I don't really have any specific questions but I would love to hear a current student's perspective on what the best and worst things are about A&M. What makes them unique?
A&M is pretty great. I am not a small town person, and I thought I would hate College Station, but it's actually really nice. It's small enough that nothing is very far away, which is important when you're so stressed and busy that you feel like to don't have time for basic life tasks like groceries and laundry! But it's still big enough to find whatever stores or stuff you need. Also rent is cheap!
This school, and really the whole city, is extremely friendly. People in general go beyond being polite, and the actual vet school is like this too. All the professors* and staff are great. Every single professor will go out of their way to help you, be available to you, offer review sessions, whatever. There is definitely the feeling of everyone (faculty, staff, and student peers) wanting every student to succeed. The faculty does a really good job of creating an air of cooperation that I think spreads to the students - everyone shares notes, study guides, flashcards, helpful websites, etc. to the whole class. I'm sure there are some really competitive people in every class at every vet school, but that's certainly not the norm here.
(*There is one professor we only see like 10 hours per semester who is completely nuts and most people don't like, but maybe she's only bad in comparison to all the other professors because they're all so friendly and great. I think her goal in life is to stress out vet students, but almost everyone gets As in her class anyway, so it doesn't really matter in the end.)
It's hard for me to say what's unique about A&M since it's the only vet school I've been to, but I'm sure the Aggie school spirit beats out every other school.
😀 Aggies are pretty fanatical, and everyone is really proud to be here.
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I don't really know what the worst things about A&M are. I've heard that some other schools get more hands-on experience with live animals during first year, but I don't know. There are a couple classes/labs where they cram us into really small rooms, and I tend to be pretty claustrophobic, so that sucks and I wish we had bigger classrooms for a couple things. Second semester of first year is rough, and everyone tells us that it's the worst semester of vet school. So all my classmates and I are pretty miserable right now, but I'm still glad to be here most of the time!
🙄 I can't wait for summer...
Let me know if you have any other questions!