Tracy Said:

How about this?

We Answered:

Lets face it, in a nursing home theres a high chance of patients dying so this is hardly concrete evidence!

Frank Said:

What are your responses to this article?

We Answered:

Agree - to a point. Many of our dog surrenders to our shelter are behavior-related - whether the owner fesses up to them or not. The fact is that many of those owners are either uneducated about what can be done about it or have no desire to solve the problem themselves - too many people think that a well-behaved dog is like a toy that comes out of a box - ready to go and to play with. So though many behavioral problems can be solved, the truth is it takes a lot of work to solve these problems and many people aren't willing to take on the project.

Also, in the case of serious aggression, training and medication often does not work, especially in a shelter environment and shelter cannot take on the liability of adopting out such a dog. Also, you have people out there breeding and training dogs for fighting and these dogs have temperament issues that cannot be reasonably addressed.

I think the author is over-optimistic about what can feasibly be done in a real-world setting where there are too many animals, not enough people to take them and the lack of ability, willingness or resources to address serious behavioral problems. And I think this article feeds into the belief that all behavioral problems can be addressed, which I still believe is not true in every case. The cavalry is far from here for us in the trenches.

Alfredo Said:

Do you go to veterinary school after 4 years of college? or..?

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You would go to their veterinary school after college (undergrad). You can certainly choose to do your undergrad work and pre-vet requirements at Tufts. However, you don't have to. You can do your pre-vet work at almost any 4 year school in the US.

Jeffery Said:

Is Boston College anywhere near the Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine?

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Boston College is (obviously) in Boston. Tufts is a distributed campus, and while most of their programs are in the Boston area, the Vet program is in North Grafton, which is outside of Worcester, Mass. Thus, it's about an hour drive. Maybe 50 miles, give or take.

Clifton Said:

Do I have any chance of getting into an Ivy league university?

We Answered:

Well, you left out some fairly important facts (class rank, ethnicity, home state, legacy status, major awards etc. . .). Without these stats I can only give you a vague idea of where you stand; you should repost the question with the additional information if you would like a more accurate response. As is, you have a semi-competitive SAT score and seem to be fairly involved. If you are in a position where you will be either unaffected by or negatively affected by affirmative action (white or asian) then you will be hard pressed to get into most ivies but stand a chance at brown or cornell. If you are hispanic or african american, then I think you will most likely get into brown or cornell and UPenn, Columbia, and Dartmouth are all within your reach (albeit they are pretty far reaches). If you give me the above info I could probably give you estimated % chances.

Eddie Said:

Pre-medicine colleges in Massachusetts?

We Answered:

Holy Cross (40 miles west of Boston) has twice the national rate for acceptance to medical schools and is half way through the building of a 60 million dollar science complex. HC is exceptionally strong in Premed and the sciences in general. According to the American Chemical Society, Holy Cross is one of the nation's top producers of ACS certified chemistry graduates. More than 10 percent of the 35,000 living alumni of Holy Cross are physicians and dentists.