http://www.vetschoolblog.com/2009/03/26/vet-school-reject%e2%80%a6-and-proud/ Wet Cleanup on Aisle 5 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:27:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.vetschoolblog.com/2009/03/26/vet-school-reject%e2%80%a6-and-proud/#comment-274 VetSchoolBlog Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:01:36 +0000 http://www.vetschoolblog.com/?p=197#comment-274 Hi Labtech, thanks for writing! Always an inspiration to hear from someone else with the same crazy dream. I'm glad you've found jobs you really love... that alone ought to be worth all the hard work you put in getting your bio degree. I think you should still go for vet school, though... in 2004, there was a 61-year-old who graduated from med school. You're a long way off. :) Hi Labtech, thanks for writing! Always an inspiration to hear from someone else with the same crazy dream. I’m glad you’ve found jobs you really love… that alone ought to be worth all the hard work you put in getting your bio degree. I think you should still go for vet school, though… in 2004, there was a 61-year-old who graduated from med school. You’re a long way off.

]]> http://www.vetschoolblog.com/2009/03/26/vet-school-reject%e2%80%a6-and-proud/#comment-273 labtech Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:57:13 +0000 http://www.vetschoolblog.com/?p=197#comment-273 hey! i just discovered your blog and i wanted to commiserate. I decided at 30 to apply to vet school also, after years of having a career in art-type stuff. I had to go back to school and basically get the equivalent of a biology degree while working full time. I applied to my in-state school (University of Illinois) and was waitlisted but didnt get in. I kinda had a break down (by that time I was 35) and didn't want my heart to get broken again, so I decided to take a year off from apps and get a new job instead. I ended up getting 2 new jobs! one as a part time assistant at a vet ER and another as a research tech at a lab working with mice. Turns out I really love both. I am planning on re-applying this year and now, if I dont get in I realized I can just keep these jobs which I really enjoy. Not too shabby, I'm still working with animals and making money, right? btw-now I'm 37 and for some reason am really hung up about the age thing.....*if* I get in next year, I'll be graduating at 41. oh well! anyway-best of luck to you! glad to find a kindred spirit! hey! i just discovered your blog and i wanted to commiserate. I decided at 30 to apply to vet school also, after years of having a career in art-type stuff. I had to go back to school and basically get the equivalent of a biology degree while working full time. I applied to my in-state school (University of Illinois) and was waitlisted but didnt get in. I kinda had a break down (by that time I was 35) and didn’t want my heart to get broken again, so I decided to take a year off from apps and get a new job instead. I ended up getting 2 new jobs! one as a part time assistant at a vet ER and another as a research tech at a lab working with mice. Turns out I really love both. I am planning on re-applying this year and now, if I dont get in I realized I can just keep these jobs which I really enjoy. Not too shabby, I’m still working with animals and making money, right? btw-now I’m 37 and for some reason am really hung up about the age thing…..*if* I get in next year, I’ll be graduating at 41. oh well!
anyway-best of luck to you! glad to find a kindred spirit!

]]> http://www.vetschoolblog.com/2009/03/26/vet-school-reject%e2%80%a6-and-proud/#comment-272 VetSchoolBlog Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:52:51 +0000 http://www.vetschoolblog.com/?p=197#comment-272 If I had to choose between 40 grand and an extra year, I think I'd choose the 40 grand too!! If I had to choose between 40 grand and an extra year, I think I’d choose the 40 grand too!!

]]> http://www.vetschoolblog.com/2009/03/26/vet-school-reject%e2%80%a6-and-proud/#comment-271 Angela Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:00:09 +0000 http://www.vetschoolblog.com/?p=197#comment-271 Yeah, I wanted to get in-state tuition, so I had to live here for a year before starting school to become a resident. So I was balancing, "I'd like to be out of school before I'm 80" with "At my age, I really need to NOT spend an extra 8-10K a year on OOS tuition", and money won. :) Yeah, I wanted to get in-state tuition, so I had to live here for a year before starting school to become a resident. So I was balancing, “I’d like to be out of school before I’m 80″ with “At my age, I really need to NOT spend an extra 8-10K a year on OOS tuition”, and money won.

]]> http://www.vetschoolblog.com/2009/03/26/vet-school-reject%e2%80%a6-and-proud/#comment-270 VetSchoolBlog Fri, 27 Mar 2009 05:34:11 +0000 http://www.vetschoolblog.com/?p=197#comment-270 Wow, you deferred for a year? Somehow, that makes me feel a little better. I think I have a silly self-imposed mental deadline of "must have DVM by age 40!" You're right, though, what's another year? :) Wow, you deferred for a year? Somehow, that makes me feel a little better. I think I have a silly self-imposed mental deadline of “must have DVM by age 40!” You’re right, though, what’s another year?

]]> http://www.vetschoolblog.com/2009/03/26/vet-school-reject%e2%80%a6-and-proud/#comment-269 Angela Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:23:43 +0000 http://www.vetschoolblog.com/?p=197#comment-269 Sorry about that -- it sounds like it's totally correctable for next round, though. And at 35, what's another year, right? :) (That's what I told myself when I decided to defer for a year!) I don't think I'd move, either -- especially if it sounded like I had as good a chance as you do of getting in next year. Sorry about that — it sounds like it’s totally correctable for next round, though. And at 35, what’s another year, right? (That’s what I told myself when I decided to defer for a year!) I don’t think I’d move, either — especially if it sounded like I had as good a chance as you do of getting in next year.

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