Gr8DaneGirl said:
Does anyone know:
1. what are the hours for vet school? A friend of mine went there and said classes run from 8-5pm, just wondering if that is still the case.
2. What is the deal w/ the computer. Students from last years class said they didn't purchase it. At my interview, I asked, the interviewers said, you only need to have 'a' computer, not specifically the one Davis say is required. What have you guys heard? Are you planning to purchase?
A lot of the time they're 8-5, although sometimes you get out early. The class is split in half for labs (and into quarters, I think, for our animal handling classes), so sometimes both sections will have lab (different labs, though) at the same time, but sometimes they'll rotate them, so half the class will have lab and the other half will get out early. On average, you'll probably not have lab about one afternoon a week during your first quarter of your first year. Also, there are a (very) few days where inexplicably they've scheduled NO labs, so everyone gets out early. The first week is also a tad lighter. And, of course, they schedule labs in 3-hour blocks, but you don't always need the full 3 hours.
By the way (I have access to the preliminary fall schedule through my boyfriend's student account), all our lectures are in the new building, but all our labs are on the MAIN campus, which is going to suck having to go over there at lunch. My impression is the lab building is supposed to be done for winter quarter, but we'll see. Grrr!!
Anyway, as far as the computer, this is the first time they're requiring everyone to get a standardized computer model. You have to say which one you want (tablet pc or mac) when you accept your invitation, and we're supposed to get them during orientation (which I also think is stupid--we'll hardly have any time to play around with them before class starts). My understanding is that the specific computers they're offering ARE required, and we're not supposed to have any other computers. They're going to load them up with the software they want us to have, so "supposedly" anyway, it's going to be easier on us. There's a bunch of info. on the accepted student's page, if you haven't seen it already. I've already submitted my acceptance, and am getting the tablet pc. I think the faculty may not necessarily be the most clued in to what the administration is up to, at least concerning student stuff like this, so that probably explains the discrepancy between what's required and what your interviewers thought was required.
