Has your VMCAS been verified yet? I honestly wouldn't worry too much, I remember that they corrected a small mistake on my transcripts last year. Though if you're really worried you can contact VMCAS.
It's a mistake. You didn't specifically leave something out. Get in touch with them and let them know but it's REALLY not a huge deal.
You're out of touch LIS (aka old), they dropped it down to 1.5 last year. Not really sure what half a typo is though.
Novocaine is the worst. Last time I had a cavity filled I felt like I was drooling all over myself for hours. Even though I wasn't.
I felt like my nose was runny, and I couldn't flare one nostril for the longest time.
If you can validate your answer from examples in the lecture- I would challenge it... I must say that we got an email today regarding questions challenged on our path exam and a couple of these people were grasping at straws..
Hey, I got half a point back from whoever decided to really challenge that muscle question. I'm not complaining!If you can validate your answer from examples in the lecture- I would challenge it... I must say that we got an email today regarding questions challenged on our path exam and a couple of these people were grasping at straws..
It was actually a really straight forward question that should have had a super easy answer...that wasn't written in a way that non-chemistry majors could understand.If you can validate your answer from examples in the lecture- I would challenge it... I must say that we got an email today regarding questions challenged on our path exam and a couple of these people were grasping at straws..
Yeah, I hear ya on that one...
Boo on that! I had to carry my 40# dog all the way back to my house when I was on a hike in LA once (luckily was only ~1 mile). Very awkward for the both of us. Hope she handles the cage rest and heals OK!
Well I am so freaking glad I sent a nice polite email. No words
It's been over a year since I've visited these forums (I forgot which e-mail I used and then just forgot about it altogether), but I need some like-minded pre-vet people to read my rants.
I had a year long internship end recently. It was a great opportunity with great pay but it was not veterinary in nature. I was really itching to get back to something with animals so I applied to some clinics before my final day in the internship. I was really excited when one called me for an interview. I have never worked on the clinical side of things before, most of my experiences have been in public health, regulatory, zoo, and research. I interviewed, my inexperience was mentioned repeatedly, and they still chose to hire me with the knowledge that I would need a lot of training.
Well, the training I received was approximately 16 hours of shadowing techs. After that period they wanted me to perform on my own. I tried my best to be up to the task, but apparently failed their expectations which were not really made known. After three weeks the head tech said that things weren't working out and that while I was a hard worker, reliable, and liked by the staff, my handling and restraining skills were not up to par and that I was free to leave the practice. I knew my skills were lacking, but I was surprised that they thought in less than two weeks of actual work on mostly part time shifts that I was going to perfect those skills. Were their expectations unreasonable or is that really all the training people receive when starting in a clinic?
In truth, I was relieved when they dismissed me. On my first day, amidst the shadowing, no less than five employees told me, "Don't take it personally if [Head Vet/Head Tech] yells at you." This was followed by people joking about quitting before they made it to six months. I also heard from multiple assistants that there had been a recent rash of employees quitting and that they "used to have a larger staff." In hindsight, I probably should have left that first week upon hearing such negative things about the work environment. I didn't because I really wanted the experience.
... and the head vet did yell at me multiple times. He yelled at me when I didn't know how to roll a vein, which took five seconds to demonstrate. He yelled at me numerous times for asking him to repeat prescription orders. He yelled at me for drawing up the wrong vaccine for a cat (just RCP vs a combo, which their records did not indicate). He yelled at me for making clients wait for a fecal float (something I had not been trained to do yet). Almost every interaction I had with him involved yelling, eye-rolling, or him just flat out ignoring my question. I on the other hand was constantly trying to be polite and professional when asking him and the other employees to show me how to do things that weren't covered in my training.
Like I said, I was relieved, but I'm still a little sad because it's never fun to fail.
Thanks, LIS. Really needed this. Just got reamed out by my professor and now get it on SDN, too.
He was just joking...
Then there should have been appropriate smileys
I see what you did thereThen there should have been appropriate smileys
LIS needs to read the book on understanding women.
I will do any wildlife animal before I do squirrels. They're nuts (hahahahahahah
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As a fourth year, I think it's pretty inexcusable to return someone's pet covered in anything - mud, urine, feces, blood, medication, etc. I know we're all really busy, but it's just not something that should be done, even if it means the owner needs to wait a little longer to get a presentable pet back. I'm really sorry you had to deal with that
Honestly, the best thing I did was find a clinic that wasn't the school. They treated me like a client, not a student, and at teaching hospitals I think that line gets blurred. I would call the head of the school hospital, express your dissatisfaction, and have the records sent to someone else nearby who is recommended to you. Obviously if it's serious enough that your dog needs to be referred, use the school, but in the end I found the private clinic to be so much better.
If it makes you feel better, I haven't studied for AOD yet either except for reading the CNS modules. I'm starting to think that studying doesn't really help much on those exams anyway, since they ask random little details that you never thought were important. Like the example table during the review that asked us to compare something to the fox lungworm, which we have one slide of info about. And it's a freaking fox lungworm. I like foxes, but why would this be something I focused on in detail when we have so much stuff to learn for this class that is more generally relevant?
I should probably stop now. I could rant about AOD forever...
This is so upsettingRIP Dr. Sophia Yin
This is so upsetting
