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I was at work when I found out. I had been good about not checking my email all day, but then a coworker asked me if I thought I'd hear that day, so i checked when I was taking out the trash in case I had been rejected so I could hide 😛 I remember I called my mom to tell her and she didn't answer and texted me back asking if something was wrong :laugh:
 
I got in off the waitlist. I'd missed the call because I was taking a shower and saw the missed call and a voicemail or an email or something asking me to call them to talk about my application. I knew that acceptances would come by phone and it was around the right time for waitlist movement to start so I had an idea of what it might be. I called them back right that second, so I was all sodden and wrapped in a towel when I got in to med school. I remember not knowing what to say and having to work really hard not to say 'holy ****, what the ****, are you for real?' to the dean on the other end of the line.

I was really shocked and stayed really shocked for at least 24 hours and then proceeded to be super careful every time I drove anywhere to avoid tempting the fates and becoming one of those tragic stories where everything finally falls into place after years of struggle and the future is full of promise and then you die.
 
I got an acceptance email right before my statistics class started. I had to pretend to go the bathroom and called my husband, my sister and my parents. None of them answered their phones! So I just kind of sat in class trying to pretend to pay attention and trying to contain my excitement for 50mins. I got ahold of everyone eventually :laugh:
 
My very first acceptance to vet school I wasn't expecting. I had my interview the Saturday before and I can't remember when exactly but it was early the next week (Tuesday I think), and I was dead asleep at 11AM or something. The phone rang and I thought it was work (I was technically working while asleep), I answered the phone as alertly as I could to hide the fact I was asleep, it worked to the extent that they didn't awkwardly pause and ask if they woke me up. She introduced herself as the dean and my mind went blank as my adrenaline shot up, and I could only remember what she said after the fact. She told me I had made quite the impression on the comity and they wanted to offer me admission. I remembered they had asked me about the difference between a Holstein and an Angus and I had no idea, so they asked the difference between a black and white cow and a brown one, which I got. They laughed about it, so I guess they liked me. She told me I was accepted there was about a 3 second pause while I processed that information. Then I started stammering my thanks. She laughed and said I'll see you in the fall. At which point I legitimately fell out of bed because I was so excited I couldn't untangle the mound of blankets I was wrapped in.
 
I was at work and had been waiting all day for the email to come through. I kept checking my phone and then SDN to see if anyone else got an email. I wasn't sure if I would get in as I didn't have much experience outside of SA. Only one doctor at my current job knew I had applied, so when the email appeared I screamed in my head and went outside to call my wife... who of course didn't answer. I went back inside, gave the one doctor a knowing look, and went on with my day 🙂 my wife was sure that I had gotten in and bought me a bumper sticker for when I got home. it was pretty awesome lol

Edit: Almost forgot that we were in the middle of the Michigan WW game and I escaped lynch with the announcement... To the great annoyance of @Animal Midwife who then got mis-lynched the next day... And I was a wolf 😏
 
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The US postal trucks have a distinct sound as they motor down the street, pausing at each house. I knew my letter, for better or worse, would be arriving that day. After yet another "Nothing yet?!?" text from my husband, I was trying very hard to occupy myself with something else. Cue the rumble of the mail truck. I peered out my blinds in the living room until the truck had visited the last two houses on the street and continued over to the next block, and then I went ripping out the front door and plodded barefoot down the driveway to the mailbox, clenching and unclenching my fists as I went. I opened the box and retrieved the contents, processing everything both very quickly and very slowly (weird how nerves can do that, change the perception of time). There's a letter with the vet college logo. My brain flops over inside my head as I process that a: it's a thick letter, like several sheets, and b: it has a sticker on it. A STICKER.

I slam the mailbox closed and run like a mad woman back to the house, ignoring the tree seed things as they squish under my feet. I make my way to the kitchen table - a nice, private location for such an event. I very deliberately opened the letter from one end rather than shredding it to bits, because I was a bit more hopeful this time... flap the papers open to the top page with the letterhead and the the words "we are pleased to inform" are looking at me from the top of the letter. Read it. Read it again. Blink twice.

Then I made some sort of noise that made the dog bark and the cats scatter.

Then I called the husband. I remember him saying, "Waitwaitwait, I can't tell if you are really sad or really excited?!?" because my words weren't coming out correctly at that point.

It was a very good day. No matter how bitter I become, I will treasure that little victory. I still have my letter, of course.

I still notice mail truck engine sounds really easily - I'm convinced it's a by-product of the anxious waiting.
 
I had just gotten out of a statistics quiz that went... about as well as most statistics quizzes go. I grabbed my phone, and as I’m leaving the building I get an official email from the vet school. Cue an anxious screech as I run out of the building. I’m trying to read the email but words are hard and I only could read “pleased” and then “welcome” “class of 2021”.

Lots of happy, inarticulate screaming. I texted @SkiOtter before calling my mom (oops) “EMAILS. CHECK YOUR EMAIL”, proceeded to call my mom and dance a huge happy dance in the middle of main campus. Mom didn’t answer and the voice mail I left was “* screamed pterodactyl noise* CALL ME BACK”.

Lots of excitement followed. :laugh:
 
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I had applied to vet school a few times, mostly just to my IS. Then I decided to apply to several schools, but also strategically. A week before Christmas I found out I had an interview at my IS for the first time. The day of my interview came and I came down with some sort of stomach bug, but knew I couldn't reschedule, so I pulled myself together and tried not to look too green or spew my stomach contents in front of people. Everyone came out of their interviews saying they felt really good about it. I came out of mine not really knowing how I did as my interviewer was hard to read. The following week I saw people on SDN who had interviewed that same day saying they had been accepted, but my phone was silent. I had an interview at Iowa the following weekend, and I had planned all along to cancel the interview if I got into my IS. Wednesday afternoon I still hadn't heard anything, and I ate my dinner in silence, depressed that I hadn't gotten in, and that I may have blown my chance because of how sick I was. I realized I needed to book my flight to Iowa for my next interview. I got up from the dinner table and headed to my computer to book the flight. I had just left the kitchen when my phone rang, it was 7:00pm, and the area code was the same as my IS. My heart skipped a beat as I answered. I heard "Hi Skimble, this is R.H. from *your IS*. I'm sorry I didn't call you earlier, but I was out sick for a few days (holy crap, was that my fault?!) but I wanted to be the one to call you and tell you that you've been accepted!" Me: "Are you kidding me?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" Followed by some thanks, and a few other words, and she said she looked forward to seeing me in the fall. My mom was there and witnessed everything. While I was talking to R.H., my mom went and grabbed a bottle of champagne from the basement (we are usually prepared for these types of things!) I waited to make it FB official until I told my boss, who also went to the same school, so he was pretty excited for me too.
 
Update on those of you who were interested in the nutrition plan I started. So far things are going well. I've eaten out twice but tried to stick to templates that fit my plan and I'm down almost 5 lbs since starting (about one month ago). I'm sure some of the initial weight loss was just water weight, etc but I do feel like I'm seeing more muscle definition and that's realistically more what I'm focused on than the actual number on the scale. I have not felt tired at all during my workouts, and if anything actually have increased energy during them. I have had to ditch my protein pudding as I've found that apparently casein makes me not sleep and makes me super restless.

I've been surprised at how easy it's been for me to say no to items I love (donuts, bagels, beer, pizza, etc) but I am looking forward to being able to enjoy them in moderation in a few months.
 
SkiOtter said:
Is it possible to make it out of a different type of protein powder and not have that effect?

Happy it’s going well for you so far though!!!
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I've tried with whey, but it doesn't really become pudding like the casein does automatically. I can make the whey work by using pudding mix (have to use the sugar free/fat free mix) but that sometimes still has more carbs than what I'm allowed at night. Same with plain, non-fat greek yogurt. I did make a brownie out of whey the other night and it worked, but was super dry, so I may just need to play around with that a bit.
 
orca2011 said:
I've tried with whey, but it doesn't really become pudding like the casein does automatically. I can make the whey work by using pudding mix (have to use the sugar free/fat free mix) but that sometimes still has more carbs than what I'm allowed at night. Same with plain, non-fat greek yogurt. I did make a brownie out of whey the other night and it worked, but was super dry, so I may just need to play around with that a bit.
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Awww boo
 
Question, vet med fam: What are your suggestions for finangling cheap flights? I'm trying to go back to Colorado at least once a month for the summer, but that's a crap-ton of driving, even for me.

vethopeful_2 said:
Anyone have any good vet school acceptance stories? I'm in the mood to hear about what it felt like to receive your first acceptance letter.

Where were you, how did your family react, etc.? What does that moment really feel like? Scary? Exciting? Surreal? I want the deets


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So, it was my third application cycle. I had been wait listed by K-State the previous two cycles. That cycle, I had applied to 8 schools, with rejections coming slowly but surely until I was (once again) wait listed (to interview) at K-State and still needed to hear back from Illinois. It was March 1st. I had seen SDN blowing up all morning with people receiving their letters. That was the year I was an RD for my undergrad. We had interviewed one of my RAs for the GA position in ResLife and then I bolted back to my mail room. No letter. So I went about my day, thinking that maybe it hadn't gotten to me yet cause I lived in a 5,000 person town 100 miles away from any major city.

Now, that day was also recontracting day where students sign contracts for their residence hall housing for the next year. My building had 280 kiddos by that point in the year between 10 floors, so I spent the day getting that ready. Each floor had a specific time they had to come down. So I was fairly well distracted that day. Then it's 5:55 pm, five minutes before the 2nd and 3rd floors were supposed to start lining up. My phone rings and I'm like, "Of course. Something would happen right now." (Spring was rough that school year for ResLife). But it was my sister, so I answer with, "Hey babe, I've got recontracting in, like, five minutes. What's up?"

She replied, "There's a letter from the University of Illinois!" I didn't respond. I legit stopped breathing. She continued, "Do you want me to open it?"

"Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

I heard the paper rip and she took a few minutes to read it. Then she started crying, so I started crying cause I thought it was a no go (I had already decided it was my last cycle as well). Then she took a big breath and read, "Dear Batsenecal, CONGRATULATIONS!! We are pleased to offer you a seat to the University of Illinois class of 2020!!!!"

I straight up dropped to the floor in tears, in front of about 30 college undergrads, my student desk worker, and my 11th floor RA. Legit tears. Got myself back together, got the reconstracting all started with the rest of my RAs, who all were like, "CALL YOUR FAMILY!!!! WE GOT THIS!!!!" Called all of them. My grandpa cried with me on the phone. Called all my closest friends. Told the bio department the next day. More tears. Went and got refreshments the following Friday. lol.
 
batsenecal said:
Question, vet med fam: What are your suggestions for finangling cheap flights? I'm trying to go back to Colorado at least once a month for the summer, but that's a crap-ton of driving, even for me.
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I like to use Google flights (doesn't collect info from Southwest but I'm not a fan of the no assigned seats, anyways, although they have some pretty cheap flights if they service where you're going). Use the calendar drop down to select dates and you can see which days flying in and out end up being the cheapest tickets. I've flown Frontier a couple of times and had some good experiences despite them being marketed as a budget airline. Book in advance is usually a good way to get cheaper tickets. The book on Tuesday thing no longer seems to be thing, imo. Also, a co-worker swears by the app Hopper (tells you when ticket prices (based on your parameters) are most expensive/cheapest. Good luck!


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So, it was my third application cycle. I had been wait listed by K-State the previous two cycles. That cycle, I had applied to 8 schools, with rejections coming slowly but surely until I was (once again) wait listed (to interview) at K-State and still needed to hear back from Illinois. It was March 1st. I had seen SDN blowing up all morning with people receiving their letters. That was the year I was an RD for my undergrad. We had interviewed one of my RAs for the GA position in ResLife and then I bolted back to my mail room. No letter. So I went about my day, thinking that maybe it hadn't gotten to me yet cause I lived in a 5,000 person town 100 miles away from any major city.

Now, that day was also recontracting day where students sign contracts for their residence hall housing for the next year. My building had 280 kiddos by that point in the year between 10 floors, so I spent the day getting that ready. Each floor had a specific time they had to come down. So I was fairly well distracted that day. Then it's 5:55 pm, five minutes before the 2nd and 3rd floors were supposed to start lining up. My phone rings and I'm like, "Of course. Something would happen right now." (Spring was rough that school year for ResLife). But it was my sister, so I answer with, "Hey babe, I've got recontracting in, like, five minutes. What's up?"

She replied, "There's a letter from the University of Illinois!" I didn't respond. I legit stopped breathing. She continued, "Do you want me to open it?"

"Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

I heard the paper rip and she took a few minutes to read it. Then she started crying, so I started crying cause I thought it was a no go (I had already decided it was my last cycle as well). Then she took a big breath and read, "Dear Batsenecal, CONGRATULATIONS!! We are pleased to offer you a seat to the University of Illinois class of 2020!!!!"

I straight up dropped to the floor in tears, in front of about 30 college undergrads, my student desk worker, and my 11th floor RA. Legit tears. Got myself back together, got the reconstracting all started with the rest of my RAs, who all were like, "CALL YOUR FAMILY!!!! WE GOT THIS!!!!" Called all of them. My grandpa cried with me on the phone. Called all my closest friends. Told the bio department the next day. More tears. Went and got refreshments the following Friday. lol.
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Ah, all the feels! Love it :biglove:
 
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batsenecal said:
Question, vet med fam: What are your suggestions for finangling cheap flights? I'm trying to go back to Colorado at least once a month for the summer, but that's a crap-ton of driving, even for me.
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Usually checking the “flexible dates” box (if the website has one) can help because it’ll pull up the cheapest option for all of the days that are +/- however many days you select from your original travel dates. And flying to/from bigger airports usually will get you a lot cheaper flights than flying from a smaller airport (like ord or stl instead of pia)
Southwest sometimes has good sales where you can get one way fares between some airports for as low as $50 (some others are closer to 100 or 150)
 
batsenecal said:
Question, vet med fam: What are your suggestions for finangling cheap flights? I'm trying to go back to Colorado at least once a month for the summer, but that's a crap-ton of driving, even for me.
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So I signed up for "Scott's Cheap Flights" and basically get random emails a few times a week with crazy low ticket prices for flights. Ended up using it to get decent prices for our Hawaii trip (and am always tempted by the low international flights that pop up). I think most of the flights they find are international though. My hubster uses Google Flights and has had some crazy luck (one way flight from Minneapolis to Chicago for $34).
 
batsenecal said:
Question, vet med fam: What are your suggestions for finangling cheap flights? I'm trying to go back to Colorado at least once a month for the summer, but that's a crap-ton of driving, even for me.



So, it was my third application cycle. I had been wait listed by K-State the previous two cycles. That cycle, I had applied to 8 schools, with rejections coming slowly but surely until I was (once again) wait listed (to interview) at K-State and still needed to hear back from Illinois. It was March 1st. I had seen SDN blowing up all morning with people receiving their letters. That was the year I was an RD for my undergrad. We had interviewed one of my RAs for the GA position in ResLife and then I bolted back to my mail room. No letter. So I went about my day, thinking that maybe it hadn't gotten to me yet cause I lived in a 5,000 person town 100 miles away from any major city.

Now, that day was also recontracting day where students sign contracts for their residence hall housing for the next year. My building had 280 kiddos by that point in the year between 10 floors, so I spent the day getting that ready. Each floor had a specific time they had to come down. So I was fairly well distracted that day. Then it's 5:55 pm, five minutes before the 2nd and 3rd floors were supposed to start lining up. My phone rings and I'm like, "Of course. Something would happen right now." (Spring was rough that school year for ResLife). But it was my sister, so I answer with, "Hey babe, I've got recontracting in, like, five minutes. What's up?"

She replied, "There's a letter from the University of Illinois!" I didn't respond. I legit stopped breathing. She continued, "Do you want me to open it?"

"Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

I heard the paper rip and she took a few minutes to read it. Then she started crying, so I started crying cause I thought it was a no go (I had already decided it was my last cycle as well). Then she took a big breath and read, "Dear Batsenecal, CONGRATULATIONS!! We are pleased to offer you a seat to the University of Illinois class of 2020!!!!"

I straight up dropped to the floor in tears, in front of about 30 college undergrads, my student desk worker, and my 11th floor RA. Legit tears. Got myself back together, got the reconstracting all started with the rest of my RAs, who all were like, "CALL YOUR FAMILY!!!! WE GOT THIS!!!!" Called all of them. My grandpa cried with me on the phone. Called all my closest friends. Told the bio department the next day. More tears. Went and got refreshments the following Friday. lol.
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Pretty exclusively fly Southwest to CO. Would fly frontier but it's never cheap enough.

Awesome story!!
 
kcoughli said:
So I signed up for "Scott's Cheap Flights" and basically get random emails a few times a week with crazy low ticket prices for flights. Ended up using it to get decent prices for our Hawaii trip (and am always tempted by the low international flights that pop up). I think most of the flights they find are international though. My hubster uses Google Flights and has had some crazy luck (one way flight from Minneapolis to Chicago for $34).
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Scott's cheap flights is great, but also one of the worst emails to get during class because it makes me realize how cheap it could be for me to pack up my life, fake my own death, and move somewhere pretty that I've never been to before 😛
 
@Lawper who do you know to get a style named after you?
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batsenecal said:
So, it was my third application cycle. I had been wait listed by K-State the previous two cycles. That cycle, I had applied to 8 schools, with rejections coming slowly but surely until I was (once again) wait listed (to interview) at K-State and still needed to hear back from Illinois. It was March 1st. I had seen SDN blowing up all morning with people receiving their letters. That was the year I was an RD for my undergrad. We had interviewed one of my RAs for the GA position in ResLife and then I bolted back to my mail room. No letter. So I went about my day, thinking that maybe it hadn't gotten to me yet cause I lived in a 5,000 person town 100 miles away from any major city.

Now, that day was also recontracting day where students sign contracts for their residence hall housing for the next year. My building had 280 kiddos by that point in the year between 10 floors, so I spent the day getting that ready. Each floor had a specific time they had to come down. So I was fairly well distracted that day. Then it's 5:55 pm, five minutes before the 2nd and 3rd floors were supposed to start lining up. My phone rings and I'm like, "Of course. Something would happen right now." (Spring was rough that school year for ResLife). But it was my sister, so I answer with, "Hey babe, I've got recontracting in, like, five minutes. What's up?"

She replied, "There's a letter from the University of Illinois!" I didn't respond. I legit stopped breathing. She continued, "Do you want me to open it?"

"Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

I heard the paper rip and she took a few minutes to read it. Then she started crying, so I started crying cause I thought it was a no go (I had already decided it was my last cycle as well). Then she took a big breath and read, "Dear Batsenecal, CONGRATULATIONS!! We are pleased to offer you a seat to the University of Illinois class of 2020!!!!"

I straight up dropped to the floor in tears, in front of about 30 college undergrads, my student desk worker, and my 11th floor RA. Legit tears. Got myself back together, got the reconstracting all started with the rest of my RAs, who all were like, "CALL YOUR FAMILY!!!! WE GOT THIS!!!!" Called all of them. My grandpa cried with me on the phone. Called all my closest friends. Told the bio department the next day. More tears. Went and got refreshments the following Friday. lol.
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I was pulling for you so hard from afar! I also just cried reading this.
 
"Use two hands to double your pleasure and double your fun"

"We touch all the time, so why not be the best at it"

"CAUTION"

"Remember, you can't fool drool"

"You don't need a swimming pool for this breast stroking"

"Simply start from the base [...], rubbing your way out, and follow it to its natural conclusion"
 
WildZoo said:
"Use two hands to double your pleasure and double your fun"

"We touch all the time, so why not be the best at it"

"CAUTION"

"Remember, you can't fool drool"

"You don't need a swimming pool for this breast stroking"

"Simply start from the base [...], rubbing your way out, and follow it to its natural conclusion"
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"She forgets to swallow"....
 
vethopeful_2 said:
Anyone have any good vet school acceptance stories? I'm in the mood to hear about what it felt like to receive your first acceptance letter.

Where were you, how did your family react, etc.? What does that moment really feel like? Scary? Exciting? Surreal? I want the deets


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I was hoping for a call from Cornell as they usually call on the first monday of January, but that was new years so I was full of anxiety. I was checking SDN over and over and over again and then people started getting calls early in the morning. I was getting so disappointed because it was almost 3:00 pm and I honestly was contemplating what I was going to do with my life. My bf was being super supportive while I was crying and saying that I would just be a hobo hooker for the rest of my life (because there's nothing between being a hobo hooker and a veterinarian 😛 ). Then, I got a phone call with the correct area code and I freaked out (the poor guy on the phone was probably permanently deafened by my scream). I thanked him profusely for calling me and giving me the good news, he congratulated me! I was jumping up and down screaming!!!! My dad asked me if I was dying, which I said "yes" to (not really thinking clearly haha), then I said, "I GOT INTO CORNELL!!!" and he cried (my dad is a big guy in construction so that was really meaningful!). I called my mom immediately, who is a veterinarian, and she cried and immediately yelled it to all of her coworkers who yelled their congratulations! It was just such a team effort for me to get into vet school, let alone Cornell (which is luckily my in-state) so it was a team victory when I got that call. I will never forget that day!!! :biglove:
 
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Didn't feel this really goes in the RANT section, because it's really just sad more than anything. They confirmed a case of rabies in a puppy (unknown age at this time) in my county. The rabies around my area is bad-I hope people use this unfortunate situation to keep their animals vaccinated. First case in a domestic in over like 60 or 70 years ....
 
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