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
Here we are in the middle of what is known as the worst quarter of vet school at the School of Veterinary Medicine at UC Davis. At least one test per week in addition to homework assignments, quizzes, scholarship and fellowship applications and otherwise planning for summer means that there is very little free time Read More …
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 …
I’ll be the first to admit that I love statistics. In fact, I used to work for a company in Los Angeles doing statistical analysis on a daily basis. I like numbers and analyzing them as i think they can tell you a great deal of information about the population you’re looking at. So let’s Read More …
You’ve probably heard rumors that Winter term is the most difficult term of first year at the School of Veterinary Medicine at UC Davis. But please don’t worry, I definitely did not find this term to be more difficult than fall term. You’ve already survived a term, you are clearly learning how to study in Read More …
There’s no denying it, there is a paucity of men in vet school. Years ago, the veterinary profession was dominated by men, but more recently women have emerged as the future of veterinary medicine, accounting for 80% or more of veterinary students at the present time. You would think with such an uneven gender distribution Read More …
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 …
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 …