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Basically same. Our school is giving us the option of doing external clinical rotations for credit over winter break if we can find them though.
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Basically same. Our school is giving us the option of doing external clinical rotations for credit over winter break if we can find them though.
Yup. We were supposed to go back January 6th after winter break, but that's been shifted to January 19th now. Little bit nervous because it was originally the 6th so that our semester was moved forward and we could have a 1 week break between 3rd year finals and the start of clinics. Wondering if they're going to make us go to clinics right after finals now 
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Our school has yet to suggest anything like that and I hope we get to keep our current spring break because hubs and I have tentative plans and I could really use that break before ya know clinicsYup. We were supposed to go back January 6th after winter break, but that's been shifted to January 19th now. Little bit nervous because it was originally the 6th so that our semester was moved forward and we could have a 1 week break between 3rd year finals and the start of clinics. Wondering if they're going to make us go to clinics right after finals now
Feeling for you both @Amanasoul & @Barkley13
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We got informed, like, today and I'm
Our school has yet to suggest anything like that and I hope we get to keep our current spring break because hubs and I have tentative plans and I could really use that break before ya know clinics
They took away our spring break already so I'm very sad about that but what can ya do. That's why I need the one week break between 3rd year and clinics.
When it's 12hours after your scheduled lecture time and there's still no lecture posted...
update:was promised recording by eod, got email no longer getting recording by eod #reasons why I have no trust🤣
update:was promised recording by eod, got email no longer getting recording by eod #reasons why I have no trust🤣
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Just tentative dates mostly with the caveat that they may change.
We've been testing 2x/week. Data is showing the undergrads are 95%+ of new cases (shocker). So now graduate/professional students are only required to test 1x per week except for 4th years (and I imagine clinical year med students). We still have to do 2x/week.
Unfortunately, it sounds like we wont have 1st years on rotations with us and that they will be doing only the core rotations required in 1st and 2nd year rotations. :/ I'm hoping we get the 2nd years in January.
Unfortunately, it sounds like we wont have 1st years on rotations with us and that they will be doing only the core rotations required in 1st and 2nd year rotations. :/ I'm hoping we get the 2nd years in January.
I know that Michigan State University is also completely online.
UW-Madison is hybrid and is currently under a campus wide online switch for two weeks to reduce cases, but the vet school got an exemption after a day so we are in hybrid mode again.
They announced the same thing here. No spring break, starting the 24th. We are still hybrid here. One month down and studying a lot!
I’m a second year at Ross and we’re completely online, I definitely feel your pain.
CSU is hybrid until thanksgiving, then online. May be online for the first 2 weeks of spring before hybrid again, but not sure.
I'm a first year at WSU and we're hybrid until Thanksgiving, and then online for the rest of the semester. Have no idea about spring semester yet.
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Anyone currently at Ross that has any idea what they will do for the spring semester? The advisors keep saying the will know in the next few weeks but they have been saying that for at least a month. I will be starting first semester and not knowing is making me so anxious
No idea honestly, a lot of it is very dependent on the government. The island hasn’t had any active cases the last three months or so, so they’re being very cautious. Borders are potentially opening up next month (but there hasn’t been updates recently) but will have to do Covid testing (PCR) and 2 week quarantine. But who knows if they will stay open if cases do start occurring again... Worst case scenario, if borders are closed, is there may only be select semesters flown back in via charter like this semester (that’s just my thought). We have a town hall later this week so hoping to learn more, I’m currently off island.
I’m sorry, I know it’s a very stressful situation 🙁
That seems like more info then I have gotten so I appreciate it! I was talking to a few Ross alumni and we were all wondering if they end up allowing everyone on the island in January if they would have to stagger the start times like they did this semester. Hopefully, we will find out more soon!
Add WSU to the list to start from winter break late and take away spring break. There are some whisperings though that the CVM won't be following that and staying more traditional so hoping that's the case.
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I was looking back at this thread and saw this.
My school actually RAISED tuition this year, to the tune of about $1,100 per semester.
Same. My school raised it by the usual amount of like $1,600 or so per year but gave us all grants of $1,000 to partially offset it. That honestly made me even more upset.I was looking back at this thread and saw this.
My school actually RAISED tuition this year, to the tune of about $1,100 per semester.
They raised the WSU pharmD program to the tune of 9% it was ridiculous especially with you all dealing with job oversaturation already.I was looking back at this thread and saw this.
My school actually RAISED tuition this year, to the tune of about $1,100 per semester.
Down here in Texas, our spring break got reduced to one day.
This month is when UMN is figuring out our spring schedule. At least we've gotten confirmation that the CVM can make its decision independent of the larger university
Vet Prep & first semester at Ross entirely online in the spring. Still waiting to hear about everyone else (two classes have already been flown back though). My class will definitely be heading back in spring because we’re almost done on island and have to do our OSCE, aseptic exam, surgery labs, etc., but it sounds like only labs will be in person. Lectures almost certainly online because not able to socially distance on campus as would be required by the government. We don’t have a spring break, so no changes there.
They sent out a survey recently because the vet school is thinking of starting a week earlier than main campus and having two 4 day weekends for a little bit of a break instead of having no breaks the whole semester like main campus so crossing my fingers for that 
Also our simulated client interaction things this semester are over zoom and the lady asked me if I had a kid because she could hear noise in the background and I had to explain to her that my dogs were just snoring really loud lol
Also our simulated client interaction things this semester are over zoom and the lady asked me if I had a kid because she could hear noise in the background and I had to explain to her that my dogs were just snoring really loud lol
Your school's solution sounds great. I hope ours follows suitThey sent out a survey recently because the vet school is thinking of starting a week earlier than main campus and having two 4 day weekends for a little bit of a break instead of having no breaks the whole semester like main campus so crossing my fingers for that
Also our simulated client interaction things this semester are over zoom and the lady asked me if I had a kid because she could hear noise in the background and I had to explain to her that my dogs were just snoring really loud lol
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Sounds like that is along the lines of the current plan at UT as well, though nothing is set in stone just yet.
We have no details about spring semester except for when it begins and we will likely not get info until over holiday break
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We met with some USU SVM admin last Friday and they are pushing to replace spring break with long weekends to dissuade travel. There seemed to be some consensus between them and WSU, but nothing has been confirmed as they just submitted the proposed schedule to WSU.
They asked for feedback and my OOS classmates were understandably upset as most of them left family at home. There was some talk that the SVM may have spring break if we can keep COVID numbers low regardless of what USU as a whole does.
Then again, we're still surviving with in-person class and labs (for now) and the COVID situation seems different at WSU.
I've heard talk about WSU overall wanting to cancel spring break and start spring semester classes 2 weeks late, however my professors have expressed that this wouldn't really work for our program, we wouldn't have enough time to complete the material. So we'll see.
Yeah as far as WSU it sounds like we will be online again in spring (official announcement Thursday supposedly). The problem with COVID at WSU from what I know is the frats&sororities so salty it's affecting us. Especially because if we are online what's the point of cancelling spring break?
Man, being all online except a handful of labs is taking so much more of a toll than last semester. I am exhausted allll the time. I wish we were pass/fail during this format, because the pressure of grades is really not helping....
UW SVM announced pushing back the start of next semester by a week so I guess on the bright side, we now have a three week holiday break but we don't have a spring break. They said they would try to schedule exams and synchronous times so that we have a few three days weekends throughout the semester so I'm glad they are putting that into consideration.
The cvm at wsu got approved for a normal semester with spring break and inc to 31 people in class lectures for spring!
Edit: apparently the inc in lecture size is still waiting approval and we don't actually have an official word yet, my bad.
Edit: apparently the inc in lecture size is still waiting approval and we don't actually have an official word yet, my bad.
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UMN just confirmed we will get spring break, but we dont know yet when we will be starting classes
Illinois finally told us what our class schedule is for Monday so
Update: they finally told us what’s happening with classes after thanksgiving.
Classes are all online, exams are online, TBD on what’s happening with our labs and if they’re going to be pushed to after christmas or not. I’m hoping so since that’s the only reason I’d have to come back after thanksgiving.
Classes are all online, exams are online, TBD on what’s happening with our labs and if they’re going to be pushed to after christmas or not. I’m hoping so since that’s the only reason I’d have to come back after thanksgiving.
Oh wow, I can't imagine still not knowing for sure what the end of the semester will look like! They decided over the summer for us that rather than debating how to handle things after Thanksgiving break, our finals will be up to the day before Thanksgiving and we'll just finish then. We'll get a somewhat extended winter break, but we started back early in August so we really didn't lose any time.
Theyll be taking their midterms the week before Thanksgiving, so they'll unfortunately still have online testing. 🙁 Did not go well last semester.
Yeah it was a 0/10. I’m hoping this semester goes better with the exam.
Ooo I'll keep my fingers crossed, I didn't like online testing one bit
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As far as I know, all finals at UT are online after Thanksgiving. Some combination of monitored tests and open book depending on instructor preference.
I’m praying to everything our final exam is open book
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One of my classes this semester switched to a take home open-book, essay test format instead of in-class multiple choice exams. I'm pretty sure my percentage is like 20% better than it would have been if I had to actually memorize all the information.
If I wasn’t stressed enough already, the Chief Veterinary Officer for St. Kitts said that any animals brought back to island will be quarantined with their owners and if the owner ends up testing positive during any point in the quarantine period they test your pets. If the pets are positive the government seizes your pets and won’t release them until they test negative (PCR). If still positive five months later, they euthanize them.
Am supposed to be flying back Dec 5 and bringing my dog and cat. I’m taking lots of precautions to not get Covid and will be getting tested prior to travel (I have to actually, for them to let me into the country), but now I’m even more paranoid that I’ll pick it up while traveling. I know transmission between humans and animals is rare but it has happened. I don’t think I would ever forgive myself if I brought them along and they ended up getting euthanized. This just adds an entire other layer of stress I wasn’t expecting. Now I have to figure out what I’m going to do.
Am supposed to be flying back Dec 5 and bringing my dog and cat. I’m taking lots of precautions to not get Covid and will be getting tested prior to travel (I have to actually, for them to let me into the country), but now I’m even more paranoid that I’ll pick it up while traveling. I know transmission between humans and animals is rare but it has happened. I don’t think I would ever forgive myself if I brought them along and they ended up getting euthanized. This just adds an entire other layer of stress I wasn’t expecting. Now I have to figure out what I’m going to do.
@FutureFelineVet I know it would stink not to bring them back with you but is there anyone you could leave them with until you leave the island for clinicals?
I have nothing but empathy for how hard this makes things for you, but I’m also 100% sure I would not take my pets back to that island. Not worth that risk because clearly it’s a policy completely not backed by any sort of science or reason.
Yeah I went ahead and talked with my parents and they would be okay watching them thankfully.
And totally agree, it’s not backed up by science at all, which is the most frustrating part...
And totally agree, it’s not backed up by science at all, which is the most frustrating part...
