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I moved back with my parents when I graduated from college at the end of May and am so over this now. Trying to find somewhere new, but it is so frustrating! Anywhere that seems halfway decent in this area with a commute that wouldn't drive me absolutely crazy is about 10000x more than what I can afford (well, not really, but it feels that way!).
couldn't help but notice you're in the metro DC area...i am too! like you, i moved in with my family after i graduated in may...i'm going CRAZY 😱 i tried to move out over the summer but rent was way too much in this area, even with roommates and being a vet assistant doesn't pay much. i totally know how you feel!
 
Just have to rant for a second about the people who come on here to post their interview invites and acceptances and then just peace out. No one cares about your success if you're not going to contribute to this here forum. I just had to do it now before schools actually start sending out invites and whatnot.
 
Trying to figure out exactly what I am going to do next year if I don't get accepted this year. 🙄

How many schools did you apply to? I know exactly the feelings you're having right now, as not getting an invite from Kstate seems like the end of the road. I have to remember there are five other schools out there. Are my chances as good there without an interview at KSU, probably not but they're better than zero.

That's about all the sunshine and daisies I have left though guys. I spent the day before work (night shift) in bed with terrible depression about not getting an interview. I know, lame right? Then, just as my mood is improving, I head out the door for work only to discover my car has been towed. 😱 I parked on the street this morning because I didn't have the pass to park in the lot. Well meaning fiancee moved the car to the lot as a surprise but didn't think about the pass that I had put in his truck. Well, I certainly was surprised!

The really terrible demon inside me says "At least you have the $300 to pay for the tow, since you won't have to buy a plane ticket to Kansas this year."
 
Just have to rant for a second about the people who come on here to post their interview invites and acceptances and then just peace out. No one cares about your success if you're not going to contribute to this here forum. I just had to do it now before schools actually start sending out invites and whatnot.

Too late, they're already here. The yearly invasion of "I got accepted at four schools and interviews at six others, and this is my first post!!" Is beginning.
 
I moved back with my parents when I graduated from college at the end of May and am so over this now.
Truth. Can't afford to move out....loans are too big to accrue more....

Everytime someone finds out I'm from NJ they go "WHERE'S YOUR ACCENT?!" and force me to pull out the jersey girl. It's even funnier when the bits of scottish accent slip out.
LOLZ I hope to hear your non-accent one day soon!

Something like..."I'm fixin'a wawk the dawg, ya'll."
teehee:laugh:teehee That makes me think of freshman year of undergrad when my one roommate from outside Philly came up and confessed how she was worried that me & my other roommate wouldn't like her cause we were from the mountains with our mountain accents😉

Trying to figure out exactly what I am going to do next year if I don't get accepted this year. 🙄
I came up with plans B-H. Then I ended up with plan A. Don't stress - it's too early for that 😉 Things will work themselves out - just trust in the universe 🙂

Just have to rant for a second about the people who come on here to post their interview invites and acceptances and then just peace out. No one cares about your success if you're not going to contribute to this here forum. I just had to do it now before schools actually start sending out invites and whatnot.
Worddddddd, CFC. Not a fan of this either. It's rude & lame.....😛

Mini-pseudo-rant: It's cold. Like freezing. I like when I can see my breath but there's frost outside......:scared: Increased possibility of falling as a result of pure klutziness: skyrocketed!😱
 
Oklahoma State lost its women's head basketball coach Kurt Budke and an assistant coach Miranda Serna in a plane crash 10 years and 10 months after a similar incident involving members of the men's basketball team. Westboro Baptist Church is planning on protesting at the school's memorial service on Monday, saying that Oklahoma is paying for its sins. Needless to say, I think they are the scum of the earth.
 
Oklahoma State lost its women's head basketball coach Kurt Budke and an assistant coach Miranda Serna in a plane crash 10 years and 10 months after a similar incident involving members of the men's basketball team. Westboro Baptist Church is planning on protesting at the school's memorial service on Monday, saying that Oklahoma is paying for its sins. Needless to say, I think they are the scum of the earth.

Ugh, those ****heads. They protested at the funerals/memorials of the VT shooting. I wanted to smack them all. However, the awesome thing was the actual Baptist ministry on campus organized a counter protest 🙂
 
couldn't help but notice you're in the metro DC area...i am too! like you, i moved in with my family after i graduated in may...i'm going CRAZY 😱 i tried to move out over the summer but rent was way too much in this area, even with roommates and being a vet assistant doesn't pay much. i totally know how you feel!

My $9.50/hr doesn't quite cut it around here haha. Ordinarily I wouldn't be opposed to a room in PG somewhere which I've seen for like less than $600, but that would double my commute time which I can't handle mentally at all. I really like my current commute and being able to have my cat and rabbit here and that it's saving me serious money. But, aghgh!! I can only take it so much longer!

So, rant part two: I hate traffic. Too bad I live in a region known just for that.
 
So tired of people trying to tell me what is best for me. Are you me?? Do you know what's best for me??

For the first time in 4 months, I am excited about a horse and the possibility of him being mine and all people can do is lecture me about how economically hazardous it would be to have a horse while in school.

Oh ok.
Well then, I won't have a horse in vet school. I'll just wait till I'm an intern (and hopefully..) a resident where I'll be making 34,000 a year......

Oh. You say that isn't a good time either?

Ok, I'll wait till I get a job and have to start paying off my school loans.....RIGHT....that isn't a good time to own a horse either.

Well, DAMN.

In 2035 when I have finally paid off my loans, MAYBE it'll be ok for me to get a horse? ok. Great. I'll wait 24 years for a horse. Thank you for your assistance. Don't know how I've made it this far without you.

😡😡😡
 
So tired of people trying to tell me what is best for me. Are you me?? Do you know what's best for me??

For the first time in 4 months, I am excited about a horse and the possibility of him being mine and all people can do is lecture me about how economically hazardous it would be to have a horse while in school.

In 2035 when I have finally paid off my loans, MAYBE it'll be ok for me to get a horse? ok. Great. I'll wait 24 years for a horse. Thank you for your assistance. Don't know how I've made it this far without you.

😡😡😡

🙁 Bummer heylodeb. Boo hiss to the haters/smartypants/negative nancies😡😛 Gosh, I mean, as a future vet, wouldn't we be the ideal ones to have animals in our care? grumblegrumblegrumble I really want a pet and I'm sure I'll cave (or whoever I live with will insist I get my own so I stop trying to borrow theirs!) in a few years. I always get the money argument (usually I carry on one-sided arguments with myself about it), but come on, I'm never gonna have money. Why not snag some pets along the way and at least be HAPPY rather than miserably destitute???:laugh:

You could always fundraise? I wanna hear more deets about your horse-you'd-like-to-be-yours cause I saw your post in the rave or rant thread. I'm genuinely curious (and jealous at the same time of people and all of their horse-goodness)😀
 
I've been in this rut and I just can't seem to get myself out of it. Have a feeling it's a new manifestation of SADD, and it's freaking annoying. Seriously, every time I set foot on campus, I start stewing this sense of rage, and I'm like really pissed off by the end of the day. Like, I just do NOT want to be there. Thing is, I don't really even have a reason to be pissed. That's the annoying part.

I've had seasonal affect for like the last 7 years or so, and usually it just makes me extra sleepy (like, 12-14 hrs/day sleep) but I'm happy as a clam while awake. And that I've learned to cope with just fine... but this recent anger towards school is not helping at all. ugh.
 
I'm also part of the living with my parents is driving me crazy club.

In addition, my best friend is driving me crazy. She broke up with her boyfriend about two months ago and he seems to be moving on. However, they were dating for a year, but fought and had mini break-ups constantly, but she thought that they would always be together even though she always complained about how he would make mean comments towards her and wasn't supportive enough at times. I can understand though why she's upset even though I don't think anyone else, including him, thought they were right for each other long-term.

However, she's one of those people thats pretty much always been in a relationship, and I, on the other hand, have never had a boyfriend. It does bother me sometimes, but most of the time it doesn't because I'm only 20 and I know that I have had rather limited social oppurtunities compared to other people my age and I don't think that now is the best time for one. For example, in high school and freshmen year of college I could only go to class and practice because I didn't have a car and I live 45 minutes from my college. I also still live at home and my parents, more specifically my mother, think I should study constantly and try to guilt trip me about taking a night off to do something with my friends. She has gotten better about it though then she was, but if I had a boyfriend, I would have no time at all for my friends outside of practice.

It has been bothering me lately though because I have been constantly having to hear about how my friend thinks she's worthless because she doesn't have a boyfriend and how her life sucks because of that and the fact that she doesn't like her major anymore and she is already a junior (she decided this about the same time they broke up permanently). I also have to hear about how its never taken her so long to find another boyfriend and how there must be something wrong with her for it to be taking this long. I can definately see why she's unhappy, and I'm really trying to be supportive, but its driving me nuts.
 
Just have to rant for a second about the people who come on here to post their interview invites and acceptances and then just peace out. No one cares about your success if you're not going to contribute to this here forum. I just had to do it now before schools actually start sending out invites and whatnot.


👍

Took the words right out of my mouth!
 
I'm a little on the other side of the fence here....what does it hurt if they post? It helps other who are waiting for info from those schools to know that things are moving or have stopped moving....If they only have 1-3 posts I just don't congratulate or get excited for them. 🙄
 
I'm a little on the other side of the fence here....what does it hurt if they post? It helps other who are waiting for info from those schools to know that things are moving or have stopped moving....If they only have 1-3 posts I just don't congratulate or get excited for them. 🙄

I know what you are saying, but it just seems like gratuitous self-promotion. And it's hard to be excited for someone who shows up out of nowhere and is like, "Look at me! You don't know me, and I don't contribute here, but validate my accomplishments!"

Nothing to do about it, just a random rant. I can go with the boring standby about how I hate cold weather with every fiber of my being, too.
 
I know what you are saying, but it just seems like gratuitous self-promotion. And it's hard to be excited for someone who shows up out of nowhere and is like, "Look at me! You don't know me, and I don't contribute here, but validate my accomplishments!"

Nothing to do about it, just a random rant. I can go with the boring standby about how I hate cold weather with every fiber of my being, too.
👍 Agree on both accounts. I must be crazy that I want to move further north when I was already so blessed with cold, snow, ice etc in my current location. Should've listened to the old proverb and gone west!
 
It stinks trying to wait patiently when others are posting acceptances and you are still waiting to hear! I've come to terms with it though 🙂. We'll all hear back eventually, all we can do is wait and hope for the best. All the acceptances and interview invites don't help the waiting process though.

My rant: I hit a deer and totaled my car 2 nights ago. Last night I took my mom's van to work and backed into the doctor's big truck. This vet already hates my guts! I managed to break the drivers side rear lights and dented in the trunk door of my mom's vehicle, but luckily I just messed up the vet's hitch.

On a positive note tonight is my last night at that clinic. Sooooooooooooooooooooo happy to be done after tonight.
 
Hi everyone! I'm sure this isn't the appropriate thread to this in, but I decided I would come out from the shadows and introduce myself. The reason? I don't want to be one of those despised individuals that post about interviews/acceptances and then peace out (assuming that I am so lucky)! I applied to four schools, and this is my first application cycle.
 
Hi everyone! I'm sure this isn't the appropriate thread to this in, but I decided I would come out from the shadows and introduce myself. The reason? I don't want to be one of those despised individuals that post about interviews/acceptances and then peace out (assuming that I am so lucky)! I applied to four schools, and this is my first application cycle.
:hello:
 
Hi everyone! I'm sure this isn't the appropriate thread to this in, but I decided I would come out from the shadows and introduce myself. The reason? I don't want to be one of those despised individuals that post about interviews/acceptances and then peace out (assuming that I am so lucky)! I applied to four schools, and this is my first application cycle.

:welcome: Post wherever you'd like 🙂
 
Hi everyone! I'm sure this isn't the appropriate thread to this in, but I decided I would come out from the shadows and introduce myself. The reason? I don't want to be one of those despised individuals that post about interviews/acceptances and then peace out (assuming that I am so lucky)! I applied to four schools, and this is my first application cycle.

Greetings thealohaspirit! I will most definitely be happy to celebrate in your accomplishments. I'm really not that bitter about the whole issue, it's just nice to get members on the site who can contribute to all of our wholesome shenanigans.

Now was that so hard? We do have a thread for introductions somewhere....

My rant today is that this Starbucks is way too populated with college students. Why is it that the second you graduate students become so annoying...?
 
The result of Sunday night football. 😡🙁😡
 
My rant today is that this Starbucks is way too populated with college students. Why is it that the second you graduate students become so annoying...?

🤣 I've been frequenting my undergrad institution most weekends now (for multiple reasons, but there's ALWAYS a common thread...🙂). I laugh privately about the perils of undergrad.....and then I laugh at myself that I'm turning into one of those grads that never leaves 😉

Almost ranted about Starbucks yesterday (what's the point of a drive thru if I could have gotten what I wanted quicker by parking and going in) but then I got a free beverage for the wait :biglove: and bonus: used a gift card from my birthday so now I have + monies 😀
 
I laugh privately about the perils of undergrad.....and then I laugh at myself that I'm turning into one of those grads that never leaves 😉

This is soooo me... I can't seem to stay out of school. I just keep... crawling... back!!! After I graduated from undergrad, I only lasted like 4 months before enrolling in graduate school, lol.

Piggybacking on the starbucks/college kids rant, I officially 😡 HATE 😡 going to most bars now because there are so many young ******bags and skanks... Grrr at 27, I'm getting old and bitter!!!
 
Piggybacking on the starbucks/college kids rant, I officially 😡 HATE 😡 going to most bars now because there are so many young ******bags and skanks... Grrr at 27, I'm getting old and bitter!!!

^ Truth: I've been old and mature-minded since I was born. I only got bitter in the last 10 years. And my inner optimist hopes to change that 😉 The only thing that I could possibly rant about this week is work (have a 4 day one but still......) and it's income so, I cease complaining. I could always be unemployed....or struggling through vet school......or be a vet school drop-out & unemployed (which would have been incredibly likely in an alternate universe):laugh:
 
Took my cat to the vet today for a rabies vaccine, and came out with an estimate for surgery; she found a lump between his shoulder blades. I'm going to watch it for a few weeks, hoping it goes down. I'm also peeved that I missed it because I just don't pet my cat regularly (he bites me if I try - he gets annoyed very easily, and yet he loves me and will lay with me on the couch... wtf?). I guess that's a lesson to me to pet him whether he likes it or not!
 
So much work to do in the next few weeks and all I want to do is eat some yummy T-day food and chill out. My grad advisor has been going insane the last few weeks writing a grant, even making me come in all day Sunday to edit it for her, when I should be spending my time 1) finishing the edits for my own paper, 2) working on my WI supplemental application, 3) preparing for a thesis committee meeting, and 4) convincing my committee members to let me graduate in May... my grad advisor wants me to wait until the end of August... she thinks I can literally graduate on a Friday and start vet school classes the following Monday... seriously... I think I'm going to need a few weeks to recover from finishing a PhD before I start vet school classes!
 
Sidney Crosby is playing his first game in almost a year tonight, and the Penguins game is BLACKED OUT here. I live in PA. Why do they think I'd rather watch the Bruins/Canadiens than the freaking Penguins!?!
 
I think I'm going to need a few weeks to recover from finishing a PhD before I start vet school classes!

You will. I moved to Philadelphia the weekend before my dissertation defense which was exactly one month before vet school started. You'll need time to make any edits required to your dissertation and submit all the appropriate forms/do all the exit interviews etc required by your committee and your school, not to mention any moving/packing/unpacking you need to do. My dissertation defense was July28th, I could have pushed it back later, but I'm definitely glad I didn't because I was still working on edits once school started (thank you Penn for exempting me from Biochem! that freed up a lot of my time to finish up that work) and my apartment was not fully unpacked until winter break.

I was lucky in that I got an acceptance to Penn early, so I knew I was leaving and could push them to let me set my date when I wanted...that being said, is your dissertation written? Because you will need much more time than you think you need to write it.
 
This is soooo me... I can't seem to stay out of school. I just keep... crawling... back!!! After I graduated from undergrad, I only lasted like 4 months before enrolling in graduate school, lol.

Piggybacking on the starbucks/college kids rant, I officially 😡 HATE 😡 going to most bars now because there are so many young ******bags and skanks... Grrr at 27, I'm getting old and bitter!!!


hmmm... you think you feel old! I am 30 yrs old in a class of all 18 yr old Irish kids going to uni for the first time - talk about an interesting experience. I am ancient compared to them and a hell of a lot more mature. :laugh:
 
Things I didn't expect with this year's app cycle: Depression. Last year I was able to let it roll off when I didn't get interviews because I had KSU. This year, no KSU, no Mizzou and I'm having trouble getting up in the mornings, I'm tetchy with my boyfriend and I'm constantly walking a line between having a fine time and crying my eyes out.

I did so much to improve my app this year, but I've got no interviews to show for it. 🙁

PS, I know, I'm a whiny pain in your butts/ woman up and deal but this is the rant thread for a reason, and this is what's bothering me.
 
Sidney Crosby is playing his first game in almost a year tonight, and the Penguins game is BLACKED OUT here. I live in PA. Why do they think I'd rather watch the Bruins/Canadiens than the freaking Penguins!?!

OMG I am a HUGE penguins fan!!! I'm in NY, so I didn't get to see the game, but I saw the highlight online - Sid scores his first goal since coming back on his FIRST SHOT!!!! Only sid could pull something like this off.... WOOT!! 👍👍👍
 
Things I didn't expect with this year's app cycle: Depression. Last year I was able to let it roll off when I didn't get interviews because I had KSU. This year, no KSU, no Mizzou and I'm having trouble getting up in the mornings, I'm tetchy with my boyfriend and I'm constantly walking a line between having a fine time and crying my eyes out.

I did so much to improve my app this year, but I've got no interviews to show for it. 🙁

PS, I know, I'm a whiny pain in your butts/ woman up and deal but this is the rant thread for a reason, and this is what's bothering me.


I heard from Kansas Dec 3rd last year. Didnt hear from another school until January. I know its hard watching the other threads explode, but remember, ITS STILL EARLY. Seriously- deep breath. Believe me, I remember how tough it is to wait, especially once your schools have started, but the game is just getting started. Hang in there, do something relaxing and something for you where you can just forget about all this for a bit. I can't count the number of hours I spent with the dog out in the woods without the phone just trying to leave it all behind me
 
Well, this day escalated into my typical kind of Monday as of late+pissed+:bang:. Many someones insisted on raining on my parade and finally the weather just gave in, following suit.

I'm trying to find a big enough rock to crawl under....at least it's finally Tuesday. (Maybe I need to stop having such good weekends if my life is going to crash on Monday. Migraines 😛)
 
So freaking sleepy. Two more exams and two more days before driving home. I hate finals!!!
 
You will. I moved to Philadelphia the weekend before my dissertation defense which was exactly one month before vet school started. You'll need time to make any edits required to your dissertation and submit all the appropriate forms/do all the exit interviews etc required by your committee and your school, not to mention any moving/packing/unpacking you need to do. My dissertation defense was July28th, I could have pushed it back later, but I'm definitely glad I didn't because I was still working on edits once school started (thank you Penn for exempting me from Biochem! that freed up a lot of my time to finish up that work) and my apartment was not fully unpacked until winter break.

I was lucky in that I got an acceptance to Penn early, so I knew I was leaving and could push them to let me set my date when I wanted...that being said, is your dissertation written? Because you will need much more time than you think you need to write it.


It's driving me nuts that my advisor seriously thinks I only need a weekend to recover! But I am currently working on getting the rest of my committee members to agree with me and so far they seem to think May is fine, especially since I told them that I could stay for a month or so after I graduate to do edits/etc.

I am hoping that I won't have to move, since I am currently at UW-Madison and hoping to stay there for vet school.... but there is always that chance I (and my significant other) will have to move, which is going to take several weeks for us to find an apartment, get my SO a job, move, etc and I don't want to feel rushed.

I luckily have 2 of the 6 chapter completely done already and 2 others partially done, so I think I should be able to finish it by May.
 
I luckily have 2 of the 6 chapter completely done already and 2 others partially done, so I think I should be able to finish it by May.

You should be good, just stay on top of it and get the figures done ASAP. I basically already had my dissertation written when I got my Penn acceptance in January but it took sooooo long to edit figures perfectly and tweak things my PI wanted that I was pulling all nighters in the lab for the 2-3 days before handing my dissertation to my committee...which had to be done in mid-June for the July defense. Good luck this application cycle! Vet school is a whole 'nother world from grad school 🙂

as for my rant: i have officially been up for 48 hours (ok I took a 2 hr nap sometime between hrs 30-32) studying for first my parasitology written exam (yesterday) and now my parasitology practical (today). I'm soooo done with studying!! My back is killing me from sitting at my computer. My skin is freaking out (hello skin, you're 29, you're supposed to have yourself under control by now), I'm surrounded by piles of papers and water bottles, coffee mugs, soda cans..basically i've been consuming caffeine like a fiend trying to stay awake. I broke a nail. and instead of cramming info into my brain in the last 2 hours before I do this lab practical thing I'm on SDN and facebook and checking my email and dammit I'm just DONE. ....just 4 more hours and I'll be on Thanksgiving break. It really cannot come fast enough.
 
hmmm... you think you feel old! I am 30 yrs old in a class of all 18 yr old Irish kids going to uni for the first time - talk about an interesting experience. I am ancient compared to them and a hell of a lot more mature. :laugh:

Yah- I applied to UCD so if I get the opportunity to go to vet school, I'll be "happy" to *GULP* work with all the young'uns... lol
 
Yah- I applied to UCD so if I get the opportunity to go to vet school, I'll be "happy" to *GULP* work with all the young'uns... lol

Well you would be in the grad class, so you wouldn't have to deal with any of them until your 2nd year (which is their 3rd year). 🙂 So rest easy!
 
Just got my first official billing statement for my undergrad loans. I don't actually have to start paying until January, but I still want to cry. Bye bye what little money I currently have.
 
My horse had his snow shoes put on yesterday, which I understood involved adding a rubber pad to eject snow. I was NOT informed that there would be small studs in all 4 shoes. I am against studs because I have seen way too many horses rip their legs up.

Guess what my horse did? 😡 I came out for the first time since Wednesday, as I was out of town, to find a MASSIVE, deep gash in one of his rear legs. Said horse will be out of commission for at least 2 weeks on this one. And I am really worried about infection because of the placement, and I haven't got any more antibiotics, and I don't know the barn's vet yet, and my horse is going to have a hissy fit if he has to stay inside while other horses go out.

:bang:
 
Ick- I hate the borium studs.

I always just had my farrier use shoes with screw in holes for studs, and if I needed them, I'd just put them in myself and take them out when I was done. My horse would clip himself on a good day- no way did I want sharp little razor blades on his shoes to help him out with that 🙁

Good luck with your pony and quick healing!
 
Just got my first official billing statement for my undergrad loans. I don't actually have to start paying until January, but I still want to cry. Bye bye what little money I currently have.

This sucks. My grace period technically ended 3 days ago. I am trying to get most of my loans deferred cause I'm broke and have only a PT job not in my field.... but I can't make the $40,000 one go away. Gonna chip away at the interest that's been building for the past 4 years....(close to $10,000......) I will not cry, I will not cry, I will not cry.....🙁
 
I hate winter. And it's not even winter yet. 😡 Snow! And it's that really stupid fine snow that's impossible to get any traction in. Hopefully it warms up and melts.
 
This sucks. My grace period technically ended 3 days ago. I am trying to get most of my loans deferred cause I'm broke and have only a PT job not in my field.... but I can't make the $40,000 one go away. Gonna chip away at the interest that's been building for the past 4 years....(close to $10,000......) I will not cry, I will not cry, I will not cry.....🙁

I only have a PT job as well...I think I'm going to try to get the one to switched to income-based since I want to have at least a little money going into vet school (assuming I get in this round), but at the same time, I want to try to pay at least some of my loans off before they get worse.
 
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