A semi-productive day
I love that I was going to blog more now that it is holiday break time, but well, you see, just because school is not in session doesn't mean I don't have way too much work and studying to get done! Due to me being lazy/procrastinating too much this semester, I semi-screwed my grades. Instead of getting the A in animal nutrition that I easily could have done with a little more studying for weekly exams, I got a B. In organic chemistry I was a few points off of having a B. Its not that my final GPA was anything so terrible as to make me possibly lose a scholarship, but considering I need to get my GPA up over 3.7 before applying to Vet school....
At the end of the semester I talked with my organic professor to find out what to do to prepare for next semester. While I might kick myself for doing it, I decided to stay with the harder professor rather than try a different professor that has a reputation for her classes being easy. Basically I was told if you want to learn, take the hard course. If you want an A, take the other professor. So I stayed. I would rather learn the information and be very confident about it, but I have to say my goal is to get a 4.0 next semester. This means I need to cut back on going out over the weekend, get my studies in gear now, and not let anything or anyone hold me back.
Back to that point I was making earlier about being busy, work is insane right now! My boss recently found out that I am not supposed to work over 20 hours per week there, as I am a full-time undergraduate student. Well I sure hope breaks don't count for that because I'm going to be almost double that for this week, not including the weekend! But its good because I really do need to make some cash. Life is expensive, and my three spoiled brats think they need food and all that! ;-)
On a side note, I recently discovered that I can apply to Vet school as soon as my pre-requisite courses are complete. There is no requirement for having a degree of any kind, which could potentially mean applying in one more full year instead of almost three! It got me on a kick of looking at all the different schools again, which just gets me so excited! There is still a lot of work to be done, grades to get, GRE to take, but I am one step closer to getting there! It also means I've been wasting a lot of time looking at different DVM programs and daydreaming. But we all need a dream and I'm just keeping that dream alive!
At the end of the semester I talked with my organic professor to find out what to do to prepare for next semester. While I might kick myself for doing it, I decided to stay with the harder professor rather than try a different professor that has a reputation for her classes being easy. Basically I was told if you want to learn, take the hard course. If you want an A, take the other professor. So I stayed. I would rather learn the information and be very confident about it, but I have to say my goal is to get a 4.0 next semester. This means I need to cut back on going out over the weekend, get my studies in gear now, and not let anything or anyone hold me back.
Back to that point I was making earlier about being busy, work is insane right now! My boss recently found out that I am not supposed to work over 20 hours per week there, as I am a full-time undergraduate student. Well I sure hope breaks don't count for that because I'm going to be almost double that for this week, not including the weekend! But its good because I really do need to make some cash. Life is expensive, and my three spoiled brats think they need food and all that! ;-)
On a side note, I recently discovered that I can apply to Vet school as soon as my pre-requisite courses are complete. There is no requirement for having a degree of any kind, which could potentially mean applying in one more full year instead of almost three! It got me on a kick of looking at all the different schools again, which just gets me so excited! There is still a lot of work to be done, grades to get, GRE to take, but I am one step closer to getting there! It also means I've been wasting a lot of time looking at different DVM programs and daydreaming. But we all need a dream and I'm just keeping that dream alive!
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