Class of 2016....how ya doing?

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dyachei said:
it depends on what your differentials are. typically, you see mass effects on MRI, changes in the uniformity of organs, or dis-symmetry. You will sometimes see changes in color/different shades of black, grey and white.
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Thanks for the tips. I think I'm a little frazzled since we have a test tomorrow morning which I'm hoping will be easy but I'm slightly freaking out over the amount of work I have in the next couple weeks so my brain is all over the place. And I don't think I did too well our radiology exam that covered MRI/CT so that doesn't help either. Haha.

Going to work on that part of it tomorrow when I'm hopefully slightly less frazzled.
 
cs5910 said:
A group final?! That sounds awesome!! How does that work?
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Hehe, we break up into small groups and chat it over (same test as if we were taking it individually). Our path professor is a bit odd and has one foot out the door to retirement...he kind of does whatever he wants.
 
NStarz said:
Hehe, we break up into small groups and chat it over (same test as if we were taking it individually). Our path professor is a bit odd and has one foot out the door to retirement...he kind of does whatever he wants.
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I hope he stays for next year!!
 
5 more finals....

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.

Good luck everyone in the home stretch!! Here comes second year!
 
NStarz said:
Yeah...not sure if I would say that 🙂 PM for deets!
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I'm sure I wouldn't say that! Not for the reasons I am about to say, I won't even go into why I would say that here, but these reasons certainly don't help. The group final sounds good, but I'm counting on it being my lowest grade. You can have a poll of the entire class and I bet your answers would be split something like: A: 15%, B: 30%, C: 30%, D: 25% lol. He is a pathologist and a good one, but he doesn't quite get that we don't quite get it and he likes to ask questions that haven't been covered but we SHOULD (key word because in my experience we can't!) be able to figure out. The previous exams have been brutal (many many people failing, but we've heard it'll get curved so people don't fail) and he said that he'll make them more thought provoking to make a group final work. He said if we all discuss the answers we should be able to figure it out :laugh:. I imagine very few groups will have that experience.
 
NStarz said:
Thank goodness my final on Tuesday (path/immuno) is a group final.
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So, maybe it's just me, but that sounds horrific. I feel like you would need a seriously awesome group dynamic for this to work. I get frustrated enough on group quizzes most of the time, never mind a final that's worth a substantial part of my grade.
 
Coquette22 said:
So, maybe it's just me, but that sounds horrific. I feel like you would need a seriously awesome group dynamic for this to work. I get frustrated enough on group quizzes most of the time, never mind a final that's worth a substantial part of my grade.
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👍 group + stressful exam + time limitations just sounds rather miserable to me.
 
Ugh. It's only Monday and I'm already exhausted. Neuro practical this final Friday, Immuno final the following Friday (which I need to do SUPER well on) and I have a debate tomorrow and a paper due on the 7th for a class I really have no interest in.
 
I am so incredibly angry at myself. I really dropped the ball this semester. I honestly don't know what happened 🙁 I started off doing SO well, studying hard, and getting better grades than last semester. I just bombed an entire class because of the final, and I'm so not happy. I don't know what's wrong with me, whether it's the too-short winter break, my lack of interest in the material, or the back-to-back-to-back exams that we've had, but I really did not do well this semester (I think I'm going to get a D in one of my classes, which I got an A- on the first exam in.) What the hell is wrong with me? I have just been so unmotivated, which is really unlike me. Hoping I can figure out what's wrong so I can fix it for next year...
 
NStarz said:
I am so incredibly angry at myself. I really dropped the ball this semester. I honestly don't know what happened 🙁 I started off doing SO well, studying hard, and getting better grades than last semester. I just bombed an entire class because of the final, and I'm so not happy. I don't know what's wrong with me, whether it's the too-short winter break, my lack of interest in the material, or the back-to-back-to-back exams that we've had, but I really did not do well this semester (I think I'm going to get a D in one of my classes, which I got an A- on the first exam in.) What the hell is wrong with me? I have just been so unmotivated, which is really unlike me. Hoping I can figure out what's wrong so I can fix it for next year...
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If you are talking about pharmacology final, I think something is gonna have to happen with that, it was totally brutal! Not what I was expecting at all. There was a lot of stuff from like bottoms of paragraphs that were not main points at all. I had highlighted all the important stuff (usually I overhighlight and end up having absolutely everything needed highlighted plus so much more, then I just focus on that stuff) and there were at least 6 that were not highlighted. It was bad! I passed, but it definitely wasn't my best performance and nowhere near as well as I was expecting to do.

Just think, though, this time tomorrow and we're gonna be free 😀
 
squirrelsrule said:
If you are talking about pharmacology final, I think something is gonna have to happen with that, it was totally brutal! Not what I was expecting at all. There was a lot of stuff from like bottoms of paragraphs that were not main points at all. I had highlighted all the important stuff (usually I overhighlight and end up having absolutely everything needed highlighted plus so much more, then I just focus on that stuff) and there were at least 6 that were not highlighted. It was bad! I passed, but it definitely wasn't my best performance and nowhere near as well as I was expecting to do.

Just think, though, this time tomorrow and we're gonna be free 😀
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I wasn't talking about pharm, but thanks 🙂 That was very brutal, but I think I have enough cushion in the class to pull me through okay.
 
NStarz said:
I wasn't talking about pharm, but thanks 🙂 That was very brutal, but I think I have enough cushion in the class to pull me through okay.
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That's good. And remember one D is not the end of the road 👍
 
That exam was brutal, spent 5 hours working on it! We are FREE now though :soexcited:
 
It was like 40 pages long. 89 questions and the questions were like 3 paragraphs! It was a group final too, so there was discussion about the answers. Got a little cranky towards the end and we all started snapping at eachother, but in the end it turned out OK 🙂. About question number 30 we were going crazy! I have to say, though, it still wasn't as long as my O. chem tests, but this one was much more draining. It was made so much better by the fact that it was the last one 👍 😀
 
Finished first year 😀 I wasn't sure if I was going to make it but I'm happy I finished. The anti-depressant medication seems to be working well so that, combined with counseling, should get me back on track. I have an interview for a job at the shelter back home. If I don't get that job I'm taking the summer off. I'm feeling so much better and I'm looking forward to no exams for 4 months!
 
I have 3 more days of classes left, and then finals next week. I have never felt so unprepared going into an exam week before 🙁
 
bbeventer said:
I have 3 more days of classes left, and then finals next week. I have never felt so unprepared going into an exam week before 🙁
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I felt the same way going into my finals. You'll make it through, just expect a really long week!
 
squirrelsrule said:
I felt the same way going into my finals. You'll make it through, just expect a really long week!
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Thanks, for some reason I just feel like we have so much information this time. So ready for summer.
 
I have a paper due on Monday. I must pick a disease or condition that effect more than one system of the body and explain how it effects multiple systems. Must be no more than 1000 words, it is worth 10% of my grade for this section, so I am mostly not motivated to write it at all.

And we still have 4 weeks. :lame:

Paper due Monday, portofolio due Wednesday (this is basically grab a bunch of different pieces of paper and put them together), then exams May 27th-31st. We have a bunch of tutorial/practical classes in between, basically PBL/interpretation type classes so they are long (about 3 hours each).

Just wish we could be done, but the good news is that we don't have class as much... I had both Tuesday and today off this week. I have Wednesday off next week and I have Friday off the week after. So no more 9-5 every day, which is nice. 🙂
 
ky261682 said:
Finished first year 😀 I wasn't sure if I was going to make it but I'm happy I finished. The anti-depressant medication seems to be working well so that, combined with counseling, should get me back on track. I have an interview for a job at the shelter back home. If I don't get that job I'm taking the summer off. I'm feeling so much better and I'm looking forward to no exams for 4 months!
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Woot congrats! :hardy:
 
I think I have finally finished my stupid 1000 word paper that literally took me like 24 hours to do. Undergrad me would be ashamed. It's definitely not some of my best work, but my ability to care is like non existent now...hoping it's not graded too harshly.
 
Going to take my last final! Wahoo!

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I have been done since Friday. Our last exam was a big shock-- I don't think any of us were expecting it to be that difficult. We were caught off guard. I have never been so sure I failed an exam....but somehow I managed to do really well..even before the curve😕

I am already back at work...worked over 8 hours yesterday with no break because the other assistant had to leave 4 hours early. 8 hours again today. Man, I forgot what it is like to be running around like crazy for 8 hours. I kinda miss sitting on my butt in lecture in our cozy lecture hall.
 
Jamr0ckin said:
Going to take my last final! Wahoo!

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I have my last lab practical today, in 1 hour. I don't know how I feel about this one.

Good luck on your exam!
 
Made it through first year! Finals finished on Friday, and I did better than I was expecting on my finals (grades posted today). My close friends all pulled through, but I think we're going to lose another couple of students after this. We lost one after our first final last Monday. :-(

Now I have this week off (haha) before I start my summer research. "Off" meaning 9000 errands, farrier appointment for the horse, vet hospital appointment for the horse, working an overnight, cleaning the apartment, and getting back on the exercise/eating healthy bandwagon. Yipes!

Good luck to everyone still finishing up their semesters!
 
:laugh: I love the freshman part
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that redhead said:
I saw that on FB Emiloo :laugh: Although it's amazing what even one year of more clinically-applicable classes can do. I feel a lot more like I'm going to be a vet one day than I did in first year.
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That's encouraging. 👍
 
I haven't even begun to start thinking about studying for my finals. I really need to find motivation somewhere. Fast. :scared:
 
Emiloo4 said:
I haven't even begun to start thinking about studying for my finals. I really need to find motivation somewhere. Fast. :scared:
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Learn from my ridiculous lack of motivation this round of finals-I just blew an A in anatomy by freaking bombing the final due to an utter inability to care at all about studying. Don't let this happen to you! Not that I care so much about getting an A, it's that I'm good at anatomy and there was no reason not to do well, except I really couldn't care for one more day. I only studied the day of the exam 😳
(But I did some awesome shopping and drinking over the weekend instead...)
 
CanHardlyWait said:
Learn from my ridiculous lack of motivation this round of finals-I just blew an A in anatomy by freaking bombing the final due to an utter inability to care at all about studying. Don't let this happen to you! Not that I care so much about getting an A, it's that I'm good at anatomy and there was no reason not to do well, except I really couldn't care for one more day. I only studied the day of the exam 😳
(But I did some awesome shopping and drinking over the weekend instead...)
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Yeah, I just can't seem to find my caring side. I've always been a crammer and it *usually* works for me, but I know I'm starting to push this one a little too closely. My problem like you said, is not that I'll fail, but that if I just opened a book, or read my notes, I could do so much better. But I hopped on the C=DVM train FAST, and I haven't looked back. It feels fine until I get my grade and think "Emiloo, if you would have just tried for even 2 more hours you would have done much better." It's the damn delayed gratification thing I just can't seem to grasp. I need immediate gratification... like drinking a beer and snuggling my pups 😍
 
I did so horribly on the Anatomy lecture & lab final that I can't even be glad that Anatomy is over.

10% worse than average on the lab, and a whopping 20% worse than average on the lecture.

And Path, which is supposed to be what I'm good at, knocked me around pretty fantastically this morning.

These aren't even supposed to be the hard finals!! What gives. =(
 
hopefulinva said:
I did so horribly on the Anatomy lecture & lab final that I can't even be glad that Anatomy is over.

10% worse than average on the lab, and a whopping 20% worse than average on the lecture.

And Path, which is supposed to be what I'm good at, knocked me around pretty fantastically this morning.

These aren't even supposed to be the hard finals!! What gives. =(
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Ok, I know I was grossly unprepared, but the anatomy finals were hard. Harder than usual. And the Path questions were more specific than usual, thus harder. It's not you. Don't be defeated yet, we still have to be destroyed by Parasit.
 
CanHardlyWait said:
Ok, I know I was grossly unprepared, but the anatomy finals were hard. Harder than usual. And the Path questions were more specific than usual, thus harder. It's not you. Don't be defeated yet, we still have to be destroyed by Parasit.
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Agree.

Trying to muster up any sort of motivation to figure out neuro has been an utter failure so far. The sad part is, nothing we've gone over in that class has been fairly complex - I just don't want to study anymore.

CHW, I think I need to watch Braveheart - although your speech last week was pretty awesome!
 
Peperoncini said:
Agree.

Trying to muster up any sort of motivation to figure out neuro has been an utter failure so far. The sad part is, nothing we've gone over in that class has been fairly complex - I just don't want to study anymore.

CHW, I think I need to watch Braveheart - although your speech last week was pretty awesome!
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:laugh::laugh: I think I need to watch Braveheart too! Motivational and an awesome, long procrastination opportunity.

Hopeful, where did you find averages for anatomy?
 
CanHardlyWait said:
:laugh::laugh: I think I need to watch Braveheart too! Motivational and an awesome, long procrastination opportunity.

Hopeful, where did you find averages for anatomy?
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I meant my personal average, not the class average, haha. I don't even want to see the class average; our class is too dang smart. I can't keep up!
 
Done with 1st year! I don't know though, I don't think I will feel like it is over until I get my grades and know its over.
 
bbeventer said:
Done with 1st year! I don't know though, I don't think I will feel like it is over until I get my grades and know its over.
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Yeah I'm hesitant to celebrate next weekend until I know for sure. I'm sure you did fine. Celebrate anyway. :hardy:
 
Emiloo4 said:
Yeah I'm hesitant to celebrate next weekend until I know for sure. I'm sure you did fine. Celebrate anyway. :hardy:
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Thats what I keep trying to tell myself... lol

Do you have 1 more week left?
 
Congrats to everyone who has made it out of first year so far! I've still got 2 exams, so I'm living vicariously through all of your celebrations. Pretty positive I'm not failing out so I can say this-We made it!!! And we're gonna rock second year! (after a very long and well deserved summer break)
 
bbeventer said:
Thats what I keep trying to tell myself... lol

Do you have 1 more week left?
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Yes :annoyed:
Nutrition final Monday (I just woke from a dream that I got a D on the nutrition assessment we turned in last week 🙄).
Radiology written Wednesday.
Radiology practical and oral Friday.
And then I'm packing up my stuff, picking up my fiancé from the airport, and I'm OUT!

Our class got really screwed this year with being the Guinea pig in a LOT of classes/situations. So much so that they are changing most of them again. It's been really frustrating so I can't wait for this to be over. They even shortened our radiology class by half, with the same amount of info to learn. The new professor never taught us a single normal x ray (the entire point of year 1 radiology). We have been extremely frustrated with all of the crap we've dealt with and look soooo forward to being done! Back to studying... Not sure where all that just came from 😳
 
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