I got my hard copy in the mail (just one page congratulating me) by the end of the week, but I live in philly so it didn’t have to travel far. Other people took about a week and a half I think. So by the end of next week I think you’ll have it. I don’t know about a packet though. Maybe they send them out after all acceptances go out? The things that usually come in an acceptance packet were found in a link on the hard copy.
Call the admissions office and check. Otherwise email Rob.
We’re also just preparing you to not have a heart attack when you see that it’s a thin envelope and wonder before you open it if they made a mistake when they called you. Because that’s... not what I did... at all...
Omg
that’s where I’m at I feel like the phone call was a mistake or a cruel joke
Trust me, I’ve gotten the call, the letter, filled out my paperwork, and submitted the deposit and I still feel that wayOmg
I'm about to graduate, and I still feel that way.
Sort of like you’re going to walk across the stage, receive your degree, and then wake up at 22 like the last four years never happened?
Umm... something like that, except I haven't been 22 for over 10 years!
I guess there are a LOT of things I'd do differently if that happened.
What do you mean by this? Are you saying it’s a fee on your tuition bill for the hospital discount? Just curious.
According to the current students I asked about this, yea. I’m not sure what it shows up as, but you pay it as part of your term bill.
Oh interesting
How much is it? And do you only have to pay it if you want to use the VTH? I’m just really curious about the whole situation. My school gives a 20% discount but we don’t have to pay anything to be able to get it, they just can’t give us more of one because then the state would have to tax us on it as income.
Oh okay. I was told the bill gets added to your term bill and you at graduation. Do you still pay at graduation?
Sorry, I didn’t mean to sound like I was giving a generic response. I remember them saying to send it to them, but I don’t remember what the address was.
Nothing gets added to your tuition bill. You pay for services that you use, but you pay the hospital directly. Students are allowed to carry a balance, but you must pay off your bill prior to graduation.
Got it. That makes sense.
Thank Jesus because it sounded like he was saying there was a fee charged to students to get the hospital discount. That’s where I was highly confused
Yea my wording was confusing. What I meant was that you get the bill for the visit added to your term bill. But turns out they just bill you directly but you can carry a balance. I can’t imagine a vet school charging a fee just to use their hospital!
I don't think it would hurt to email Rob and explain your situation! Maybe they can get you a PDF copy?Hi Does admission office send email copy of the acceptance letter?
I got an acceptance call last week and my interview told me to expect couple of weeks for the mail.
However I'm living overseas and the mail service is horrible in my country.
I'd also like to know this! I do know that we can find out where we are on the waitlist come March 7th but that's all I've got. Maybe at that point we can ask if there is two lists?
I talked to Rob a couple of days ago and he said if the letter was taking too long to get to me, they could email scans of it. I would give him a call and see if he can email them to youHi Does admission office send email copy of the acceptance letter?
I got an acceptance call last week and my interview told me to expect couple of weeks for the mail.
However I'm living overseas and the mail service is horrible in my country.
Most likely. I don't think scholarship notifications come with the actual acceptance letter, but I'm pretty sure they notify you fairly soon after you get your acceptance if they want to offer you a scholarship. You can always call admissions and ask if you need an answer right away.
No, there isn't anything like that, just orientation in August.
I guess regarding the acceptance letter, do they tell everyone that they need final transcripts and that your acceptance is conditioned upon completing all prerequisites? I’ve already completed all classes and haven’t been in school since May 2018. I feel like I’ve already bothered Rob enough lol.
I honestly don't know, it's probably best to just bother Rob one more time and ask about your specific situation. I hadn't finished my prereqs when I was accepted, so my letter definitely said that. I think I had until the end of July to send in my transcripts showing everything was completed (I hadn't taken calculus because it wasn't required at any other school I applied to, then when I decided on Penn I took it during the summer at a county college and was totally fine to still start school in the fall)
Having been born and raised in this area, I’m sure you won’t beat the cost in that case. Most clinics are in the $50’s for exams, $20’s to $30’s for vaccines, and $40’s to $50’s for something like a fecal or 4DX. The only thing I can think of being cheaper is if you worked somewhere in the area and you’re close with the owner so they’ll still give you a heavy employee discount even after leaving for school. But that only applies to people from the philly area. My clinic gives everything for cost +10%, and usually free exams. If I can keep doing that, I may just drive across the river. But for everything else Penn would still be cheaper.Damn, I was just in with Z and don't have the paperwork with me, but I think the GP fee was something $58? and then we get 50% off that. I can confirm the exact cost when I'm home later this week. No idea about other local clinics, though. I imagine it would be hard to beat the 50% off the entire bill. Prior to Penn, I've only taken her to my local Vet in DC/MD or Friendship Animal for emergencies and neither are cheap, at all!
That's awesome!!! Is that your clinic cost for employees or just in general?
For employees. We’re very much a normal cost clinic so our visit is $58, shots are mostly $33, etc. The area we serve is mostly well-off so there’s no issue paying a typical amount for the area. But the doctor who took over last year is awesome and always does free stuff for employees. There’s only 6 staff members so he can afford to do that for us. It’s awesome. Especially since I’m in charge of some of the office management aspects like ordering, so I know how much things actually cost for a clinic.
Sure - We were put on probation for a few reasons. Mostly curriculum-related things and because our emergency service was small and out of date. The curriculum changes were made soon after we got the probationary status, and our new, shiny ES actually opened last week! The most recent update to the students said that with our new ES, they're going to continue to "enhance" our cardiology and radiology departments and more. I'm actually surprised with how fast the ES was renovated, usually university projects are never-ending. I know the ultimate goal of all of the changes was to receive full accreditation with no deficiencies, but idk what the timeline for actually receiving that status is. The current probationary status doesn't affect graduating or incoming students in any way, we still get a full degree and everything.
Just to add to what @raf2769 said, the deficiency was updated from major to minor. It started out as a major deficiency in facilities/equipment and curriculum with minor deficiencies in facilities/equipment and admissions, and was downgraded to just a minor deficiency in facilities/equipment. I wish that site-visit reports were made public though so that there would be no speculation as to what the issues actually were.
The probation has nothing to do with nbc being so far away. It was mostly ES and some curriculum as previously stated. I have no doubt that they will pass just fine after the re-inspection (not sure when that will be though.)
Inspection is semi-annual. So if the last one was Spring, the next should be this fall around September.
Small animal focused people didn’t get any lectures or hands on experience with LA anesthesia. That’s the big one I remember. They added lectures to the anesthesia course and now SA people spend one day out at nbc during their anesthesia rotation (unless they took electives that covered that material.) I think there was some other LA stuff that was lacking as well, but mostly for SA people.
Did ICVM courses getting revamped have anything to do with that or was it mostly the current 3rd years who paved the way for the new system?
