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
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 …
As I curled into my favorite study spot and begin to descend [again] into the whirlwind of finals, I received a friendly reminder of why I am here, spending absurd amounts of time in class, lab and studying. That reminder came in the form of a fuzzy butt positioned ever so unobtrusively on my study Read More …
One of the first things I heard about UC Davis during the Interviewee Orientation last February, before I had even received an acceptance, was the infamous Cardiovascular Physiology final exam of Winter quarter, an exam that, should you fail, could result in you repeating the entire first year of vet school! Upon beginning the year, Read More …
Yesterday the class of 2013 at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine took their first Anatomy exam of vet school. After many late nights and early weekend mornings in the anatomy lab, some were panicked, wondering whether what they had managed to stuff enough anatomical information into their already congested brain, and others were Read More …