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| Half way done with the semester...time to celebrate!! |
Well, this weekend marks the half way mark for my 5th
semester and the one day I get off the entire semester. We don’t get any of the US holidays off
here…President’s day, Thanksgiving, Fourth of July, etc so we get the Monday of
our 8th week off instead. It
is amazing what one day off can mean to a over worked, under slept vet
student! Last semester our midsemester
break was celebrated by studying for our Pharm 2 midterm worth 50% of our
grade…glad it was NOT the case this semester.
So 5th semester is awesome. The schedule is even better…in my
opinion. We start class at 8am everyday
(not my favorite) BUT if you don’t have lab you are done by 12:00. Allows for time to lay out (and study), run
errands, etc. Classes are interesting
and grades are going well too. I got my
first 100% on a vet school exam in Small Animal Medicine (been stuck missing 1
a bunch of times). I also pulled off a
B+ on a very hard Anesthesiology exam.
We had our toxicology and Diagnostic imaging midterm this past week so
grades aren’t posted yet. Toxicology
midterm was SUPER challenging and hoping to get a B on it. The class has a reputation of either being
hard or easy depending on the class attendance and participation. Sadly a lot of people ditch the class for
various reasons (another class exam coming up, boring class, can learn it on
their own, etc). Well, the difficulty in
the exam hopefully will change some people’s minds…or maybe not…who knows. DI midterm went well. So now it is a waiting game for grades. My goal is just to try MY best and keep my
GPA high so I can hopefully get into a good school for clinicals. I had to get my class rank for a few
scholarships I am applying for my trip to Africa and out of 136 students I am
number 20 overall.
5th semester is also the time people start saying
where they WANT to go for clinicals. Of
course some schools are more fought over then others and there are schools that
NO ONE really wants to go to. Our class
is no different with a high number of
people wanting Colorado, North Carolina and Florida. Right now I really have NO idea where I want
to go. With my GPA and class rank I have
many option open to me (but I could be #1 in my class and not get my top
picks). My heart right now tells me that
I want to do small animal reproduction so I am trying to look into schools that
offer it as a rotation for my clinical year and then possibly do an
internship/residency/externship. Right
now I don’t have a place that I REALLY want to go but more like places I really
hope I DON’T go. But like I said earlier…I
have no control over it…you can be #1 in your class and not get your top
choice.
I did play my 5th semester of powederpuff as well...we came in 3rd...but I didn't break anything so that was good!! It was kind of thrown together last minute and we didn't have time to practice as a team until the day of the tournament but still had TONS of fun.
I did get to celebrate my 25th birthday on the
island this past week. Celebrated with a huge blow out party, with 5 kegs,
strip pole, and a stripper…ok those that know me KNOW that I am lying. The week of my birthday we had 2 exams to
study for so my roommate and I opted for a quick takeout meal from my favorite Italian
restaurant on the island, CIAO. Brittany
did get my a pair of GORCEOUS Juicy earring and a hand drawing sketch of Kitts. We then had a WONDERFUL dinner with great
friends Saturday night at Marshalls. The
food was great and the company was even better!! We then went to the casino
where I gambled away and actually ended up winning $160. One final birthday gift to myself was a new
vacuum on the island (what 25 year old doesn’t want one).
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| Happy B-day to me!! |
