This afternoon's pre-vet tour was somewhat less rewarding than I had expected. To be sure, I gave a decent tour -- perhaps somewhat more scatterbrained than usual, but mostly a good tour. It was a little disconcerting to have such a large group of people, none of whom asked any questions!
They had some neat extra stuff set up for the pre-vet students, including an anesthesia tech to talk about the anesthesia/pain management department, a bunch of antique veterinary tools in the student ophtho lab, a trip to the junior surgery lab, and a really fun presentation by one of the pathologists in the new necropsy lab.
But really, I expected these kids to be full of questions about what vet school is like, how to get in, what they should be doing now, etc. Certainly there was plenty that I wanted to know when I was at that point.
I don't know if they were scared by the hospital? Intimidated by me? (Come on, I'm like 5 feet tall!) Drained from recent big exams? Disinterested in vet med despite being in the pre-vet club? It was like pulling teeth.
In any case, I hope that even if they didn't want to learn anything about vet school life from me or the other guides, at least they got something out of the tours.
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