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Which two were more competitive than CSU for OOS? Cornell and ?
I am avoiding Anatomy, stupid thoracic limb.
VMRCVM and Georgia actually.
Which two were more competitive than CSU for OOS? Cornell and ?
I am avoiding Anatomy, stupid thoracic limb.
First of all, I apologize for being so anal retentive. I'm sorry. However, this is one of my secret pet peeves - the medical symbol is a Rod of Asclepius, not a caduceus. They look really similar, but there's a difference...
Yup. /anal retentive.
Because while caninerepro is awesome enough to TA the vet school anatomy lab he apparently isn't good enough to be accepted into that class. THATS how competitive CSU is.
Threads like these make me sad, because I wish everyone's parents/families had been as excited as mine were when I got my letter from KSU. I've told my family about SDN and whenever I comment on someone getting in to them, they are always happy to hear it! So you all have support from a random family in Kansas.
Also, sumstorm, I *love* the fact that you took in a cake in the shape of a caduceus! That is so cute! Did you have a pan shaped like one or are you just awesome? (I'm betting on awesome.)
My family is also rooting for you SDN people, like SmallAndLA said. My mom actually found SDN on her own and figured out who I was! Now she's as addicted to it as I am, refers to you guys by your usernames, and knows a wealth of information about the whole application process (hi mom!). She wants to start a Parents' Forum, hahaha.
My family is also rooting for you SDN people, like SmallAndLA said. My mom actually found SDN on her own and figured out who I was! Now she's as addicted to it as I am, refers to you guys by your usernames, and knows a wealth of information about the whole application process (hi mom!). She wants to start a Parents' Forum, hahaha.
My family is also rooting for you SDN people, like SmallAndLA said. My mom actually found SDN on her own and figured out who I was! Now she's as addicted to it as I am, refers to you guys by your usernames, and knows a wealth of information about the whole application process (hi mom!). She wants to start a Parents' Forum, hahaha.
It is so awesome that parents know about SDN!!
When I told my mom about my acceptance she screamed for 2 minutes!! I had to hold the phone away from my ear!! You would have thought that she was the one that got accepted to vet school. She just learned to text so I think finding SDN would be impossible for her!
that's awesome! i bet you made her day! when my interviewer at told me i'd gotten in at the end of the day at Tufts, i started crying with my mouth full of cookie... haha.
I have spent the last 10 years doing the same thing!! When I finally got the call, I started crying and told the admissions lady that I loved her and that she changed my life (sounds kind-of crazy now)!!
awwwNow she's as addicted to it as I am, refers to you guys by your usernames, and knows a wealth of information about the whole application process (hi mom!). She wants to start a Parents' Forum, hahaha.
When I got accepted I called my parents and told them that I wanted to take them out to dinner because I had some news to share with them. Before we went to dinner, I got a call from my Aunt saying that she was so sorry to hear the news. I was really confused at that point. I later learned that my Mother assumed that the news I wanted to share was that I was getting a divorce and that she called our entire family and told them that. To this day, I still can't figure out how she jumped to that conclusion since I was and still am happily married. I was so mad at her. We never did go to dinner and when I told them the real news they were not excited for me at all. I guess I'm not surprised. I moved out before I graduated high school and have paved my own way for myself ever since. I envy all of those who have very close, loving, supportive families. I can only imagine how nice it would be.
My husband was extremely excited for me though and has supported me the entire way. His family is also really great. I'm lucky to have them!
I <3 McVet from Grey's Anatomy. Hummna hummna hummna....
Or what about the other episode where Izzy decides she's going to resuscitate a deer in the back of some guy's truck, and her interns make fun of her by making some veterinary comment? I can't remember what it was, but no wonder the public doesn't like us! The TV show writers hate us.
It's funny everyone is mentioning this stuff. I work at a 10 vet animal hospital and there's so many people that funny stuff happens a lot. A girl I work with really wants to write a comedy that takes place in a vet clinic. We jokingly talk about topics for different episodes and I really think it would be hilarious. I hope she really makes it someday, and then the vet career will get some respect! lol
you know, most people wouldn't believe me when i say that a WHOLE LOT of drama happens at a vet hospital!
I abhor drama, gossip, disrespect, etc. I guess if you all are witnessing this as well...it must be a bigger problem than I thought?
Do you think it is because statistically there are so many more women in veterinary medicine (sorry to generalize here) or is it just a problem no matter what career path you are in?
most of the gossip i hear at my clinic is about how so-and-so did this but should have done this
that's exactly how it is at the clinic i work at. the two dr-owners haven't standarized procedures, and we have 2 other doctors who are just associates and so everyone, doctors and techs and assistants, all talk about each other and who should've done it this way and who did something wrong, blah blah. i hate gossip tooI agree with sum-most of the gossip i hear at my clinic is about how so-and-so did this but should have done this . . . our vet hasn't taken time to standardize procedures so people do do things differently and everyone thinks their way is best . . . we're also way understaffed so it's impossible to do things perfectly all the time . . .
That just amazes me; why do people have to talk about someone behind their back? If someone has a problem with the way I am doing something, I want them to tell ME!!
Maybe all the drama is left over from when the docs were in school. There doesn't seem to any shortage of drama here
It really is a pity, because we are all adults and in a professional school, but some of my classmates really don't act like it. I guess the best you can do it try to stay out of it yourself, and be the professional that your classmates (or co-workers) cannot.
I have worked at a clinic that was all drama (a Banfield no less) and another that was run extremely professionally, and the difference came down from the head doctor. If the manager or doctor wants things to be professional, they have to step up and set the tone. I plan on doing the same when I practice.
and of course, the techs being who they are, will talk about this incessantly.
definitely a source of some of the gossip where i work
in my experience, some reasons why we are prone to interpersonal drama:
-we don't have our own little cubicles and projects going on. everyone is in close quarters and working together constantly
-for much of the time, what techs do is repetitive and not intellectually engaging, so we get bored, which leads to talk
-everyone feels invested in the animals so they get upset when they think something isn't being done well
-front staff, back staff, and vets are all focused on their own tasks and haven't "walked a mile" in each other's shoes
It's funny everyone is mentioning this stuff. I work at a 10 vet animal hospital and there's so many people that funny stuff happens a lot. A girl I work with really wants to write a comedy that takes place in a vet clinic. We jokingly talk about topics for different episodes and I really think it would be hilarious. I hope she really makes it someday, and then the vet career will get some respect! lol
Ummm....are you trying to say that CSU is the apogee of competitiveness for vet schools or pre-vet programs? If so, that might be part of the problem.
It is funny that you guys mentioned your grandmothers. I was upset that I couldn't call me grandmother and tell her I got accepted, she passed away last year too. My grandmother was my biggest supporter, she never gave up hope that I would get accepted. Grandmothers are great, arent they?
Strong work using a GRE vocab word And I needed to use it in a sentence so it would stick for me, and you just took care of that quite nicely!!! Thanks
When I got accepted I called my parents and told them that I wanted to take them out to dinner because I had some news to share with them. Before we went to dinner, I got a call from my Aunt saying that she was so sorry to hear the news. I was really confused at that point. I later learned that my Mother assumed that the news I wanted to share was that I was getting a divorce and that she called our entire family and told them that.
It is funny that you guys mentioned your grandmothers. I was upset that I couldn't call me grandmother and tell her I got accepted, she passed away last year too. My grandmother was my biggest supporter, she never gave up hope that I would get accepted. Grandmothers are great, arent they?