u/SavKellz

I have reached out to my instate and finally got an answer about my two previously declined applications. 3.22 GPA will not get me into UGA. They love everything outside of my application but the 3.22 won't work. Their average GPA acceptances this year was a 3.77. So, lost cause because in no way would I be able to bring my GPA that high.
While I am happy to have been accepted to LMU because getting accepted in any veterinary program is an absolute accomplishment, the price itself is just so astronomical. That being said, it's my one shot.

Those of you who attend or have attended LMU CVM, do you enjoy the school itself? Do you feel their program worked well for you, and you enjoyed your time there? Whether the classes, the professors, the clinicals. Etc etc. Please, everything you can throw at me.

I have one more day to accept admissions to LMU and I have been absolutely wrecked over it. Their four year projection is showing that I'll need to take out 200k student loans and 200k private loans. When I was looking at a loan repayment calculator, to pay this off in 10 years, it would cost me 4,853.10 a month, which leaves almost nothing left for a mortgage, food, a life. 15 Years would cost 3,822.61 and that still leaves very little. Yes, I could extend it to 20 years but that's 20 years of a still astronomical number, and it's for a piece of paper; not a house.
I never felt I wanted to be anything other than a veterinarian, but if I'm going to be a doctor making money that looks really good on paper, I want to be able to see that money, too. I know everyone has debt, but 400k is so astronomical.
All I've wanted to do was apply at a general veterinarian clinic, give vaccines, do amazing surgeries (I work in research, and I found to absolutely love doing surgery, and I'm really good at it too) and just be happy in that life. But, not if my life is doing all these amazing things that make me feel fulfilled with the work I am doing while also being in so much debt that doesn't translate the pay for rest of my life.

I'm 28 years old now, and I'm so terrified I'm making the wrong decision if I don't go, but I'm also terrified of the numbers I am seeing that'll be my future.

I am venting. I have been sitting on this decision since May 4th. And I don't feel good in the decision to say yes or no.

Hey, so I got off the waitlist for LMU. And instead of feeling excited, which of course I did for a split 30 seconds before I realized…. How am I going to ever pay off the cost of this school? Will it be the rest of my life? Please… please give me your thoughts.