Class of 2017.... how you doin?

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Friend from undergrad messaged me the other day and I realized how boring I am now since my life is basically just studying for the next test and the next test and the next...
 
Welllpppp, I've already belly flopped and it's only the 3rd day of classes.

The last few hours have been spent lying in the fetal position in my bed fighting a crushing migraine. I'm waiting for my roomie to get home from class so I can bum a ride to the health center so I hopefully stock up on triptans... Of *course* I didn't think to bring any with me from my parents' house when I moved 🙄.

I feel so humiliated. One would think that the average vet student could survive the first week of classes. My migraines are sometimes stress-induced, and I'm totally beating myself up for not being able to keep my stress in check FOR TWO DAYS. 😡
 
kernel said:
Welllpppp, I've already belly flopped and it's only the 3rd day of classes.

The last few hours have been spent lying in the fetal position in my bed fighting a crushing migraine. I'm waiting for my roomie to get home from class so I can bum a ride to the health center so I hopefully stock up on triptans... Of *course* I didn't think to bring any with me from my parents' house when I moved 🙄.

I feel so humiliated. One would think that the average vet student could survive the first week of classes. My migraines are sometimes stress-induced, and I'm totally beating myself up for not being able to keep my stress in check FOR TWO DAYS. 😡
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You are being very hard on yourself. **** happens, that is life. You have moved into a new place, started a stressful program and are probably starting to have loads of information shoved down your throat at an alarming rate. You are human, not a super-being. Take some time to relax, get some meds and then get back to it, but don't be ashamed, it is natural and normal to feel stress especially with starting vet school. Hang in there! 🙂
 
Escalla said:
Also, was talking with my faculty mentor at the mentorship dinner last night about summer jobs. He's recommending to get business cards made with a picture of myself (to put a face to the name) for networking purposes.

Has anyone else been given this recommendation? I think I'll work on that this weekend. I know exactly where I want to be this summer, the trick will be if I can get the connections to make it happen or not.

(Is this gunner-like? ****.)
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Um. No, I think that's just smart career planning.

But, you know, it's really how you go about it. There are some super schmoozy icky people that you're just like "that person is going to succeed wildly but I still don't want to be anywhere near them because they're all schmooze, dishonesty, and no talent." They're the people who will self-promote at all costs. You can spot them because they'll never help someone out just to help them out - there always has to be an angle where they "get" something back. They're career-gunners. 🙂

But then there's just beating the turf, networking, talking *GENUINELY* with practitioners and industry people about your interests, showing some curiosity about THEIR interests, and making connections. That's healthy.

I dunno. I guess it's hard to describe the difference. But I'm damn sure I know it when I see it. 🙂
 
kernel said:
I feel so humiliated. One would think that the average vet student could survive the first week of classes. My migraines are sometimes stress-induced, and I'm totally beating myself up for not being able to keep my stress in check FOR TWO DAYS. 😡
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The very first thing you need to do is go talk to the OSU vet med administration peeps so that they can do whatever they can do to help get you back on track. If they're anything like our academic and student affairs office here, they'll bend over backwards to help get you get things under control.

Don't feel humiliated. Vet school is hard.
 
that redhead said:
Hope I don't have to be in first year to ride :/

But TT is right - you'll get used to it. And then second year will be harder. And then third year will be harder. But you get used to it incrementally and you realize you're doing way more than you ever thought you could. /cheesefest. (Auto correct wants that to say cheese feet, haha)
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:laugh: Yeah, thanks.

I suppose I was both joking and serious. I at least always try to make some light of crappy times; who doesn't like to have a laugh...probably need it more than anyone with all of the stress we're under. All things considered, besides my minor mental breakdown least week I think everything is going quite well so far. Still managed to crush my gross anatomy exams last Friday. Thank god I took that detailed undergrad class, saving my arse.
 
Ok. So I have lost three nights of sleep because of the individual portion of an anatomy test on Monday. I was 99.9% sure I bombed the hell out of it. In fact, when they posted the class average, they put lowest and highest score. My heart dropped as I knew I was the low end of that totem pole.

I brought snickers bars in today as we received our tests back to console myself. I DID FINE! 😱 So relieved. I was scared into studying really hard for the tests we have every day next week though, so I am at least caught up a bit. I am an official vet school hater. My hair is falling out by the handful.
 
Lupin21 said:
Ok. So I have lost three nights of sleep because of the individual portion of an anatomy test on Monday. I was 99.9% sure I bombed the hell out of it. In fact, when they posted the class average, they put lowest and highest score. My heart dropped as I knew I was the low end of that totem pole.

I brought snickers bars in today as we received our tests back to console myself. I DID FINE! 😱 So relieved. I was scared into studying really hard for the tests we have every day next week though, so I am at least caught up a bit. I am an official vet school hater. My hair is falling out by the handful.
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I feel like I am seeing a lot of this. Undue stress. You guys are all smart people! You will be just fine!!! Stop stressing yourselves out over things that you don't need to stress so much over. 🙂 There is no reason to hate vet school. Just take one thing at a time!
 
Abney said:
I feel like I am seeing a lot of this. Undue stress. You guys are all smart people! You will be just fine!!! Stop stressing yourselves out over things that you don't need to stress so much over. 🙂 There is no reason to hate vet school. Just take one thing at a time!
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👍 thanks for being the voice of reason abney!

I alternate between what I call the stoner attitude ("it's all gonna be good, man") and the apocalyptic attitude ("this is the end of the world and I'm not going to survive it!"). This happens at the drop of a hat. I'm pretty sure I've started having heart palpitations. COFFEE.
 
Whew, both anatomy exams done and the Cell bio one yesterday went great. Now for Monday's Physiology test... Ahhh! Though, no studying tonight. I am brain dead from today.
 
Rainheart said:
Whew, both anatomy exams done and the Cell bio one yesterday went great. Now for Monday's Physiology test... Ahhh! Though, no studying tonight. I am brain dead from today.
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Yeah, my brain is going nothing tonight! except watching TV and drinking wine.
 
wildcatj said:
Yeah, my brain is going nothing tonight! except watching TV and drinking wine.
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The roomies and a few friends and I are going for margaritas at Chili's! Whoo!! Then drinking wine + Legend of Korra later xD
 
Survived our first (of three) 5-hour anatomy exams today. Now where's that alcohol? 😀
 
First Professional Skills lab this afternoon with video-recorded client interactions.....didn't have to go this week, but the pressure will break me, I just know it.

Holy eff.

:scared:
 
Escalla said:
First Professional Skills lab this afternoon with video-recorded client interactions.....didn't have to go this week, but the pressure will break me, I just know it.

Holy eff.

:scared:
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We had to do this. I got one guy who was smoking hot throughout the video you can see me smirking and smiling. :naughty:

On another note, the best lecture we have had so far is one on cancer in our Molecular Biology class. It was taught by an actual clinician not one of the PhDs which made it way more clinically relevant and I feel I learned so much. I totally want to tale the oncology rotation in clinics! If the exam was just on this I'd ace it in heart beat sadly its not.

Some cool facts/questions from the lecture:

Plants don't get cancer.
Dinosaurs got cancer.
People who live in high altitudes have the same exposure to radiation that X-rays give off.
Epigenetics allows the dog to have a single genome that varies so widely as to produce everything from Chihuahuas, to Great Danes.
 
WelshCob said:
We had to do this. I got one guy who was smoking hot throughout the video you can see me smirking and smiling. :naughty:

On another note, the best lecture we have had so far is one on cancer in our Molecular Biology class. It was taught by an actual clinician not one of the PhDs which made it way more clinically relevant and I feel I learned so much. I totally want to tale the oncology rotation in clinics! If the exam was just on this I'd ace it in heart beat sadly its not.

Some cool facts/questions from the lecture:

Plants don't get cancer.
Dinosaurs got cancer.
People who live in high altitudes have the same exposure to radiation that X-rays give off.
Epigenetics allows the dog to have a single genome that varies so widely as to produce everything from Chihuahuas, to Great Danes.
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If you have netflix, watch The Science of Dogs. It's a Nat Geo special that talks about dog genetics. They talk about epigenetics and how dogs have tons of genes with short tandem repeats and the number of repeats directly affects phenotype. It is a great program 🙂.

I have NO tests this week!! Zero, zilch, none! I am so excited lol! Plus, we have two free lunches and two free dinners next week, score 😀. When you're in vet school, it's the little things that make you ridiculously happy 😛.
 
Put myself out there to run for a club exec position....eek. If it's meant to be, it will happen. 🙂
 
I almost didn't go to my VBMA meeting today. Left the events coordinator. That means it's my job to book speakers that will fulfill the certificate requirements, plan food, etc.... :lame:
 
Abney said:
I almost didn't go to my VBMA meeting today. Left the events coordinator. That means it's my job to book speakers that will fulfill the certificate requirements, plan food, etc.... :lame:
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Are you going to the national meeting in January? If so ... drinks, yo.

And if you aren't going ... go.
 
Jamr0ckin said:
I'll be at NAVC... SDN meetup? 😀
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Internal debate... I could fly down for that weekend, doesn't appear to be too expensive for the full conference, probably wouldn't be able to afford the extras.. hmmm... Would need to check on flight/hotel/transport charges as well.

I wish I were a bit closer, would make it much easier to attend these types of things.
 
DVMDream said:
Internal debate... I could fly down for that weekend, doesn't appear to be too expensive for the full conference, probably wouldn't be able to afford the extras.. hmmm... Would need to check on flight/hotel/transport charges as well.

I wish I were a bit closer, would make it much easier to attend these types of things.
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I think only 3 of us are going for 2 queen beds... You can share our.$30 a night hotel!
 
The therio part of our physiology exam kicked my butt today and then we had to listen to how radiology is going to kill us (literally, with radiation and flying paperclips). But then my lab partner and I finished our cervical nerves dissection early, which means 1) we have 2 full labs to review for the exam and 2) I got home before 3 today. 😀
 
shortnsweet said:
I feel old looking at your class 😛
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:laugh:

I can understand that.

If I didn't take my time in UG or with the app process, I would have been in the c/o 2014...so I hear you. I just try really hard not to think about how much later 2017 is. 😉

(the 19/20 yr olds in my class still do the best job at making me feel old though....)
 
shortnsweet said:
I feel old looking at your class 😛
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I was thinking this same thing. I just realized that my first application to vet school was 4 years ago... 😱

There are a few people close to my age or a little bit older in my class, but most people are a good 5-6 years younger than I am. Not a big deal, but I still am starting to feel old. By the time I am in final year, the new first years will be 10 years younger than me.
 
Escalla said:
:laugh:

I can understand that.

If I didn't take my time in UG or with the app process, I would have been in the c/o 2014...so I hear you. I just try really hard not to think about how much later 2017 is. 😉

(the 19/20 yr olds in my class still do the best job at making me feel old though....)
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If I had done a 4 year program....I would already be a vet!

Oops...real world is overrated, right?
 
Funny, by the time I finished undergrad I was the oldest in all of my classes. Now I'm on the younger end in our first year class. It feels weird.
 
Escalla said:
I'm going to feel really old once the c/o 2020 threads start popping up. :/
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Ugh.

I should be c/o 2017, but thank god I am 2016. I cannot wait.

My motto this year "although 2nd year blows, at least I'm not a 1st year"
 
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