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
What if I told you that for many people it costs over $200,000? Are you scared yet? Shocked? I certainly hope so, because I was. When I left graduate school and began my journey to veterinary school I had no idea that vet school would cost that much and get me that much into debt, Read More …
Anyone in the field of veterinary medicine should be familiar with PubMed, a free, searchable database of published research. We, as students and researchers, access these databases frequently when doing background research for an upcoming proposal, research project, or school assignment among other things. While I am accustomed to searching through the literature and citing Read More …
I realize there are a lot of people who are curious as to what an average day is like for a vet student. Fact of the matter is: there are no average days in vet school, at least not at the School of Veterinary Medicine at UC Davis. At best we have an expectation that Read More …
Year 1 in vet school felt like at any given time, at least a quarter of the class was always sick. Now that we’re in Year 2, that seems to hold true, not just for my class, but for the first year class as well. People have a multitude of symptoms suggesting that there are Read More …
Hopefully by now you’ve founds some new hobbies and hopefully made a few new friends. If you haven’t yet, you’re not trying. For part two of this multi-part series on Dating in Vet School, I will suggest something that is relevant to any student who is living in a college town or is affiliated with Read More …
Things I wish I knew sooner: Keys. You can go into the small building that is located between Valley and the VMTH by the VMTH parking lot to get keys to the VMTH. Bring your ID Badge and let them know what keys you want (I’d start with just getting the key to the front Read More …
To be honest, I didn’t truly have a plan for this summer. During the winter and spring terms I made some plans. I applied for a research fellowship, expecting not to get it and made back up plans which included: An externship at the San Francisco SPCA Summer clinics in Neurology, Dermatology, and Oncology at Read More …
Advice for Pre-Orientation: Get your bearings. Journey over to the vet school. Walk around and become familiar with things now that you don’t have the anxiety from an upcoming interview weighing on you. Try and find all of the places listed here. If you can’t find something, ask someone around you — there are plenty Read More …
Some of you, my followers, read my blog regularly or search back in time to find old entries that might sound interesting or relevant, others are newcomers. I decided that it might be useful to have a “What the first year of vet school is like.” summary just to sum up how things went. Also, Read More …
Not that I was focusing on anything more than relaxing and having a good time while I was down there, I definitely left the US with some ability to focus and returned without any ability to focus. I think I am so enveloped in other endeavors right now and with the weather being so beautiful, Read More …