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Just curious...
Are there any single guys in vet school?
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c/o2023hopeful said:
Just curious...
Are there any single guys in vet school?
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As someone who just married one of those guys at vet school, yes, they do exist... but I wouldn't count on it 😛. Out of a class of 120, we had roughly 19 guys, and even then at least 50-70% at any given time were already married, in another relationship, or not interested.
 
I mean, a lot of vet schools are at very large institutions... go to some grad mixers. You'll meet people.

It will be refreshing to meet non-vet med people and the potential for awkwardness goes way down if it doesn't work out.

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Yeah there are all of...3 single guys in my class. And often you'll find they're not interested in dating within their class (which is reasonable). Might find someone in another class, but still the odds are against you. I like britzen's idea!
 
These odds just sound better and better to me! Of course I have a pre-med gf and hope she is still around in two years when I start vet school.
 
One of the vets I worked for met her husband in vet school. She had to switch back to her maiden name because after they got married they were both Dr. Lastnamehere. Confused a lot of people :laugh:
 
britzen said:
the potential for awkwardness goes way down if it doesn't work out.
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I've definitely witness the aftermath of dating disasters within my class. It is a risk to consider, especially given that you will be in the same room as this person for the next 2-3 years, and will have to be on clinics with them too. There are a lot of success stories though!

Some of my friends have had success with Tinder. Others choose to be part of the speed dating pool in Vet school. It's like 50 girls for each single straight guy in the school so the some of the guys are very busy....
 
britzen said:
I mean, a lot of vet schools are at very large institutions... go to some grad mixers. You'll meet people.

It will be refreshing to meet non-vet med people and the potential for awkwardness goes way down if it doesn't work out.

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Fingers crossed these are a thing at my school....
 
pinkpuppy9 said:
I've definitely witness the aftermath of dating disasters within my class. It is a risk to consider, especially given that you will be in the same room as this person for the next 2-3 years, and will have to be on clinics with them too. There are a lot of success stories though!

Some of my friends have had success with Tinder. Others choose to be part of the speed dating pool in Vet school. It's like 50 girls for each single straight guy in the school so the some of the guys are very busy....
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Seconding this. Also throwing in that people in vet school love to gossip. My lab partner for histo was a dude and we always studied together and at least half the class (and some from other years) asked us if we were dating / doing home improvement projects.

So don’t expect any privacy if you do actually date a classmate! :laugh:
 
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cdoconn said:
Seconding this. Also throwing in that people in vet school love to gossip. My lab partner for histo was a dude and we always studied together and at least half the class (and some from other years) asked us if we were dating / doing home improvement projects.

So don’t expect any privacy if you do actually date a classmate! :laugh:
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So true! Vet school is like a small town when it comes to gossip!

Also, I think the grad mixers are a great idea! My class has more guys in it than any of the recent classes and almost all of them are taken. Not the easiest place to find someone! lol
 
hygebeorht said:
Yes, but they often wind up marrying each other...

If you’re on the prowl, may I suggest checking out engineering school social events?
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Seconding this as someone married to an engineer....

From a practical standpoint their debt-to-income ratio is generally very good and yours will probably be really, really bad.

(Not that you should marry for money, but if you go to their events and happen to meet somebody you like...)

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dract said:
Fingers crossed these are a thing at my school....
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If not you could always organize one! Or just crash other departments functions (Humanities Department BBQ, Social Sciences Movie Night, etc)

I'm sure there is tons of stuff where there would be free food and the chance to meet students in other programs even if they are not specifically geared toward the dating scene.

Also, your school seems to have it's own dating website? (!) www.aggiedating.com

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RedLauren said:
One of the vets I worked for met her husband in vet school. She had to switch back to her maiden name because after they got married they were both Dr. Lastnamehere. Confused a lot of people :laugh:
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At my school we have two sets of married docs with this problem, so we refer to one pair as Dr X & Dr Mr X and the other pair as Lady Y and Lord Y.
 
strider144 said:
At my school we have two sets of married docs with this problem, so we refer to one pair as Dr X & Dr Mr X and the other pair as Lady Y and Lord Y.
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That's amazing :laugh: We have multiple sets of married doctors at my school, but I don't know of any nicknames to differentiate them.
 
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I live in cstat, work for A&M but I didn’t go to A&M. And let me tell you, EVERYTHING is “Aggie-something”. There’s Aggie food delivery, Aggieland printing, First Baptist Church of Aggieland, Aggie credit union, Aggie automotive, Aggieland outfitters, Aggieland barber shop. The list goes on. It feels like I’m part of a cult that I didn’t even join lol.
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You know, being from Texas, and not going to A&M, I’m actually not surprised.
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strider144 said:
At my school we have two sets of married docs with this problem, so we refer to one pair as Dr X & Dr Mr X and the other pair as Lady Y and Lord Y.
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We do Dr Mr and Dr Lady for all of our faculty couples :laugh:
 
RedLauren said:
I live in cstat, work for A&M but I didn’t go to A&M. And let me tell you, EVERYTHING is “Aggie-something”. There’s Aggie food delivery, Aggieland printing, First Baptist Church of Aggieland, Aggie credit union, Aggie automotive, Aggieland outfitters, Aggieland barber shop. The list goes on. It feels like I’m part of a cult that I didn’t even join lol.
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I was there for three years. Can concur. And god forbid you have no interest in Aggie football - you're called a "2%er" and pretty much ostracized. I loved my department, but I never want to go back there again.....
 
WhtsThFrequency said:
I was there for three years. Can concur. And god forbid you have no interest in Aggie football - you're called a "2%er" and pretty much ostracized. I loved my department, but I never want to go back there again.....
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Same, I really love TVMDL but I once made a comment saying I didn’t really get what the big deal was with the Aggie ring and everyone looked at me like just punched a baby or something haha
 
strider144 said:
At my school we have two sets of married docs with this problem, so we refer to one pair as Dr X & Dr Mr X and the other pair as Lady Y and Lord Y.
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We also have two married couples (clinicians, not students). For one we inexplicably refer to them by their first names a lot, the others are Mrs. Dr. S and Mr. Dr. S
 
Trilt said:
Meanwhile I discovered new pairs of married doctors literally all through vet school because basically none of them shared last names. Half of clinical year was me going: "Dr X and Y are married??? really??" lol.
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Absolutely. And the reactions from classmates were always "OMG you didn't know that?!" or alternately, "OMG, they're MARRIED?!"

So many undercover married faculty people at NCSU. Honestly I liked it that way, it was always a fun surprise.
 
RedLauren said:
I live in cstat, work for A&M but I didn’t go to A&M. And let me tell you, EVERYTHING is “Aggie-something”. There’s Aggie food delivery, Aggieland printing, First Baptist Church of Aggieland, Aggie credit union, Aggie automotive, Aggieland outfitters, Aggieland barber shop. The list goes on. It feels like I’m part of a cult that I didn’t even join lol.
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WhtsThFrequency said:
I was there for three years. Can concur. And god forbid you have no interest in Aggie football - you're called a "2%er" and pretty much ostracized. I loved my department, but I never want to go back there again.....
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Back in 2012 I went to the vet camp they have for HS students and I noticed that heavily. Like holy cow A&M plz calm down.
 
If TVMDL would like a clinical pathologist in the Amarillo lab next year, I'd be down. I'd probably do CS too, but Amarillo is close to some of my family.

Edit: I interviewed for an externship with a diagnostic lab this week and they asked me where I wantd to be geographically. I was like 'as close to [homestate] as possible, but I realize that isn't exactly a hotbed of clinical pathology. I'm open, especially at first'
 
JaynaAli said:
If TVMDL would like a clinical pathologist in the Amarillo lab next year, I'd be down. I'd probably do CS too, but Amarillo is the closest diagnostic lab to my family.
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Amarillo uuugggh. They had a Dx opening there that would have been mostly livestock...my favorite area....but...Amarillo:vomit:

The armpit of TX.
 
WhtsThFrequency said:
Amarillo uuugggh. They had a Dx opening there that would have been mostly livestock...my favorite area....but...Amarillo:vomit:

The armpit of TX.
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I lived about an hour north north east of Amarillo for eight years around middle school age so I am well aware of the realities. I do need to hit you up for some connections soon, especially if you'll be at ACVP this year.
 
WhtsThFrequency said:
TX is a very unique place. I've never met so many people so proud of their state. But I'll stick with the coasts. It's not for everyone.
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Please don’t let College Station influence your opinion of Texas haha. There are definitely worse places in TX but I’ve lived in Houston, Austin, and San Antionio and I’ve never encountered the problems I have in this town. Our cities are pretty rad. Except Dallas.
 
JaynaAli said:
If TVMDL would like a clinical pathologist in the Amarillo lab next year, I'd be down. I'd probably do CS too, but Amarillo is close to some of my family.

Edit: I interviewed for an externship with a diagnostic lab this week and they asked me where I wantd to be geographically. I was like 'as close to [homestate] as possible, but I realize that isn't exactly a hotbed of clinical pathology. I'm open, especially at first'
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I hope you get it. Working here has honestly been the best job I have ever had. It’s a very collaborative, supportive environment and our leadership really is open to ideas from even lowley technicains like myself. Every month we have something called case rounds where we present the most interesting/ unusual cases of the month and everyone is invited to join. I was worried people would be upset with me for leaving for vet school but as soon as my boss found out she arranged for me to start observing necropsies in preparation for vet school. If you start at the CS lab before July 31st I’m sure I’ll bump into you!

**editing to say I totally misread your post and thought you already interviewed Oops
 
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RedLauren said:
You were in high school in 2012? God I feel old.
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WhtsThFrequency said:
I was in residency in 2012.....☕
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ummm... yeah... I was a Sophomore/ Junior in high school in 2012. We’ve already established that I’s young. If everything goes to plan I’ll graduate with DVM at 24, and be finished with residency at 28! (But I accidentally make people feel old, I’m sorry. I once accidentally called @Trilt old so I mean there’s that.)
 
cdoconn said:
ummm... yeah... I was a Sophomore/ Junior in high school in 2012. We’ve already established that I’s young. If everything goes to plan I’ll graduate with DVM at 24, and be finished with residency at 28! (But I accidentally make people feel old, I’m sorry. I once accidentally called @Trilt old so I mean there’s that.)
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You just got a head start is all 🙂
 
RedLauren said:
I hope you get it. Working here has honestly been the best job I have ever had. It’s a very collaborative, supportive environment and our leadership really is open to ideas from even lowley technicains like myself. Every month we have something called case rounds where we present the most interesting/ unusual cases of the month and everyone is invited to join. I was worried people would be upset with me for leaving for vet school but as soon as my boss found out she arranged for me to start observing necropsies in preparation for vet school. If you start at the CS lab before July 31st I’m sure I’ll bump into you!

**editing to say I totally misread your post and thought you already interviewed Oops
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You’re sweet but yeah I meant it more as a ‘I could work there someday maybe’ thing. As far as I know there aren’t any openings there now but I don’t finish residency for another year. Jobs for clin path this year are few and far between so I hope things change in the next year! The externship I interviewed for was with one of the major nationwide labs.
 
JaynaAli said:
I lived about an hour north north east of Amarillo for eight years around middle school age so I am well aware of the realities. I do need to hit you up for some connections soon, especially if you'll be at ACVP this year.
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Definitely. I'll be starting in my new job but I'm going to make every effort to be there this yr, especially since it's driveable for me!

One of my resident mates is currently at Amarillo TVMDL too, I can try and get you in touch with him if you like. Just shoot me a PM.
 
cdoconn said:
Like holy cow A&M plz calm down
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I would've been right at home at TAMU. My school spirit life is strong. My little best be ready to receive Illini swag on the regular.

WhtsThFrequency said:
Amarillo uuugggh. They had a Dx opening there that would have been mostly livestock...my favorite area....but...Amarillo:vomit:

The armpit of TX.
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My dad's oldest sister lives in Amarillo wit my twin cousins. My parents moved to Cibolo for my dad's transfer. As soon as the male twin learned of their move, his exact words were, "Finally an excuse to leave this armpit."

isn't Amarillo where Texas Tech wants to build their vet school?
 
batsenecal said:
I would've been right at home at TAMU. My school spirit life is strong. My little best be ready to receive Illini swag on the regular.



My dad's oldest sister lives in Amarillo wit my twin cousins. My parents moved to Cibolo for my dad's transfer. As soon as the male twin learned of their move, his exact words were, "Finally an excuse to leave this armpit."

isn't Amarillo where Texas Tech wants to build their vet school?
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No joke. A&M is the most spirited university in America. The entire town worships it.

Yes and Amarillo is truely awful. Not that Lubbock (where TT is) is any better. West Texas in general is a wasteland.
 
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