We just finished another midterm (two more to go and then more block finals), it's a sunny Friday afternoon, I had a delicious lunch and I'm ready to do nothing productive whatsoever :) Time for a BTOW post!

This week's topic: Your favorite thing about vet school.

I think I have two favorite things about vet school. First (and most importantly), I have an amazing group of classmates and friends. It sounds cheesy, but the helpful, supportive, sharing, caring, funny, commiserating people in the class of 2015 have made this wild ride so much easier than it could have been. We have our moments of drama, of course, but by and large we all get along and we go beyond that to sharing study guides, posting helpful resources, passing around information gained from upper years or professors, etc. I can't imagine having to slog through school with a toxic group of individuals surrounding me every day.

On top of that, my close friends in the class make coming to school every day worth it. They all have a wonderful sense of humor (or maybe I'm just too easily amused...?), they are kind to me, they are there when I need to vent and they stay up until the wee hours of the morning studying with me. I can't imagine finishing school and not getting to see them every day.

My second favorite thing about vet school is that people think you know what you're doing, and allow you to do cool stuff! We have tons of wet lab opportunities through various clubs (feral cat surgeries, sheep hoof trimming), we have live animal labs where we get to do physical exams on client-owned animals, etc! I love actually getting that hands on experience.