My first semester of vet school is over! I had my last exam
yesterday and now I have 6 days of nothingness before lectures start again next
week. :)
I passed all my exams thankfully, but some of them were
quite difficult. Certain exams were definitely harder to pass than the ones I
took for my zoology degree. I could always be fairly confident about passing my
zoology exams, but here I have a feeling there’s always a chance I could fail!
Most of the exams are oral here which means we get the marks back almost
straight away. My final marks for this semester are:
Anatomy – C
Genetics – C
Milk Hygiene – A
Latin – A
Slovak – A
Anatomy – C
Genetics – C
Milk Hygiene – A
Latin – A
Slovak – A
There are a few different dates for each of the final exams
so you’re able to choose when you take them; you can either cram them all in
before Christmas or spread them out over the whole exam period. I took 3 before
Christmas (Latin, Milk Hygiene and Slovak) and I left Anatomy and Genetics
until the end of the exam period. I definitely needed the extra revision time
for Anatomy and Genetics; they were by far the hardest exams! It meant I got a
good long time at home for Christmas which was really nice and I managed to
work a few days at my job at the zoo to earn some extra tuition fee money!
I also got to get better acquainted with this little man:
He’s still a bit wary of me; I think he might prefer my mum, who looks after him while I’m at uni. He will follow Ruby over to me if he thinks there are treats but he doesn’t climb all over me to get them like she does! I’m pretty impressed with the amount of hay he eats. I’ve never had a proper hay monster rabbit. Ruby eats a lot of hay but she eats it because it’s food rather than because she enjoys it. Willow seems to really love it and I’ve tried him with a few different types as a treat. For any other rabbits out there, he especially recommends Burns Green Oat and Excel Herbage Camomile ;)
These last few months have gone so quickly, I’m now 1/8th
of the way through the course! I’m looking forward to starting lectures for
next semester now (although a bit of a break is very welcome). We got our new
timetable yesterday and it looks very busy. A few new subjects we are starting
this semester are Animal Hygiene and Welfare, Nutrition and dietetics, and
Diseases of Fish and Bees. We are also starting to study organs in Anatomy,
which sounds really interesting!
Bye for now!
Lucy
Hi Lucy. My name is Antonia and I have been reading your blogg. I was wondering if I could get your e-mail because I am also applying for Vet in Kosice.
ReplyDeleteBest regards
Antonia
e-mail: antonia.hermannsdottir@mast.is
Hi there, I'm mum to a boy who didn't get into vet school this year. I have stumbled across your site on Google while looking for other options. Can you tell me how many UK students are at UVM in your year? As it is an english speaking course is there a large mix of nationalities? Thanks for the pics of your room too, it's not as bad as I'd read on a forum :) Please keep up the posting, I will follow with interest.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry your son didn't get into vet school this year. It's really tough!
DeleteI am on the 4 year graduate course, in my year there are 20 students and about half of those are from the UK. The 6 year course has about the same numbers. Most of the English students are from the UK and Ireland but there are also people from Scandinavia, Australia and Zambia. It's a good mix :)
The rooms are fine. They don't always look great to start with but you can do whatever you like to them to make them feel like home. I had a lot of fun doing my room up when I first arrived.
Thanks for commenting! I will try to update the blog soon :)
Hi,
ReplyDeleteDid you have a test for Chemistry and Biology to enter in the 4 year-program? Thank you!!
Hi! There are no entrance exams for the 4 year program, just the 6 year one :)
ReplyDeleteHi useful posting.
ReplyDeleteKelinci