Mum of a fairly recent vet graduate here.
I would read the criteria for each vet school very carefully and check it’s still relevant nearer the time. Student room is good but some inaccuracies.
Unis like stuff like playing a team sport or a hobby so don’t dump all the fun stuff. There are a couple of new courses since she applied. She went for the place she felt most comfortable at but bear in mind that some courses don’t fit the criteria to work in the US for example. You need to do extra exams.
She got a first but you don’t need to be super clever. Empathy, teamwork and communication skills are far more important.
My DD had over 20 weeks experience but some of her colleagues had less than 6. We have distant relatives with cattle and she found lambing via student room. Also helped out on city farms, a local stables, and an animal home. We’re in London.
She shadowed our local vet one evening a week for a year and did several weeks during the holidays. He was an old school vet, now retired who comes from the same place as my DH so unusual!
I would encourage your DC to do work experience at 2 or more practices to see if they like it. She also fitted in paid work on Saturdays elsewhere.
DD is 2 years graduated and on her second job at an independent and is paid just over £40k which is apparently good but they are strong at work/life balance. She was on a graduate programme with one of the big chains which wasn’t all it was hyped up to be and very long hours, no breaks etc.