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battie said:
It was TT, not TAMU.

If the school wouldn't get provisional accreditation with its first class, sure. Those people are correct. But that has never happened to a US based school in recent history.
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TT! yes, thank you!

i don’t understand why this topic around accreditation just sets people off. LORA, then provisional, then full or probational after NAVLE. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Now I feel like I need to make a follow-up video explaining accreditation so I don’t get smited again (after spending the weekend researching the ins and outs of accreditation lol)
 
vampyrica said:
TT! yes, thank you!

i don’t understand why this topic around accreditation just sets people off. LORA, then provisional, then full or probational after NAVLE. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Now I feel like I need to make a follow-up video explaining accreditation so I don’t get smited again (after spending the weekend researching the ins and outs of accreditation lol)
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The AVMA actually states that Provisional accreditation may be granted on the date acceptance offers are mailed from a school which has been issued the LORA. I don't know how often it happens on that date though. Maybe someone else does.
 
mw26 said:
The AVMA actually states that Provisional accreditation may be granted on the date acceptance offers are mailed from a school which has been issued the LORA. I don't know how often it happens on that date though. Maybe someone else does.
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oooh! can you send the link to read that please? i want to be as well informed as i can be on this topic
 
vampyrica said:
TT! yes, thank you!

i don’t understand why this topic around accreditation just sets people off. LORA, then provisional, then full or probational after NAVLE. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Now I feel like I need to make a follow-up video explaining accreditation so I don’t get smited again (after spending the weekend researching the ins and outs of accreditation lol)
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I think the issue is posting it on tiktok. Pretty convinced people get paid to argue on that platform 😂
 
I hate my physics class SO. FREAKING. MUCH. It's only of the only pre-reqs I still needed for vet school and I'm just having a miserable time. It's mainly that the professor doesn't teach well and expects us to learn 40% of the material ourselves (without providing resources like notes, the textbook, etc) to help us do so. We have the midterm this week and I'm really stressed that I'm going to fail. I know I only need a C to use it for vet school, but if I don't get in this year then it'll bring down my GPA for next year's cycle.
 
apoptosis09 said:
I think the issue is posting it on tiktok. Pretty convinced people get paid to argue on that platform 😂
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We actually know that the majority of profiles on social media sites are actually fake now. So it's even a case that these are bots arguing with mostly other bots and some real people too to get the clicks for money churning engagement
 
miriam1216 said:
I hate my physics class SO. FREAKING. MUCH. It's only of the only pre-reqs I still needed for vet school and I'm just having a miserable time. It's mainly that the professor doesn't teach well and expects us to learn 40% of the material ourselves (without providing resources like notes, the textbook, etc) to help us do so. We have the midterm this week and I'm really stressed that I'm going to fail. I know I only need a C to use it for vet school, but if I don't get in this year then it'll bring down my GPA for next year's cycle.
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I hated my physics class too and didn't learn very well from my professor either. Luckily my partner is a mechanical engineer so he was able to help me literally every day with physics until it finally started to click. If you aren't already going to tutoring and other supplementals I would recommend it bc it helped me so much
 
vampyrica said:
now im embarassed
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Actually someone else’s video about the topic came on first and I wondered if the first person was you or not, but then later your actual video came on. I was only able to tell it was yours from the content of the comments. I like your voice.
 
There is a particular neutraceutical company I despise that I have to work with via a club at school. And when I brought up concerns about them I was told I needed to be “open minded”. 😡

That is all.
 
pp9 said:
If I keep your video on a loop, will that help?!
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hahaha, i think it boosts it to the algorithm as increased watch-time so maybe! but you dont have to, i cant stand my voice 90% of the time. i edit the video, post it and when i respond to comments, i keep it on mute 😭😭
 
JaynaAli said:
Actually someone else’s video about the topic came on first and I wondered if the first person was you or not, but then later your actual video came on. I was only able to tell it was yours from the content of the comments. I like your voice.
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that’s the nicest compliment i could ever receive, thank you !! yeah the comments were 99% solid and i ofc welcome people to correct me if i’m wrong. but the dms i got? man. ouch.
 
vampyrica said:
that’s the nicest compliment i could ever receive, thank you !! yeah the comments were 99% solid and i ofc welcome people to correct me if i’m wrong. but the dms i got? man. ouch.
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Oh dude. Nope. DMs get screenshotted and posted as comments. If you aren't brave enough to put your comment out there and say some ****, you get publicly called out.
 
So I think I’m gonna accept a higher paying job with a better schedule and leave my vet clinic of 2 years 😭 It’s so sad bc it came on kind of sudden and I hadn’t mentioned it to anybody, so I am gonna hate breaking the news. The other day, the vet who wrote my LOR was talking ab buying us lunch when I get into vet school and I already knew at that point I might be leaving but I didn’t say anything.. I love the team but I need to make more savings and increase my hours to 40 instead of the 32 to do that, and I want the 4/10s that my current job doesn’t offer a good schedule for. I’m also nervous moving to a clinic that is slightly bigger and more busy, because my current clinic has been slow and relaxing for awhile now tbh I’m on my phone too much D: Hopefully the transition isn’t bad and I can enjoy this next clinic just as much, and also adjust to the speed and 10 hour shifts. Tbh my biggest fear with new places is not knowing what to do to fill the time. I had a bad experience with my first ever VA job, where I didn’t always know what to do and this specific person would get mad at me
 
So, the chair mayhem has escalated today.

I talked previously about people giving me a hard time for sitting on the end in the front row because they sat there last year and are salty that they had to move. Well, today it escalated to them verbally attacking me over it. I got to lab 5 minutes early and sat in the end seat in front of my friends so we could work together like I always do.

Then the two girls come up to me and ask me to move. And not in a nice way, either. They were condescending and rude about it. I explained that I'm sitting here so I can work with my friends. They said they want to work together. I gestured to the very open section of the room (there's also an entire empty lab we can sit in!) and they said that it's annoying when they sit in the same seat every day and when I decide to come, they have to move. I reminded them that seats aren't assigned.

They told the other girl in the row to move, who did, and they sat together next to me. Problem solved. Except they slammed their stuff down onto the table. This is the first time they addressed it to my face but there's been multiple instances of passive-aggressiveness (and lots of stuff-slamming) leading up to this.

If they approached me kindly and politely asked if I would move, we could have talked about it and came up with a solution. Either they sat somewhere else (which, if you're coming in after me and my friends already settled in, that's really what should happen) or we moved. Problem solved and no hurt feelings!

Well now there's hurt feelings and tension. I'm not going into details but I am struggling, and this only set me back farther. I know there are people in this thread who are also defensive of their seats and I understand where you are coming from. The reason I posted this is to tell you that if you are attached to your usual seat and get annoyed when someone else sits there, please do not attack them over it. Please either be annoyed and irritated in private, or be kind when addressing it. You don't know what other people are going through or their reasons for sitting there. It's better to assume good intentions than hurt someone's feelings over a non-issue. Sitting in a different seat will not ruin your day or make life harder for you, I promise.
 
soupshark said:
I know there are people in this thread who are also defensive of their seats and I understand where you are coming from. The reason I posted this is to tell you that if you are attached to your usual seat and get annoyed when someone else sits there, please do not attack them over it. Please either be annoyed and irritated in private, or be kind when addressing it.
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As someone who likes consistency and has "claimed" my seat, what they did is not okay. I'm grumpy quietly (and occasionally complain on here lol), but if someone is sitting there, someone else is sitting there. Being rude and petty about it is not cool at all. The only time I would ever, EVER mention it to someone seated is if I need that seat due to my accommodations.

I'm sorry you're dealing with that, soup.
 
beans2020 said:
This can be so hard. I completely understand this - cliques formed so fast at my vet school during my first year and honestly, I don't think I can say I belong perfectly in one even as a second year student. I float around a lot between friend groups. What helped me was finding some girls I liked/wanted to be friends with and intentionally hanging out with them (regardless of their clique). I also found that it helps to find friends outside of the vet school too, especially mental health wise. So you can talk about something that is not the recent drama in your class for a little bit! For example, I joined a small group at my church and have made some wonderful friends that way. Best of luck - you are not alone breezy!
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thanks all for the support. kinda abandoned this thread for a bit cuz i was embarrassed after writing all that, i was spiraling 😭😅 but my shi*y bf broke up with me, currently looking for new friends, and im seeing a therapist, all will be ok ✨
 
PrincessButterCup said:
Break ups suck even if it's someone who was a ****ty partner, but it gets so much better. Hugs @breezywonton! I'm sure you'll find your people!
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yeah, what stings is that he used to be a super caring and attentive partner, not sure what changed or what i did wrong. i tried so hard to keep what we had, but at the end of the day i guess it was too much for him. i’m naive for thinking long distance would work anyways. onward and upwards ..
 
breezywonton said:
not sure what changed or what i did wrong
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breezywonton said:
i’m naive for thinking long distance would work anyways
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You didn't necessarily do anything wrong. Long distance is hard and legit changes the relationship is a lot of ways. It's just as likely they changed and realized the implications of not just long distance for potentially long term, but also what it means to be married to a doctor.

I also don't think you were naive. Long distance worked 2/3 times I did it. I'm married to try number 3 right now ❤️ Tries 1 and 2 were the same guy two separate times. First time was okay, second time wasn't. And part of that is I realized our goals were mutually exclusive as he truly didn't want me to become a doctor. 10 years later, it was definitely the best outcome for both of us.

Onwards and upwards is right. All you can do is the best you can't with what you have.
 
soupshark said:
So, the chair mayhem has escalated today.

I talked previously about people giving me a hard time for sitting on the end in the front row because they sat there last year and are salty that they had to move. Well, today it escalated to them verbally attacking me over it. I got to lab 5 minutes early and sat in the end seat in front of my friends so we could work together like I always do.

Then the two girls come up to me and ask me to move. And not in a nice way, either. They were condescending and rude about it. I explained that I'm sitting here so I can work with my friends. They said they want to work together. I gestured to the very open section of the room (there's also an entire empty lab we can sit in!) and they said that it's annoying when they sit in the same seat every day and when I decide to come, they have to move. I reminded them that seats aren't assigned.

They told the other girl in the row to move, who did, and they sat together next to me. Problem solved. Except they slammed their stuff down onto the table. This is the first time they addressed it to my face but there's been multiple instances of passive-aggressiveness (and lots of stuff-slamming) leading up to this.

If they approached me kindly and politely asked if I would move, we could have talked about it and came up with a solution. Either they sat somewhere else (which, if you're coming in after me and my friends already settled in, that's really what should happen) or we moved. Problem solved and no hurt feelings!

Well now there's hurt feelings and tension. I'm not going into details but I am struggling, and this only set me back farther. I know there are people in this thread who are also defensive of their seats and I understand where you are coming from. The reason I posted this is to tell you that if you are attached to your usual seat and get annoyed when someone else sits there, please do not attack them over it. Please either be annoyed and irritated in private, or be kind when addressing it. You don't know what other people are going through or their reasons for sitting there. It's better to assume good intentions than hurt someone's feelings over a non-issue. Sitting in a different seat will not ruin your day or make life harder for you, I promise.
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Omg, that is so crazy! I'm so sorry you have to deal with that. 🙁 My class has been super chill with seating-- there are still several people in my class who change their seats everyday, and I sit next to different people regularly even though I'm usually in the same seat.

I like sitting in the same seat, but I would never verbally harass anyone just because of where they chose to sit. That's so childish of them to do that.
 
nicoledoesvetstuff said:
Omg, that is so crazy! I'm so sorry you have to deal with that. 🙁 My class has been super chill with seating-- there are still several people in my class who change their seats everyday, and I sit next to different people regularly even though I'm usually in the same seat.

I like sitting in the same seat, but I would never verbally harass anyone just because of where they chose to sit. That's so childish of them to do that.
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I'm glad your class doesn't seem to be having issues with seating! This has been an on going problem with my class since first year. I also like consistency but when everyone is moved around for lab to work with their friends, I don't understand why sitting one seat over than usual is such a big deal
 
I posted here ab accepting another job offer and leaving this job I really like, but after submitting my letter of resignation, they wanna offer a little more $ than I had (not more than new job tho) and a better schedule that I was asking for in the first place 😭 The new job already has my schedule up for 10/27, but now I’m second guessing AGAIN bc staying at my original job is what I wanted this entire time… trying to figure out what locations I would be at for my current job (there’s 4 we trade off at), and then I can determine if I have to backtrack on my offer acceptance smh. I’m trying to make a decision fast, I know it’s disrespectful to backtrack but I would much rather stay where I’m comfortable already
 
^ Both true… At first they were lowkey trying to guilt trip me saying it’s not fair that everyone else would have to work a weekend and I didn’t, but now they’re telling me if they work with my preferences I have to “not tell anybody” LMAO. But the other job was offering me weekdays only what’s why I didn’t care what my current job said. Honestly I’m pretty picky about my schedule since I can be, but who isn’t for the pay that VAs get
 
People will notice and people will dislike it. Not that that should have anything to do with you, but it’s silly of them to ask you not to say something that will easily be noticed.

I do understand wanting to stay, especially if they’re now willing to pay you better and change your schedule, but I also think seeing ways other clinics function is an important activity for a pre-vet student. I’d just do the new one. Don’t burn bridges at the old place, but tell them no thank you and go see what another place has to teach you.
 
soupshark said:
So, the chair mayhem has escalated today.

I talked previously about people giving me a hard time for sitting on the end in the front row because they sat there last year and are salty that they had to move. Well, today it escalated to them verbally attacking me over it. I got to lab 5 minutes early and sat in the end seat in front of my friends so we could work together like I always do.

Then the two girls come up to me and ask me to move. And not in a nice way, either. They were condescending and rude about it. I explained that I'm sitting here so I can work with my friends. They said they want to work together. I gestured to the very open section of the room (there's also an entire empty lab we can sit in!) and they said that it's annoying when they sit in the same seat every day and when I decide to come, they have to move. I reminded them that seats aren't assigned.

They told the other girl in the row to move, who did, and they sat together next to me. Problem solved. Except they slammed their stuff down onto the table. This is the first time they addressed it to my face but there's been multiple instances of passive-aggressiveness (and lots of stuff-slamming) leading up to this.

If they approached me kindly and politely asked if I would move, we could have talked about it and came up with a solution. Either they sat somewhere else (which, if you're coming in after me and my friends already settled in, that's really what should happen) or we moved. Problem solved and no hurt feelings!

Well now there's hurt feelings and tension. I'm not going into details but I am struggling, and this only set me back farther. I know there are people in this thread who are also defensive of their seats and I understand where you are coming from. The reason I posted this is to tell you that if you are attached to your usual seat and get annoyed when someone else sits there, please do not attack them over it. Please either be annoyed and irritated in private, or be kind when addressing it. You don't know what other people are going through or their reasons for sitting there. It's better to assume good intentions than hurt someone's feelings over a non-issue. Sitting in a different seat will not ruin your day or make life harder for you, I promise.
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This is so over the top extra. Like these are the people that are so consumed with themselves that any minor inconvenience or change sends them over the edge. Like I get that vet school is isolating and you think the entire world revolves around what happens in the vet med building, but get a damn grip.

Kim Kardashian People Are Dying GIF
 
pp9 said:
This is so over the top extra. Like these are the people that are so consumed with themselves that any minor inconvenience or change sends them over the edge. Like I get that vet school is isolating and you think the entire world revolves around what happens in the vet med building, but get a damn grip.

Kim Kardashian People Are Dying GIF
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Omg that gif sums it up 😆 I was talking to my friend after it happened and said "there's people dying and we're worried about chairs???"
 
soupshark said:
So, the chair mayhem has escalated today.

I talked previously about people giving me a hard time for sitting on the end in the front row because they sat there last year and are salty that they had to move. Well, today it escalated to them verbally attacking me over it. I got to lab 5 minutes early and sat in the end seat in front of my friends so we could work together like I always do.

Then the two girls come up to me and ask me to move. And not in a nice way, either. They were condescending and rude about it. I explained that I'm sitting here so I can work with my friends. They said they want to work together. I gestured to the very open section of the room (there's also an entire empty lab we can sit in!) and they said that it's annoying when they sit in the same seat every day and when I decide to come, they have to move. I reminded them that seats aren't assigned.

They told the other girl in the row to move, who did, and they sat together next to me. Problem solved. Except they slammed their stuff down onto the table. This is the first time they addressed it to my face but there's been multiple instances of passive-aggressiveness (and lots of stuff-slamming) leading up to this.
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Yikes galore. Do they also want you to wear pink on Wednesdays? 💀

mad mean girls GIF
 
Thanks for the replies guys 🙂 then I think moving clinics would be the best move, so any advice on adjusting to the new one? I have worked at 4 clinics now and currently I’m at my favorite one due to the team culture.. I’m afraid the next clinic won’t be better than this, but they did tell me they’re super transparent and I’ve read good reviews on Indeed about them. I think getting along with people is always my biggest fear because I have social anxiety and have felt anxiety going into work at past clinics. I don’t want to be unhappy, but at the same time I know I am missing out if I don’t take chances like this! How have you guys transitioned to new clinics?
 
After being waitlisted at my IS (3!!!) times I have broadened my application cycle. On interview #3 already and hoping for at least one acceptance this time. My husband, myself, and our two young kids are all in limbo waiting to see where we end up and I feel so guilty for doing this to them (even though my husband is my biggest cheerleader.) Being a mom to toddlers is hard enough, but adding in feeling like a big loser thus far in my career has been so bad for my self confidence lol.
 
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vampyrica said:
there is no such thing as a safety school when it comes to veterinary school. that is all.
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Obviously I'm a bit biased toward SDN because we have good info on here and tend to get a certain subset of applicants, but it really is a bit shocking to step outside this forum (referring to certain FB groups/reddit communities) and see how little people really know/understand about vet med admissions or the profession in general. I've seen schools referred to as 'safety schools' a lot recently actually and I'm always like ?????

ETA: I myself have found myself an unwilling participant in an argument in a certain FB group more than once recently. I tend to stay anon on there because that group has a fair amount of toxicity in it (historically), but so many people are spouting blatantly wrong/misleading info. And there is a general theme of some applicants just flat out not looking things up themselves?? It's so crazy to me that, as one example, you'd apply to 10 schools without having looked at their prereqs, GPA minimums, etc. but then be super confused/angry at the world why you were 10/10 for instant-rejections when you had sub-3.0 GPAs.
 
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I am hungry allll the time in vet school- I guess “brain food” is a real thing and my brain is in overdrive
 
pp9 said:
It's so crazy to me that, as one example, you'd apply to 10 schools without having looked at their prereqs, GPA minimums, etc. but then be super confused/angry at the world why you were 10/10 for instant-rejections
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The spreadsheet I had for school applications and info???? Made me look whackadoodle. I had avg GPAs of the three classes before me, total number of seats, out of state seats, total number of out of state applicants, and a whole bunch of other info on there. Straight up not looking at that is whack behavior.

Although, funny little tangent, in high school I applied to about 15 colleges (bless the common app and their fee waiver), and I went to school one day and joked with my friend "ya boy got into Mount Holyoke" and they looked at me and laughed and said "well I don't know if 'ya boy' did but congrats". I was mega confused until they explained to me that Mount Holyoke is in fact a women's only college.

Which I somehow missed in my research of it.
 
pp9 said:
Obviously I'm a bit biased toward SDN because we have good info on here and tend to get a certain subset of applicants, but it really is a bit shocking to step outside this forum (referring to certain FB groups/reddit communities) and see how little people really know/understand about vet med admissions or the profession in general. I've seen schools referred to as 'safety schools' a lot recently actually and I'm always like ?????

ETA: I myself have found myself an unwilling participant in an argument in a certain FB group more than once recently. I tend to stay anon on there because that group has a fair amount of toxicity in it (historically), but so many people are spouting blatantly wrong/misleading info. And there is a general theme of some applicants just flat out not looking things up themselves?? It's so crazy to me that, as one example, you'd apply to 10 schools without having looked at their prereqs, GPA minimums, etc. but then be super confused/angry at the world why you were 10/10 for instant-rejections when you had sub-3.0 GPAs.
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oh pp, i knew i liked you !!

i feel some weird sense of responsibility as someone who made it on the other side to help point people in the correct direction when it comes to information. i have seen so many posts in the last 24 hours bc a specific school sent out rejections and people were shocked and claiming they didnt even want to go, but it was their “safety” school….how do you casually insult someone’s entire institution?? i have my own thoughts and opinions on the weird undertones it gives when someone claims the island schools are “safety” or “not as good as the state side schools” but that’s a different convo.

also. there’s little to no excuse not to have done at minimum a LITTLE research on schools, this profession, application process etc. especially when there’s the reddit, this forum, the facebook pages AND THE NOW HUNDREDS OF VET STUDENT INSTAGRAM AND TIKTOK ACCOUNTS?? if the excuse is you get your news and info from social media, it’s now null because you have resources there too.

thank you for coming to my TedTalk.
 
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