Hi! I was just wondering what your daily class schedule is like. Do you find it to be pretty manageable?I’m a first year student if anyone has questions
We have classes from 7:30 -5 ish most days. A couple days a week we might start a little late or end early. I’m a second year. I make it through, so I guess you can say it’s manageable since I’m passing. We generally have exams every week except towards the beginning of the semester. Just don’t expect a great work life balance. we can have anywhere between 1-3 exams in a week. 3 exam week suck, but fortunately we generally don’t have more than 2 or 3 a semester.
I'd also add that when I felt over whelmed with classes to the point of crying in my professor's offic I talked to a faculity member and was told to take it as a learning experience to learn how to deal with stress in my career. It's honestly laughable now, but for lots of people vet school is overwhelming, especially first semester. Some people end up dropping out or down in every class, but most people graduate.
It’s very manageable in first semester! 2-6 hours of lecture/day, and probably about 4-5 h lab/week on average (we are scheduled for 8 h, but fewer than 50% of weeks have physiology lab, and sometimes we have a week of “virtual anatomy lab” (i.e. just do the assignments that you would do anyway) or anatomy lab runs short). They ease you in… second semester and subsequent years have a more intensive schedule (especially fourth year), from what I can see.
No i don't believe this is true. I think they got rid of them in like 2017. Terminal surgery is very rare to see. I honestly don't know of any school that still perform them.
I don’t think there’s a complete list anywhere of which schools do and don’t use terminal surgeries, but I believe there are still more that use them than not. You can find up-to-date info about specific schools’ policies by googling and looking for a result from that school’s site. Generally schools don’t use purpose-bred cats and dogs anymore (probably with some exceptions), which I think is what you’re thinking of.
Ahh very interesting! Thanks for the clarification
They were December 18 last year. I think they’re generally sent out after exams finish, which is December 17 this year.
They got rid of terminal surgery around 2017. I went on a tour in 2018 and asked this question!
i think it's very likely as they usually do the Friday of their finals week and im pretty sure I saw somebody in admissions post on facebook that historical trends means it would be friday
I hope not😬
No its an email. Traditionally sent on a Friday at 5 pm (last day before winter break)
oh good. I panicked so hard because i did not receive a portal invite lol
I know the feeling. I've been rejected from three others so far!
Purdue does do terminal surgeries in LA surgery which is an elective. They use the sheep are from the Animal Science department. The ANSC students and professors raise them for class teaching purposes and research. Purdue has a meat packing / slaughter teaching facility apart ANSC department and host the FFA meat judging contests there. A few animals that are going to be culled are sometimes pulled and used for terminal surgery or vet classes. Purdue has teaching animals farms ran by the Animal science department and the vet school often uses their animals. Horses are donated for teaching purposes and usally have some type of medical issue. The horses from antomy are purchased from a supplier who purchases them for most vet schools. The dogs for anatomy are generally shelter dogs that were going to be euthanized at the shelters due to medical problems. Purdue, including the vet school, does lot of lab animal research and terminal surgeries are utilized in some labs.
Excited. Terrified. Prematurely disappointed?
The emotions have finally hit me omg
Seems typically 5 p.m. EST.
I think 5pm!
Yeah I was with my friend last year when she got her email and it was at 7:30 EST but hopefully we don't have to wait that long😬
Traditionally it's the first Friday after finals, which is today. That's why we all think it's today. But if they never send them I guess it doesn't really matter what they traditionally do.
Oh okay thank you!
