I took those and its still not all review for me but I think its just the fact the way uf did anatomy that It put me behind in other courses. I feel next semester will be more managable. The only reason I dont have free time after anatomy was over is getting distracted.
Sign me up too anatomy was brutal but mostly it was the professor...
We haven't yet gotten the schedule but I've heard that we won't have any in-person classes for the first two weeks or so to allow everyone to quarantine after New Years.
I think this is totally dependent on your school. Our 1st years had to be in town for anatomy lab-it was not remote. Hopefully we will be way more normalish by then (I would be surprised otherwise tbh). Imo I would plan on moving out if accepted somewhere.
It is definitely easier this year to make the decision to stay home instead of finding housing closer to school but there are still in-person courses (ie anatomy lab which for us we had multiple times a week) for at least all the schools I've heard about. It also depends how far you live from the school you end up attending. My school requires us to get COVID tested every week on a specified day even if we don't have other scheduled in-person classes. I personally wouldn't want to have to drive 3 hrs or even an hour (like some classmates I know) to take a COVID test that takes <10 mins and then drive all the way back. Additionally, even with COVID, clubs at my school were able to do some amazing in-person activities that I wouldn't have been able to logistically attend if I didn't have housing closer to school.
Definitely would not have been feasible at VMCVM, though one of my podmates (aka labmates) went home every weekend and would stay an extra day or two if we didn’t have anything going on in person. Home for her is only 1.5 hours away but she still had an apartment near school.
Would not have worked at KSU either. We had anatomy labs in person, and lectures one or two times a week in person. Plus we went in a lot to study with our lab groups. Next semester will be similar here but I'm hoping in the fall things will be back closer to normal (may have to still wear masks though).
We only have one semester of anatomy, so it’s a lot. Fortunately our anatomy prof is just an amazing teacher and human being, it makes it easier for sure. I’d hate to imagine it with any other professor honestly! Just my brain prefers physiology 🤷♀️ .
I was planning on moving and was excited to do so, just worried about renting or signing something just for covid to ruin it lol
I think anatomy being a standard first year course makes it difficult at any school not to move there. Most of my class had to find living remotely because of covid. Crazy times.
as I said in a previous post, I was planning to move anyways but I was curious what everyone else was doing in light of the pandemic. Let’s hope by fall more things are back to normal. Though I do anticipate masks and possibly social distancing will still be a thing.
Your in-state cancelled all in-person labs for Y1 and Y2 students for Fall 2020. Don't know if they have announced if that is continuing for spring and if it will continue for c/o 2025 studentsThank you everyone for the input! I appreciate it
This is good to know. Thank you! Hoping that by fall 21 some things might open up!!! I really like MSU’s skills lab and I hope to be able to use it!
Spring 2021 is currently all online for Y1 and Y2, no decisions yet on Fall 2021 👍🏼
Purdue is 100% in person for the first years and they told us even before we started that even if we weren't in person we would have to move locally.
We got ours at Purdue about a month or 2 ago.
Congrats to you and everyone!! So proud of usLiteral same with minor exceptions
congrats!!! amazing job!!
semester 1 over!
Winter break ended Monday for us :cNow that winter break is coming to a close ... anyone do or learn anything exciting?
I’ve been learning how to drive a stick shift
I’m a busy body so I have a few *unofficial* externships set up at big specialty practices this summer. Some aren’t taking an externs due to covid but I was surprised at how many are!
How exciting!!! Good for you for seeking out externships and getting experience!! In undergrad I was such a busy body, always looking for the next opportunity, and now.... not so much, maybe a result of uninspiring online class but I really had to convince myself to apply for a bovine experience over the summer, barely got it done. Hoping that it pans out, if not, just sleeping a lot and hanging out with family doesn't sound so bad either. Need to get my undergrad go-getter mindset back. How is having a job + school? Pretty doable?I’m a busy body so I have a few *unofficial* externships set up at big specialty practices this summer. Some aren’t taking an externs due to covid but I was surprised at how many are!
I also started training as an after hours tech in my school’s clin path lab a few months ago so I’ll be doing that through 3rd year
There is nothing wrong with not doing anything over your summers and just taking a break! Vet school is HARD. If you don’t want to do anything, don’t do anything! My first summer I had a small 2 week externship and did 4 days with my local humane society’s shelter med team and then just let myself relax and enjoy the rest of the summer. Last summer I was going to do something similar, but then COVID happened. Some people need that summer break to just do nothing so they don’t burn out and that’s okay
Having a job has been manageable for me but it takes the right person and the right job. It’s required a decent amount of training, which they allow us to schedule around classes. In February I should be done training then I’ll just be on call a couple nights/week. I lease a horse and it more than pays for that, which is my major form of stress management.
Do they give you learning objectives or anything like that? I would start there if they do.
I feel you. Neuro (and parasitology) are myFinishing up week 6 of this semester and I still have no idea what is happening in neuro
subjectsCurrently pharmacology for me. For some insane reason my college shortened the class to 7 weeks (was always a full semester), but left the course load the exact same. Oh, and the final exam is 42% of our grade. So let’s just say I’m currently drowning in drug cards and can’t seem to focus on anything else 🙃I feel you. Neuro (and parasitology) are my
Our neuro professor and his robot voice thoughMy least favorite subjects: musculoskeletal system and neuro. This semester’s entire focus: musculoskeletal and neuro.
I swear he makes me laugh and he doesn’t even try!
Lololol. tHe ZoNe oF LiSsAuEr. 🤖Our neuro professor and his robot voice though
I will never forget it!!
I already forgot what it does.
I don't think I've ever heard of this
I believe it's also called the dorsolateral funiculus (of the white matter of the spinal cord)
I probably heard this word. Can I confirm that I have heard this word? Absolutely not. But I'm positive my anatomy, pathology, and neurology profs said this word. So I've probably heard it at least 3 times.
I already forgot what it does.
Because you're a rockstar!!I don't think I ever learned what it did, definitely don't know what it does now...
How I keep passing classes by a decent margin is a mystery, yet here I am 3 months away from clinics
