Hey wait where are you hiding from tornadoes? I'm in hide from tornado land. Now I'm just being nosy.
lol ours go off every Monday. This year hasn't been so bad but last year we have 3 in 1 day. Eastern CO/KS border, closeish to OK and TX panhandle
Breakups are hard to begin with, and when it's on this level, I think the people not directly involved still give themselves too much leeway in how important their feelings are. I hope that things improve with some time on their parts. ❤️
But raw milk is natural! The government just is hiding the cancer curing secrets of raw food, even for people! /s
Wow, I've lived here for 2 months and never noticed that it was weekly
wild
I remember this from all my times applying....it felt like the essays would never end
I'm only applying to 7 schools and two don't have supplemental apps, I can't imagine doing more because it has taken me since June to get all the essays done (working on my last 2 today!)
Just got done with 1 more...2 more to go! My brain feels like its gonna explode with all these supplementals, but I needed that sweet fee waiver and there really isn't that much left 😢 Just gets tiring after a while. Though, I don't feel as horrible about my two essays when I peek into some premed forums. I'm shook that med school applicants have to write an upwards of 50 essays? It sounds like they have multiple "primary" and "secondary" essays to do for each school. Insane.
It’ll get better. You’re still in the adjustment period, and it’s really tough! There’s so much being thrown at you and it can feel crazy overwhelming. Give yourself some grace and time to get used to it. It’ll be okay.
I FELT this, I applied to 13 this past cycle, so many pages of essays 😱
I’ve been here over a year and just learned it was weekly from this forum, lol!Wow, I've lived here for 2 months and never noticed that it was weekly
Me on July 31st: oh, must be the first Wednesday of the month!
Sorry for the late reply. Yeah rural Ohio can be eh same with the rest of the midwest. I think Arizona would be a pretty solid choice. It tends to be more left leaning and there’s a general feeling of to each their own in rural places but safety is never a guarantee for trans folks unfortunately - especially with the upcoming election. Kansas for me personally was a no go, I think it’s similar to the general south eastern area in that it can get quite sketchy quite fast outside city limits. It’s not in the worst geographic location with its proximity to CO but still I would worry about what could happen after the November election. Of course these are just my opinions and I have not been to the schools in Kansas nor in Arizona so take my advice with a grain of salt. Best of luck, I hope wherever you land you feel safe to be yourself!
I think november will be a big time for the decisions regarding vet schools for me!
It's in the hands of our Quaker (UPenn) brethren
I also recently got my first complaint submitted, so if you need commiseration, I'm here. My understanding is the majority of complaints don't go anywhere, but still sucks
Did I have a stroke? Or I am really behind the times.
The mixed clinic my friend works for doesn’t even accept credit cards, they’re cash or check only. It’s crazy. The owner claims it’s because he’s trying to save people money so he doesn’t have to raise prices 3% or whatever to cover cc processing fees, but seems to me like he’s just stuck in the past. All the other vets in the area do accept cards though. But I had to get a checkbook again when I moved back here after years of not having one because checks are still commonplace for services. It’s a whole different world for sure.
I was just thinking of how balancing a check book is basically just budgeting now 🤣
The other clinic in town is that same way. I don't get it. The owner of that clinic is definitely older. They finally got email with their new associate so that was nice 😂
No, you cannot win. Truly. I’m still emotionally recovering from the 3 years of Florida ER. You bend over backwards for a client, only for them to blame you for everything that has ever gone wrong in the world. Left that position with 6 lawsuits under my belt, somehow no actual board complaints…probably because every single case got tossed in the end. No matter how baseless, a board complaint or lawsuit still feels absolutely terrible. Hell, I don’t have clients anymore but I still chart my records with direct quotes from keepers.
I’d be interested in hearing more about this. I’ve been out of the admissions loop for a while now, but it sounds like MSU has dramatically changed their admissions approach in the last 10 years. I keep seeing it mentioned in various posts as a ‘holistic’ school. 10 years ago, it was arguably one of the more academically-focused admissions processes out there. have they changed the curriculum as well? Is the attrition rate higher?
Curriculum changed in 2019 to a systems based approach. Our classes for each system are anywhere from 2-3 weeks for the first year and 3-4 weeks for the second year. I don’t think the curriculum is overall the issue, but a change right as Covid happened didn’t help.
Multiple of us got a complaint with this case even. I got an extension because of baby vacay and adoption proceedings. But still only an extra two weeks. Was not a fan of getting this notice 🙄
Interesting, that's very different from how it was 10 years ago. A first pass rate of 50% (or less) is pretty bad...like, it might warrant a visit from the AVMA, unless enough students are passing on their second try in April to allow the school to squeak by with that 80% minimum pass rate for the class. I think overall, pass rates are dropping for multiple schools though, not just MSU. I've known several rotating interns who had to leave our program a few weeks in after getting their failing score from the April NAVLE, and am hearing more and more anecdotes about individuals on their 3rd, 4th, 5th, try. Knew someone who finally passed after his 6th try, although in that case, that was no one's fault but his own...
I’ve talked to some more upperclassmen and they are in agreement that COVID didn’t help and that people just aren’t studying for the NAVLE.
I hated COVID-times just as much as anyone, but not sure how it plays a role in failing a test that you study for on your own time. Maybe someone can enlighten me.
Especially this far out.
For MSU, the Covid years for 2024 were their first two years of schooling. So they learned everything online, no labs, no in person. The first time they came back was for junior surgery. So they never developed study skills really
Ehhh...COVID had nothing to do with that. Hopefully the next class will get it together and actually prep. The only class that I can understand having issues with in a pandemic would be anatomy lab. Any lecture-style class can be done fully online - that's why you only see some of your classmates on exam days and they do just fine.
This was me too when my family dog's time finally came, she didn't live with me but omg was I more of a mess than I realized for a while. For like the first 2-3 weeks after I just would randomly burst into tears, someone would look at me wrong and I'd fall apart, and then for months after if I even thought about her or something came up that reminded me of her I'd start crying like a knee jerk reaction. Just wanted to say you are not alone and I completely understand those feelings. It was so hard to say goodbye and come to terms with never seeing them again. ♥️ Sending you lots of love and I'm so sorry.
Thank you ❤️ sorry to hear about your dog. No matter how much preparation there is before it’s still so hard when it happens
I’m nonbinary and bisexual. I live in Florida, where much of the anti-lgbt legislation is originating. UF and Gainesville are a very blue area, isolated from much of the conservative policies. A lot of polling information in the state regardless is suggesting a massive swing away from trumpism and republicans as whole. In many major cities like tampa and jacksonville, republicans are losing seats across the board. Most of the moms for liberty group (the main pushers of harmful stereotypes that gays groom children) lost their seats across the state.
To be fair I’d rather endure another hurricane than face physics ever again. I also have power/AC again so yay!
