Our second years are already performing spay and neuter surgeries! I'm a first year, and I've gotten to shadow them, and I can tell you, it is amazing to see. The students run their own surgeries in teams. Of course faculty is there to help, but for the most part, these guys are running the show. They come in before classes to check on patients, and stay late after classes to check on patients.
As first years, we were given the opportunity to volunteer with the mobile clinic as well for spay and neuters. Most of us were even allowed to do a supervised neuter during our service, which is unheard of!
The professors are ridiculously helpful. They have an open door policy, so you can go see them almost any time, without worrying about whether it is office hours or not.
My best friend's brother goes to Ross and he likes it, but the cost of living is much higher. Also, they don't do surgery until third year (technically third year, but they do not have summer breaks so it is a little more than three years before surgery), so he did his first neuter actually at the same time we did ours as first years on the mobile clinic. My friend goes to Minnesota and she just did her first surgery as well, and is finishing her third year as well.
The only thing that is hard for me is being away from home. If I had gotten into my IS, I would have gone there regardless, because I love my home. But I am happy I have the opportunity to learn here at MWU.
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