Round 2

We're smack in the middle of the second round of exams, hence the gap in posting once again. Anatomy was on Thursday. Several weeks ago, our lecture professor actually had a talk with us and said we didn't do well enough. Apparently, our first test average of 78 was way lower than last year. For example, there was 35 A's last year, and ~8 for our class. Several had failed.

Everyone was peeved; it hurt my ego and I didn't even do poorly. Regardless, it actually made everyone more pumped. I noticed a lot more people in the anatomy lab at night in the days before the test. My friends even came up with a pretty cool way of studying; we would make mini-tests pinning as many structures on our dog that we could. Then we would all take the "test" and talk over our answers. Apparently we did something right, and our class average was over a 90!

In true ISU Vet Med fashion, we celebrated by partying last night. The annual hayrack ride left from the Vet School ~4:30 with everyone piling on bales of hay pulled by tractors. Everyone brought their favorite "beverage" to enjoy as we were pulled down the highway, passing cars didn't seem to be bothered. I had heard the ride would be long, and the weather would be quite chilly, but I was not prepared for the two hour drive in 40 degree weather.

After 2 hours, we ate around a bonfire on land owned by one of the Vet School professors and had a really great night. I ended up leaving at 10, which sounds early but by that point I had been out for six hours. It was a good choice to leave, as I volunteered for seven hours today for the Feral Cat Mega-Clinic. 88 feral cat were spayed or neutered, given distemper and rabies vaccines, a covennia shot, and revolution for only twenty bucks. I didn't have much hands on work, but it felt great to be a part of it.

Histo, Medical Terminology, and Cell tests complete Round 2 on Tuesday and Wednesday. I can't believe I'm already half-way through my first semester!