I've decided to start a blog so that my friends and (mostly technologically inept) family can keep up with my life in vet school over the next 4 years.
Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine is located on the island of St. Kitts in the West Indies (map), about 200 miles ESE of the eastern shore of Puerto Rico. RUSVM students spend 7 semesters on the island completing the "pre-clinical curriculum"(i.e. anatomy, physiology, pathology, small and large animal medicine, etc.). Since there aren't traditional summer/winter breaks, these 7 semesters are completed in 2.33 years with ~2 week breaks between semesters. Then it's back to the US for a year of clinical training at one of 22 vet schools affiliated with Ross.
I fly to St. Kitts New Years Eve and start classes January 9, 2012, so expect more frequent updates as those dates draw closer.
Here's to completing my masters thesis in a timely manner, keeping up with this blog and starting vet school in January!
