Top lies told in vet school

[StealthDog]

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Last week our parasitology professor gave us a list of the top 10 lies told by professors in vet school that his class had come up with when he was a student. They were pretty funny, and still fairly accurate. I thought it could make a funny thread- so what do you think are the biggest lies told in vet school?

I'll start:

"Just focus on the big picture, I won't test you on the details."

 

[ZoeyBay]

along those same lines.. "you don't need to memorize this pathway"

if I need to know all the enzymes, structures, blah, blah, then that is fine - just don't lead me to believe otherwise!

 

[PAThbrd]

"Just focus on the big picture, I won't test you on the details."

The list could be that ten times over! Parasitology - don't waste your time studying lifecyles. oh yeah? is that why half the exam was lifecycles? grrr...

 

[StealthDog]

"Only worry about what's in the notes, not what's in the book."

 

[tiddlywinks]

"No, of course you don't need to memorize all the origins and insertions of those muscles."

LIES!!!

 

[ylrebmik]

"Just focus on the big picture, I won't test you on the details."

haha they tell us that in high school. I know its like 1000000 X easier than vet school but I hate it when my ap bio teacher says just get the big picture and dont worry about the small stuff... but the tests are all about specifics.. aldskffl 🙁

 

[theunraveler]

Top lies in vet school: dun worry u're all gonna pass this exam....

 

[Hollycozza]

"oh well I haven't studied at all"

(from certain excessible competitive classmates)

 

[AuburnPreVet]

"oh well I haven't studied at all"

(from certain excessible competitive classmates)

Going to have to amen this one! Even if you really did make an A after only studying for an hour (or not studying) etc... no one cares. It's just rude.

 

[JumptheMoon]

"We always use a long bone for the bone-in-the-bag question."

...and then they use the sacrum?!?

 

[LittleBit]

"I think we'll get out a few minutes early"

Whenever teachers say that we end up going at least till time, if not over... Why give the false hope, just let it be a pleasant surprise 😛

 

[runnerDC]

Anytime professors make the distinction of "you need to know this, but don't worry about that...". LIES! LIES! LIES! You need to know it all.
When you start feeling completely overwhelmed and in utter disbelief at how much there is to study, you'll know you are probably hitting about half of what they expect you to know😉

 

[Hollycozza]

"I think we'll get out a few minutes early"

Whenever teachers say that we end up going at least till time, if not over... Why give the false hope, just let it be a pleasant surprise 😛

soooo true!!!!!

 

[PAThbrd]

"We always use a long bone for the bone-in-the-bag question."

...and then they use the sacrum?!?

thats pretty funny!

 

[jfitzpatri8]

I have had many a similar experience to the "bone in a bag". My favorite was the undergrad bio instructor who told us we wouldn't have to discern b/w left and right patelli... then asked that question... then didn't write it down which one he put out before he put it all away. We all got 100% on that question. But, not sure what we learned from it.

Jenn

 

[pressmom]

"I think we'll get out a few minutes early"

Whenever teachers say that we end up going at least till time, if not over... Why give the false hope, just let it be a pleasant surprise 😛

Our anatomy professor told us we'd be getting out early most of the time. So far, three lectures and we've gotten out late in all of them!

 

[alonepear]

Parasitology: "Your exams will not be cumulative."

Oh yeah? Then why were we asked to id Oxyuris equi on our protozoa final?!


Admissions: "You'll never get into vet school with that GPA. If I were you, I'd go back for another degree to raise your GPA."

I still have to refrain myself from sending photocopies of my acceptance letters to other vet schools to the admissions counselor who told me that.

 

[PacMan02]

Admissions: "You'll never get into vet school with that GPA. If I were you, I'd go back for another degree to raise your GPA."

I still have to refrain myself from sending photocopies of my acceptance letters to other vet schools to the admissions counselor who told me that.[/quote]

alonepear, That has to be NCSU. They love to tell people that.

 

[Orthonut]

Food animal Therio: "It is impossible to turn a calf using only one hand/arm, you have to use both, one just won't work"

Every time I'm lying in the snow out in the calving pasture with one arm up one of our heifers' nether regions and the other comfortably ensconced in my one-armed coveralls I laugh. Maybe I'm just a freak and have extra long arms?