Most of us have cars, although not everyone uses them to get to school. There is a pretty extensive bus system, but it can take awhile to get where you're going. I don't really have much to compare it to because of never been a big bus taker, but I think it's pretty good. But it is something you want to pay attention to when picking a place to live.
THANK YOU LAB VET ! SO STOKED FOR YOU ABOUT NCSU!
There are kennels you can put your dog in during the day if you need/want to bring them with you to school. Students will often do it when they're going to have a really long day can't go home and let their dog out. Also, pets are allowed in the atrium area outside the classrooms so your dog can hang out with you at lunch or if you stay late to study. But it does cost money to use the kennels (I don't remember how much...) and space is available on a first come first served basis every day.
That's a really awesome program. Pets are actually not allowed in our academic building at all.
We have a closet full of kittens right outside our first year classroom too 🙂 Although not right now so much, since it's not kitten season...
I hadn't thought about it but I had noticed things were a bit quieter out in the lobby, without the mews coming from the closet 😀
No barking either, I think the puppies got too big for the closet.
Point is, everybody's different.
On the other hand, you have people like me who have the lowest possible titer still considered protective only 4 years after getting the shots... Although I may just have a crappy immune system because I also had a titer for hepatitis B done last summer (couldn't remember if I got the shot and needed it for the school of public health) and had no detectable antibody. Turns out I was vaccinated, and granted it was 15 years ago, but that's not something the average person usually gets boostered... and you'd think there would at least be a little bit of antibody...
They do rabies vaccine clinics for anyone who needs it during lunch breaks in the fall. It's pretty easy, and if you end up owing money they just bill you. And for anyone who already has their shots, they don't require a titer going into first year, just proof of vaccination.
Thanks so much for the info!
Sometimes. Our classes all did last semester, but most of them this semester don't seem to.
Last year we received a welcome email after sending in the deposit, but at least for me the financial aid information didn't come until mid-late July.
My understanding is that financial aid is awarded in July and according to my email from UMN they will be sending additional information shortly after the April 15th deadline. So I would look for some sort of welcome packet/email around that time, but if you look at their financial aid site it does say that financial aid is not awarded until July. I sent my deposit in a month ago and have not received a welcome email or anything but I will be anxiously looking for it around April 15th!
Does anyone keep getting the feeling that they are forgetting to do something before the April 15 deadline? Even though you've been over the email and list a million times, and have checked everything off that you need to do. I get paranoid that I'm forgetting something and then I won't be able to go.
Does anyone keep getting the feeling that they are forgetting to do something before the April 15 deadline? Even though you've been over the email and list a million times, and have checked everything off that you need to do. I get paranoid that I'm forgetting something and then I won't be able to go.
You definitely can still finish it by that time, if you choose. I have a couple friends starting the program this summer going into their second year. I'm only 7 credits in so far since I didn't go to the public health institute last year, and I fully expect to be able to be mostly done except for a few transfer credits by the time I enter clinics. You definitely need to load up your summers, but it's doable. I'll be almost halfway through my degree by the end of the summer (and that's a scary thought...). If you don't work full time in your summers, it's pretty reasonable to fit in 6 credits of online courses, which is considered a full time courseload (doable if you work full time, but tough... that's what I did last summer and I had no free time 😱). If you're able to attend the public health institute full time for all three weeks as opposed to just half days or only 1 or 2 weeks, you can reasonably get another 6 credits there (plus 1 credit for the required power of collaboration course your first summer). Technically you can fit in as many as 7 credits (not including the collaboration course), but they consider 5-6 credits to be a fairly rigorous schedule, so not sure I'd recommend it. All that adds up to about 12 credits. Do that both summers, and use all possible 14 transfer credits, plus the 1 credit of your externship that is required to be through the school of public health rather than vet rotations, and you're almost there! Plus, although it's an option, you don't have to do your 3 master's project credits as transfer credits from the vet school if you would rather use all 14 transfer credits on regular classes from your vet curriculum (I'm hoping to do this, but I can't figure out with the new curriculum if all the classes on this list of possible transfer classes will still exist)... which brings you to a grand total of 42 credits! (That's how many you need).
