WHY DID I CHOOSE VETERINARY MEDICINE?

Since childhood I always dreamed of being a veterinarian, I think one of the reasons is that I grew up surrounded by several types of animals and always had a lot of affinity with them, especially with dogs, cats and rabbits, essential pets in my home.

I remember that at 7 years old at school we were given the task of presenting “What do you want to be when you grow up?” And without hesitation when I arrived at the house, I put my two stuffed horses with a toy stethoscope into my backpack and the next day I said "I want to be a veterinarian."

Little by little I was growing and my idea was still standing, but perhaps with some insecurity to hear the typical comments: "Are you going to study that ?," veterinarians do not earn so much money "" you are intelligent you can study something else ", between so many other phrases.

When I reached the last year of school I was afraid for the P.S.U. I also felt very stressed and saw that test as something that would totally define my future, on the other hand, I was not sure that I really wanted to study because I wanted something related to health, but I am really awful interacting with people and I did not imagine my life sitting in an office serving people, on the other hand, I wanted to enter in a good university.

I gave the dreaded test and when they gave me the results I was satisfied, it was not a bad score and finally I could feel more relieved, BUT now came the really difficult moment that "would define my future." At the time of the applications I remembered little Anaís who naively took her two stuffed horses to school, all the pets I had and her desire to know how to help animals with diseases or problems; so my first option was Veterinary Medicine at the University of Chile, after that I did not know What more options to put, I told my sister and she replied that I filled out all the
options "just in case", I listened to him and I apply from environmental engineering, biochemistry, psychology and obstetrics but I honestly didn't want those options.

The day of the results I was nervous, I went to the website and did not want to open the results, I finally saw them past noon, I had stayed, I was very happy and perplexed by what was coming; change my city, from a quiet place to the "city of chaos and pollution" hahahaha.

Now that I am in the university I see different things, I have learned to be more responsible for myself and my things. So far I am happy, since I was able to pass all the subjects of the last semester and i could made new friends.

In a few more years I would like to have my own veterinary clinic where I can attend dogs, cats and exotic animals, on the other hand I would also like to be a field veterinarian.