J is off to Med School and I'm working on finishing stage 2 of my application to Vet School

Well it's the night before J leaves to go to Ross University School of Medicine. I'm so proud of her and will miss her very much. J says she is nervous about leaving. We always grew up knowing this day would come but we never really prepared for the good bye part. I also never thought I would be send J off first, since I'm the older sister! But hey that's life, it always has it's own plan and doesn't really care too much about any preconceived notions about what might happen now and in the future. I look at J's room and see essentially her life packed up into four suitcases, a carry-on bag and a backpack.

It will be strange not having her just upstairs or a short drive away. I guess in the same sense that I always knew we would move away from home but I always pictured it as a future event. I want to hug her and not let her leave but I know that is silly. It has been pointed out to me that at least now I won't have to worry about my clothes going missing. (she was notorious for wear/taking my clothes/shoes)

J is pretty worried about her baggage being lost and not making it to her final destination. So we will just have to see. Keep you updated!

ROSS UPDATE FOR ME:

It had been about 10 days since I had sent my transcript in the mail to Ross and had my GRE scores sent electronically. But I didn't see them as being received yet on my Ross application page, so I called the admission office in New Jersey and chatted with someone. It seems that they had come in but had yet to be processed. They inputted the info and it all checked out, aside from the fact that they forgot to input that I took Physics 1 already. I called back and left them a voicemail to try and correct the error. I'm sure they are really busy with a new semester starting at Ross Med and Ross Vet in the next two weeks. 

I do want to let you know that I sent in my current transcript that shows that I am currently taking Biochemistry and Genetics. So if I get an interview and then if I get a letter offering me a spot, it will be on the basis that I pass those two required classes and then resubmit my final transcript. 

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Application Update: Slow going....

So it is officially four days before sister "J" goes off to medical school. It is really getting down to the nitty gritty stuff. We packed up three duffel bags full of stuff and kept weighing it over and over again trying to make sure we are not over the 50lb limit for the airplane's baggage rules.

I went and picked up my books for (hopefully last semester at Wichita State University) fall classes. They start this coming monday and I'm so looking forward to them. Every semester I get closer to being in class where I go "yes I do think that information would be useful on a day to day basis in a vet clinic". Let's be honest, no vet is sitting in an exam room mulling over the molecular structure of Hydrochloric acid or debating the role of physics in their ability to exam a dog with a cough. But I know that in the end it will all be worth it.

I know that there is a possibility that one of you reading this might also be feeling a little glum. I have felt that stab of self doubt in my journey to where I am today but it gets better. It does not get easier but I do think that you get stronger as you go through. I am talking about college courses, friends, family and life in general.

I look in the mirror and I realize that all my life I've been dreaming of moving out on my own and applying to Vet School but now that it's finally happening it's odd. I never really thought this day would come. In a way I guess I have been dreaming for so long that it's hard to believe that I'm taking the next step. I guess from here on out every step will be a "new" step.

I'll calm this post back down and get off my soap box. I send my GRE scores, WSU transcript and my application fee (money order by mail). I paid for it all to be sent out last thursday (so a little over a week). Last night I saw that Ross received my $100 application fee but I am still waiting on my transcript and GRE scores to come in. I call and left a message at the Ross admission office this morning to check on the progress and to see if they had arrived yet. I have not heard back from them and since it was friday, i am sure they were busy. So I look forward to hearing back from them maybe by monday or tuesday at the latest.

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Stay Strong!

Random Cuteness Picture of Gryffindor

2016 Update!!!

Hello Everyone!

So Aunt K has brought that I have been lacking of my post for some time now, so here we go! 

So I am currently applying to Ross University of Vet School for January 2017. The home office for Ross is in New Jersey  and I have sent my transcripts, application fee and my letters of recommendation. So I am currently waiting for all of these things, along with my GRE scores to be processed and attached to my application. Once all my required paperwork is in then comes the part when I wait. I wait for the acceptance committee to review and possibly get invited to have an interview (skype interview) and then hopefully get that acceptance letter! 

Little Sister J is currently packing up for Medical School. She got her acceptance letter from Ross University School of Medicine on Dominica. She leave Aug 25,2016…..so in a 9 days! 

You can follow J’s travels on her blog!

http://jess2md.weebly.com

Now time for a farm update: 

Lil Darling had a bull calf named Rufio

Black Mamba had a bull calf named Hercules

Merida had a bull calf named Mad Hatter

Belle had a heifer calf named Tuppence

Sam, Kitty and Layla are still doing well.

I have a new little addition.  Meet Gryffindor! My little orange pumpkin tabby, born April 26,2015. He is about to turn 4 months old this August and is already 6.5 lbs. Hoping my little guy keeps filling out. I hope to take him down with me to St.Kitts if and when I get accepted. He would come down with me after my first semester down there because you have to stay in the dorms first semester and pets are not allowed. But after first semester I would get an apartment or a house with other classmates.

SOoooo Right now I am signed up to take Biochemistry and Genetics this Fall Semester at my local Kansas University! I will try to keep everyone updated on what happens next!!!