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 …
I may be a vet student on a full-time basis, but my inner ski-bum emerges sometime in late November to early December as I await the opening of my favorite mountain, Kirkwood. This year, Kirkwood opened pretty early after it got slammed with a storm that dropped over 10 feet of snow in a just Read More …
The “freshman fifteen” – a term we dread when we start college and most of us work hard to prevent that dreaded weight gain. When we start vet school it doesn’t even occur to us that there might be a similar phenomenon at play, but it seems that incoming vet students are struggling to maintain Read More …
Mice exist. Most people have encountered them at some point in their lives — in their homes, apartments, pet stores, work, in alleyways, in subway tunnels, and even in the classroom. That’s right, we occasionally have little a mouse visit us in lecture. Now let’s remember, we’re in veterinary school. We are here because we Read More …
Illness and death are things that affect us all, often at the worst possible times. They are never easy to deal with, but being thousands of miles away from your loved ones during such times makes coping with these events even more difficult as you are often forced to cope with tragedy all by yourself, Read More …
Illness and death are things that affect us all, often at the worst possible times. They are never easy to deal with, but being thousands of miles away from your loved ones during such times makes coping with these events even more difficult as you are often forced to cope with tragedy all by yourself, 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 …
Registering for electives at the School of Veterinary Medicine at UC Davis might seem confusing, so here is a step-by-step guide: 1. Determine which electives you want to take by going to VIPER –> Curriculum –> Curriculum Handbook –> then either choose your year under “Courses by Level” or “Track Elective Recommendations” (Courses by Level Read More …