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
On November 5, 2010 I competed in my first rock climbing competition. The Crankin’ Competition is a series of three rock climbing competitions that take place every year at the Rocknasium in Davis, California. Climbers from near and far gather at the gym to get their hands on over 50 brand new climbing routes and Read More …
As the hours left in the year 2010 dwindle down, I would like to reflect upon this year and how absolutely amazing it has been! Surely there were some difficult times for me and my loved ones, but we have fought through and I am confident that 2011 will be even better than 2011! 2010 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 …
Anyone out there who has a cat is probably reading the title of this and laughing. Go ahead, laugh, but fact of the matter is, cats are highly intelligent creatures and very trainable! I acquired my first cat in 2008. Kali was adopted from the Pasadena Humane Society in Southern California when she was about 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 …
It’s that time of year! The holidays are here and it’s time to reflect on the year and remember how lucky we are to have the love and support of friends and family (of the human and non-human varieties). And while my cats get spoiled with Turkey and Gravy (of the cat food variety!) by Read More …
Most of you know that I rock climb — a lot! More specifically, I boulder — a lot! Bouldering (according to Wikipedia) is a “style of rock climbing undertaken without a rope and normally limited to very short climbs over a crash pad so that a fall will not result in serious injury.” So there Read More …
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It might be cliche, but my shirt with this catchy phrase on it has garnered a great amount of attention and comments from people wherever I go. Surely women have gone from being scarce in the veterinary profession to dominating it and that’s something that we should be proud of. (Not that we don’t need Read More …
Most people who know me know that I have a rather long list of life goals that are completely unrelated to veterinary medicine. I consider that list to be more of a checklist of things I want to do or learn — not necessarily before I die, but in the near future. Many of these Read More …