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 we could be in school from anywhere from 8am to 5pm (or later on some nights). So instead of going through an average day in this post, I will take you through an average week for me. This includes my free time so you will be able to see how I distribute my time.
Monday:
- 5:30am: Wake up, study
- 8:30am: Head to School
- 9am: Exam
- 11am: Class
- 12pm: Lunch
- 1pm: Class
- 2pm: Head home, relax, clean up
- 4:30pm: Alumni Interview for Pomona College
- 5:30pm: Rock Climb
- 9:30pm: Head home, relax, bite to eat, unwind, head to bed
Tuesday:
- 7am: Wake up, shower, breakfast, etc.
- 9:30am: Head to School
- 10am: Class
- 12pm: Lunch/Club Rounds
- 1pm: Class
- 2-5pm: Lab
- 5pm: Club Rounds
- 6pm: International Externship Info Session
- 7:30pm: Rock Climb
- 10:30pm: Head home, relax, bite to eat, unwind, head to bed
Wednesday
- 7am: Wake up, shower, breakfast, etc.
- 8am: Bake Brownies for Tomorrow’s Bake Sale
- 9:30am: Head to School
- 10am: Class
- 12pm: Lunch Talk
- 1pm: Relax / Study with Friends
- 2-5pm: Lab
- 5:30pm: Alumni Interview for Pomona College
- 7pm: Rock Climb
- 10pm: Head home, relax, bite to eat, unwind, head to bed
Thursday
- 7am: Wake up, shower, breakfast, etc.
- 8:15am: Head to School
- 8:30am: Set up Bake Sale Fundraiser
- 9am: Relax / Study in Foyer with Friends
- 10am: Class
- 12pm: Lunch/Review Session for Next Week’s Exam
- 1pm: Class
- 2pm: Head home, relax, take care of things around the house, errands, etc.
- 7pm: Vet Med Bowling League
- 9pm: Head home, relax, bite to eat, unwind, head to bed
Friday
- 7am: Wake up, shower, breakfast, etc.
- 9:30am: Head to School
- 10am: Class
- 12pm: Study / Relax with Friends
- 2-5pm: Lab
- 5:30-11pm: Rock Climbing Competition
- 11pm: Grad School Mixer
- 1am: Head home, relax, bite to eat, unwind, head to bed
Saturday
- 8am: Wake up, shower, breakfast, etc.
- 9am-5pm: Study with breaks
- 5pm: Alumni Interview for Pomona College
- 6:30pm: Date
Sunday
- 8am: Wake up, shower, breakfast, etc.
- 9am-11pm: Study all day for tomorrow’s exam, with breaks
While this is very precisely an average week from within the past month, each week is different and there are different meetings scheduled, some weeks have more than one exam to study for, and of course, during Winter and Spring terms my free time often involves other sports: skiing and swimming, respectively. With that in mind, this is simply meant to give you an idea of what my life is like on a day-to-day basis. I will do my best to account for an average week in winter and spring terms so that you can gauge how I fit skiing, swimming and other such activities into my schedule.
It’s interesting to see how you spend your time, because my weeks are dramatically different than yours. Of course I probably could have predicted that, just knowing our two different personalities 🙂
I definitely envy how good you are about building in time for other things. I’m still working on that…
It’s interesting to see how you spend your time, because my weeks are dramatically different than yours. Of course I probably could have predicted that, just knowing our two different personalities 🙂
I definitely envy how good you are about building in time for other things. I’m still working on that…