I’m not Clever Enough to be a Vet! How many times have you heard this said when people hear you’re a vet student or applying to Vet School? It’s hardly surprising since vet school is meant to be 5 years of non-stop studying for exams tougher than you can imagine! Except this isn’t completely accurate… … Continue reading I’m Not Clever Enough to be a Vet!
First of all, Merry Christmas everybody and the best of best wishes for 2019!! I, like many vet students and vet school hopefuls, have spent the majority of my Christmas break learning the ropes in a local veterinary practice and have seen all sorts, from kidney injury to emergency C-sections to chocolate toxicity cases. My … Continue reading Christmas as a Vet Student
With the Christmas holidays quickly approaching (see Liverpool looking particularly festive in the photo above!!) and in the knowledge my previous post about vet school experience was a little bit of a doom and gloom approach, here is my attempt to redeem myself! I absolutely love it here at vet school, it’s so tough and … Continue reading Why a Place at Vet School is the Best Christmas Present
This week has been super super busy! As well as back to back lectures almost every day of the week and coursework to complete, with only two weeks to go before we all go home for Christmas, music has been demanding quite a lot of attention! Thursday of this week was Appugiatura’s (aka Vet Band) … Continue reading A Very Musical Christmas
So with this post I thought I’d go with a little bit of a change of scenery from vet school applications and talk a bit more about my day to day vet school life. Firstly, as many of you will be aware of either through witnessing my stress induced moments of panic wondering how I’m … Continue reading Spinning Plates
As we are getting close to the time of year where our year 13s are eagerly waiting for responses from the vet schools they applied to, it’s easy to forget what a nerve wracking time it all is! I am lucky enough to know 2 vet School hopefuls back home in the North East and … Continue reading Vet School- it’s a Scary Business!!
It’s now the end of October: its half term for people at school; vet school applications are in for year 13s; and year 12 vet school hopefuls are starting to travel up and down the country looking at where they might spend the next five year chapter of their lives. As a veterinary student ambassador, … Continue reading So, you still want to be a vet?
This week is an important week- ‘I Love Veterinary Medicine’s Vet Tech Appreciation Week’. For anyone not sure what a vet tech is, it’s another way to say Veterinary Nurse, and from experience I can tell you that they are your BEST FRIEND in practice, whether you’re a vet or a student!! In fact, “Do … Continue reading A Vet’s Best Friend
Hello, it’s Victoria here, your very own future vet, farm fanatic and of course, proud Northerner! That's me there, in my element surrounded by cows which is how I spend probably too much of my spare time! Having worked my socks off for years to have gone from an area that isn’t particularly well … Continue reading So What’s This All About?
Barking Mad 