Purdue Vet School

I've got a friend there (not in the program yet) but she loves the school. It's supposed to be one of the best around.

 Good luck, I hope she gets chosen!

In response to #6 - I did not go to vet school, but went to a really good but expensive school for my BA.  I know a lot of people have very adverse reactions to coming out of college with debt, but in my family that's just a way of life.  You are going to carry debt if you want to go to college because these days, it's not possible to work all summer and save enough to pay for the next semester of college, like my mom did when she was my age.  My parents did not pay for my education and in fact, I was already making interest payments on my loans as a freshmen.  I did work part time, but you are right, it doesn't make a dent in tuition.  I worked to pay rent, food, books, computer, supplies, etc.  Extra money was my spending money so I could have at least some semblance of a normal life.  I suppose it all depends on who is paying for everything though.  In my case, there was not much of a choice involved!
 

Too bad Stanford doesn't have a vet school.  They've just eliminated tuition for any student from a family making less than $100K a year, and if it's less than $60K they're throwing in room and board.

Joyce

I want to go to their lambing school... It is  a weekend in Feb.  You get lecture and lambing all weekend using the Perdue flock... Way cool... Some day.

Congrats Billy, that is a fantastic school!  I agree with what they told you, you just can't do well in an intesive doctorate level program like (DVM, DDS, MD) and have a job on the side.  Your future depends you you doing well in school and reducing your debt a marginal amount with a side job is worthless IMO.   The cost of that school is pretty standard for a private doctorate program.  State schools are cheaper.  You can also go to medical school or dental school without a BA or BS, but no school would ever take you  :)  There are always stories of people that actually got in, but I've never actually met one. 

Is there a reason the University of Illinois is excluded.  I believe UIUC is ranked the same or slightly higher and from my personal experience as graduate of Purdue and a client of both Purdue and UIUC, my preference is UIUC.  Anyway, the reason why I am posting to you is because your thread coincided with something that was recently stated during a school meeting.  98% of students get their doctorate tuition waived.  And the joke was on the 2% who paid.  It doesn't seem likely to be a case for a vet school and that percentage may be for the school I am working in, I don't know for sure but maybe that is something to look into.  Purdue is state school so you should be able to ask the question and get an answer.

Wow.. that is a substantial amount of student loans. She has demonstrated for years though now her desire to go into this profession.. so I think she will do quite well and Purdue would be lucky to have her, IMO.

Congrats again to you, the wife and of course the stepdtr.   Glad your few days at Purdue were enjoyable.

Congrats, Billy. And kudos for helping her to follow her dream. You know, you spend some time trying to maintain the old curmudgeon shtick going and then you do something like this and totally reveal yourself. Your knighthood is showing.

DPU

Is there a reason the University of Illinois is excluded.

Because it is Illinois.  If you ain't hooked up, you ain't spit in Illinois.  This is the crookedest state in the country.  She applied, two years in a row, but has never even gotten an interview.

DPU

98% of students get their doctorate tuition waived.  And the joke was on the 2% who paid.  It doesn't seem likely to be a case for a vet school and that percentage may be for the school I am working in, I don't know for sure but maybe that is something to look into. 

The state of Missouri has a program where they will waive $20,000 a year in tuition costs if the student will go into large animal practice for 4 years.  This program is competitive though.  A student has to apply for acceptance.  They accept 5-6 students a year.  If Indiana has a similar program, no one mentioned it. 

Another thing about Missouri is they let you claim in-state status after your first year there.  That cuts the tuition in about half.  As far as what your education costs, Missouri is definitely worthy of consideration.

Katrina wants to go into equine practice, which is among the lowest paying vet jobs.  She is going to have a hell of a time paying off her student loans in a field that, as of 2005, was paying $38,000 a year.  Large animal vets don't do a lot better.  As a vet, the money appears to be in small animals.  It is pretty clear to me that people don't go into the veterinary profession for the money.  An article we found on the internet says the median vet salary is $73 - $91,000.  I guess you have to really be interested in veterinary to do this.  You can get into medical school easier than you can get into vet school and make a lot more money.

ron2

Congrats, Billy. And kudos for helping her to follow her dream. You know, you spend some time trying to maintain the old curmudgeon shtick going and then you do something like this and totally reveal yourself. Your knighthood is showing.

LOL.  You give me far too much credit, Ron.  The agreement we had with Katrina is we would pay for her bachelor's degree.  If she wants to go on to vet school, she will have to borrow the money.  We can't afford $48,000 a year, even if we wanted to do it.  Coming home from Purdue this weekend, I did tell her, if she got in, we would pay her rent, which would seem to run around $500 a month.

I thought she should live on campus, but the vet students we met said you don't want to do that.  According to them, vet students and 18 year old undergrad students have different study habits that conflict with each other.  I was shocked.  ;)

 I have had dealings twice with the vet school down at Purdue--once with a 3 week old foal who scratched her eye and had to be taken down and once with Jack.  Both have been extremely positive and I was impressed.  Another school she could look into if she is wanting to go into horses is MSU.  I hear that they have an awesome large animal program...

sillysally

Another school she could look into if she is wanting to go into horses is MSU.

Believe it or not, MSU is even more expensive than Purdue.  A little over $50,000 a year, if memory serves.

I am wondering if she applied to enough schools.  The vet school candidates we spoke to at Purdue had applied to several schools.  According to the internet, the average student applies to 10 schools.  Katrina only applied to 3.