How to Pass your Externship with Penn Foster: VET TECH PROGRAM

[@scryptid7897]

Thank you for the video! penn foster really needs more videos or something explaining the whole process. There's so much text about how to upload things but nothing about how to actually FIND a mentor. its so stressful >

[@msdelcid8387]

Thank You 😊 this video was very informative. I just finished the Veterinary Assistant program through Penn Foster and got my Career Diploma in July 2021. I’m enrolling in the Veterinary Technician course through Penn Foster in January 2022.

[@masinaj.6942]

How was your Externship? I’m about to start mine. Pure nerves and feeling stupid like I don’t remember much. Help me feel better lol

[@msdelcid8387]

Direct message me on Instagram instagram.com/futurevetnurse I’ll answer any questions on there for anyone else also.

[@xxxMarijaaa]

Do you need to do the veterinary assistant course first? Or can I do the veterinary technician course first? I've been wondering this.

[@comegetmyxlove]

@@xxxMarijaaa You do not need a VA program/certificate. In fact, most vet offices will train on the job (preferably if you have vet experience) but it's not a real degree or anything. You need a degree with Vet Tech and need to become licensed/certified/registered depending on state requirements.

[@xxxMarijaaa]

@@comegetmyxlove thank you for this response! I’m currently doing the vet tech program. Motivation is quite hard, but I’m doing my best to finish the first semester!

[@FaithsFurryCritters]

Very informative. This will help me a lot in the future. I'm doing the Vet Assist right now with Penn Foster. I hope to then do the Vet Tech.

[@hannahrodgers1267]

Awesome! Glad I can help! I believe the assistant program also has an externship :)

[@masinaj.6942]

I’m doing the assistant program myself. Excited for the future

[@gabrielapalacios9641]

@@masinaj.6942 how do you like it? Is there a teacher involved? Who checks your grades?

[@masinaj.6942]

@@gabrielapalacios9641 I love how flexible the program is and how inexpensive it is and has payment plans for more expensive programs. There are teachers available to work with you if you don’t understand something but it’s not a virtual class. It’s more just lots of reading which I don’t mind. But the only thing graded are tests everything else is practice quizzes and I don’t think anyone looks over it till the end to make sure you pass the program. You have to have a 65% average to pass.

[@piixeltune]

Thanks for the video! I’ve been in the field for almost 5 years now, mostly as reception, and all of a sudden that I’m about to start my externship I’m feeling like an idiot 😫

[@masinaj.6942]

Sis I know this was forever ago but I’m about to hit my Externship and I also feel like a straight idiot. Like I’ve just retained nothing. How did you do? Make me feel better

[@piixeltune]

@@masinaj.6942 hey! so i did very well with my externship! i have to be honest though i did quit the program shortly into semester 3 (not the schools fault at all, i was having life issues) this video is great advice and your externship advisor will be an awesome resource too. you will do great i’m sure!

[@jessiecobb6031]

Hi, there, you mentioned helpful externship guides that they give you in the portal.And I couldn't seem to find those, but I'm in The Middle of my externship and feel like i'm drowning so could really use the help!

[@Jazzmin554]

Interesting video ❤ I tried getting my GED several times I kept failing cause maths was hell lol o could not do Penn foster had to pay an online vendor for a diploma

[@Ryder204]

Thanks for sharing! This video is so helpful! Do you know if you have to return the text books at the end or can you keep them?

[@hannahrodgers1267]

You get to keep them! Digital books are kept for 2 years :)

[@Ryder204]

@@hannahrodgers1267 thank you!

[@Creationsbymargarita]

Thanks this video is so helpful i started looking at the prices of Penn foster and I am considering it since their prices are more affordable than my near by private schools for vet tech they charge around $11,000 I am be doing the pet grooming, vet assistant and vet tech courses

[@brendafaiotto1563]

hi!! i saw that they require two externships, would have to take place at two different animal hospitals or could you do them both at the same hospital? i only have one large hospital that they partner with near me and the others are quite far so im hoping they would allow my externships to take place at the same one

[@Angelaaa1015]

I think one externship is with small animals and the second is with large animals

[@Chris-ir1hd]

Hi I am currently a student , I was wondering you needed to submit videos of you doing the requirement checklist or can you submit them another way that is not videos

[@elizabethmcgraw7612]

I’m about to enroll in the vet assistant program :) I like your shirt by the way, did they give that to you?

[@hannahrodgers1267]

Congrats on enrolling that’s so exciting!! And yes they did send this to me because I’m an ambassador:)

[@aztecwarrior7373]

Who did your proctor exams?

[@DuaneEseo-ul1bg]

Is vet tech job more on laboratory diagnosis?

[@claudiaschiefer8169]

AVOID this school at all cost. Unless, you have prior experience working as a vet assistant. It’s taken me 7 years to get to my final externship and it’s hell. So ready to throw in the towel. The last externship is so hard, because they knit pick at everything and are quick to fail your videos. It’s so bad, that even my supervisors are over their bs 😭

[@claudiaschiefer8169]

Nit pick* w/e. Just go to your local community college if you can