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I'm waiting to send my darn transcripts off, and because professors in 2 of my classes have screwed up my grades, and it takes about 2 weeks to fix this, I will never get them out because I don't want them to see those grades when the new ones are what I deserve.

It really makes me not happy with this school, and this is my first semester here.
 
Senior year. Boyfriend who I've been involved with for 4.5 years (long distance sucks). We had "finally" figured it out and were talking about when we want to get married, life plans, etc. Broke up with me out of the blue two days before he was to visit me in Kansas for Christmas/New Years. Apparently is unwilling to move to where I am doing my internship (TBD--match day Feb 7) and is sick of being away from me, so therefore "no-win situation." (Did I mention he has issues with severe depression?)

So now I am in Kansas, spending Christmas totally alone and brokenhearted. Was so excited about finally being able to live together again, build a household, be a "normal" couple etc etc etc...and now am all alone.My life has been completely turned upside down. My tree has gifts from my mother addressed to him. Several of the ornaments hanging on my tree were made by his mother. My gift from his sister is also under my tree.

I f'ing hate Christmas.
 
alliecat44 said:
Senior year. Boyfriend who I've been involved with for 4.5 years (long distance sucks). We had "finally" figured it out and were talking about when we want to get married, life plans, etc. Broke up with me out of the blue two days before he was to visit me in Kansas for Christmas/New Years. Apparently is unwilling to move to where I am doing my internship (TBD--match day Feb 7) and is sick of being away from me, so therefore "no-win situation." (Did I mention he has issues with severe depression?)

So now I am in Kansas, spending Christmas totally alone and brokenhearted. Was so excited about finally being able to live together again, build a household, be a "normal" couple etc etc etc...and now am all alone.My life has been completely turned upside down. My tree has gifts from my mother addressed to him. Several of the ornaments hanging on my tree were made by his mother. My gift from his sister is also under my tree.

I f'ing hate Christmas.
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Lots of virtual (((((hugs)))) for you, alliecat. I can't imagine what you're going through right now. I know nothing any of us say can make it better, but know we're all here if you need to vent and we're all by your side.
 
@ scarcelyheard- you have to agree to release the scores in order to see them. If you cancel them, they won't tell you what you got.

I was certain I tanked the quant (major guesswork going on there), and I ended up with a 650. Considering my math skills (or lack thereof) and how long it's been since I've taken algebra or geometry (I'm a non-trad) that 650 was a total blessing!

I got a 650 on the verbal, too. In that case, I was disappointed, because I scored better on the practice tests, and know I could've done much better if not for a major time management fail (I got caught up in a few poorly worded comprehension questions and had to fly through the last 10 or so questions in two minutes, some of which required reading... *facepalm*)... but I chose not to retake, because I know that quant score was a happy fluke and I am not about to give it up, haha. 😉

@ twelvetigers- if your IS school is one of those that takes your best verbal and best quant scores separately, it might be worth going for it if you think you rocked out the verbal. If they take the best overall and you really feel like the quant was a total bust, I'd probably just stick with the 650/650. I don't know what Oklahoma's averages are because I didn't apply there, but a 1300 seems to be an acceptable score for most of the programs I looked into.
 
alliecat44 said:
Senior year. Boyfriend who I've been involved with for 4.5 years (long distance sucks). We had "finally" figured it out and were talking about when we want to get married, life plans, etc. Broke up with me out of the blue two days before he was to visit me in Kansas for Christmas/New Years. Apparently is unwilling to move to where I am doing my internship (TBD--match day Feb 7) and is sick of being away from me, so therefore "no-win situation." (Did I mention he has issues with severe depression?)

So now I am in Kansas, spending Christmas totally alone and brokenhearted. Was so excited about finally being able to live together again, build a household, be a "normal" couple etc etc etc...and now am all alone.My life has been completely turned upside down. My tree has gifts from my mother addressed to him. Several of the ornaments hanging on my tree were made by his mother. My gift from his sister is also under my tree.

I f'ing hate Christmas.
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Something like that recently happened to me- only it was a boyfriend of 6 years (I'm only 22!). It was terribly painful then and it must be really hard this time of year. 🙁 Hugs from a stranger might not help but I hope things get better for you very soon. The only thing I can say (and I hope this doesn't come across as sanctimonious) is that things will get better. They will.
 
alliecat44 said:
Senior year. Boyfriend who I've been involved with for 4.5 years (long distance sucks). We had "finally" figured it out and were talking about when we want to get married, life plans, etc. Broke up with me out of the blue two days before he was to visit me in Kansas for Christmas/New Years. Apparently is unwilling to move to where I am doing my internship (TBD--match day Feb 7) and is sick of being away from me, so therefore "no-win situation." (Did I mention he has issues with severe depression?)

So now I am in Kansas, spending Christmas totally alone and brokenhearted. Was so excited about finally being able to live together again, build a household, be a "normal" couple etc etc etc...and now am all alone.My life has been completely turned upside down. My tree has gifts from my mother addressed to him. Several of the ornaments hanging on my tree were made by his mother. My gift from his sister is also under my tree.

I f'ing hate Christmas.
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That really sucks 🙁 Boys are dumb.
I'm about 4 hours from you in Okie land, but I'm here alone for Christmas if you really just want to get away for a day or two!
 
Guys, I'm leaving the scores. If they weren't higher than what I have already, they weren't worth much to me. It sucks and feels like a super waste of money, but I'm going to call it a freak accident, bad luck, brain hated math today, who the hell knows even and move on. I have a 1290, that's a good score - if I have to apply one last time, I will take a month to study over the summer and ****ING HAMMER IT. No mercy.

Alliecat, thank you for making my problem seem so trivial! That sucks big time and I feel for you. Like A said, we're down here in cowboy-land - come visit if you need some non-family to hang out with. I offer home cooked dinner and a couch and a nice place to watch some movies, and A offers to be your drinking buddy (just going out on a limb here, cowgirl - haha). Plus other nice things.

And, either way... boys are stupid sometimes. Ugh. *e-hugs*
 
I'm all alone for xmas too. Damn, I wish we could all do a little Bewitched nose wiggle and transport ourselves to the same spot so we could share an SDN xmas.
 
twelvetigers said:
... Like A said, we're down here in cowboy-land - come visit if you need some non-family to hang out with. I offer home cooked dinner and a couch and a nice place to watch some movies, and A offers to be your drinking buddy (just going out on a limb here, cowgirl - haha). Plus other nice things.
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Crap, I could use a little of that myself. Wish Colorado was closer to OK. I'd crash that party! 🙂
 
My biochem prof is out of office until the 3rd and won't be checking his email until then. F***.
 
Thinking of you, alliecat! 🙁 I know that long-distance is really difficult, and I often think about how me and my guy will manage it for the next few years. Try to enjoy Christmas, keep family and pets close, and know that we're all sending you good thoughts.
 
Allie- I am sorry that this happened to you so close to Christmas. Try to keep your chin up and look at all the positives that you've got going on in your life. I've been through a break up from a 6 year relationship (although it ended quite differently than yours).... you just have to take time for yourself right now and focus on things that truly matter. Wish you the best.
 
Thanks for all the words of support, guys. It's really appreciated.

nyanko, it really was out of the blue. Two weeks ago he was saying that I was his world and that he'd be lost without me. Now he's saying he doesn't want to move and he wants to follow his own career "unencumbered." He now also thinks that relationships should not only be about love and common values but also about "advancing each other professionally"--and not in the "love and support you" way but in the "developing business contacts, etc" (I asked for clarification).

No chance of seeing family--they'll be in Atlanta. Have offers from friends to spend Christmas day with them but I think being around happy people would be so much worse than being alone.

For those of you who have been through this before--how do you begin to heal??? I feel so lost.
 
Sorry to hear alliecat. Boys suck 🙁

I find that keeping busy helps... I find hanging out with friends very theraputic... go for a walk, out for a coffee, go shopping or for brunch. Sitting around the house just makes it worse and tends to make me a little crazy.
 
alliecat44 said:
Thanks for all the words of support, guys. It's really appreciated.

nyanko, it really was out of the blue. Two weeks ago he was saying that I was his world and that he'd be lost without me. Now he's saying he doesn't want to move and he wants to follow his own career "unencumbered." He now also thinks that relationships should not only be about love and common values but also about "advancing each other professionally"--and not in the "love and support you" way but in the "developing business contacts, etc" (I asked for clarification).

No chance of seeing family--they'll be in Atlanta. Have offers from friends to spend Christmas day with them but I think being around happy people would be so much worse than being alone.

For those of you who have been through this before--how do you begin to heal??? I feel so lost.
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I will freely admit to not being an expert about this, but in my limited experience...if you haven't already, rid yourself of absolutely everything that could put you in contact with him. Delete him and block him from your Facebook, have the phone company block his number from your cell, and do not give in to the temptation to "check up" on him and see what he's doing or who he's with. A clean break is the absolute fastest and least torturous way to give yourself permission to start to heal. Don't allow him to come running back, because in my experience, he'll just break your heart again. You've got to convince yourself of your worth as a human being and not allow yourself to be treated like that by anyone.

Don't let yourself hang on to a little string of hope. That is far more painful than convincing yourself it's done and removing him from your life. That's not to say that removing someone from your life who's been there for over four years isn't painful; of course it is. But you can more quickly learn to fill the time that would be spent pining with other things. You may rediscover friends that you didn't get to spend a lot of time with while you were with him, or you might start up a hobby that you gave up because you didn't have enough time. You might find something brand new that you never knew you loved to do. Whatever you do, be kind and gentle with yourself. Allow yourself to feel pain, but at the same time know in your heart that you CAN stand on your own two feet and you WILL get through this. Treat yourself to some chocolate and wine.

Please keep us updated on how you're doing. We're all sending you good thoughts!
 
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For what its worth, I agree with EllieGirl. The best thing to do is a clean break, and think about it, you're about to leave wherever you are to go to a whole new place with new people and new things to do. Allow yourself to hurt and be sad because just plowing through it could be harder in the long run. You don't want someone who will throw 4.5 years away for a job, you deserve much better than that.

Be strong🙁 I'm sorry this happend around Christmas but you have a whole lot of people here who support you! Stay busy and take care of yourself!
 
Alliecat, I'm so sorry. It almost sounds like he was intimidated/unhappy by your own personal/profession success? Either way, I'm really sorry you have to be coping over the holidays 🙁

My own rant is that the registrar's office won't send out fall transcripts until Jan 3rd, 2011! "Because some professor are late with grades and we have to calculate the new GPAs..." ARGH. With these grades, I'll break over the 3.0 ledge (3.01) and I want schools to see that NOW. I guess I'll email them all (minus AVC who says its fine) to make sure it's okay. Frustrated 😡
 
I have to say I agree with Ellie. When it happened to me, it was the most difficult thing to do. Cut him out 100% from EVERYTHING-- to this day every now and again he will text me and try to play the "let's be friends" card. I don't do that for my own emotional well-being.

I went into personal overdrive after the break-up. Started running a lot, spending a ton of time taking my dogs to the dog park, baking, catching up with people that I realized I had somewhat pushed aside, hanging out with my sister, scrapbooking, landscaping my yard, knitting, volunteering, taking on more foster dogs than I think is healthy for any one individual.... I physically made myself exhausted every chance I could get so that the emotional/mental side of me couldn't take over.... you have to find something to be your release. I know also that I spent so many hours on the phone with family just ranting and crying. You have to let that happen, too.

I wish there was an easy fix.
 
Yep, EllieGirl is right. Ending a 5 year relationship a year ago was my decision, but just because of the time factor it was still really difficult for me to actually do and come to terms with. It really is best if you just sort of sever for now. And this is coming from the queen of remaining friends with exes - it always takes some time after to be able to talk to the person without feeling hurt and upset.

Find something else to lose yourself in, and I know it's tough but try not to think about it. But if you do think about it, let yourself react but don't let yourself ruminate. It seems screwed up and I know you probably want to analyze it (I always want to!) but it's really best not to in most cases.

And if you need to vent, make sure you have people who won't judge you that you can vent to.
 
Thanks for all of your words of support and advice. I really do appreciate it.

Yesterday and today have been hard. Really, really hard. I keep imagining my parallel universe with us having hot chocolate together, snuggling on the couch, opening gifts, laughing...the denial is slowly wearing off and the true grieving is beginning. I don't know how I'm going to face clients on our community practice rotation on Monday. I feel exhausted, but can't sleep. Just completely emotionally devastated.

A friend came over this morning and helped me open my christmas presents. It is a surreal and very sad feeling when every gift under the tree is for you.

sitting here alone with my thoughts and it's very, very hard. Can't even read news articles because I don't want to be reminded that it's Christmas. Can't watch movies or be around people because I don't want to be reminded of people who are happily paired off (like I was a mere eight days ago). It's crushing.
 
So sorry to hear, alliecat. Hugs!!!

I posted on this thread about three weeks ago about a growth on my hamster's cheek. Well, I took her to work with me this week and the Dr. did a FNA on the growth. Saw some potential neoplasia. She offered to send it out to the lab for further analysis. It would probably cost ~$50-60. I considered it, but then I made the rational decision to not send it out. I really do care about my hamster, but even if the cytology report did come back as cancer, what could I do about it? She only weighs 25 grams and freaks out super easy. She is afraid of everyone, even my boyfriend and me. I couldn't even imagine putting her through the stress of a mass removal. No way.She is doing great- exercising on her wheel, eating, drinking, begging for attention and sunflower seeds (even though she runs away when we try to hand her treats). Dr. will do research on VIN this weekend on abx for hammies. Dr. said we could try abx- if they work, great, if they don't, well, then we know what it is....🙁
 
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Hang in there, alliecat! I'm so sorry you are going through this, especially at this time of year. 🙁

I brought an awesome cat who is living at the hospital right now home with me for the weekend. She is fluffy and cuddly and an adorable old kitty who deserves lots of love, but I'm getting so allergic to her. I knew I couldn't keep her already bc my housemate won't let me, but it's really frustrating that it's hard to have her here for just a few days, even after allergy medicine. sniffle.
 
My shelter adopted out a 3 month old puppy, very shy and nervous (came from a shelter down south). Great family. They brought him home and he jumped two stories off their deck and got away. He was last seen on Wednesday, and we're supposed to get a foot and a half of snow tomorrow. To top it all off, I am getting over a stomach virus and can't go help the search 🙁 I hope the little boy is found safe and sound. His new family really loves him 🙁
 
OMG im sorry i'm so late with reading this. That is horrible alliecat! Merry Christmas 🙂 I hope you have some pets there with you at least! This is definitely something really hard to get through, but I know you can do it. Stay close with friends and keep being social, dont get bottled up and stay home alone every night! Hope you were able to have a decent holiday despite the situation 😍
 
My laptop is no longer functioning. The cat stepped on it. It froze, so I reset it. Black screen for 5 minutes... then it asks me what mode to restart it in... then sloooowly loads... and if I'm lucky enough to make it to my desktop, I can't do anything. If I click on something, it either doesn't work or the name bar starts hopping around my desktop.

My parents computer is ancient and super slow.

Most of my thesis stuff is on my jump drive and the computer will not recognize it!!! And the school databases have been down for the last 3 days so I can't do searches for journal articles.

Bah humbug.

I reeeeaaaaallly don't want to buy a new computer right now.
 
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My laptop is no longer functioning. The cat stepped on it. It froze, so I reset it. Black screen for 5 minutes... then it asks me what mode to restart it in... then sloooowly loads... and if I'm lucky enough to make it to my desktop, I can't do anything. If I click on something, it either doesn't work or the name bar starts hopping around my desktop.

My parents computer is ancient and super slow.

Most of my thesis stuff is on my jump drive and the computer will not recognize it!!! And the school databases have been down for the last 3 days so I can't do searches for journal articles.

Bah humbug.

I reeeeaaaaallly don't want to buy a new computer right now.
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Not cool!

Are you sure the cat hasn't turned on one of the F key functions?

Thomas F-7'd me during exams last year, and I thought he'd somehow managed to kill the mouse. Massive panic, $30 worth of wireless mouse and a Google search later, it turns out all I had to do was hit Fn+F7. 👎
 
I called my uncle, who is good with computers, and he walked me through fixing it. He thought it was a sticky key, but whenever a screen came up that said "press any key to cancel", it didn't cancel.

He thinks it's a virus. Right now, I'm downloading a program onto my external and seeing if I can load it on my laptop. If that doesn't work, I have to get up super early to get it repaired or to buy a new one.

It's going on 5 years old... mom told me she was going to buy me a new one when I graduate, but I'd feel guilty. She just bought me a new pair of glasses and spent a lot on me for Christmas. And I'm up to my neck in debt.

The debt I have now is reeeaaalllyyy stressing me out... and not knowing what I'm going to do next year is NOT helping. I just discovered that if I take a year off and work, I lose my health insurance because I am no longer a student. I saw the grand total of my eye appointment bill before insurance. It was not pretty.

I feel like crying now just thinking about it. Undergraduate debt, student loans, working while in school, and the amount of schooling required to get a job in the sciences was NEVER discussed when I was in highschool. If I would have known about all of this, I would have went and become a vet tech ($20 000 for 2 years). Now I'm $40 000 in debt and have NO idea what I'm going to become.

End rant.

That felt really good to get off my chest. A lot of you can probably relate.
 
Keeping my fingers crossed for you on the laptop front. :xf:

Is there any chance you could get insurance through work to avoid racking up more debt taking classes you don't particularly want to?

My rant of the day:

Last night, I woke up four times in the midst of rejection dreams. In one of them, I came home to find that I'd been rejected by six schools I hadn't even bothered applying to... and then I opened the door to find my cat dead in the entryway. (I'm guessing he factored in because if I have to go the Caribbean route, he won't pass through customs, and this kinda horrifies me. A lot.)

I hate the indecision. I hate not knowing where I am going to be next year, what I am going to be doing, or what is going to happen to Thomas (especially this). I want my rejections * now, darn it! 😉

(* Acceptances would be preferable, but I know I'm a long shot, and, either way... I just want to know.)
 
Very tiny annoying rant: University closed for Christmas break on the 24th and won't open again until the 4th. While I'm still missing two marks. Boo.

(And thanks to the 12 Days of Space-mas, I'm now minorly in love with Doctor Who. I've never really watched it until now. It's going to suck when I go back to university and lack cable again.)
 
Alliecat- so, so, sorry. What a really crappy thing to do at this time of year. The least he could have done, was make the trip out and had a face-to-face for crying out loud. Ugh.

I agree with a previous poster, as hard as it may be....be around other people as much as you can. No, it will not make you happy, but being all alone is no good. You need people you can vent to, that will keep you distracted and show you their love and support.

Here's a big HUG and so sad your heart has been broken. Unfortunately, there is no magic drug to take and make yourself feel better 🙁
 
Cautionary Tail said:
Is there any chance you could get insurance through work to avoid racking up more debt taking classes you don't particularly want to?
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The job market in my hometown is not promising. It's difficult to get a minimum wage job. Those jobs don't have insurance. I have a funny feeling that's what I'm going to have to do next year.

I wanted to get a job in the province that my school is in to gain residency, but I got yelled at. "How can you afford rent making $15 an hour AND pay off your student loan? Blah blah blah".

My mom is banking on me getting into vet school. The parents have gotten mad over all of my additional plans which have ranged from living with them or a relative and working, to going back to school. They want me to go to vet tech school, but they do not want me to go to a cheap university and take more pre-reqs. Why? I don't know. Vet tech school and vet school are the only things they are happy with me doing at the moment.

I think I need to speak to a career counselor or someone like that and see what my best options are for my situation.

I am an adult and I am in charge of my life... but it is sooo stressful having the people who raised me getting upset with me over every decision I have made. Some days, I just want to scream "BACK OFF. IT'S MY LIFE. THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO AND I'M GOING TO DO IT."

My laptop is currently at the shop until tomorrow... *sigh*

It's a good thing I have plans with my best friends today 😀

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All of this rage is making me kinda hungry. Hurray for massive amounts of Christmas sweets!
 
Yay for overbearing parental types!

I feel you there. Also feeling the overconfidence thing. "You are GOING to get in. You are MEANT to do this. Thou shalt not say otherwise." (Yeah, me and the other lucky 1600 that just got the big holiday 'thumbs down' from CSU... I appreciate the vote of confidence, but the reality is, there are so many more of us competing for slots than these schools can accommodate. Certain relatives do not seem to get this. At all. The next person who asks me why I applied to 'X' school when I am not psyched about living in that area for the next four years- as if I could just walk into my first choice's admissions department and demand a spot- will be sat on.) :meanie:

I think the career counselor sounds like a good plan. If you have a good shot at getting in, it seems to me that you could potentially save a substantial amount of money by gaining residency. I don't know much about how things work in Canada, because my hopes of getting into the Canadian school I was interested in were dashed by the fact that a couple of my early prereqs were taken as a part-timer, and they didn't approve of this. 😉

(I wanted to go to school in Toronto for undergrad, but allowed the parentals to discourage me and chose Nebraska instead... gargantuan mistake on my part. Again, yay for overbearing parental types, haha.)

Enjoy the carbs and the time out. I'm going to go play Santa to my friends' toddlers and drag them out sledding as soon as the blizzard ends. 👍 I shall make a concerted effort not to sit on them when they start talking about "next year, when you're in puppy doctor school"... they're just kids, they know not what they do... 😉
 
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If you have a good shot at getting in, it seems to me that you could potentially save a substantial amount of money by gaining residency.
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Not really. Same tuition for all Canadians, but some provinces have a better shot of getting in due to seat allocations. SH and I are from the province with a whopping 🙂rolleyes🙂 25% acceptance rate. The other provinces are much higher than that, so getting residency in a province with fewer applicants and more seats would raise SH's chances.
 
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Not really. Same tuition for all Canadians, but some provinces have a better shot of getting in due to seat allocations. SH and I are from the province with a whopping 🙂rolleyes🙂 25% acceptance rate. The other provinces are much higher than that.
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Boo on the tuition, but IMO, if you stand a good chance of getting in if you move... I'd be thinking about packing my bags. Heck, as an OOS-er without contracts, even that 25% acceptance rate sounds pretty darn promising right about now. 😉
 
Coquette22 said:
Not really. Same tuition for all Canadians, but some provinces have a better shot of getting in due to seat allocations. SH and I are from the province with a whopping 🙂rolleyes🙂 25% acceptance rate. The other provinces are much higher than that, so getting residency in a province with fewer applicants and more seats would raise SH's chances.
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Oh man, I would kill for a 25% acceptance rate. Most of the OOS schools in the US have a <1% acceptance rate (yes, I did the math). *sigh*
 
NStarz said:
Oh man, I would kill for a 25% acceptance rate. Most of the OOS schools in the US have a <1% acceptance rate (yes, I did the math). *sigh*
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Yikes. I just remembered a thread from last year where schools in the USA were listed at 33%-45% acceptance, but it didn't break it down by IS versus OOS.
 
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Yikes. I just remembered a thread from last year where schools in the USA were listed at 33%-45% acceptance, but it didn't break it down by IS versus OOS.
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Yeah. Although, I guess you guys in Canada are more limited with where you're allowed to apply, too. I'm applying to 14 schools to up my chances but I will be over $1400 out by the time just the central app is done 🙁
 
So... Christmas was good with the exception of some conversation at my SO's great-grandmother's house. The area here is VERY rural. My SO announced that I was going to vet school next fall. Some of the family began discussing how ridiculous it was that I would spend that much money on school (that didn't bother me) but.... some of the family started talking about their pets... I got to hear about how one relative got so mad at their dog they took it out back and shot it a few times- not to kill it... but as punishment.... someone else was telling me about how they got kicked off of a milking stand and started wailing on their cow with a 2x4.... I had to get up and leave. It was the most uncomfortable experience I have had in such a long time.

I don't understand how people can treat animals like that. I really really don't. Makes me sick.
 
Ranting again...

So, one of the schools I applied to sent out an e-mail last month regarding an admissions information portal. My spam box ate it (though, inexplicably, everything else from said school has made it through unscathed). I searched for said school's thread here on SDN today, found it, became aware of the login e-mail, retrieved it... and it appears that they didn't receive an evaluation from one of my evaluators. I'm certain that everything was listed as having been received when I submitted my application. Now? Not so much. This is not good.

I wasn't really anticipating acceptance, but to end up getting rejected over something so stupid... 👎
 
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So... Christmas was good with the exception of some conversation at my SO's great-grandmother's house. The area here is VERY rural. My SO announced that I was going to vet school next fall. Some of the family began discussing how ridiculous it was that I would spend that much money on school (that didn't bother me) but.... some of the family started talking about their pets... I got to hear about how one relative got so mad at their dog they took it out back and shot it a few times- not to kill it... but as punishment.... someone else was telling me about how they got kicked off of a milking stand and started wailing on their cow with a 2x4.... I had to get up and leave. It was the most uncomfortable experience I have had in such a long time.

I don't understand how people can treat animals like that. I really really don't. Makes me sick.
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Ugh.

I have a few relatives who like to share horror stories, too. Fortunately, most have accepted at this point that I do not want to hear about all the stray cats their dog was encouraged to maul back in the day or their drunken exploits with firearms.

I do not understand this mentality... nor do I understand how I could possibly share a substantial amount of genetic material with someone who does. 👎
 
Coquette22 said:
Yikes. I just remembered a thread from last year where schools in the USA were listed at 33%-45% acceptance, but it didn't break it down by IS versus OOS.
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Do you mean like, schools in general (all applicants) or any particular school?

UC Davis's in-state acceptance rate hovers around 25% as well (144/546 = 26.4% for class of 2014). Out of state/WICHE was about 2% for us.
 
If you find an animal with fight wounds, you WRITE A HEALTH REPORT and mail it to the investigator and our attending vet. You do not just TELL the investigator and separate out the "dominate" one. (Also, it's spelled SEVERE and not "sever", although I'm sure the tails WILL becomed severed because no one has looked at them!) :bang:

Also, like everyone else, I'm tired of waiting. Tell me now and be done with it. I hate myself for having this glitter-sized piece of hope for Iowa just because I haven't heard a no yet.
 
Red - I'm sorry for your pain and I empathize completely with your issues. My personal favorite is when I get four reports for overcrowding in a room but they 'overlook' two fully necrotic tails and a 1/2 dead animal in the same box. Hello!?!?! 😡

In other news I'm really sick of the whole vet school 'game'. I've pretty much concluded that no matter how many hoops I jump through it isn't going to matter. When I look back, all I can see is 10 years of my life and countless thousands of dollars right down the drain... :beat:
 
So I'm really late, but AllieCat, I hope things are looking up! I don't know what 4.5 years feels like, but I imagine it's not great. Just remember that there are people here for you.

My rant: I left for GA on the 20th. I received an email from Mizzou on the 21st that I they were missing a transcript from the community college that I took 3 dual credit classes from in high school. I've used the login maybe twice ever so I was really freaking out. Luckily it all worked out, but seriously, they sent the email the day I left the state telling me I should have it sent before I leave for break. Thanks 😕

ETA: I left out the biggest rant of all. My SO's parents had to put down one of their dogs just before Christmas due to kidney failure. She was in poor shape. It was really sad to arrive there and not see her. The worst part: it was his sister's dog and she was torn apart when she got there.
 
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.... some of the family started talking about their pets... I got to hear about how one relative got so mad at their dog they took it out back and shot it a few times- not to kill it... but as punishment.... someone else was telling me about how they got kicked off of a milking stand and started wailing on their cow with a 2x4.... I had to get up and leave. It was the most uncomfortable experience I have had in such a long time.

I don't understand how people can treat animals like that. I really really don't. Makes me sick.
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That is the one trepidation I have about food animal medicine. I want permission to beat the farmer with a 2 x 4 if I see any animal abuse!
 
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