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chamsam5787 said:
I 100% believe it's the culture of where I am not being a great fit/learning environment. I love what your vet said. When I worked as a zookeeper I always did my best to mentor interns with a similar mindset. I think it is difficult in the animal field to find an effective mentor, and I want to be one for others. To be honest, it's hard to be one when you can't find one of your own. That was one of the reasons I decided to apply to vet school. Thank you for your insight, that is very helpful.
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I can't agree more that the culture you surround yourself with can influence your feelings of veterinary medicine. I am also a non-traditional applicant applying for Fall 2018. I've been in many situations where veterinarians told me it's a huge mistake to go to veterinary school and casted a very negative light on my career aspirations. I ended up listening to them and found an alternative career, which made me realize even more that veterinary medicine is where I want to be. I've found a new clinic to shadow at with fabulous mentors that are making me all the more excited about my decision to return to school. And from a financial perspective, I am someone with already 100k plus in student loans so I understand where you are concerned. However there are many ways to work out the debt. I don't ever expect to be well off (or really retire for that matter) as long as I'm doing something I truly enjoy. There are various avenues of veterinary medicine... Don't let one experience deter you away from something you truly want to work towards. It's all in what YOU make it. Hope this helps!


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I'm super jealous of everyone getting interview invites/ acceptances! I haven't heard ANYTHING from the 5 schools I applied to so....
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cdoconn said:
Ok State, NCSU, Virginia-Maryland, UF, and Purdue! I know that they haven't sent them yet but still aghhhhhhhhhh
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VA-MD interview invites should go out this week and NCSU should send decisions for OOS in the next few weeks! Not too much longer!
 
cdoconn said:
Right? I wouldn't be surprised if I got an email that just was:

Dear cdoconn,

No.

xoxo- NCSU admission squad
ps- don't apply here again​
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When you know you shouldn't laugh but so funny:laugh:

Psssst NCState loves ya so much they are about to ask you to clone yourself so they can fill their class of 2021 with cdoconns
 
cdoconn said:
YO BYOB I KEPT MEANING TO TELL YOU. I WAS aaaAAAAAMMMMMAAAAAAaaaaaZZZZIIIINNNNG (underlined, bolded, and italicized for emphasis) my final today! I ended up getting like a 94% to finalize my B in the course!! 😀
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Congrats! I mean it was pretty obvious you would considering our excellent Saturday night tequila tutorial.
 
mmmdreamerz said:
When you know you shouldn't laugh but so funny:laugh:

Psssst NCState loves ya so much they are about to ask you to clone yourself so they can fill their class of 2021 with cdoconns
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Can you imagine an army of me? Ohhh boy!!! It would be the hands down most competitive class of students NCState has ever seen(at least one person would end up dead). That'd be so amazing. And then the mini me's and I would open our own surgical hospital and it would just be me doing everything! I wouldn't have to pick a surgical specialty- I COULD DO THEM ALL.


Bottle of Bear said:
Congrats! I mean it was pretty obvious you would considering our excellent Saturday night tequila tutorial.
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Apparently Saturday Night Tequila Tutorials are the best way to study! *noted for vet school*
 
cdoconn said:
Can you imagine an army of me? Ohhh boy!!! It would be the hands down most competitive class of students NCState has ever seen(at least one person would end up dead). That'd be so amazing. And then the mini me's and I would open our own surgical hospital and it would just be me doing everything! I wouldn't have to pick a surgical specialty- I COULD DO THEM ALL.


Apparently Saturday Night Tequila Tutorials are the best way to study! *noted for vet school*
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Even better. And army of cdoconn's playing WW with each other? Hahahahahaha. That would be either the greatest or worst game SDN has ever seen.
 
chamsam5787 said:
Hello everyone!
I just wanted to hear some honest thoughts along the lines of the ones that I have been experiencing lately regarding veterinary school and possibly becoming a veterinarian. Honestly, how sure are you that this is the right path for you? I am a "sort-of" non-traditional applicant. I have worked with animals for the past 10 years in different capacities (zoos, shelters, wildlife rehab, etc) and have a BS in Zoology from 2009, but never really considered becoming a vet until this last year when I applied. I am now working in a vet clinic (a corporate one) and it is making me question everything. I am learning a lot, but I just don't know if I can see myself working in a general practice clinic as a vet. I know there are many career options for veterinarians, and many clinics to choose from so I don't want to let this one experience get me down, but it is right now. With decisions coming relatively soon, I am also stressing out about the debt from veterinary school if accepted, since I have been experiencing some doubt about this potential path. I hope this makes sense! I don't want to sound bratty or anything, just trying to be realistic. Thanks in advance for any thoughts!
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I haven't been admitted anywhere but I definitely understand how you feel and I think its better you are aware of the doubts, process them, and then make your informed decision. Better than shoveling it down because you are so focused on getting in and then regretting your decision! To be honest, I wasn't sure for a long time, and I still get doubtful when I think about the massive debt or the compassion fatigue and the scary clients or the toxic work environments. But I've also had such positive experiences and I've tried working other jobs, exploring other careers, shadowing other professionals and it just doesn't cut it for me.

Working my first real job as a technician has taught me so much, more professionally than technical veterinary skills. I was always the person who didn't give a flying crap what anyone thought of me, I was determined and I worked hard. Working my first job with veterinarians who degraded me, made me doubt myself and my abilities really broke my spirit. Took all the fun out of learning about the cool surgery or hitting my first vein. But then I would work with these fantastic people that made me laugh and were NICE and suddenly, that childlike curiosity came back and I felt happy about going to work. You can bet the former experience made me doubt vet med a lot more!

As far as the debt goes, I don't have much to offer but sitting down with a pencil and paper and going through your budget for vet school, expected loans, interest rates, possibly salaries, taxes, etc. and seeing how your financial life looks. Being aware is the most important thing. 🙂
 
finnickthedog said:
I would do the same if I got something like that... and then I'd probably accidentally choke on my tears.
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If I choked on my own tears and died because of that, I give you full permission, finnick, to sue whichever vet school and settle for admission. At least one of us should make it ahahahaha
 
I've also applied to 8 and haven't heard yet haha
 
illinois, purdue, guelph, LMU, CSU, WSU, OKS, and NCS hahaha
 
cdoconn said:
Can you imagine an army of me? Ohhh boy!!! It would be the hands down most competitive class of students NCState has ever seen(at least one person would end up dead). That'd be so amazing. And then the mini me's and I would open our own surgical hospital and it would just be me doing everything! I wouldn't have to pick a surgical specialty- I COULD DO THEM ALL.


Apparently Saturday Night Tequila Tutorials are the best way to study! *noted for vet school*
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It would be kind of like this:
:highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive:
 
Oh ok very cool! I'm IS and it's the dream, but IS is usually VERY competitive so not sure how it will go.
 
vetmedhead said:
You should probably be hearing back from TAMU soon! I believe they sent out interview invites on the 18th last year.
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Yep A&M is sending out their invites on the 16th this year! VA-MD should be by the end of this week, and Miss state said we should know by the 23rd.
 
So right now we have:
VAMD- Week of 12/5- but later in the week (interview)
A&M- 12/16 (interview)
Purdue- 12/16 (at 3 pm) (interview)
NCState- Mid December (acceptance)
Miss State 12/23 (haha Miss State sounds like Mistake) (interview)
UF round 2- early January (interview)
OkState- rejection/ IS Interviews 1/30, acceptance early March

I sound like a psycho right now- but I need more dates to add to this list!! !
 
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