How to "keep fresh"

[bclover]

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Ok, I know that title is kind of weird, but here's what I mean:

If it is destined, after interviews, etc., I am hoping to be in vet school in August. However, I work full time in an un-related industry and, if I am accepted into vet school and announce to my company that I am leaving my job, I will be intimately involved in turning over my territory/clients through July (meaning my plate will be even more full than it currently is as I will basically be tranferrring 20 years of info to someone or a group of people).

So, here's the problem/challenge: my last - what I consider truly applicable - class that I will have taken before entering in August is the Biochem course I just completed in December. While I am taking Physics II this semester as my final pre-req (can we say procrastinate here?!), I don't want to "forget" things that really matter - from biochem, anatomy, etc., etc. Of course, I can review my notes, texts, etc., but I know that isn't likely to happen. So, anybody have thoughts on how to keep things fresh? I have considered auditing physiology or something, but just can't decide.

Your thoughts...

 

[alliecat44]

Honestly, I wouldn't worry about "keeping fresh." You will find that in vet school, they teach you everything they want you to be responsible for. No matter how long it's been, you'll find familiar and not-so-familiar stuff in your first-year classes. Everyone has taken the same pre-reqs, but for some, their classes were more or less intensive, etc--so they try to equalize everything.

At least, that's been my experience.

I haven't been a student since spring 2001, and I'm doing fine. 🙂 I think you'll be okay!

Best of luck with applications!

 

[Weazlebub]

I don't want to "forget" things that really matter - from biochem, anatomy, etc., etc. Of course, I can review my notes, texts, etc., but I know that isn't likely to happen. So, anybody have thoughts on how to keep things fresh? I have considered auditing physiology or something, but just can't decide.

Your thoughts...

Teaching vet students for 15 years my advice: Don't worry about staying fresh. Enjoy the last few months before vet school.. get your life in order, get your clients squared away and turned over.. take time to breathe fresh air.. lay in the grass looking at clouds and just taking pride in your accomplishement.

We know we have lots of people coming to school with different backgrounds and widely varying pre-vet knowledge.. we're going to start from scratch. For some most will be review.. for others some stuff will be new.. but it will get everyone on the same page.

Relax! Enjoy!

 

[dyachei]

Honestly, I wouldn't worry about "keeping fresh." You will find that in vet school, they teach you everything they want you to be responsible for. No matter how long it's been, you'll find familiar and not-so-familiar stuff in your first-year classes. Everyone has taken the same pre-reqs, but for some, their classes were more or less intensive, etc--so they try to equalize everything.

At least, that's been my experience.

I haven't been a student since spring 2001, and I'm doing fine. 🙂 I think you'll be okay!

Best of luck with applications!

100% agree with this post. I was just out of undergrad and I have to say that it probably helped a little, but there's so much review in those classes anyway that it evens the playing field.

On the biochem thing, we've used almost no biochem and when we did, it was a simplified version that we were retaught. For anatomy, you should find some online resources or even the coloring books that someone mentioned last year. Just something to keep you thinking about it (plus its fun to color). Anatomy is the only class I would want to "keep fresh" for anyway.

 

[bclover]

Thanks for your thoughts! I'll probably just take the one class, concentrate on the upcoming interviews, 😱 - all while being a good employee (for now)🙂

 

[chris03333]

Ok, I know that title is kind of weird, but here's what I mean:

If it is destined, after interviews, etc., I am hoping to be in vet school in August. However, I work full time in an un-related industry and, if I am accepted into vet school and announce to my company that I am leaving my job, I will be intimately involved in turning over my territory/clients through July (meaning my plate will be even more full than it currently is as I will basically be tranferrring 20 years of info to someone or a group of people).

So, here's the problem/challenge: my last - what I consider truly applicable - class that I will have taken before entering in August is the Biochem course I just completed in December. While I am taking Physics II this semester as my final pre-req (can we say procrastinate here?!), I don't want to "forget" things that really matter - from biochem, anatomy, etc., etc. Of course, I can review my notes, texts, etc., but I know that isn't likely to happen. So, anybody have thoughts on how to keep things fresh? I have considered auditing physiology or something, but just can't decide.

Your thoughts...

My thoughts... Have a bon fire with all of your accumulated undergrad notes, relax and have as much fun as you can before vet school starts. You do not need tons of extra notes, trust me on that!

 

[pressmom]

Take time away from school the summer before. You'll be fresh enough from this semester. Also, you're undergrad notes will probably be of little help. I still have some of mine, but they're pretty much going to teach you everything you need to know. I think the only person I knew that used old notes was a friend who used her immunology notes since we pretty much had the same class. The pre-reqs are more or less to see if you can handle science classes and get you a basic background to get you thinking in the right direction. Best of luck getting in!

 

[cyrille104]

My thoughts... Have a bon fire with all of your accumulated undergrad notes, relax and have as much fun as you can before vet school starts. You do not need tons of extra notes, trust me on that!

Actually, you might want to save your notes, books, exams, and syllabi for classes like nutrition, immunology, embryology, histology, etc. because you can sometimes get out of these classes (I know at Penn you can get out of all 4 of these if you have taken them, gotten an A, and the material matches up)

 

[lailanni]

It was pretty dang satisfying to burn my physics stuff though. I hate physics! And we just happened to be having a bonfire....so why not?

If someday as a vet, I need to calculate ohms and resistance on an electrical wire, or see how far a block will slide down a ramp with a certain friction, then perhaps I will be sorry.

But for now, I rejoice in the memory of those stupid physics problems getting what they deserve : )