 evening sections per semester, the 14-week term still applies, but parallel course-taking is limited by what’s offered in the same evening time slots. Two courses in Tuesday evening sections from 6-9 PM are impossible to take simultaneously.
Self-paced online formats allow asynchronous parallel course-taking: a working adult can be 60% through General Chemistry I and simultaneously 30% through General Biology I, dedicating study time to each course whenever it fits the work week. This parallel structure compresses total prerequisite timeline by 25-30% compared to strictly sequential semester-based completion.
Working adults who successfully complete vet school prerequisites alongside full-time employment typically use one of three scheduling patterns. Each pattern has trade-offs, and the right pattern depends on individual work flexibility, family obligations, and timeline pressure.
One course at a time, completed in 6-12 weeks at PrereqCourses.com self-paced pacing. Total weekly study commitment: 6-12 hours, fitting comfortably into evenings and weekends. The complete 9-course prerequisite stack takes 18-24 months at this pace. Suitable for: working adults with demanding jobs (long hours, irregular schedules, frequent travel), parents with young children, applicants whose family situation prioritizes stability over speed. The trade-off: longer total timeline, but minimal lifestyle disruption and consistent strong-grade outcomes.
Two courses simultaneously, completed over 8-12 weeks each. Total weekly study commitment: 14-20 hours, requiring most evenings and significant weekend time. The complete 9-course prerequisite stack takes 12-15 months at this pace. Suitable for: working adults with predictable 40-hour work weeks (no nights/weekends/travel), no young children, willingness to forego social activities and hobbies during prerequisite phase. The trade-off: substantial lifestyle compression for 12-15 months, but faster timeline to VMCAS application.
Strategic course pairing matters for Pattern 2. Pair one science-heavy course (general chemistry, organic chemistry) with one lighter course (statistics, genetics) to balance the cognitive load. Avoid pairing two heavy science courses simultaneously (organic chemistry + biochemistry; general chemistry I + general biology I + lab) — the cumulative load typically exceeds sustainable weekly hours.
Aggressive scheduling that uses PTO, leaves of absence, or strategic work-hour reductions to compress prerequisite completion into 6-12 months. Typical structure: 2-3 courses simultaneously during base periods, with 2-week vacation time used for organic chemistry or biochemistry intensives, plus a 4-6 week leave of absence near the end of the prerequisite phase for final course completion. Total weekly study commitment ranges from 20-40 hours depending on phase. The complete 9-course prerequisite stack can be compressed to 9-12 months at this pace. Suitable for: working adults with substantial PTO banks, employers offering education leave benefits, or applicants whose financial situation supports temporary income reduction. The trade-off: substantial financial and lifestyle disruption, but compressed timeline allowing earlier VMCAS application.
| Which pattern fits which working adult?Pattern 1 (sequential, 18-24 months): Most working adults with stable demanding jobs, parents, anyone prioritizing sustainability over speed. The default pattern for the majority of working prerequisite-takers. Pattern 2 (parallel, 12-15 months): Working adults with predictable 40-hour weeks, no major family obligations, willingness to compress social/recreational time for the prerequisite phase. The right balance for many career changers without parenting responsibilities. Pattern 3 (compressed, 9-12 months): Working adults with substantial PTO banks or employer-supported education leave, financial flexibility for income reduction, willingness to make significant short-term lifestyle compromises. The exception, not the default. |
Vet school prerequisites are only half of the working adult’s challenge. Most US vet programs require 500-1,000+ hours of veterinary experience, and competitive programs see average accepted-student profiles with 1,500-3,000+ hours. Per Student Doctor Network forum discussions and verified by Texas Tech’s published admitted-student profile (2,073 average veterinary supervised hours): “Work 20 hours a week for a year and you’ll have 1000 hours.”
The combined math: a full-time worker pursuing vet school needs to find approximately 20 hours/week for veterinary experience PLUS 10-15 hours/week for prerequisite study, alongside 40 hours/week of paid work. Total: 70-75 hours per week of structured activity. This is sustainable for 12-24 months but requires careful planning of the experience hour accumulation alongside prerequisite work.
The most efficient combined approach for many career changers: transition from your current full-time job to a paid veterinary assistant position. Many veterinary clinics, emergency hospitals, and specialty practices hire entry-level assistants without formal training, providing on-the-job experience that counts toward VMCAS veterinary experience hours. The trade-off: significant income reduction (veterinary assistants typically earn $15-$20/hour vs. typical career-changer salaries of $30-$60/hour), but the experience accumulation rate is faster (40 hours/week of veterinary experience instead of evening/weekend supplementation).
Timeline math for veterinary assistant transition: 40 hours/week × 52 weeks = 2,080 hours per year. Most career changers reach competitive experience hour totals (1,500-3,000+ hours) within 9-18 months in a veterinary assistant role. Prerequisite work continues in parallel during this employment phase, with weekends and evenings allocated to coursework.
For working adults who can’t transition to veterinary assistant employment (mortgage obligations, family financial dependencies, professional licensing in current field), evening/weekend veterinary experience hour accumulation is the alternative. Most emergency veterinary clinics operate evening and overnight shifts and welcome part-time technicians or assistants for those hours. Animal shelters typically operate weekend hours with volunteer needs. Equine, large animal, and farm practices often welcome weekend volunteers.
Timeline math for evening/weekend supplementation: 20 hours/week × 50 weeks = 1,000 hours per year. Most working adults using this approach take 18-24 months to reach competitive experience hour totals, alongside the 12-18 month prerequisite phase. Total timeline from start to VMCAS application: typically 24-30 months for working adults maintaining full-time employment in their current field.
Some working adults choose to accumulate veterinary experience hours BEFORE starting prerequisite work, completing a year of veterinary assistant employment to reach 1,500-2,000 hours, then transitioning back to a higher-paying job while completing prerequisites. This structure compresses the prerequisite phase to 12-18 months without the parallel experience-accumulation pressure, at the cost of a year of reduced income before prerequisite work begins. Total timeline: 30-36 months, but with cleaner phase separation between experience accumulation and academic work.
The most common successful timeline for working adults completing vet school prerequisites alongside continued employment: 18 months from first prerequisite enrollment to VMCAS submission. The plan assumes Pattern 2 pacing (parallel two-course average) and concurrent veterinary experience accumulation through evening/weekend hours or veterinary assistant transition. Below is the month-by-month breakdown.
Start with the easiest courses to fit around full-time work and build momentum. Statistics (MATH 220) first — 3 credits, 5-7 hours per week, completable in 4-8 weeks. In parallel, General Biology I with Lab (BIO 135) — 4 credits, 10-12 hours per week, completable in 8-12 weeks. By end of month 3, two courses complete with strong grades on transcript, demonstrating successful re-entry into academic work.
Veterinary experience hours begin in this phase: 10-20 hours per week through evening/weekend volunteering at local clinics or shelters. By end of month 3: approximately 150-250 experience hours accumulated, foundational technician relationships established with supervising veterinarians who will eventually write letters of recommendation.
General Chemistry I (CHEM 151), then General Chemistry II (CHEM 152), then General Biology II (BIO 140), and Microbiology with Lab (BIO 210) — sequenced approximately one new course per month, with some overlap between adjacent courses. Total weekly study commitment ranges from 12-18 hours during this phase, requiring most evenings and significant weekend time.
This is the phase where many working adults reduce work hours from 40 to 35-37 per week, request flexible scheduling, or use accrued PTO strategically. Employer support varies — some career changers successfully negotiate reduced schedules; others maintain 40-hour weeks throughout. Veterinary experience hours continue accumulating: by end of month 9, total typically reaches 500-700 hours.
Organic Chemistry I (CHEM 251) — the most demanding single course in the prerequisite sequence, typically requiring 12-15 hours per week. Plan for slower throughput during this phase and consider pacing as one course at a time rather than parallel. After organic chemistry completion: Biochemistry I (CHEM 330) and General Genetics (BIO 282). If targeting programs requiring physics, complete physics through an external online physics provider during this phase as well.
Veterinary experience hours target: 1,000+ by end of month 15. Most working adults using evening/weekend supplementation reach this threshold during this phase. Letter of recommendation requests should begin in month 14 — give writers 6+ months lead time for VMCAS submission.
Complete any remaining prerequisites. Begin VMCAS application drafting in month 16: personal statement first drafts, experience hour documentation, transcript ordering. VMCAS application portal opens in mid-January with submission running through mid-September — most working adults target submission in the August window, allowing 4-6 weeks of buffer before the deadline. By end of month 18: VMCAS submission complete, all prerequisites completed, 1,000-2,000+ veterinary experience hours documented, 3+ letters of recommendation submitted through VMCAS portal.
| Total cost and outcome for the 18-month working-adult planPrerequisite tuition: Approximately $5,400-$7,000 through PrereqCourses.com for the complete 9-course stack (at $675-$695 per course). Veterinary experience hours: 1,000-2,000+ hours accumulated through evening/weekend volunteering or part-time veterinary assistant work. Income maintained: Full-time employment continued throughout the 18 months, with possible reduction to 35-37 hours per week during heavy science months. Outcome: Completed prerequisite transcript, strong recent GPA, substantial veterinary experience hours, multiple supervising-veterinarian relationships for letters of recommendation, VMCAS application submitted. The application profile that competitive working-adult applicants build through 18 months of disciplined parallel work. |
Most working adults pursuing vet school prerequisites don’t tell their employers about the career change plans for the first 12-18 months — and that’s usually the right call. Once VMCAS submission is complete and acceptance decisions begin in February-April, the conversation becomes unavoidable. But during the prerequisite phase, employer disclosure is a strategic decision with specific trade-offs.
In most cases, prerequisite work doesn’t require employer disclosure. PrereqCourses.com courses are asynchronous and self-paced — they don’t interfere with normal work schedules unless you actively let them. Most working adults complete prerequisite coursework entirely outside work hours, with no impact on job performance or attendance. Employers don’t need to know unless something requires their support.
The risks of premature disclosure are real. Some employers may begin reducing your project responsibility once they know you’re planning to leave the field. Some may impede tuition reimbursement requests for education they perceive as unrelated to current role. Some may use the disclosure to justify performance pressure or schedule changes. For most working adults during the prerequisite phase, keeping the work private until acceptance decisions arrive is the lower-risk path.
Two situations make employer disclosure worth the trade-offs. First, when the employer offers tuition reimbursement programs that might cover prerequisite coursework — even partial coverage ($1,000-$3,000 per year) substantially reduces out-of-pocket costs. Hospital systems, large veterinary corporate groups, animal welfare nonprofits, and education-focused employers sometimes cover prerequisite coursework when framed as career development. The conversation: “I’m taking some additional science coursework through Upper Iowa University (regionally accredited). Can the tuition reimbursement benefit cover this?”
Second, when work schedule flexibility would substantially help prerequisite completion. Reducing work hours from 40 to 32 per week during the heavy science phase, shifting to compressed work weeks (four 10-hour days), or arranging remote work to eliminate commute time can all accelerate prerequisite completion. These conversations work better with employer awareness of the underlying goal — “I’m pursuing additional education for career development” is a more compelling reason for schedule accommodation than vague personal time requests.
Once VMCAS acceptance decisions begin arriving (February-April for most US programs), the timeline forces the disclosure. Most US vet schools matriculate in August, which means accepted applicants typically need to give 6-8 weeks notice to current employers. The disclosure conversation should happen approximately 2-3 months before planned matriculation: “I’ve been accepted to [school name]’s DVM program, matriculating in August. I want to give you adequate notice to transition my responsibilities, and I’m available to help train a replacement.” Honest, professional, forward-looking.
Honest assessment: the working-adult prerequisite path doesn’t work for every applicant or every situation. Three specific patterns suggest the working-while-doing-prereqs approach may not produce the outcome the applicant wants.
Applicants with cumulative GPAs below 2.7 typically need substantially more than 18 months of prerequisite work to repair their applications — often requiring post-bacc or master’s program participation alongside or instead of prerequisite coursework. Working full-time while completing both a post-bacc program and substantial prerequisites is generally unsustainable beyond 6-12 months. For severe GPA damage, either reduce work hours significantly or accept a longer total timeline (30-48 months) for combined GPA repair and prerequisite completion.
Jobs requiring 50+ hours per week, frequent travel, unpredictable on-call requirements, or shift work that disrupts study patterns are structurally hostile to consistent prerequisite progress. Investment banking, consulting, emergency medicine, law firm associates, military deployments, and similar demanding roles typically can’t sustain the 15-20 hours per week of study time prerequisite work requires. Applicants in these roles often need to plan a transition to less demanding work (with corresponding income reduction) before beginning prerequisite work seriously.
Parents of children under 5 typically have limited evening and weekend availability for sustained study — and protecting parenting time is appropriate and important. Prerequisite work for parents of young children typically requires either substantially extended timelines (30-48 months), reduced work hours to free up daytime study time when children are in daycare or school, or postponement until children reach school age (5-7+) and provide more reliable evening/weekend study windows. There’s no shame in postponing prerequisite work for parenting season — it’s a temporary structural reality, not a permanent barrier.
If 3-6 months of prerequisite work alongside full-time employment is producing grades below B+, sustained sleep deprivation, work performance issues, or family relationship strain, the structure isn’t working and needs adjustment. Options: reduce to 1 course per month instead of 2 (extends timeline but preserves outcomes), reduce work hours to 30-32 per week (requires income flexibility), take a 6-12 month break and resume with better preparation, or shift to a structurally different career path that better fits your current life circumstances. The 18-month plan is the typical successful pattern — but it’s not the only viable path, and applicants whose lives don’t fit the typical pattern need adjusted plans, not failed plans.
Yes, for most working adults. The realistic timeline is 12-24 months depending on pacing pattern and work intensity. Self-paced online prerequisites are structurally compatible with full-time employment; semester-based community college often isn’t. Sequential single-course pacing (Pattern 1, 18-24 months) is the most common successful approach. Aggressive compression (Pattern 3, 9-12 months) requires substantial PTO use, employer support, or temporary work-hour reduction.
Plan for 6-12 hours per week for a single course, 12-20 hours per week for two parallel courses. Most working adults sustain 10-15 hours per week long-term, fitting this into evenings (1-2 hours per weekday) plus weekends (3-5 hours each day). Aggressive scheduling beyond 20 hours per week alongside 40 hours of paid work is sustainable for short periods (4-6 weeks) but produces burnout, sleep deprivation, and grade degradation if extended longer.
Usually not. Full-time prerequisite focus compresses the timeline from 18-24 months to 6-12 months, but at the cost of 6-12 months of lost income (typically $30,000-$80,000+ depending on career), accumulating expenses without income to offset them, and removing the structure that helps many adults sustain disciplined study habits. The exceptions: applicants with substantial savings who specifically value the compressed timeline, applicants whose current jobs are structurally incompatible with prerequisite study (50+ hour weeks, frequent travel), or applicants making coincident transitions (planned career break, relocation, family situation change). For most working adults, maintaining current employment alongside prerequisite work is the structurally optimal path.
Weekend-only study is technically possible but produces substantially extended timelines. A working adult studying only Saturdays and Sundays (10-12 hours total per week) typically completes 1 course every 2 months, producing a 18-month timeline for a 9-course prerequisite stack. This is the slowest sustainable pace but works for adults whose weekday evenings are committed to family, second jobs, or other non-negotiable responsibilities. The cost of weekend-only study isn’t the timeline itself — it’s the loss of weekend recovery time, which many adults need for sustained well-being. Most successful working adults distribute study across weekday evenings (1-2 hours nightly) plus weekends rather than concentrating into weekends only.
Three common patterns: (1) Saturday/Sunday volunteer or part-time work at a veterinary clinic or animal shelter (8-16 hours per weekend, accumulating 400-800 hours per year), (2) one weekday evening per week shadowing a veterinarian (3-4 hours per week, accumulating 150-200 hours per year), or (3) a full transition to part-time veterinary assistant work at the expense of reduced primary job hours (substantially faster accumulation but with income trade-offs). Most working adults combine (1) and (2) for total 600-1,000 hour-per-year accumulation rates.
Self-paced online prerequisites tolerate work travel better than semester-based formats. PrereqCourses.com courses can be paused during travel weeks and resumed when home, without timeline penalty. Sequential single-course pacing (Pattern 1) is preferable to parallel multi-course pacing for travel-heavy jobs — managing one course’s pacing around travel is more sustainable than managing two simultaneously. If travel exceeds 8-10 days per month consistently, plan for extended timelines (24+ months) and consider whether reducing travel responsibilities at work would be feasible during the prerequisite phase.
Possible but demanding. 30-minute lunch breaks during weekdays provide approximately 2.5 hours per week of study time; evenings after work provide 6-10 hours per week depending on family responsibilities; weekends provide 4-8 hours per day. Total weekly capacity for a working adult using this schedule: typically 15-20 hours, sufficient for single-course or parallel two-course pacing. The structural advantage of lunch-break study: short focused sessions for review and practice problems work well for many learners, with longer evening and weekend sessions reserved for new concept learning.
Working full-time while completing vet school prerequisites is sustainable for most working adults — but only with the right format and the right pacing pattern. Semester-based community college prerequisites are structurally hostile to full-time workers (fixed schedules, daytime labs, single-missed-semester delays). Self-paced online prerequisites are structurally compatible (monthly enrollment, asynchronous coursework, parallel course-taking, work-disruption tolerance).
The realistic timeline for working adults: 12-24 months from first prerequisite enrollment to VMCAS submission, with 18 months as the typical successful pattern. The typical successful weekly schedule: 40 hours paid work + 10-15 hours prerequisite study + 10-20 hours veterinary experience accumulation = 60-75 hours per week of structured activity, sustained for 18 months. Demanding but completely doable for most adults with stable employment, reasonable family flexibility, and disciplined scheduling.Browse the PrereqCourses.com course catalog to view courses with monthly enrollment dates and self-paced completion — the structural features that make working-adult prerequisite completion sustainable. Start with statistics or general biology I as foundational first courses, then layer in additional courses as your weekly capacity allows. Consult the AAVMC’s Veterinary Medical School Admissions Requirements (VMSAR) to map target school prerequisites and build your specific 18-month plan. Your career foundation continues paying the bills. The prerequisite work happens in the evenings and weekends. In 18 months, you submit VMCAS with a completed prerequisite transcript, substantial veterinary experience hours, and an income still intact.
