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I think we should go back to circa. Sounds a lot cooler than about.
I start in circa a week and change.
I start in circa a week and change.
i had to read this many times and then i realized i think you mean alabama! (AL)
I am so excited because even though my school hasn't started yet we had the opportunity to sign up for this LA seminar. It will be monday and tuesday (all day) and I think a lot of it will be mostly hands on at the new bolton center. I havent seen the NB center yet too and i heard it was amazing so i can't wait!
OT rant: why are coveralls made for people with no shoulders?
Auburn starts Monday and I'm kinda scared i'm not gonna lie. we just completed our 4 day orientation and it was fun, exhausting, and terrifying all in one. Good luck to everyone else who are starting classes soon!
4 full days?? Texas A&M's orientation is three 8am-5pm days and even though I've seen the schedule for it, I still don't understand how it takes that long to 'orient' us for school!
Blackat--they do make coveralls for women (err, at least one company does...)
http://www.pellavet.com/show_product/?product_id=339
Let it be know that they definitely run small, though!
4 full days?? Texas A&M's orientation is three 8am-5pm days and even though I've seen the schedule for it, I still don't understand how it takes that long to 'orient' us for school!
I was so excited. Then i realized it does not come in a shade of brown (mandatory for us ) but also, it is 2x as much as the Dickies ones I am waitlisted for. Oh well, it was close though! thanks!!!
I guess I got lucky because Ok-State's orientation goes like this: Wednesday is 7:45-5 of people talking, Thursday is a ropes course, and Friday is the white coat ceremony in the morning with optional tours in the afternoon. That's it.
BROWN? Here I think they're supposed to be green (at least when I worked as a milker at the vet school's teaching herd, all the vet students who came in had the green ones from Pella Vet). I think other places require blue.
How unfashionable. I'm so sorry.
yea not very pretty but I think most people just choose khaki color which is ok. Green is good. Blue reminds me of the school janitor lol
Dude no ****! I'm looking through our A&M schedule and being like "cool, we listen to people talk for several hours then get to walk aorund a bit for clinic tours, tehn listen to more people talk...whoo!"
Oh well. It's a good problem to have.
Well, today is the second day of actual classes. It is AMAZING!!! I was wandering around the building during lunch and got to part of a tiger surgery! So my new goal is to check out the surgery board before class in the morning to see what kind of awesome things I might get to see at lunch. Got to meet dyachei (even though I didn't know it until later)! Very cool
Meanwhile up in the other half of CA, we start exactly two weeks from today!
That aside, I am very excited about the coming weeks, months, and years. My fourth-year mentor invited me to join him on his ER shift last night, and I had a wonderful time. It was a pretty quiet evening, and my mentor spent a while giving me the background on cases, teaching me some diagnostic and technical skills, and letting me try things. Now I'm even more eager to start classes and learn the basics --partly so I can have a clue about what the Drs and the students on rotation are saying with all those big, long words
I'm really excited about attending Mizzou. Talking to friends starting at other vet schools it just sounds like their orientations are kind of a let down so far and they aren't feeling nearly as comfortable about starting. They did a great job of bringing all of us together and making us feel welcome. We're still very clear on how hard it's going to be but I think it will be way, way easier already having friends to work with and knowing the professors really do care that we do our best!
Enjoy your freedom! You'll have an amazing time once things get rolling. And (possibly) see you at Symposium!
Ughhhhh, I'm so jealous of all you guys. Ohio is on a quarter system, so I have one MONTH (to the day) until orientation even starts. Oy vey, so far away.
Let me guess--your mentor was John A., right? That's awesome that the eager freshman was you!! Fantastic! I'm on medicine--tomorrow's my last day--but maybe I'll see you when you come for the tour. My patient in ICU was the twitchy kitten.
Second day of orientation, and we had a panel of upperclassmen spend about a half hour going on about how much time people spend studying, failing exams, crying, drinking, and doing it all over again the next week. Then they said we looked nervous and told us not to be since vet school is great fun
That aside, I am very excited about the coming weeks, months, and years. My fourth-year mentor invited me to join him on his ER shift last night, and I had a wonderful time. It was a pretty quiet evening, and my mentor spent a while giving me the background on cases, teaching me some diagnostic and technical skills, and letting me try things. Now I'm even more eager to start classes and learn the basics --partly so I can have a clue about what the Drs and the students on rotation are saying with all those big, long words
Well as an update...today we had our 5th test. It really honestly isn't that bad! Easy material...just memorize it!
Well, there goes my anonymity Willowhand is, indeed, the eager freshman (you weren't the only one to call me that -is it so unusual that one of you manages to lure a mentee into your lair?) Anyway, please introduce yourself at some point. I'm not sure if I can remember who was treating twitchy kitten
Don't worry, I don't remember what you looked like, either! I was the tall one with short dark curly hair--look a bit older (will be 31 in a few weeks!). I passed by a couple of tour groups in the hallway today while wheeling my dead patient down to necropsy...
5th test?? Here in the UK our year is broken up into 4 modules and there's one fat test at the end of each module of the course. The first one is essays, short answers, a spot exam, and oral test.Well as an update...today we had our 5th test. It really honestly isn't that bad! Easy material...just memorize it!
How long is everyone's anatomy courses? Ours is 2 semesters first year. We start surgeries next year so we kind of have to get it out of the way quick.
Actually our first anatomy exam is this Monday (so I need to get to the lab and study!!). We have quizzes every friday in anatomy so it keeps us studying it all the time. Ours is going to be 50% written and 50% practical (labeling and such.)
How long is everyone's anatomy courses? Ours is 2 semesters first year.
There is soooo much more than I ever realized. I figured when we learned bones...we'd just learn the bones not every little tiny structure on all the bones. There are so many more muscle than I thought too... close to 15 just in the lower part of the leg. Even some of the muscles are divided into different "heads."
How long is everyone's anatomy courses? Ours is 2 semesters first year. We start surgeries next year so we kind of have to get it out of the way quick.
Hey, I saw you! Well, not really, I was focused on your dead patient, but you wheeled right by me! You probably didn't see me, but if you noticed a guy more than a bit older (31 is NOT old!) that was me.
My friend/rotationmate and I were careful to cover up the patient because we didn't want to "scare" the freshmen too badly. I think I might have seen you--but I was more focused on saying hi to my mentee at the back of your group. Hope you spend some time in the hospital this fall! If you want to go out for a drink sometime, let me know--"older" folks in vet school need their own kind of support, as I well know. Good luck Monday!!! You'll do great!