Life Goes on While You’re In School

Unfortunately the end of my first year came with some unfortunate news for me and my family — news that reminded me of the fact that life does go on while I’m in school, too busy to notice. A little background: my family is known for withholding important information regarding the health (and even life/death) Read More …

Adapting to Life in Vet School

I know it may seem ironic that I am posting about adapting to life in vet school when I have less than 1 month remaining in my first year of vet school, but nevertheless, here it goes… I think this term I have demonstrated my ability to live my life happily and successfully while managing Read More …

Adapting to Life in Vet School

I know it may seem ironic that I am posting about adapting to life in vet school when I have less than 1 month remaining in my first year of vet school, but nevertheless, here it goes… I think this term I have demonstrated my ability to live my life happily and successfully while managing Read More …

Finals Week = Admissions Decisions Week

I’m half way through finals week and still feeling pretty good. I’m not exhausted and I haven’t lost any sleep. The weather has been beautiful and I’m enjoying every minute of the sun I can with the daylight savings changeover. However, while I am relaxing and enjoying studying in the sun, I know many of Read More …

Winter Term Comes to an End, Finals are Here Again

This was supposed to be the most difficult term of first year. Key words: supposed to Sure there were a lot of challenging courses and tests nearly every week (which definitely interfered with skiing), but I don’t think it was that bad. Others may disagree, but that is just my opinion. Now, here we are Read More …

Finals Week Exhaustion

It is Wednesday morning and in just one hour I will be taking a final exam in cardiology. Am I worried? No, not really. Am I stressed? Nope. Am I exhausted? Yes! Although we have a dedicated Finals Week at UC Davis, we do not take all of our finals this one week. Fortunately, as Read More …