So, I got called off the Oklahoma State waiting list after accepting a position at KSU. After talking with Dr. M..(forget what her name was was exactly 😳) for a while on the phone I am seriously considering Oklahoma. For one it will be about $9000 cheaper per year, smaller class size (which I like), and they also seem to place more emphasis on hands-on/application. However, I haven't visited there and have visited KSU, and really like it, so it makes me scared to make a decision. I am still waiting to talk to some of the students there to get a better idea.
In the meantime would anyone who has visited OSU mind giving some information about the town, teaching hospital, atmosphere, etc. Any information would be greatly appreciated 😍.
Well, I really really liked KSU, and got waitlisted there.
I was accepted to OSU, and loved it. The town itself is very comparable to Manhattan (except it lacks a target
🙁 ). I felt like there were better options for housing in stillwater than Manhattan. While I saw a lot of crappy houses in Stillwater, I was very happy with the one I decided on. Driving around Manhattan, it looked much more like undergrads living all over the place, but that might have been the areas I was shown.
KSU has way better restaurants in the area though.
Facilities wise, KSU's facilities were bigger, but like you said, they have a bigger class. I absolutely LOVED how KSU gave you your own desk in the lab. OSU doesn't do that
🙁 Is that worth an extra 9000 a year though?
Other than that labs, I felt the schools were pretty comparable. I liked OSU's facilities. The classrooms were older, and could use more outlets, but again, that wasn't a deal breaker. Hallways were narrower, most of the rooms themselves were smaller, but clinics seemed relatively equal in available equipment/case loads/ etc.
At OSU, you have to walk outside to get from classes to the hospitals themselves, but it's not far.
I liked Stillwater, everyone seemed very friendly, in the town and the vet school, and all the rental places I looked at. If you can get by all the orange, and the hideous bright pink/lime green building (what is that place, anyway, TT? ) everything else seems nice. It's a bit closer to a major airport than KSU is (1 hr vs 2ish), if that's a concern of yours.
If I get called off the waitlist at KSU I might mourn for a little bit, but I think I'm decided on OSU for sure. For the few little things that made me like KSU better, it's just not worth an extra 40K in the long run.
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