Grade update: made a high B on the physio exam, and alll the other classes high As so far. We rolling now!
Take care of yourself first and always!
You're going to be fine-get some sleep first and foremost!
NOPE! That's a whole lot of NOPE.
Sending hugs and support - It sounds like you were having to do a lot! Way to do well on your other exams!
That is a loottttttt to do in a week. Holy cow. That sounds rough. Hopefully next week will be better and less stacked with exams.
Also sad some of the sound wasn't loud enough for "things you hear in vet school." Hope you all survived anatomy!
I loved the pick up one, too. The latex line was my favoriteAh I forgot about that one! Also our pick up video actually had to have some of the more shocking lines cut because they were that bad
The main person singing is one of the DC doctors every year
I had her for the first DC and I think we made it to day 2 before we brought this video up
Wait none of the vocals are from the students???The main person singing is one of the DC doctors every year
Haha sorry I guess that wasn’t clear. The woman singing/main person in the video is class of 2015 and now a doctor that is a mentor during DC
We get up there, but 36 is a huge amount. Do y'all do a quarter system or something?
So we have a hybrid system. It’s quarters in the fall, and semester in the spring. But it’s all in semester credits. I think there’s only one class right now that drops off in November and it’s a 3 credit class. Next semester is I think 26 (?) credits. So far my friends have talked to their friends at Illinois and Cornell and they both said 36 was a lot. Those are the only two I’ve heard about though. It’s kind of awful but at least if I survive this semester then after Christmas break will be easier. Then second year is hard. It’s okay. It’s all okay. No it’s not it’s the worst
I guess I’ll rephrase it then. Does everyone else have class from 9-12, then 1-5 for 5 days a week?
Pretty much, ours changes day by day but essentially yes
Yep. Most days 8-5pm years 1&2 with or without lunch breaks depending if you have a lunch elective. Year 3 gets wonky with elective labs and surgery.
For first year at my school in 2nd semester yes. In first semester you do get some early afternoons around once a week. The first years get used to that and then want to cry when they get back after December break lol.
Our anatomy and physiology are close to that amount (I think anatomy is like 9 credits and phys is like 7), but after that classes rarely exceed 5 credits. Our clinical sciences classes would if they weren't half-semester long classes (they are 5 credits each, so if they ran the semester like normal classes they would be worth 10 credits).
I'd say this was largely pretty accurate for us for first year. We had a little more free time fall of second year and then were closer to this schedule again in spring of second year. Right now I'm in class anywhere from 7:30-8:30 AM - 4/5 PM nowadays, depending on when my rotations want to start and the day of the week
Oh man, you're reminding me of spring of first year where we only had one class on Fridays and it was a lab in the morning. So amazing
I've actually looked into this, you can find it somewhere online, but our vet school credits are about 2x the normal credit system at the university. It always sounded impressive to say I took 51 credits in a semester, but it really is only about 25 REAL credits worth of work (which still sucks, don't get me wrong).
First year, yes. It was 8-5 first semester and 9-4 second semester for the most part. Second year was mostly 9-2pm. Third year here is 9-12 classes and 1-5pm labs. Thankfully you don’t have lab every single day, but I can be most days at some points in the semester.
You can do it! Everyone at Penn is sick or getting sick so I see what you’re going through in a lot of my classmates. Don’t overdo it. Study what you can, take breaks, stay hydrated, and do your best.It sucks being sick in vet school. I was sick enough to go to urgent care yesterday because I couldn't stay awake and felt super light headed. Plus my throat felt like it was on fire.
When I went to urgent care the doctor kinda wrote off my symptoms and said I looked fine and that he doubted my strep test would come back positive.
Well it came back positive and now I'm on antibiotics and was feeling so much better but after a full day of class I'm back to feeling super fatigued again.
Our first big anatomy exam on Friday and I can't concentrate on studying. Plus my birthday is Saturday so hopefully I'm better by then.
Heck no Hahahaha. We had a schedule kind of like that for our first couple classes, but now we are on a 8-12 schedule for the most part with a lot of homework(prep work) for the next days class.
I’m honestly not sure which I’d prefer; having my schedule or having less time in class but having homework. We only have homework for one class, and it’s a wildlife elective. I’m horrible with homework.
Yeah it’s almost a middle ground between PBL and didactic here. I hated the homework at first, but I’m getting used to it now. It’s nice to get out of class so early but some days I really miss traditional lectures.
Wait I literally had such a similar bad urgent care experience this week!! On Sunday I woke up with the worst abdominal pain I've ever felt and was convinced it was appendicitis, and when I went to urgent care they did the basic tests and then were like "yeah sorry you're in pain, but we can't fit you in for an ultrasound so....just get one tomorrow or something" and I was like ?????It sucks being sick in vet school. I was sick enough to go to urgent care yesterday because I couldn't stay awake and felt super light headed. Plus my throat felt like it was on fire.
When I went to urgent care the doctor kinda wrote off my symptoms and said I looked fine and that he doubted my strep test would come back positive.
Well it came back positive and now I'm on antibiotics and was feeling so much better but after a full day of class I'm back to feeling super fatigued again.
Our first big anatomy exam on Friday and I can't concentrate on studying. Plus my birthday is Saturday so hopefully I'm better by then.
Renal physiology
LA Anatomy
But it's okay. One bad exam isn't a big deal. Exam grades have no bearing on your ability to be a vet 
