Fall schedules?

[Pigsfoot]

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Do people have their Fall schedules yet? we have a somewhat solid schedule already for Illlinois-first 8 weeks clinical rotations, then lectures start in October with our electives. I wish we could know what rotations we will be on but apparently we wont know until orientation week.
getting excited!

 

[BlacKAT33]

Penn has the curriculum online so I know what classes i'll be taking and how many weeks it will last. But we haven't officially signed up for classes so I don't know the times/days and which professors they will be with. I think we probably get the exact schedules during orientation. I am so excited too! I move this friday and then I need to start buying some stuff like my stethoscope (yay!), coveralls/boots etc. 😀😀

 

[Pouches Rock]

Texas A&M has enrolled us in our classes and you can see the names of the professors for all accept gross anatomy(small). There aren't times yet but from speaking with other years classes you are pretty much in the same room for half the day for lectures and then you move around and go to labs the rest of the day.

 

[der2002]

officially signed up for classes (yay!), but second semester looks awfully brutal

 

[BlacKAT33]

der2002, which school?

 

[der2002]

der2002, which school?

oops, Michigan State University

I actually wanted to upload a pic of my schedules, but I can't seem to figure out how to shrink the file to an acceptable 400x400

 

[nyanko]

At UC Davis our Fall courses are scheduled in the system but we aren't assigned to groups yet or registered for them so we don't know our individual schedules yet.

We're on the quarter system and the Spring quarter just ended like a week and a half ago, so it'll be a little later for us than for most schools probably. We will likely be registered for our classes sometime in July.

 

[parietal]

In Minnesota, we are just selecting electives now. Our final fall schedule is supposed to be posted by August (we start in September), but the Class of 2013 schedule and the approximate Class of 2014 class times are posted publicly so it's easy to get a pretty good idea of what to expect. 😉

Just out of curiosity, do you all have a set schedule (i.e., class A from 9 to 11 MWF, class B from 8-10 TTh, etc.) or one that changes throughout the semester? Ours seems to change almost every week although there are some consistent elements... It's both intimidating and kind of cool.

 

[nyanko]

Just out of curiosity, do you all have a set schedule (i.e., class A from 9 to 11 MWF, class B from 8-10 TTh, etc.) or one that changes throughout the semester? Ours seems to change almost every week although there are some consistent elements... It's both intimidating and kind of cool.

We definitely don't have a consistent schedule for each class. It seems like pretty much we are to just load our personal schedules into whatever calendar program we have and check it for each day to know what we've got. Most of the lectures are in the same room though so I think after awhile it's just "well what time do I have to be in the classroom this morning?"

 

[parietal]

We definitely don't have a consistent schedule for each class. It seems like pretty much we are to just load our personal schedules into whatever calendar program we have and check it for each day to know what we've got. Most of the lectures are in the same room though so I think after awhile it's just "well what time do I have to be in the classroom this morning?"

😀 Yep, pretty much the same for us. Except our start time is pretty consistently 8 a.m. for our first semester, so as long as we're there, it probably doesn't matter too much what they throw at us that day. 🙂

 

[david594]

We definitely don't have a consistent schedule for each class. It seems like pretty much we are to just load our personal schedules into whatever calendar program we have and check it for each day to know what we've got. Most of the lectures are in the same room though so I think after awhile it's just "well what time do I have to be in the classroom this morning?"

This was basically the way ours was. It was 80-90% consistent, but that still left a few oddball classes each week.

The trick for me and a few friends was to do up our class calendar at the beginning of the year with everything(which very elegantly syncs to the ipod touch). Then as the quarter goes on it was real convenient to add all the lunch lectures, club meetings, wet labs and course cancelations/swaps as they come along. There is absolutely no way I would have ever been able to keep it all straight in my head.

I also personally preferred the electronic calendar because i could check and update it from anywhere. Get an email about a lunch meeting => check calendar => RSVP to meeting => update calendar.

It also seemed to be the consensus among a lot of my classmates that it was really very helpful to have a phone/ipod to be able to check your email with. Because it seemed we were always getting short notice emails about things being changed.

 

[Pigsfoot]

our first 8 weeks will be ever changing, (a new clinical rotation every week.) it sounds like some weeks we'll be 8-5 and some might be 6-6!
-but the last half of first semester, and second semester i believe will look kinda like this:

http://vetmed.illinois.edu/asa/images/curric_table2.png

but yea, our individual schedules will be known to us closer to august. it sounds like some of my future class mates have also registered for all the electives offered. that sounds like a lot! i only registered for 1.....

 

[nyanko]

It also seemed to be the consensus among a lot of my classmates that it was really very helpful to have a phone/ipod to be able to check your email with. Because it seemed we were always getting short notice emails about things being changed.

Here I know that the calendar used by our course management system is easily able to be synced to an iPhone or iPod Touch calendar so that changes are reflected immediately. However in typical "me" fashion I decided on buying a phone with Android OS instead of an iPhone so I'll probably have to export to Google calendar and manually sync. I can of course check email via the phone though so there shouldn't be any surprises.

We also have our laptops/tablets with us every single day.

 

[MSUspartan]

here's Michigan State's fall schedule =]

The classes are:
ANS 511 - Animal Science for veterinarians
MMG 559 - Vet Microbiology & Immunology
PDI 514 - Veterinary Neurosciences
PDI 518 - Gross Anatomy I
PDI 520 - Mammalian Tissues
VM 511 - Vet Clinical Exam and Techniques
VM 513 - Ethical and Animal Welfare Issues

Second semester is worse...we start at 8 and go til 4 or 5 almost every day.

 

[AUillinoisan]

but yea, our individual schedules will be known to us closer to august. it sounds like some of my future class mates have also registered for all the electives offered. that sounds like a lot! i only registered for 1.....

I only signed up for 1! Even thinking about all of them is overwhelming!

I do wish we would know our clinical schedules a LITTLE more in advance than orientation. Like, will I need to find someone to let the dog out for me during week 1? That might be a little more difficult than finding someone in week 4! Luckily I do know a few people in Champaign.

 

[BlacKAT33]

here's Michigan State's fall schedule =]

The classes are:
ANS 511 - Animal Science for veterinarians
MMG 559 - Vet Microbiology & Immunology
PDI 514 - Veterinary Neurosciences
PDI 518 - Gross Anatomy I
PDI 520 - Mammalian Tissues
VM 511 - Vet Clinical Exam and Techniques
VM 513 - Ethical and Animal Welfare Issues

Second semester is worse...we start at 8 and go til 4 or 5 almost every day.

Wow, i'm not saying your semester is easy..of course these classes are really hard, but i'm surprised you aren't in class til 5. i thought it was the norm that most vet schools have class from either 8/9-5ish. You get out reallllly early! Lucky! lol

 

[MSUspartan]

Wow, i'm not saying your semester is easy..of course these classes are really hard, but i'm surprised you aren't in class til 5. i thought it was the norm that most vet schools have class from either 8/9-5ish. You get out reallllly early! Lucky! lol

haha yeah. that picture is actually kind of deceiving though...when it looks like the class ends at 2, it actually ends at 3. and when it looks like the class ends at 3, it actually ends at 4.

so basically we're in class 9-3 or 9-4 every day. but yeah, i'm not complaining 🙂

 

[Pigsfoot]

I do wish we would know our clinical schedules a LITTLE more in advance than orientation. Like, will I need to find someone to let the dog out for me during week 1? That might be a little more difficult than finding someone in week 4! Luckily I do know a few people in Champaign.

I agree. I really wonder why they can't start pre-arranging for this earlier in the summer. I wonder if it depends on availability of patients coming in? who knows. I think we are all randomly seperated into groups too. I'm kinda worried about when I'm going to get in time to exercise! will I go to the gym at 8 at night......or 4? these are the important things......
😉

 

[zeebra44]

We have our schedules for Mizzou, but they're pretty set in stone. We have 11 instructional periods before two years of clinicals. So, periods 1 and 2 last August-December and consist of Anatomy, Physiology, Cell Biology, Histology and subsequent labs. I'm a little nervous about this schedule because we have substantially shortened breaks and summers.

 

[gilch]

My class list is pretty standard for the first semester and apparently classes come and go with no rhyme or reason.


Hey BlacKAT, is it true that Penn has a 9 or 10 credit Biochemistry class first semester?

 

[variegata]

I actually signed up for classes weeks ago...but I haven't looked at the actual schedule. I do know I'll be taking about 3 different kinds of anatomy though!

 

[BlacKAT33]

My class list is pretty standard for the first semester and apparently classes come and go with no rhyme or reason.


Hey BlacKAT, is it true that Penn has a 9 or 10 credit Biochemistry class first semester?

😱😱😱

9-10 credits?!?! of biochem1?!?! that is the class i am most frightened about!!! how could it possibly be that many credits? All I know is that i will be taking biochem first semester but I don't know how many credits it is. I dont think I can wait a whole summer for this, I am going to post the question on our fb page lol

 

[luplodw]

So I start vet school in a week and 2 days!!!! My classes i'll be taking are...

Anatomy
Physiology
Histology
Neuroscience
Professional Development
Infectious Agents
Immunology

Here's my schedule!!

 

[chordy4]

I forgot how early Mississippi starts!

Are the necropsy rounds optional, or something you have to attend? I think it's cool either way that you can attend those.

 

[twelvetigers]

Mississippi, not Missouri. 🙂

 

[Pigsfoot]

are all schools doing that Myers-Briggs thing? we're doing it during orientation too. i'm sure there is a general type of person that is attracted to vet med-but i dont know why we need to be 'categorized'. eh.

 

[parietal]

are all schools doing that Myers-Briggs thing? we're doing it during orientation too. i'm sure there is a general type of person that is attracted to vet med-but i dont know why we need to be 'categorized'. eh.

Maybe it's just the former psych major in me, but I actually find personality types extremely useful. It really helps me better understand why I do what I do and why other people do things that seem inexplicable to me. It's not so much being categorized as it is helping you better understand yourself and others. And maybe even prevent some of that ubiquitous vet school drama... 🙂

Since first learning my type, for example, I've been able to work on my weak areas and develop strategies to deal with situations that make me uncomfortable. It also has let me explore my strengths and helped lead me from a career in which I was miserable to veterinary medicine.

I have absolutely no doubt that knowing my type has made me a happier, more balanced person. I hope you find the same. And I bet you'll find a huge variety of types in your class. 🙂

Edited to add: I don't know if all schools do it, but quite a few do.

 

[GellaBella]

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9-10 credits?!?! of biochem1?!?! that is the class i am most frightened about!!! how could it possibly be that many credits? All I know is that i will be taking biochem first semester but I don't know how many credits it is. I dont think I can wait a whole summer for this, I am going to post the question on our fb page lol

The rumor is true. 10 credit biochem course first semester. I hear some people are able to opt out of it though. I don't know how that works or who is eligble though.

 

[AUillinoisan]

Maybe it's just the former psych major in me, but I actually find personality types extremely useful.

I agree, I like those things! Sort of like learning that I'm a kinetic learner made my life SO much easier! I think it's really interesting how your 'type' will change depending on the day, too. So I like to see what I end up with every time I take it.

Also, I was never a psych major.

 

[eventualeventer]

The problem I have with the learning styles tests is that they just ask you what type you are, essentially, and some of us are so clueless we have trouble answering "well, I learn better when I read/listen/do/etc." The best approach for many people is often a combination of types of teaching that reinforce each other (and doing is almost always better than just watching), so I end up thinking, "well, I learn best when I go to class, listen to the lecture, write it down myself, and read about it in the text book." I think that the paper-based questionnaires about learning styles are usually too vague to be of much insight. More useful would be some sort of actual activity in which you tried several different demonstrations and then discussed them with someone to get both personal insight and outside feedback, IMO.

For those interested (n=0), words and the meanings behind them are very important to me for learning and communicating. I also like drawing things myself and using my hands, but I'm not particularly gifted spatially and end up explaining things to myself with words and/or numbers. Maybe that explains why my posts on SDN are so long. I do find it interesting, though, that, by watching a procedure being done many times, I find myself starting to learn the kinesthetics of the procedure without having done it myself, and it becomes much easier to do. Maybe it's the same mechanism as when athletes improve by visualization almost as much as by actual practice.

OK, I'm actually slightly jealous of the Miss. people right now. I feel like a kid waiting for the first day of first grade or something - new school, new friends, new teachers, new and awesome material! (neeeeeeeerd)

 

[zeebra44]

Maybe it's just the former psych major in me, but I actually find personality types extremely useful. It really helps me better understand why I do what I do and why other people do things that seem inexplicable to me. It's not so much being categorized as it is helping you better understand yourself and others. And maybe even prevent some of that ubiquitous vet school drama... 🙂

Since first learning my type, for example, I've been able to work on my weak areas and develop strategies to deal with situations that make me uncomfortable. It also has let me explore my strengths and helped lead me from a career in which I was miserable to veterinary medicine.

I have absolutely no doubt that knowing my type has made me a happier, more balanced person. I hope you find the same. And I bet you'll find a huge variety of types in your class. 🙂

Edited to add: I don't know if all schools do it, but quite a few do.

Did Minnesota make you do that handwriting activity? We had the option to during our OOS interview weekend.

 

[Mereafterthough]

The staff at Cornell are overachievers since we actually got a general schedule for all four years which is pretty nice. But as for the fall semester we're taking: The Animal Body, Veterinary Practice😛hysical Examination, Cell Biology and Genetics (goes into Spring semester), and Veterinary Practice:Ethics & Animal Care (which also goes into spring semester) for a grand total of 23 credits! 😀/

 

[david594]

Maybe it's just the former psych major in me, but I actually find personality types extremely useful. It really helps me better understand why I do what I do and why other people do things that seem inexplicable to me. It's not so much being categorized as it is helping you better understand yourself and others. And maybe even prevent some of that ubiquitous vet school drama... 🙂

Its important stuff. If you can recognize what type of person someone else is, you can then determine what type of person they would best respond too. You then know how you need to act in order to best obtain a positive response from them when your pushing for your own ideas/agenda.

 

[badcats]

For those interested (n=0), words and the meanings behind them are very important to me for learning and communicating. I also like drawing things myself and using my hands, but I'm not particularly gifted spatially and end up explaining things to myself with words and/or numbers. Maybe that explains why my posts on SDN are so long.

OK, I'm actually slightly jealous of the Miss. people right now. I feel like a kid waiting for the first day of first grade or something - new school, new friends, new teachers, new and awesome material! (neeeeeeeerd)

I am jealous too! I guess I should try to enjoy my "free time" more but I don't do inactivity well. It actually makes me tired and cranky. Also it would be nice if we knew a little more about what they had planned for us once school started. We have classes and I know there is an orientation but people seem to be keeping that underwraps.

As far as communicating, n=1 at least...words and meanings not so important. Fine shades of meaning are generally lost on me and it actually bothers me when people get bent out of shape about it (GRE verbal). Most of my communication involves hand motions, strange noises, and odd voices which do not translate to the internet so I feel like what I type "sounds" so much more serious than if I were to say it.

I would try to actually contribute to the thread, but nyanko has Davis covered!

 

[Lissarae06]

Here is the schedule for Ok-State. I'm feeling too lazy right now to type times but we are essentially in class from 8-4 every day.

Vet Physiology I (first 8 weeks) 4 hrs.
Vet Physiology II (second 8 weeks) 3 hrs.
Vet Histology 3 hrs.
Gross & Developmental Anatomy 4 hrs.
Zootechnology 2 hrs.
Jurisprudence & Ethics 2 hrs.

Only 18 hours so I'm pretty excited about it.

 

[eventualeventer]

Most of my communication involves hand motions, strange noises, and odd voices which do not translate to the internet so I feel like what I type "sounds" so much more serious than if I were to say it.

😆 Sorry, love the visual.

 

[StartingoverVet]

The rumor is true. 10 credit biochem course first semester. I hear some people are able to opt out of it though. I don't know how that works or who is eligble though.

Sounds like when you "opt-out" of e-mails and then you end up getting twice as many as previously.

 

[twelvetigers]

Here is the schedule for Ok-State. I'm feeling too lazy right now to type times but we are essentially in class from 8-4 every day.

Vet Physiology I (first 8 weeks) 4 hrs.
Vet Physiology II (second 8 weeks) 3 hrs.
Vet Histology 3 hrs.
Gross & Developmental Anatomy 4 hrs.
Zootechnology 2 hrs.
Jurisprudence & Ethics 2 hrs.

Only 18 hours so I'm pretty excited about it.

Wait, no parasitology?

 

[BlacKAT33]

My class list is pretty standard for the first semester and apparently classes come and go with no rhyme or reason.


Hey BlacKAT, is it true that Penn has a 9 or 10 credit Biochemistry class first semester?

so Yes, we DO take biochem first semester and it is 10 credits. how is that possible? i do not know lol i didnt even think there was lab with it. anyway, thanks for making me like this lol biochem was my enemy in undergrad!!!! im not sure if it was me, my teacher, or both. i like to think it was my teacher and her weird MC exams but i also have doubts about myself

edit: oh i guess im late, i just found the answer out on fb and panicked and wrote on here asap without reading the new posts lol

 

[Lissarae06]

Wait, no parasitology?

I'm pretty sure that is in the Spring. It wasn't on the schedule that came in our info packet.

 

[zeebra44]

Do credits really matter in vet school? We all have to take the same courses, and they're pretty much predetermined. Unless you're really watching your GPA, I wouldn't freak out TOO much about it. Am I right?

 

[Nechochwen]

LSU's schedule seems to be set in stone. I'm jealous of all of you who get to pick electives the first semester/quarter. They have us registered, but know specific times.

Intro to Vet Med 0.5

Principles of Problem Solving 1

Principles of Diagnostic Imaging 1

Biochemistry and Membrane/Muscle Physiology 3

Vet Physiology 1 3

Basic and Applied Anatomy 1 3.5

Basic and Applied Anatomy 2 3

Cell Biology and Histology 3

Histology and Developmental Anatomy 4

Has any one else gone through the electives and picked out which ones they want to take? I need to just worry about this semester and not get too ahead of myself.

 

[parietal]

Did Minnesota make you do that handwriting activity? We had the option to during our OOS interview weekend.

No, I don't even know what that is... Do tell!

We have 21.5 required credits plus up to 2.5 elective credits:
Anatomy, 5 credits
Physiological Chemistry (i.e. Biochem), 3 credits
Histology, 3 credits
Orientation, 3 credits
Nutrition, 2 credits
Professional Development I, 1.5 credits
Clinical Skills I, 1 credit
Radiology, 1 credit
Animal Populations, 1 credit
Interprofessional Communications, 1 credit (via interactive TV with the med school, dental school, pharmacy school, etc. Yay for One Health!)

Electives are:
Neonatology, 1 credit
Intro to Non-Domestic Medicine, 1 credit
International/Cultural Immersion, 0.5 credits

 

[chordy4]

Man, at Ohio State, you can't take 'real' electives until the 3rd quarter of first year (spring). You can take a pet loss hotline elective before then, but it's really just fulfilling a couple shifts of answering the hotline.

We don't have our schedules posted yet, but it should be something like this (from last year's schedule):

Epidemiology
Canine Topographic Anatomy
Radiology
Histology
Cell Biology
Professional Development
and I think still some sort of Behavior/Animal Handling class

 

[turnandburn]

No, I don't even know what that is... Do tell!

We have 21.5 required credits plus up to 2.5 elective credits:
Anatomy, 5 credits
Physiological Chemistry (i.e. Biochem), 3 credits
Histology, 3 credits
Orientation, 3 credits
Nutrition, 2 credits
Professional Development I, 1.5 credits
Clinical Skills I, 1 credit
Radiology, 1 credit
Animal Populations, 1 credit
Interprofessional Communications, 1 credit (via interactive TV with the med school, dental school, pharmacy school, etc. Yay for One Health!)

Electives are:
Neonatology, 1 credit
Intro to Non-Domestic Medicine, 1 credit
International/Cultural Immersion, 0.5 credits

Interprofessional communications? That must be new; I never had it. What is that all about?

 

[AULabLover]

looks like here at Auburn our schedules are anywhere from 8-4 or 5 everyday depending on lab groups, etc.

Our classes vary on times/days.. hopefully will be able to catch the hang of it sooner rather than later. we are registered for these classes for the fall semester:

Veterinary Medical Ethics
Problem-Solving in Veterinary Medicine I
Physiology I
Veterinary Anatomy I (Small Animal)
Cell Physiology and Molecular Genetics
Veterinary Parasitology..

for a grand total of 22 hours. Oh joy. This should be fun. But this is why we love it, right?

 

[Willowhand]

There is some variation based on what electives we are taking, but Monday-Thursday is mostly 8-5. 8-1 Friday is set aside for exams, and Friday afternoons (except for a couple of electives) are open for observation in the teaching hospital. And the courses are:

Gross Anatomy
Microanatomy
Veterinary Physiology
Cross-Course Integration
Veterinary Career Development
+ 3 or 4 credits of electives (I'm taking Trade and Agricultural Health and Veterinary Medicine in a Multicultural Society)

 

[wolfpack87]

Don't forget Microanatomy (Histology). lol

looks like here at Auburn our schedules are anywhere from 8-4 or 5 everyday depending on lab groups, etc.

Our classes vary on times/days.. hopefully will be able to catch the hang of it sooner rather than later. we are registered for these classes for the fall semester:

Veterinary Medical Ethics
Problem-Solving in Veterinary Medicine I
Physiology I
Veterinary Anatomy I (Small Animal)
Cell Physiology and Molecular Genetics
Veterinary Parasitology..

for a grand total of 22 hours. Oh joy. This should be fun. But this is why we love it, right?

 

[zeebra44]

No, I don't even know what that is... Do tell!

Well, one of the professors there is working on research involving handwriting analysis (I can't remember her name and I feel bad about that, haha). So she had us write a paragraph in cursive and hand it in..only if we wanted to participate. Apparently studies suggest that our handwriting can be used to determine how intelligent we are, so she was talking about the correlation between that and students applying to professional school.

 

[parietal]

Interprofessional communications? That must be new; I never had it. What is that all about?

Yep, it's sort of new this year. I don't know much about the content, just that we take it with the first-year med students, dental students, pharm students, public health students. Maybe nursing students, too. We will participate via interactive TV. Not sure whether they do or not...

The class before yours apparently had it second semester freshman year. They actually had to take the bus over to the Minneapolis campus, though, which apparently wasn't at all popular. So they scrapped it entirely for you guys and made some changes for us.

I'm actually really curious about how it will go. I really enjoyed working with the human health and public health folks through the DVM/MPH program, so I think it could be interesting. Plus it's always nice to remind them that we exist. 😀

Well, one of the professors there is working on research involving handwriting analysis (I can't remember her name and I feel bad about that, haha). So she had us write a paragraph in cursive and hand it in..only if we wanted to participate. Apparently studies suggest that our handwriting can be used to determine how intelligent we are, so she was talking about the correlation between that and students applying to professional school.

Wow, that seems kinda strange. I definitely wouldn't have participated: I have terrible handwriting! I would think others with bad writing might feel similarly (especially during interview weekend!), which would skew her sample wildly...