Update on Vet School

I finally got my rejection letter from Western today. I was kind of expecting it, although I do believe I should have gotten an interview. I have so much experience and my grades are around the average or greater for students that are accepted so I don't know what happened. Anyways, I am sort of relieved since now I won't have to spend money to fly out to Cali, and I would have gone to Edinburgh over Western so it would have been a waste. I wouldn't want to take up an interview spot that a person who really wants it needs.

I am also glad that I didn't get into Western since now I can drop my extra undergraduate class. Western requires a sociology class, which no other vet school does, so now I can drop it and focus on my 14 graduate credits. I am going to talk to my Grad Coordinator tomorrow to see how to drop it, if I can add on 3 research credit, and possibly graduate in May rather than August. I'll let you know what he says.

I guess things really do happen for a reason even if we don't understand it at the time.

I'm officially going to vet school!!!

This is my first blog so we will see how this goes. I will probably be using this blog as a way to vent my frustrations, and to let people see what vet students go through to become doctors. I am currently doing a Master's of Science degree in the Animal Sciences Dept. at the University of Florida. This is my second year applying for vet school, and although I got an interview at UF last year I unfortunately did not get in. This application cycle felt as though I was headed down that same path. I was even about to submit an application to a Caribbean vet school as a backup. By chance, not even a month ago, I found out that this school in Scotland was taking late applications for the fall. So I got my stuff together and applied three days later....

...and surprisingly, this past monday I found out that I was accepted in the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies in Edinburgh, Scotland. I am very excited to know that I will be starting my journey to becoming a vet this fall. I am awaiting interview invites from UF and Western. I should hear by Friday for Western and mid February for UF, but if I don't get an interview then I am headed to Scotland for five years. If I do end up getting accepted to Florida, I will have a hard decision to make. I always thought that I would end up at UF since I did my undergrad and now my master's, but now that I have the opportunity to go abroad I'm not sure what I will do. I guess I should not worry about that until I actually get an interview and acceptance to UF, but I can't help but think about that decision. I also think about the cost of going abroad. Edinburgh would cost about $175,000 just for tuition and at UF I would have in-state tuition which is considerably cheaper. I'm definitely going to make a pros and cons list if I do get accepted. I'm trying to find out as much info as I can about Scotland and the school, and it seems that everything I find makes me want to go even more. Maybe it's the idea of living in the UK and being able to explore Europe. The adventure of going abroad, and the opportunities and experiences I could have just excites me. Since I have been at UF for almost 5 yrs I feel that I have explored most of Gainesville so the vet school isn't this new thing that excites me as much as Edinburgh. Ugh so many things to think about. Hopefully I will know soon about UF and Western, and then I will really have to figure out what I want.