Class of 2016....how ya doing?

[DVMDream]

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What does an overweight one cost???? 😉

Or is it per oz?

I'm not sure.

 

[Emiloo4]

I'm not sure.

I think that might be a veerry important thing to find out

 

[DVMDream]

Just wear 12 layers through the airport!!! 👍

That would look completely normal at the phoenix airport.. Haha

I think that might be a veerry important thing to find out

I had decided to just use two bags and pay the $60, the thought of only using one bag didn't cross my mind until you mentioned the space bags.

 

[Emiloo4]

I had decided to just use two bags and pay the $60, the thought of only using one bag didn't cross my mind until you mentioned the space bags.

 

[DVMDream]

🙁

I can't see gifs on my phone.

 

[TigerWillow]

You know what, em ? I'm terrified too. In two weeks, I will be leaving my job of 3.5 years. A week after that, I will be moving 120 miles away from my bf of (also) 3.5 years. I will leave all of my friends, and my 5 beloved roommates, and the city that has been my home for 6 years. I have a reeeeally hard time connecting with people, and I am afraid that I won't have any friends. I am afraid that i am not really qualified for this program, and that admins just didn't realize it. Hell, I'm even afraid that I'll be a bad doctor.
Yeah, it's really scary. It's a huge change for all of us, and there's a lot to worry about.
I'm trying to find "simple" excitement in things like picking a stethoscope color. Don't get me wrong, if I think about it in a certain way, I can get really excited. There's no doubt in my mind that this is what I want, but i think that current students have made it pretty clear - its going to be really, really, really difficult.
I can't imagine doing anything else, but gosh I wish I could bring my bf with me.
You're not alone, but based on what I've seen in previous c/o threads, it will be ok. Eventually. 😉

I shall be your friend!!!! This is like my "strength" -- being able to talk to everybody and anybody (maybe a little too much 😉 )

 

[TigerWillow]

And I just made a huge inventory of my old apt stuff from the attic. I forgot I had all of this crap!!!

 

[Emiloo4]

Just looking under my bed is stressing me out. Why do I have so much ****e? Thank goodness for alcohol to help me. 😀

 

[PetPony]

For me it was actually cheaper to take two suitcases than one overweight one. Or it was a tiny price difference and I thought I'd rather pay $10-$20 more for another suitcase and be able to take more instead of taking the overweight one..

I use the space bags too. That way I can bring much more candy with me when I come back here. 😎

 

[Emiloo4]

Soooo I'm not sure if this is a rant or a rave... but I finally found out that I won the lottery for season tickets. 😎 I have mixed emotions about being a UF season ticket holder 😏



GO NOLES!!!

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[Escalla]

Hahahahaha you would be the one to win season tickets.😛

 

[abbercadaver]

So what supplies are you guys getting??

My Big Sib said that anything under a 3" binder for any given class would be too small. But she did recommend that I get a smaller one and bring current test material or material to be covered in a week or whatever in that one, and just leave the big ones at home. Have any of you gotten advice on what to purchase as far as binders go?

I'm planning on using my iPad for the books I can, but there are a couple that have to be the physical copy...so I guess I'm still going to need highlighters and sticky notes and flagging stickies.

I just read twelvetigers' thread on backpacks....and am currently drooling over a Harry Potter lunchbox.

 

[CorporateFatCat]

Wish my big would say hello to me 🙁. Do I smell bad? Everyone else seems to have theirs....

 

[TigerWillow]

Wish my big would say hello to me 🙁. Do I smell bad? Everyone else seems to have theirs....

Yeah no one loves you. Not even your bun bun.



KIDDING. I swear, it's bc you didn't mark the same category of big as me!

 

[TigerWillow]

(and if you smell bad, I might have to get some air freshener....)

 

[Emiloo4]

So what supplies are you guys getting??

My Big Sib said that anything under a 3" binder for any given class would be too small. But she did recommend that I get a smaller one and bring current test material or material to be covered in a week or whatever in that one, and just leave the big ones at home. Have any of you gotten advice on what to purchase as far as binders go?

I'm planning on using my iPad for the books I can, but there are a couple that have to be the physical copy...so I guess I'm still going to need highlighters and sticky notes and flagging stickies.

I just read twelvetigers' thread on backpacks....and am currently drooling over a Harry Potter lunchbox.

There was good advice somewhere around here or maybe it was from my class that the best thing to do is have one binder that you bring to class everyday that has your classes combined (so you don't have a bunch of binders to bring with you) and then transfer everything into big separate binders when you get home. That's what I'm planning on doing.


And yes, WEN, I totally would be the person to win them 🙄

 

[CorporateFatCat]

Yeah no one loves you. Not even your bun bun.



KIDDING. I swear, it's bc you didn't mark the same category of big as me!

EVERYONE loves my bun bun. And I think no matter what category you selected, your big sib should contact you to introduce themselves. Imma guess they are on vacation or saving puppies....

 

[Abnerrs]

Listen. My big better be in this groups somewhere mmk? That's all I'm sayin.

 

[TigerWillow]

EVERYONE loves my bun bun. And I think no matter what category you selected, your big sib should contact you to introduce themselves. Imma guess they are on vacation or saving puppies....

Haha I meant your bun bun doesn't love YOU.

I already am gonna steal him! But yes I hope they are out doing something fun! Even AugustWest got his 🙄

 

[OwlandPussycat]

Wish my big would say hello to me 🙁. Do I smell bad? Everyone else seems to have theirs....

Lame! Mine emailed me really quickly, even though I think I checked the "low maintenance" category.


And I think I have the opposite problem of everyone else - I went through my closet today, threw out everything I don't wear anymore, aaaaaand... I have no clothes. I guess that part of packing will be easy.

 

[bbeventer]

I have been kinda stressing out. We don't meet our bigs until like the Monday before school starts. So as far as class supplies goes I am clueless. I was going to spend the whole day today packing up my house, because I am moving out next Wednesday but now my dog is ill so scratch that.

Right now, I just feel so unprepared for school. 🙁

 

[Emiloo4]

I actually ended up getting rid of a really good amount of clothes! But now I have clothes all over the place and am not sure how to pack them. I have about 3 weeks between packing and unpacking, so I have to almost pack a separate suitcase to live out of for 3 weeks. And I realized that it is kind of hard to pack clothes as my first thing so I'm about to move on to things I definitely won't need at least for the next week or so.

 

[orca2011]

If you guys are using binders, are you planning to take handwritten notes? I'm kind of freaking out a bit I learn better by writing stuff out but know I won't be able to keep up. I'm also afraid that if I take notes on my laptop I'll distract myself.

 

[orca2011]

That would look completely normal at the phoenix airport.. Haha



I had decided to just use two bags and pay the $60, the thought of only using one bag didn't cross my mind until you mentioned the space bags.

Does the airline let you register your bags ahead of time for a discount? When I left for England I was allowed two checked bags but then the policy changed and they decided my carry on no longer counted as a carry on. So when I came back in June, I ended up with 3 bags I had to check. I tried to register them ahead of time but couldn't. Told this to the lady at the Air France desk and she ended up not making me pay for my two extra bags. I saved like $300 on luggage.

 

[zanydogz]

That would look completely normal at the phoenix airport.. Haha



I had decided to just use two bags and pay the $60, the thought of only using one bag didn't cross my mind until you mentioned the space bags.

Space bags were seriously my life saver when I went out of state for undergrad and had to fly to school. I HIGHLY recommend them.

 

[abbercadaver]

Listen. My big better be in this groups somewhere mmk? That's all I'm sayin.

Uh, you have two vying for you already. So just apply to the right schools and you're set. 🙂

I have been kinda stressing out. We don't meet our bigs until like the Monday before school starts. So as far as class supplies goes I am clueless. I was going to spend the whole day today packing up my house, because I am moving out next Wednesday but now my dog is ill so scratch that.

Right now, I just feel so unprepared for school. 🙁

Wish my big would say hello to me 🙁. Do I smell bad? Everyone else seems to have theirs....

I only have talked with mine so much because I knew her beforehand. 🙂 I actually worked with her at my job. We went to school at the same time, but I was a bio major and she was animal science...so she was on the south campus and I never met her before we worked together.

She's a big reason why I ended up applying when I did, honestly. 🙂

If you guys are using binders, are you planning to take handwritten notes? I'm kind of freaking out a bit I learn better by writing stuff out but know I won't be able to keep up. I'm also afraid that if I take notes on my laptop I'll distract myself.

We have to pay ($400!) for notes every semester. They're typed up and maybe available in digital format so you can put them on a computer.

I figure I'll take those notes, put them in binders by class, and then take the pertinent ones with me (for the week or the day or whatever will fit in my smaller binder. 🙂

 

[bbeventer]

If you guys are using binders, are you planning to take handwritten notes? I'm kind of freaking out a bit I learn better by writing stuff out but know I won't be able to keep up. I'm also afraid that if I take notes on my laptop I'll distract myself.

Of course I am not in school yet, but I think my plan will be to take hand written notes. I just don't foresee me typing out notes going over too well.

 

[Camelidcrazy]

Listen. My big better be in this groups somewhere mmk? That's all I'm sayin.

Oh, girl! Don't worry. She is 😀

 

[Emiloo4]

The notes will depend on the school and your learning style I suppose. My big told me that her learning style is writing everything (mine as well) and that she did everything by hand. But many people use their computers. She said it's about 50/50. I have recently noticed that when I write, I try to write way too fast and mess up like every word I write. Not sure why this is happening to me, but it's starting to stress me out. If it keep happening, I may end up switching to the computer.

 

[Emiloo4]

Listen. My big better be in this groups somewhere mmk? That's all I'm sayin.

I'm right here... duh! 😎

 

[Camelidcrazy]

My big was two weeks behind everyone else's because she is in rural Idaho working on a ranch that doesn't have Internet. She has to drive into town to check email. So no worries! I was behind getting mine also- it will all work out! And during first year, we will all reek of formalin and death so even if you do smell it shouldn't matter 🙂

 

[orca2011]

Of course I am not in school yet, but I think my plan will be to take hand written notes. I just don't foresee me typing out notes going over too well.

I don't really see it going well for me either. I never took notes on a computer in college (although I might have if I knew about OneNote all that time) so I'm worried about switching it up. plus I feel like I'd just print it all out anyway cause I can't study off a computer very well. I end on facebook or here.

 

[orcagirl]

I don't really see it going well for me either. I never took notes on a computer in college (although I might have if I knew about OneNote all that time) so I'm worried about switching it up. plus I feel like I'd just print it all out anyway cause I can't study off a computer very well. I end on facebook or here.

I've done both but it's much better on paper for me. Also I end up printing them either to study or before class to take notes on them. I hate the way my eyes feel when I study on the computer. They just won't focus. I'm purchasing the notes available at NCSU. If you do take them on the computer OneNote is like note taking heaven.

 

[zanydogz]

I've done both but it's much better on paper for me. Also I end up printing them either to study or before class to take notes on them. I hate the way my eyes feel when I study on the computer. They just won't focus. I'm purchasing the notes available at NCSU. If you do take them on the computer OneNote is like note taking heaven.

👍 Agreed! I am in love with OneNote and use it when I can. I also got lucky in that most of my profs have complete note packets available to buy at TAMU, which makes my printer VERY happy!

 

[orca2011]

👍 Agreed! I am in love with OneNote and use it when I can. I also got lucky in that most of my profs have complete note packets available to buy at TAMU, which makes my printer VERY happy!

haha I use OneNote for note taking for the werewolf camels I was actually considering getting a tablet pc to get the most out of one note but I still have to make a decision on that...

ETA: leaving the typo cause it's hilarious. Stupid smartphone. Camels=notes.

 

[sunnex3]

Last day at the vet's office today. Gave my official resignation letter and gave everyone hugs goodbye. And cried like a baby on the drive home. Definitely one of the hardest things I've ever had to do.

I'm in the middle of a breakdown. The thought of leaving makes vet school seem like a huge evil monster and I hate vet school right now. I'm feeling like it's the worst idea ever. I want to give it up to stay here. I know I'm being an idiot but I am falling to pieces right now over this being one of the last nights with my BF. I'm a mess right now. Bleh.

You know what, em ? I'm terrified too. In two weeks, I will be leaving my job of 3.5 years. A week after that, I will be moving 120 miles away from my bf of (also) 3.5 years. I will leave all of my friends, and my 5 beloved roommates, and the city that has been my home for 6 years. I have a reeeeally hard time connecting with people, and I am afraid that I won't have any friends. I am afraid that i am not really qualified for this program, and that admins just didn't realize it. Hell, I'm even afraid that I'll be a bad doctor.
Yeah, it's really scary. It's a huge change for all of us, and there's a lot to worry about.
I'm trying to find "simple" excitement in things like picking a stethoscope color. Don't get me wrong, if I think about it in a certain way, I can get really excited. There's no doubt in my mind that this is what I want, but i think that current students have made it pretty clear - its going to be really, really, really difficult.
I can't imagine doing anything else, but gosh I wish I could bring my bf with me.
You're not alone, but based on what I've seen in previous c/o threads, it will be ok. Eventually. 😉

i'm so glad that i'm not the only one feeling this way.

i am starting to question whether this is really what i want to do for the next 4 years. i'm SO sad to be leaving the clinic where i've been working at for 3 years, so scared to be living alone again with new people and new classes. i'm dreading next sunday which will be my last day at work with co-workers who have become like family to me.

it's just really overwhelming right now and i'm feeling so many mixed emotions.

don't really know what to think, but i'm glad i'm not alone!

 

[DVMDream]

i'm so glad that i'm not the only one feeling this way.

i am starting to question whether this is really what i want to do for the next 4 years. i'm SO sad to be leaving the clinic where i've been working at for 3 years, so scared to be living alone again with new people and new classes. i'm dreading next sunday which will be my last day at work with co-workers who have become like family to me.

it's just really overwhelming right now and i'm feeling so many mixed emotions.

don't really know what to think, but i'm glad i'm not alone!

I am right with you. I was sad to leave my coworkers who I loved, but not so sad to leave the company I had worked with for 7 years... There were some management things that I did not agree with, but I loved the people I worked with.

Now I am about to leave the country (I have never been out of the country before), start vet school (I haven't had a college class in over 2 years..) and live on my own (I have always lived with someone either family or roommates).... I am terrified/excited/happy/sad... I can't even describe it. I just hope school starting doesn't come up too quickly, I am not quite ready for school to start.

 

[Emiloo4]

Something snuck into my laundry pile 😱

(It's gonna be quite difficult to follow a dress code that allows no other schools to be worn when my whole wardrobe is FSU everything )

 

[Camelidcrazy]

i'm so glad that i'm not the only one feeling this way.

i am starting to question whether this is really what i want to do for the next 4 years. i'm SO sad to be leaving the clinic where i've been working at for 3 years, so scared to be living alone again with new people and new classes. i'm dreading next sunday which will be my last day at work with co-workers who have become like family to me.

it's just really overwhelming right now and i'm feeling so many mixed emotions.

don't really know what to think, but i'm glad i'm not alone!

The giddy excitement is starting to wear off and the terror is setting in for me too. I think we are all suffering from pre-school jitters because we can't be sure what's coming. And let's be honest, chances are if we made it into vet school the overwhelming majority of us are type A control freaks.

I feel much better knowing other people are scared sh*tless like I am 🙂

 

[DVMDream]

Since I have been working so hard clearing out my room here are a couple of "current pictures". I still have a few things to pick up, as you can see but it is looking rather empty. (And the blinds are like that because of my lovely cat..🙄)

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[sunnex3]

i'm sooooooo gonna be that person who's packing up all her **** the day before moving 🙄

but really though.........going to europe for 2.5 weeks in a week, then i have a week before moving. luckily i'm renting my furniture for the first year (bedroom stuff) because i'm not sure if i'll be living where i am right now for more than the first year. my roomie is bringing most of the other stuff for the living room/kitchen so i don't think i'll have much stuff to buy.

i think i am beyond scared sh*tless right now. one day i'm 10000000% sure this is what i want to do, and then another, i'm so unsure.

DVMD, i'm with you about loving the people i work with but not really liking the management part. our hospital just joined a huge corporation, so a lot of things have changed, and i'm not too happy about some stuff. but i absolutely adore my co-workers and it's just gonna be weird not to see them every weekend and agonize about stuff together :/

 

[sunnex3]

Since I have been working so hard clearing out my room here are a couple of "current pictures". I still have a few things to pick up, as you can see but it is looking rather empty. (And the blinds are like that because of my lovely cat..🙄)

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hehe looks like what my room looked like every year around move out time 😉

 

[DVMDream]

i'm sooooooo gonna be that person who's packing up all her **** the day before moving 🙄

Doing this currently.. plane leaves tomorrow night and suitcase has 0 items in it.

but really though.........going to europe for 2.5 weeks in a week, then i have a week before moving. luckily i'm renting my furniture for the first year (bedroom stuff) because i'm not sure if i'll be living where i am right now for more than the first year. my roomie is bringing most of the other stuff for the living room/kitchen so i don't think i'll have much stuff to buy.

Hello, you should come visit me... 😀

i think i am beyond scared sh*tless right now. one day i'm 10000000% sure this is what i want to do, and then another, i'm so unsure.

This happens to me about every 30 seconds, yes I want to do this... No... no I can't do this, yes, I can... No, I am not smart enough... I can't do this.. Yes, I can, No, I can't...... blah blah blah...

 

[bbeventer]

This happens to me about every 30 seconds, yes I want to do this... No... no I can't do this, yes, I can... No, I am not smart enough... I can't do this.. Yes, I can, No, I can't...... blah blah blah...

I am also in this boat. I am having to sell my horse, I don't think I will be able to give her the time she needs while in school, and some days I can sit on my bed and cry all day thinking about giving up riding for 4 years. Other days, I am so sure that vet school is the right decision, then when the other days creep up I wonder if anything can make me happy besides riding 🙁

I was so happy when I was accepted, I didn't think it would be so tough to finally have the chance to be a student.

 

[nyanko]

I actually got an A on one ... I have NO idea how. I truly truly thought a 50% would have been pure luck! Guess my luck is better than pure

So you're THAT person...

I'm gonna have a grand-lil-sib. omg

 

[TigerWillow]

So you're THAT person...

I'm gonna have a grand-lil-sib. omg

You are OLD.


Haha this sounds like a sorority family. I was never cool enough to have a grand lil sib.

 

[nyanko]

my lil sib in 2015 is awesome and chill (i worked with her before vet school and we requested to be sibs for less effort needed)

 

[OwlandPussycat]

Has anyone read through the first few months worth of pages for the c/o 2015 thread? It's pretty sobering, but I think it's healthy to worry. The reality is that the transition into vet school will be very difficult for many of us. As in, we will probably cry. A lot.
I'm really trying to focus on the fact that TONS of other people have dealt with the exact same issues, and ended up adjusting just fine.

Reading everyone else's comments, though, I feel really lucky. Davis is 120 miles away from where I live now, and only 60 miles away from my parents. I actually can't wait to quit my job (admin issues have been bothering me for a long time), and last week someone lit a mattress on fire in the alley behind my apartment. So basically, while I hate to leave my friends and BF, I have a lot to look forward to.


Edit: and not to bring the mood down even further, but a friend of mine (who is in her second year of vet school overseas) just found out that her husband (who stayed in the U.S. for his job) has been cheating on her for the past year.
This made me feel soooo much better about going LDR with my boyfriend.

 

[kanderson615]

This happens to me about every 30 seconds, yes I want to do this... No... no I can't do this, yes, I can... No, I am not smart enough... I can't do this.. Yes, I can, No, I can't...... blah blah blah...

Same here. It's scary! And I still have a little more than two months until school starts, so plenty of time to agonize over it 🙄

I'm meeting with some of my classmates for the first time tomorrow. I'm really excited! We're meeting for happy hour trivia 🙂 Hopefully it'll be fun!

 

[kanderson615]

Has anyone read through the first few months worth of pages for the c/o 2015 thread? It's pretty sobering, but I think it's healthy to worry. The reality is that the transition into vet school will be very difficult for many of us. As in, we will probably cry. A lot.
I'm really trying to focus on the fact that TONS of other people have dealt with the exact same issues, and ended up adjusting just fine.

Yes, it's scary to think about! I'm hoping that the reality of vet school won't hit me like a ton of bricks and that I'll transition into it somewhat smoothly...