The diary of Chris Allen through his vet student years.
Considering Friday is the end of the week, it is one of my busiest action packed days, I am going to try and cover as much as I can from today however. This morning started with the Genetics lecture which Continue reading Genetic Disorders, Milk Hygiene, Fire, Lethal Alleles and Monsters… (Day 81)
Today started with most of last night spent revising, so am relying heavily on coffee today. I’ve got two exams today both in physiology and anatomy, however as anatomy is such a big area this week (muscles of the head, Continue reading White blood cells, urine, and the muscles of the abdomen and diaphragm… (Day 80)
Being strapped-for-cash is kind of part of the deal when you go on to further education. It’s like a rite of passage. Your friends who left school and went straight into work will never know what it’s like to wonder Continue reading Need Some Extra Cash for the End of the Month? Five Money-Making Tips for Students.
So this morning was all on the different type of immune cells in the body which was pretty cool however the really cool bit came next. Not because of the lecture but because of all the recent breakthroughs in the Continue reading Immunoflourescent Assays and the power of light… (Day 71)
This morning one of my classmates had a exploratory dental scheduled for her cat (you might have seen him on my Twitter feed when I was catsitting). Over the past 10 days I’ve spent a lot of time with this Continue reading Some surgery and the results of Latin… (Day 65)
As I missed histology yesterday I rescheduled to take my credit test today, whilst I didn’t originally feel that I had done well, I got a C in the written part and a B in the practical part. I was Continue reading Histology Credit and the science behind the ELISA test… (Day 64)
Another Friday, Milk hygiene today was looking at the properties of tinned milk and condensed milk. I am now at the stage where I feel like I know more about milk than any single sane person would ever want to. Continue reading A naked look inside the nucleus at the chromosomes… (Day 60)
Another Wednesday, with the final anatomy exam for the skull tommorow this is definately going to be a long day after a very long night of Latin. One of my pet peeves here is that lecturers will change classes around Continue reading Milk, Latin, Slovak… And the appearance of Christmas (Day 58)
Today I started the immunology section of the Microbiology module, rumours at the minute are that people on the 6 year course get to do this over 13 weeks whilst for us we have just 5 weeks which does demonstrate Continue reading The start of Immunology… (Day 57)
Start of week 8, now I am getting really nervous about being able to raise enough money to allow me to continue in vet school next semester. Towards the end of term things are going to get more busy and Continue reading Nervous Tissue, Nerves, Kidneys and Urine… (Day 56)