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
To the ~220 of you out there that are lucky enough to have received an interview at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine this year — Congratulations! It’s an exhilarating feeling to receive an invitation, but it may often be followed with a feeling of absolute terror. That’s why, for those of you who are 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 …
Despite a hectic weekend, a neuro midterm this morning, and a hellish 2 weeks filled with pop quizzes, midterms, a final, and my project proposal due, I reluctantly spent the evening doing my shift at Equine Nursing. I only say reluctantly because there are many other things that I would have rather spent my precious Read More …
Before you start making assumptions about the type of life I lead, let me clarify: I am not currently, nor I have I ever dated a professor. The “breaking up” I’m talking about is with respect to a professional relationship – – ending a professional relationship before it ever really began. At UC Davis, there Read More …
I will never claim to have my priorities straight. I get a giddy feeling, reminiscent of childhood, when I think about skiing on fresh powder and shamelessly check the weather and snow forecast every chance I get. I will admit that the iPhone and all of it’s wonderful apps have turned this habit into more Read More …
Given that most vet and pre-vet students are passionate about caring for animals, it is no surprise that many of us have pets of our own. Given our knowledge of and exposure to the field of veterinary medicine, you might think that our pets would be in excellent health and we would be able to Read More …
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 …
I’m at the point in vet school where I’ve realized that my life is very, very different from the way it was before vet school. How did I realize this, you ask? Well, the first time I realized that although I’ve lived in Davis for 2.5 months, I’ve only gone food shopping 3 times. (Keep 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 …
I am a month in to veterinary school at UC Davis. Things are going wonderfully despite the fact that I am spending more time than I ever have in my life studying and in class/lab in an attempt to grasp the massive amount of material that I am required to learn in such a short Read More …