Yeah, I think they rebranded it as cytopoint once it hit the market.
As someone who begrudgingly picked their IS over their "dream" school, I have to say three years later I am as happy as a vet student could be 🙂. Every school is going to allow you to graduate with a great education as well.
Actually, my parents initially wanted me to live with them in College Station, and I did put my foot down for that. This is them "compromising." I'm going to try talking with them again, maybe I'll talk sense into them.
Yes, you make a great point! My dream is to be a vet, and at the end of the day, I'll only have to deal with vet school for 4 years.
Another vote for IS. It's just 4 years, you can do it, and then you can move far far away if you'd like. Maybe even tell your parents that you are an adult and you see vet school as the start of your adult life and that means not being under their constant watch, and that you are even considering going to RVC just so they won't follow you. Maybe that will help them see how serious you are. Let them know you will go to A&M, but they can't follow you there.
Don't worry, I thought the same thing! You actually need to be a citizen AND be a resident for 5 years before you can get the UK resident tuition. It's a little bit more complicated than that, but that's the gist of it it, basically.
Also another dumb question - but I thought A&M can't accept international students due to legal issues? Are you a dual citizen?
Yup, I'm a dual citizen! I was naturalized back in 2012, but I've lived in Texas for a good chunk of my life. The citizenship process in the US just takes a while. The school system in the US works so that as long as you have a visa, and have permanent residency, you can still attend an IS school and still get IS tuition.
That's nice! I remember being a little bit shocked that it was somehow legally impossible for international students to apply to A&M. Do you visit the UK often??
For a second I thought you meant that Baylor officially gave you training on how to be more conservative. I was thinking that's the LAST thing Baylor needs- for people to be even more conservative.
LOL I mean I had to take two mandatory semesters of chapel, so I suppose that counts as trainingFor a second I thought you meant that Baylor officially gave you training on how to be more conservative. I was thinking that's the LAST thing Baylor needs- for people to be even more conservative.
Basically hahaha. My best friend goes to ACU and has chapel every semester. Nope nope nope.
I thought two semesters was bad, but every semester?? We had chapel monitors that made sure we weren't taking naps or doing homework. Was a fairly awkward experience for me because I'm not religious at all and actually have had no experience with Christianity prior to Baylor.
Oh that's rough. I went to OkState for undergrad and while we didn't have religious/ conservative training, we all had farm training- even the pre meds.
I've visited England a few times since, but plane tickets are so expensive that it's not a very realistic vacation lol I'll admit that it's partly why I idolize RVC so much!
Welcome to the Bible Belt!
I had no idea Oral Roberts even existed until I attended a biology research convention and they had TONS of students doing presentations. It was pretty surprising. @epivetlove They actually have some interesting research going on.
What in the world is leisure science????
There's also a giant statue of praying hands on their campus, it's pretty weird. My high school graduation was in the arena on ORU's campus. I think I know maybe two people that went to ORU, but I don't really talk to them anymore...
According to Wikipedia "Leisure studies is a branch of the social sciences that focuses on understanding and analyzing leisure. Recreation and tourism are common topics of leisure research.
I think well over half the HBC dogs I see are run over by their owners, and I can't even imagine the guilt. I feel bad when I step on my cats' freaking paw, ha.
I was thinking this. Was wanting an honorary degree too.
I was thinking this. Was wanting an honorary degree too.
I'm just hoping Leisure Suits aren't required.
One of the doctors I worked with in the past ran over his own dog. He was coming home and his jerk/super dominant gsd body checked his australian shepherd under the back tire. Crushed his pelvis, but didn't kill him. He tried to fix him himself, but during surgery number 3 he degloved and called his wife. The dog didn't wake up from that surgery. A few months later a client had a similar situation. They came in and he referred them out because he knew he couldn't fix their dog either. The specialists recommended euthanasia. The doctor I worked with felt somewhat vindicated knowing a specialist couldn't fix it either, and our client felt slightly better knowing it happens to other people too.
I don't know what the pay schedule's supposed to be, actually. I'm a caregiver and I'm paid with government grant money. I submit my timesheets online whenever I want (but it took forever for them to set up my access to the timesheets, and now it's supposedly going to take forever to get my first check). I was warned that they're notorious for being really slow, but damn, I didn't expect to not see any moneys until mid-March. 🙁
How did I forget about Oral Roberts??? Ohhh man. I had a classmate go to ORU and she transferred as soon as possible. She's got some pretty amazing stories though.
Those are the things that stick with you hard. When I was a kid, my 12y/o lab/ golden mix with arthritis got out of the fence because the electric company left the gate unlatched. We were walking around looking for her, and we found her across a relatively busy street. Me, being the excited ~7 year old year old I was, I shouted out "look momma! There's Star!" Mom was trying to get Dad to move the car so we could grab her. Star looked up, was excited to see us/ hear me, and came hobbling across the street when she was hit by a car <20 feet away from me. Car was going ~35 mph. That's one image, and one sound I'll never ever be able to get out of my head, this many years later. I'm really sympathetic about HBCs, I can't imagine how I'd feel if that happened because of me.
