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Got my offer letter from the USDA today.....I'm not thrilled.
It's going to be some tough choices from here
(Wait I need more details)I saw your FB post, and the offer for the person at my school. My reaction to both:
At least they didn't wait until like April this year to tell you
I was vaguely assuming that he did the Saul T Wilson program and just got told where the USDA will be sending him after graduation and it was a kind of sucky area, but that's pure speculation on my end from multiple levels.(Wait I need more details)
I tried checking his Facebook but there was no post so idk where he posted somethingI was vaguely assuming that he did the Saul T Wilson program and just got told where the USDA will be sending him after graduation and it was a kind of sucky area, but that's pure speculation on my end from multiple levels.
I tried checking his Facebook but there was no post so idk where he posted something
BRITZEN COME BACK. TEEP COME BACK.
I was vaguely assuming that he did the Saul T Wilson program and just got told where the USDA will be sending him after graduation and it was a kind of sucky area, but that's pure speculation on my end from multiple levels.
This was my suspicion, although I phrased it more negatively lol. I mostly just think it's easier to have a mismatch in location since they have places all the way from super rural TX border to busy cities and metropolitan areas. I knew a few people who did their programs and were kind of bummed with where they got placed despite being placed in areas that other people would have fought one another for - it's all relative and it's hard to control for given that you're not exactly in charge of where the USDA has needs.The USDA sent out job offer letters for some of their scholarship recipients (I don't think it's a secret that Teep has one? If yes lemme know and I'll trash this comment).
You can ask to be placed in certain geographic areas or jobs, but at the end of the day they make you an offer based on the needs of the agency. No judgments on any area, but the offers that came out don't match up well with where people asked to be placed.
This was my suspicion, although I phrased it more negatively lol. I mostly just think it's easier to have a mismatch in location since they have places all the way from super rural TX border to busy cities and metropolitan areas. I knew a few people who did their programs and were kind of bummed with where they got placed despite being placed in areas that other people would have fought one another for - it's all relative and it's hard to control for given that you're not exactly in charge of where the USDA has needs.
It'll be okay! The people I talked to who weren't excited ended up liking their positions and did eventually get the opportunity to move to or closer to the areas they actually wanted to be inI try to keep it positive.
(Probably because I'm already stressing about my own placement two years from now. It's fine. This is fine. Everything is fine. )
It'll be okay! The people I talked to who weren't excited ended up liking their positions and did eventually get the opportunity to move to or closer to the areas they actually wanted to be in
Yeah, it's definitely hard not being able to plan or prepare for it since you don't know.I've mostly heard the same - essentially that it will probably take about two years, but that if you are actively looking you should be able to find a position closer to where you want to be if your initial placement isn't ideal.
I'm just convinced they're going to send me to rural Alaska or Guam or somewhere equally far, far away.
Depends...different rotations here have different dress codes. Generally if I do have long sleeves though I find myself pushing them up to my elbows. Probably wouldn't count on sleeves to protect me from fractious cats if that were an issue anyway lolClothing question: do you guys like to have arms covered or uncovered when working in clinics? I'm thinking about fractious cats, various substances getting on you etc. Do you guys prefer to wear short or long sleeved shirts under scrubs? What about for warmth --do you prefer the vest life or a zip up fleece over scrub tops?
I also feel like the vest vs jacket answer is highly dependent on whether you're doing small or large animalDepends...different rotations here have different dress codes. Generally if I do have long sleeves though I find myself pushing them up to my elbows. Probably wouldn't count on sleeves to protect me from fractious cats if that were an issue anyway lol
If I'm actually cold, a vest isn't my go-to. I mostly just like mine for the extra pockets lol
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I'm so excited for you!!I have an unofficial offer at an amazing clinic that should become official next week and I am so excited. It would have super amazing mentorship for surgery, and the clinic environment is just so amazing.
I’m gonna be freaking out it’s gonna fall through until I get my official offer
Congrats Caiter!!I have an unofficial offer at an amazing clinic that should become official next week and I am so excited. It would have super amazing mentorship for surgery, and the clinic environment is just so amazing.
I’m gonna be freaking out it’s gonna fall through until I get my official offer
Good luck good luck!!I have an unofficial offer at an amazing clinic that should become official next week and I am so excited. It would have super amazing mentorship for surgery, and the clinic environment is just so amazing.
I’m gonna be freaking out it’s gonna fall through until I get my official offer
CONGRATSOfficial offer received eeek I’m so excited!
There are some good leads for me to head straight into aquaculture after graduation, and I am very excited.
Fish are wonderful! I hope your reef tank goes well!I have recently gotten into fish! More on the pet vs medicine side but still! Very cool industry. I currently have a saltwater tank I'm slowly turning into a reef tank (corals + fish). I love it!
Fish are wonderful! I hope your reef tank goes well!
Zebrafish are the hot new thing and exploding in many facilitiesThanks! I hope you get that dream aquatics job! I am wanting to go into lab animal medicine so hopefully I can still enjoy my aquatics fix with that!
How exactly do you treat exploding Zebrafish?Zebrafish are the hot new thing and exploding in many facilities
Sent from my phone using the mobile app because I bought it and I'm stubborn
Zebrafish are the hot new thing and exploding in many facilities
Sent from my phone using the mobile app because I bought it and I'm stubborn
You got this!Have to present my research project tomorrow morning in front of all the students and faculty... *screams internally*
Let me know if you want some zebrafish training opportunitiesWHOOOOO that would be awesome! I've worked with them some when I was in undergrad but have come to like fish more and more. I've read some research that they're heavily involved in and it sounds so exciting!
How exactly do you treat exploding Zebrafish?
Let me know if you want some zebrafish training opportunities
Update for us - externships for the next 4-6 weeks have to be cancelled or postponed, even domestic ones unless they're pretty much in East Tennessee. Seems like days off to travel for interviews might not be accepted either...
Jesus what are people supposed to do if they had an externship scheduled?Update for us - externships for the next 4-6 weeks have to be cancelled or postponed, even domestic ones unless they're pretty much in East Tennessee. Seems like days off to travel for interviews might not be accepted either...
I am finishing up my last one now (a week and a half left). Of note, this was originally scheduled for next block, and is not something I could have easily rescheduled or found something similar within Knoxville. So I'm glad I ended up having to move it.Oh jeez. That’s pretty intense. Do you have any externships left or are you done with them?
Either take an elective instead, find a replacement externship in the area, or reschedule for post-graduation. There might be a chance for exceptions (like, I'm hoping for things like humane alliance or zoos people might still be able to do them). But that's kind of up in the air right now.Jesus what are people supposed to do if they had an externship scheduled?
Update for us - externships for the next 4-6 weeks have to be cancelled or postponed, even domestic ones unless they're pretty much in East Tennessee. Seems like days off to travel for interviews might not be accepted either...