OSU sports have a very dedicated fan base (myself included) and football gamedays are a LOT crazy
It gets DISGUSTINGLY hot in the summer but our winters usually aren't too bad. Our thunderstorms are awesome.
Just fixing. AC will be your friend.
Agree with most of the rest. I wish there was a little more to the town. A decent grocery store would be amazing. I tend to stock up at Whole Foods in OKC a few times a year and hit the farmers market when I can. There are two walmarts, a food pyramid, and an IGA, and I'm not very impressed with the produce at any of them. There's a tiny organic store, but I cant afford to shop there very often. OKC is pretty awesome, and only about an hour/hour and a half away if anyone is like me and has some places they just can't live without. There are Dunkin donuts there, a shopping mall, an outlet center, kohls, target, and just about every other store imaginable. Good restaurants too.
Same goes for Tulsa- not too far away, not quite as many options as OKC when it comes to shopping (no outlet center, no dunkin donuts), but some really good restaurants.
If you like outdoorsy stuff, there are some nice state parks within a few hours drive of Stillwater with some good hiking and camping areas. I make quite a few day trips over the course of the semester as time allows. Within Stillwater, there are a couple small lakes (ponds) as well with walking trails around them, and just outside Stilly are two larger lakes and trails. The shortest trail I've found at those big lakes are just over 4 miles, and you could easily go a lot farther if you wanted to. All of the above are very dog friendly, and I never have a problem letting my two romp off leash.
I dont know much about the SA aspect of things, but I love our large animal teaching hospital. Great clinicians, pretty good case load most of the year, lots of interesting things coming and going and all the time. There have been times I've just been wandering around the hospital, and next thing I know, I'm in surgery watching something awesome. The equine case load seems to me like its dropped a bit this year, but hopefully that will pick back up. Things have been a little crazy over there with professors leaving, new professors starting, maternity leaves, etc etc. I'm involved with the foal team and the tech positions that Lissa mentioned, and would be happy to answer any questions about those.
The program itself is traditional, like TT said. Three years of various -ologies. One year of clinics. During clinics, I think you can do 16 weeks of preceptors off campus. You have to take at least 13 credits of electives before fourth year starts, and there's a pretty good bunch to choose from. I havent had any trouble finding things I want to take. You'll have more trouble fitting them all into your schedule. If you like food animals, you'll find lots of hands on electives. The other species electives tend to be a little more classroom based. There is competition for some of the electives, but I havent had a problem yet, knock wood.
and go after a PhD later. What is everyone else's planned field of study?
Glad you got in. You'll have to drop us a line once you start classes and let us know what you think 
I do have to say that my nerves are shot, but 99.5% of my application is done and I have people reading my PS. I am panicking to the extreme though because I am trying to get myself re-established as an OK resident by Aug 1, but one last class is until Aug 22. I've been talking with the Admins about it, but I'm skeered I won't qualify in time 🙁
oh well.
