Factors when picking a school

I typed out this whole list of pros and cons, and then realized that people from my school already wrote pretty much everything I was going to say!

So, I'll just put in my opinion that I love being at UTCVM.

Some of the coolest things about my first semester which is about to end:

-I would say at the top of my list is getting the opportunity to neuter around 30 cats at a 1 day feral cat spay/neuter clinic (set up by people/vets in the community abotu 2 hours from Knoxville-we participated through our Feline Club). It was great experience, even though I was really nervous at first since I have no neutering experience. They just quickly showed me how to do it, and then I started on my own. It was awesome.

-I love going down to the clinics (large and small) during off time. That's a good thing about UT is that they are very welcoming and often let you help. It's a good study break, and you get to see a lot of cool stuff (i.e. tigers in surgery, baby zebras, lots of exotics)

-Physical Diagnosis is a really cool class, and we've learned how to do a lot of stuff like handling techniques, how to do physical exams, pilling, etc.

-I'll repeat what the others have said that our faculty is really involved with us, and we have a great associate dean.

-lots of opportunities to get involved in cool clubs that have speakers, wetlabs, etc

-loooots of free food (people food) from food and drug representatives and others. Some weeks there will be 1 lunch meeting, sometimes 4 in one week. You just have to sit through the hour long lecture about the drug, but they cater some really good food at those things.

I've never had trouble getting a close parking spot, but I'm usually at school before 9. We normally have class at 8 every morning, so parking has never been an issue for me. Even game days haven't been a problem, because I just tell them I'm a vet student and they let me park wherever.

I like having an agricultural/vet medicine library right in our building. I don't know if other schools have something like this, but it's nice to just step right outside of our classroom and be at the library.

My cons were pretty much the same as the others. I was spoiled with free printing in undergrad, so paying for printing the library is a con I guess (it's only 2 cents a sheet, but it can add up if you're printing power points).

We also have a canteen style place in our building to buy food (sandwiches, chips, drinks, coffee, snacks)-i'm not sure if this was mentioned

I guess that's all I've got. Come to UT, it's great.

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Factors when picking a school