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Welcome to the Vet Candy Blog—your go-to destination for veterinary education, career growth, and real-life insights from the world of animal health.

From free RACE-approved CE courses and clinical updates to NAVLE prep and career advice, our content is designed for veterinarians, vet techs, and students who want to stay informed, inspired, and ahead in their careers.

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VIN Foundation to Class of 2026: Do Not Consolidate Your Student Loans

Due to a critical change in student loan borrowing this is one of the most precarious years to enter student loan repayment. New changes take effect July 1, 2026, making the commonly recommended consolidation route problematic for this graduating class.

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Why Vet Candy’s NAVLE Warriors Is the System That Actually Works

You have spent four years in veterinary school absorbing more information than any human brain should reasonably hold. You have survived anatomy labs, internal medicine rotations, sleepless nights, and every clinical curveball your professors could throw at you. And now, standing between you and the letters DVM after your name is one exam. One licensing board. One shot to prove everything you know.

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Type A, Slightly Uptight, and Exactly Who SAVMA Needed

Cayden Smith is a DVM candidate at Long Island University's Lewyt College of Veterinary Medicine, SAVMA President-Elect, and one of Vet Candy's Rising Stars for 2026. From equestrian team captain to national student leader, Cayden talks about resilience, adaptability, finding purpose in veterinary medicine, and why rest before first semester matters more than getting a head start on physiology. Read her story.

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This Vet Student Traded the Basketball Court for the Clinic Floor

Meet Phylicia McInnis, a second-year vet student at Virginia-Maryland CVM and Vet Candy Rising Star 2026 with her eyes on emergency medicine and her own clinic.

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Vet School Just Got Official Rules for Online Learning. Here's What That Actually Means.

If you went to vet school during COVID, you know the drill. One day you were in the anatomy lab, the next you were watching a recorded lecture in your apartment at 11pm wondering if this counted as education. It did — technically. But nobody had a rulebook for it.

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New Foal Highlights Services at Tuskegee College of Veterinary Medicine

Tuskegee University College of Veterinary Medicine, students, faculty, and staff are celebrating the birth of Coco Chanel, the first foal born on campus in many years — and a moment that beautifully highlights the college’s hands-on training and deep community roots.

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