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Stroganoff said:
One of my undergrad's pre-vet clubs put "PREVET" on all their posters (no hyphen) so I thought it was a typo for "PREVENT" and was all confused since I didn't know what they were trying to prevent. That or they were greeting me in Russian (again, misspelled).
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miss the silly boy brain stories a bit lul
 
I was an officer in our large Pre-Vet club for years. In addition to the above we organized a massive day of lectures and wet labs every year that was called Pre-Vet Day - we also had veterinary students come out and do Q&A panels for Pre-Vets on the same day. The scale of it was massive and would be difficult to replicate with a smaller club at a university without a vet school, but smaller-scale versions of it could be feasible and pretty fun. We did things like having vets teach us how to do basic lameness exams, a combo reproductive anatomy/AI technique wet lab (easier since many meat processors were willing to give these to us for free so long as we got them ourselves), cadaver spay/neuter labs, suturing labs (on bananas!), tours of the lab animal facilities on campus (as appropriate), tours of zoos and aquariums, a veterinary shadowing program, interviewing and application workshops (these were overseen by the Pre-Vet Advisor for the university), and various one-day volunteering jobs. The single day volunteering included anything from cleaning litter out of a park to building fences for a horse rescue to passing out fundraising flyers in front of Costco to helping guide racers through a 5K course. We also did a can drive every October as part of a larger university can drive.

Keep in mind that not everything you do has to or should be directly veterinary related. I tried to remind people all the time that veterinarians are members of their communities and that volunteer work that shows that you care about people in your community is really important - not "just" for your application but for you as a person.

If you're looking for more hands on stuff, I strongly encourage you to look into any racetracks or county fairs near you. These places frequently have vets on hand to do health checks for the animals and they are sometimes amenable to having (smaller!) groups come in to help and learn. Though they are mainly in the summer when school is out, county fairs are especially good since they have a large number of animals coming in and often need help for quick exams. This is also a great time to learn a little about regulatory medicine and how reportable diseases are handled at events.

Lastly, to add on to the "unusual careers in vet med" list, look into any USDA or state veterinarians who may be willing to chat with your group. They do very cool stuff that absolutely isn't the norm for what people think of as a "vet job" and would be cool speakers to have for your group.
 
Also re: the comment about the groups volunteering at the wildlife center, you have to be super clear with both the facility and your members as to what your volunteer groups will look like/consist of. I always told students if they wanted a more in-depth experience at a place (including complex animal handling/husbandry tasks) that they needed to apply individually to volunteer with that organization. Students often have the expectation that they'll use you for getting all of their animal/veterinary hours, and that's unrealistic and you should let them know that. Similarly, organizations not used to getting large one-day groups often didn't realize they wouldn't have the same people each time. I usually asked them to give us single day projects that they wanted to get around to but never had the time for - so we felt like we accomplished something, but weren't completely in their way the whole time. A lot of places actually exchanged free tours of their facility in exchange for our volunteering, which was an easy way to make a day of it - morning volunteer work, lunch, afternoon tour and then head home.
 
Today the ER was CRAZY!!! Not the worst day we've had (I was a part of a record breaking day a few weeks ago which felt amazing to survive!) but definitely a rough fast-paced time which I LOVE!!!! We were going ham and I was doing entering values into charts and my tech looked at me and said, "I just want you to know that you're crushing this right now." It literally made me feel so freaking good inside and so validated! It's amazing how far I and the other emergency student assistants have come since we started in January! I needed to be handheld through buying a fluid pack (fluid bag, solution set, extension set, t-port/t-connector), through entering charges, discharging patients, TRIAGING, etc. Now I feel so much more independent and so much more confident!! I'm just so happy that my tech felt like I deserved to hear how well I was doing in the midst of this craziness 😍
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I applied for a big-girl job today. I know it's almost a year out until I finish my residency but a job in my field in my preferred location opened up and I couldn't resist. Been stressing about applying for a couple of weeks now, getting my cover letter written and updating my CV. Hitting the submit button was like a weight lifting off, its out of my hands now. Here's hoping they're willing to wait 11ish months for me :xf:
 
kcoughli said:
I applied for a big-girl job today. I know it's almost a year out until I finish my residency but a job in my field in my preferred location opened up and I couldn't resist. Been stressing about applying for a couple of weeks now, getting my cover letter written and updating my CV. Hitting the submit button was like a weight lifting off, its out of my hands now. Here's hoping they're willing to wait 11ish months for me :xf:
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My old job hired someone they had to wait 12-14 months for, even though they desperately need that position filled. It happens!
 
jalapenopony said:
Hi everyone!
This is my first post! I hope I am posting in the correct place but, I just wanted to mention how grateful I am that I found this forum. This fall I will be a third time applicant and I have been dealing with a lot of self-doubt and anxiety due to the rejections. I often get it in my head that I'm the only one who is going through this devastating feeling and no one can relate .. that is until I found everyone here! Everyone's comments are so supportive and truly understand the struggle of chasing vet med as a career. Your advice although not directed at me, has still been incredibly encouraging! Thanks everyone and have a lovely day 🙂
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It took me 4 application cycles to get into vet school (though I admit the first application was a horrible mistake on my part), and now I'm a practicing vet! Good luck, I still struggle with imposter syndrome, but most days I do fairly well.
RahyneDays said:
This is a rave/inquiry post! :soexcited:

I am super excited that a small group of individuals and I have created our universities FIRST Pre-Vet Club (hurray!) and will be holding meetings starting in the Fall. As the President, I am facing the task of coming up with some discussion topics, workshops, and events to coordinate and bring minds interested in the field together. I'd love to set the foundation for a fun and interactive club for future veterinarians that are/will be attending our school when I leave and pass the torch on.

While the other officers and I have come up with some ideas to pursue while we get this going, I thought I would reach out to this community to get some input. If you have time, I would love your thoughts!

#1) Were you in a Pre-Vet (or similar) club in your Undergrad? If so, what things did you enjoy the most about it and what was absolutely a flop?
#2) What would be a really cool experience to have in this type of club?
#3) If you are a current Veterinary student, what would have been a club experience you are having now that you wish you had seen in your undergrad?

Thank you in advance for your time!
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TALK ABOUT DEBT!!!! See if you can have a financial advisor or loan advisor come and talk. This is a HUGE deal and it should be stressed from the very beginning. I would have done some things differently if I had known better in undergrad.
Stroganoff said:
I heard Banfield executives don't clean enclosures.
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I don't remember the last time I cleaned an enclosure. We didn't have to clean them as students, and I sure don't need to clean them now. I'm not above it, but there are people that do that, and our nurses would probably yell at me if I tried to do it now.
 
Skimble said:
It took me 4 application cycles to get into vet school (though I admit the first application was a horrible mistake on my part), and now I'm a practicing vet! Good luck, I still struggle with imposter syndrome, but most days I do fairly well.

TALK ABOUT DEBT!!!! See if you can have a financial advisor or loan advisor come and talk. This is a HUGE deal and it should be stressed from the very beginning. I would have done some things differently if I had known better in undergrad.

I don't remember the last time I cleaned an enclosure. We didn't have to clean them as students, and I sure don't need to clean them now. I'm not above it, but there are people that do that, and our nurses would probably yell at me if I tried to do it now.
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I agree with you on this last part!
I agree with vets not being above cleaning enclosures but I also think it is not the most efficient use of personnel. I worked at a clinic where the vet was constantly doing tech stuff like trimming nails. Everything would've gone so much smoother and more efficiently if she was allowed to "practice at the top of her license" and not had to spend over 50% of her time doing things that don't require a DVM to do. Hopefully this makes sense.
 
I didn’t mean it in a “vets are or should be cleaning enclosures regularly” way.
Just that, in some of my experiences with other pre-vets, it was kind of shocking how frequently I encountered entitlement around this. Again, with the pre-vet group i mentioned before, they told me that i was wasting their time having them clean enclosures because they were going to be vets and vets don’t clean enclosures.
Maybe as a vet you don’t clean encloses regularly, and that’s totally understandable and fine. No one would expect you to.
But I bet you cleaned a hell of a lot of enclosures in the process of getting to where you are. And hopefully if **** hit the fan in the clinic and you were asked to help tidy things so everyone could go home AND you were in a position where you COULD help, you wouldn’t say “I’m a doctor I don’t do that”
^^thats what I meant by my statement
 
ziggyandjazzy said:
I agree with you on this last part!
I agree with vets not being above cleaning enclosures but I also think it is not the most efficient use of personnel. I worked at a clinic where the vet was constantly doing tech stuff like trimming nails. Everything would've gone so much smoother and more efficiently if she was allowed to "practice at the top of her license" and not had to spend over 50% of her time doing things that don't require a DVM to do. Hopefully this makes sense.
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My first job was like that and it was miserable. My new job I get to be a vet, my techs get to do tech stuff, assistants do assistant stuff, etc. We see a MUCH higher volume with this increased efficiency.
 
Karabiner13 said:
I got yelled at by my techs and assistants for helping with trash and cleaning end of day when I first started. Now they don't even bother and let me know where they need help when I ask
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My techs and I have an ongoing fight about who is able to get my trash before I bring it over to the main trash can at the end of the day :laugh:
 
grebes4lyfe said:
I didn’t mean it in a “vets are or should be cleaning enclosures regularly” way.
Just that, in some of my experiences with other pre-vets, it was kind of shocking how frequently I encountered entitlement around this. Again, with the pre-vet group i mentioned before, they told me that i was wasting their time having them clean enclosures because they were going to be vets and vets don’t clean enclosures.
Maybe as a vet you don’t clean encloses regularly, and that’s totally understandable and fine. No one would expect you to.
But I bet you cleaned a hell of a lot of enclosures in the process of getting to where you are. And hopefully if **** hit the fan in the clinic and you were asked to help tidy things so everyone could go home AND you were in a position where you COULD help, you wouldn’t say “I’m a doctor I don’t do that”
^^thats what I meant by my statement
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I didn't read anything into your original post, I was just commenting that I haven't cleaned a cage in a long time. Prior to vet school, I cleaned A LOT of cages, and during my summer jobs I also cleaned a lot of cages, and I would absolutely help clean cages now if needed. I've helped my nurses with all kinds of stuff that is technically their job because it's something that needs to be done and I was available.
 
Better 1.5 years late than never right? My friend is pretty awesome for an amateur I think-most of my favs I can't post on FB because SO is law enforcement. Please no quoting will poof later. FYI I was dying because I have a very terrible sunburn on my legs and back from yesterday.
 

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Had an incredible first day at a wildlife rehab facility in CR. Got to watch a deer neuter and do infant opossum necropsies. There are so many species of animal here, it's incredible!
Super excited for the next week!
 
ziggyandjazzy said:
Had an incredible first day at a wildlife rehab facility in CR. Got to watch a deer neuter and do infant opossum necropsies. There are so many species of animal here, it's incredible!
Super excited for the next week!
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This might be a dumb question, but why the neuter if it's a rehab facility?
 
vetmedhead said:
This might be a dumb question, but why the neuter if it's a rehab facility?
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I asked the vet about this because I was curious. They said behavioral issues. He has been attempting to mount people lol. This deer isn't releasable. They do rehab but they're also a sanctuary if that makes sense.
It seems the vet has plans to neuter the kinkajous for aggression issues also.
I also do not think they want them mating in captivity.
 
ziggyandjazzy said:
It seems the vet has plans to neuter the kinkajous for aggression issues also.
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Kinkajous are terrible creatures no matter what their reproductive status lol
 
ziggyandjazzy said:
Take it back right now!!
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Nope lol perhaps better in a sanctuary setting but the ones I've come across that were pets? Terrible. No idea why anyone would want one.
 
WildZoo said:
Nope lol perhaps better in a sanctuary setting but the ones I've come across that were pets? Terrible. No idea why anyone would want one.
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These aren't pets and I think the sanctuary actually got some from people thinking they would be ok pets... yeah no. They bit someone last week apparently pretty badly. Cannot envision them as good pets at all. People make me upset sometimes 🙁
 
ziggyandjazzy said:
These aren't pets and I think the sanctuary actually got some from people thinking they would be ok pets... yeah no. They bit someone last week apparently pretty badly. Cannot envision them as good pets at all. People make me upset sometimes 🙁
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Yeah definitely not a fan of the whole wild animals as pets thing. Glad the sanctuary got them instead, I just can't imagine that they're fun to work with.
 
ziggyandjazzy said:
These aren't pets and I think the sanctuary actually got some from people thinking they would be ok pets... yeah no. They bit someone last week apparently pretty badly. Cannot envision them as good pets at all. People make me upset sometimes 🙁
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WildZoo said:
Yeah definitely not a fan of the whole wild animals as pets thing. Glad the sanctuary got them instead, I just can't imagine that they're fun to work with.
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I'm scared of seeing kinkajous as pets because of the possibility of getting bitten deeply by them 😢😢. Also possible transmission of diseases too 🙁
 
Made it through my super risky wisdom tooth extraction. Feeling is coming back, and it looks like I won’t have any paresthesia! The surgeon said everything went very well and she’s very happy with the result. She took a pause halfway through to reevaluate the CT and seemed kind of nervous at parts due to how volatile the positioning of the roots were, but everything was fully removed and the nerve didn’t seem to be affected. Yay!!!
 
ajs513 said:
Made it through my super risky wisdom tooth extraction. Feeling is coming back, and it looks like I won’t have any paresthesia! The surgeon said everything went very well and she’s very happy with the result. She took a pause halfway through to reevaluate the CT and seemed kind of nervous at parts due to how volatile the positioning of the roots were, but everything was fully removed and the nerve didn’t seem to be affected. Yay!!!
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That must be a relief!
 
ajs513 said:
Yea to be able to actually feel my lip and my chin is something I took for granted and waiting a few hours to see if feeling would come back was nerve-racking (pun actually not intended)
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That pun was beautiful, you should own it
 
PrincessButterCup said:
ONE BIG, BEAUTIFUL RAVE:



I've had hearing loss my entire life but today I joined the ranks of bionic humans! 😀 This is a bone anchored hearing aid that allows me to hear sound from my deaf side!
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Bionicles unite!
 
PrincessButterCup said:
ONE BIG, BEAUTIFUL RAVE:

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I've had hearing loss my entire life but today I joined the ranks of bionic humans! 😀 This is a bone anchored hearing aid that allows me to hear sound from my deaf side!
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vetmedhead said:
Bionicles unite!
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PrincessButterCup said:
Watch out world, we're bringing the awesome
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Wait I have plates in my maxilla does that make me a bionicle???
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(I no longer have the braces but I do still have the plates and screws)
 
So I AM a candidate for the bone anchored hearing aid, but they’re encouraging me to try a non-surgical approach first with the CROS method and a hearing aid in each ear (the deaf ear will act as a microphone for the other ear). I’ll meet with them in December, I think, to actually get the aids and then I’ll have a lot of things to adjust (and a new stethoscope to buy), but it’ll be really nice to get that going!
 
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