I will list some things and try to group them in categories
Positive:
- an hour or so away from Portland, the best city in the world with anything you could ever want
- corvallis is honestly a great town to live in. tons of great restaurants and brew pubs. wonderful hikes close by. An hour from the coast. mountains close by as well.
- lab animal partnership with OHSU as well as close to U of O's large zebrafish research center
- research opportunities at the school and abroad during summer that are paid
- if you are into camelids, this is your place
- there is a new hospital being built and you will likely have brand spanking new facilities for 3-4 years of vet school. additionally, a lot of our facilities are much newer than other schools
- other things already mentioned ie small class size, large amount of surgery opportunities 4th year
- most every professor puts their lectures online so feasibly you can not go to class pretty frequently, if that's your thing
- you're going to be living in Oregon, need I say more?
Neutral-ish:
- cost of living. it will be significantly more expensive than the midwest/south but likely cheaper than UC Davis, UPenn, etc. You will be spending at least $500-600 (and likely a bit more) on wherever you live
- some professors are awesome, some are honestly quite bad. Winter quarter is absolute hell. Many professors are excellent instructors and others really couldn't care less/enjoy your suffering (I am a bit salty rn so take this with a grain of salt)
- weather. some love it, some hate it. it rains quite a bit but is never super cold or hot compared to many areas of the country
- quarters. I like them because finals will be over 10 weeks of material which is nice. can complicate summer plans
Negative:
- OSU is missing out on quite a few specialties. There are no GPs or ER at the vet hospital. There is also no ophthalmologist, neurologist, dentist, dermatologist, nutritionist (among others I am sure)
- the first year class room gets so hot you feel like passing out sometimes. and the anatomy lab is very cold
- winter quarter -_-
- since the class size increased, there have been some growing pains associated with how to handle this
- not a lot of places to eat lunch currently, esp since the atrium has been temporarily converted to the lobby for the SA hospital. (annoying to hear barking dogs during class but this is very temporary)