Anyone going to vet school with a partner/bf/gf?

[SkiOtter]

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They can't handle animals properly, perform simple surgeries, or tissue/blood collection procedure. They know the theory very well, however they lack practical skills. Is only the one school. In all fairness I have only met 5 graduates from said school, and is very possible that I met the 5 least technically prepared. This said I skipped that school this cycle.

And you can perform these simple surgeries? Or just theoretically can? Because if a vet in this country is giving you a scalpel and setting you free to perform surgeries....uh...that's...interesting.....

 

[SwineTor]

And you can perform these simple surgeries? Or just theoretically can? Because if a vet in this country is giving you a scalpel and setting you free to perform surgeries....uh...that's...interesting.....

I can perform them for surgical research. ( currently seeking certification by Academy of Surgical Research).

 

[DVMDream]

You can't even form grammatically correct sentences.

 

[DVMDream]

tissue/blood collection procedure.

Veterinarians shouldn't be doing this if the veterinary clinic is set up appropriately. Their trained assistants and technicians should be collecting all samples while they are doing the job of a veterinarian. The best phlebotomist in a veterinary clinic should be a technician, not a DVM. This same thing goes for human medicine, you don't see an MD drawing blood--- ever.

 

[pp9]

Yeah, I don't think that the Interview Feedback pages have been updated in quite a while.

We do still have the Factors When Picking a School Google Doc -- Factors When Picking A School -- but there's definitely an excess of information/experiences for some schools and very little to none on others. I'm looking to eventually go through and clean up or get rid entirely of most of the ISU stuff; a lot of it is outdated and taken from the early days of the original Factors thread.

Agreed that vet school rankings are largely worthless, by the by, and shouldn't play much of a role in choosing where to apply or attend.

SDN has an actual 'Review Your School' survey too, not just the interview stuff. It asks some questions that most pre-vets don't think to ask and many current students may not consider discussing unless asked directly.

 

[WildZoo]

SDN has an actual 'Review Your School' survey too, not just the interview stuff. It asks some questions that most pre-vets don't think to ask and many current students may not consider discussing unless asked directly.

Really? Where's that at? I'd have done it already if I'd known about it.

 

[pp9]

Really? Where's that at? I'd have done it already if I'd known about it.

Veterinary School Reviews List | Student Doctor Network

 

[twelvetigers]

Just when you step back for a second and think, "okay, maybe this member isn't actually just here to start ****..."

Then nah.

So that begs the question - what's up with the sudden increase of people in here trynna start ****? Did we open up a turd portal?

 

[WhtsThFrequency]

Rankings aside, there is a school in the eastern states that rank very well in the US only rankings, and not too bad in the world rankings, however every vet I have met that has graduated from there is very unprepared, and often know less than I do with only 2000 Hours animal experience. At the end of the day is really what you plan to after, and how the school can help you reach that goal what matters, regardless of ranking.

Woof. What an elephant turd of inexperienced entitlement we have here, mates.

 

[EngrSC]

Sadly I think it’s just this generation ...

We had an intern (in engineering) straight up say she didn’t want to do a particular task. Um, that’s not how this works. You’re getting paid, you do what you’re told.

 

[SkiOtter]

Sadly I think it’s just this generation ...

We had an intern (in engineering) straight up say she didn’t want to do a particular task. Um, that’s not how this works. You’re getting paid, you do what you’re told.

...Not all of this generation...

 

[Coquette22]

I can perform them for surgical research. ( currently seeking certification by Academy of Surgical Research).

In all fairness I have only met 5 graduates from said school, and is very possible that I met the 5 least technically prepared.

Frankly if you're at all in research, you should know that n=5 is unlikely to be statistically significant.

 

[dyachei]

They can't handle animals properly, perform simple surgeries, or tissue/blood collection procedure. They know the theory very well, however they lack practical skills. Is only the one school. In all fairness I have only met 5 graduates from said school, and is very possible that I met the 5 least technically prepared. This said I skipped that school this cycle.

Blood collection is a technical skill that isn't required of veterinarians but is very important in vet techs. As to the rest, I'm not sure of the validity of your statement. However, I suspect you're expectations aren't realistic.

 

[SwineTor]

Fine lets go back to dating engineers, and worrying about histology .

 

[dyachei]

Fine lets go back to dating engineers, and worrying about histology .

Hey, it's not meant to be an attack on you. I have noticed that many assistants/technicians think they know what's important to be a vet. Technical skills aren't high on the list. Surgery is a different story, but there's so little time for that in vet school that it takes most people a little time to get fully into the swing of things. That's why I posited a expectation issue