Life In Vet School & Tips On Getting In
So you want to become a veterinarian. Now what? Some people say that veterinary school is the hardest type of professional school to get accepted to. I disagree. Getting accepted in to veterinary school is not that hard, but it does take strategy! This blog will: 1) Provide information to aspiring veterinary students that will help them become the most competitive candidate they can be. 2) Provide a glimpse into what veterinary school is like at UC Davis. Enjoy! -Sharon
Soft tissue surgery is a great rotation for witnessing and assisting in surgeries of all types (just non-orthopedic). The service has a lot of fancy tools (laparascopy, LigaSure, etc.) that makes these procedures faster or less invasive but also makes it less applicable to what most of us are going to be seeing and doing Read More …
Internal Medicine is a large service and is split into 2 teams, each of which include the following: # of Students: 5-10 # of Residents: 2-3 # of Faculty: 1-2 Hours: Variable depending on caseload, but expect to be there from 7am-9pm most days. Rounds: Team Rounds 8-9am and 5-6pm on week days. These can Read More …
I tend to avoid political discussion, but I believe it would be inappropriate for me not to address the events that have taken place recently at UC Davis as they are making national and international news. To concisely summarize, a group of peaceful student protestors were pepper-sprayed by police officer John Pike, a man who Read More …
This year, the School of Veterinary Medicine at UC Davis has the privilege of hosting the annual SAVMA symposium. Symposium is a national conference that brings in veterinary students from throughout the country and world to participate in wetlabs, lectures, and academic and athletic competitions amongst other things. This fantastic educational opportunity gives students exposure Read More …
This may be the question that you secretly (or maybe not-so-secretly) want the answer to. In fact, many of you have found this blog by searching for “easiest vet school to get into” on Google. I really wish there was a simple answer to this question, but the reality is, there is no vet school Read More …