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16/10/2026

Here’s how I study anatomy as a straight-A vet student.

And no — I’m not naturally good at memorising. I actually suck at rote learning.

Anatomy feels overwhelming because it’s EVERYTHING:
bones, muscles, nerves, arteries, veins… all layered on top of each other.

So this is what I actually do:
1. I learn structure first (what exists + where it sits).
2. Then I learn function (what does it DO?).
3. Then I link it clinically (why would this matter in a real animal?).
4. Then I draw it — badly. Over and over.
5. Then I test myself without looking.

If I can’t explain how it moves, what innervates it, and what happens if it’s damaged — I don’t know it yet.

Anatomy isn’t about memorising more.
It’s about layering correctly.

Save this for your next anatomy block 🤍
And follow for more vet school study breakdowns.

15/10/2026

I had Cs.
I failed O-Chem.
I thought I ruined my chances.

I didn’t.

What changed everything wasn’t becoming “smarter.”
It was becoming strategic.

Vet schools care about:
– Upward trends
– Your last 45 credits
– Science GPA
– Whether you can handle heavy semesters

They want proof you can survive vet school. Not proof you were perfect at 19.

Growth perfection.

If you’re applying and feel behind, you’re not done.

Follow for honest vet school advice.

15/10/2026

If you can’t be the smartest in vet school, be the one who keeps getting back up.

Vet school humbles you.

You can work hard, care deeply, and still feel behind sometimes.

There will always be someone who answers faster.
Someone who seems more confident.
Someone who remembers the detail you forgot.

That doesn’t mean you don’t belong here.

This degree doesn’t just reward intelligence.
It rewards resilience.

Getting back up after:
– a bad grade
– a long week
– a concept that won’t click
– a practical that didn’t go well

That’s what builds competence.

You don’t need to be the genius in the room.

You need to stay in the room.

If vet school has knocked you down before, you’re not alone.

Follow for the honest version of vet school.

14/10/2026

You can be capable and still feel behind.

That’s the part no one says out loud.

In vet school:
• Someone always answers faster
• Someone always sounds smarter
• Someone always remembers more

But here’s what I’ve learned:

Everyone feels that way about someone else.

You’re not dumb.
You’re just in an environment where everyone was high-achieving before they got here.

That shift feels brutal.

But it’s normal.

If vet school humbles you daily,
you’re exactly where you’re supposed to be.

Follow for the honest version of vet school.

14/10/2026

Hot take. Vet school is not full of geniuses.

It is full of people who reread the same paragraph three times and still are not sure they understood it.

It is full of people who sit in anatomy labs pretending it makes sense while silently panicking.

It is full of people who take longer to memorise nerves, vessels, muscles, pathogens, drug classes, everything.

It is full of people who fail quizzes. Who bomb midterms. Who walk out of exams convinced they chose the wrong career.

And then come back the next day anyway.

We do not talk about this enough.

When you get into vet school, you assume everyone else is naturally smarter. That everyone else absorbs information faster. That everyone else is coping better.

They are not.

Some of us just reread more.
Some of us just practise more.
Some of us just ask more questions.
Some of us just refuse to quit.

You do not have to be the smartest person in your cohort to become a vet.

You have to be the one who stays when it is uncomfortable.
The one who keeps studying when it does not click yet.
The one who gets back up after failing.
The one who outlasts the self doubt.

If you have ever sat in class feeling dumb, overwhelmed, behind, or like you somehow tricked admissions into letting you in, you are not alone.

You are a normal vet student.

And you belong here.

If this feels like you, tell me what class has made you question everything lately. Let’s normalise it. 🐾

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13/10/2026

How I study when I’m tired but still have four hours of content.

First, I stopped pretending motivation was going to save me.

There are days in vet school where your brain just is not fully online. You are exhausted. You have already had labs, lectures, meetings, maybe work. And you still have hours of content to get through.

This is where most people reread slides.

I do not.

If I cannot explain it without looking at my notes, I do not know it. So I close the laptop and turn the lecture into questions.

What are the key mechanisms?
What would happen if this structure failed?
How would this present clinically?
How is this different across species?

Then I answer out loud. If I stumble, that is the gap. That is what I fix.

I draw everything. Even if it looks terrible. Especially if it looks terrible. Vet school is 3D and your brain needs to see movement, not just words.

When I am tired, I simplify. One system at a time. Forty five minutes focused. Ten minute reset. Repeat.

Straight As are not built on aesthetic notes or rewriting slides. They are built on uncomfortable repetition and being honest about what you do not know.

You do not need more hours. You need better reps.

If you are in vet school and exhausted, you are not behind. You just need structure.





13/10/2026

About 1 in 7,400 people worldwide is a vet. If it was easy, everyone would do it. If it was about the money, we’d be doing something else. Tired future vets, this one’s for you. What made you choose vet?



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12/10/2026

$18,000 a month.

That’s what vet + med school costs us right now.

Not just tuition.

Opportunity cost.

While our friends:
• Buy houses
• Invest
• Travel
• Start families

We’re:
• Taking loans
• Delaying investing
• Delaying property
• Betting on degrees

Most people wouldn’t choose this.

And that’s fair.

But we didn’t just “hope it works out.”

We built a 10-year projection before we said yes.

Tuition.
Interest.
Salary assumptions.
Worst-case repayment timelines.
Exit strategy.

It’s not glamorous.

It’s calculated.

Comment CALC if you want the spreadsheet we used.

Follow if you want the real financial side of vet + med school.

12/10/2026

In undergrad, I genuinely thought I was just not smart enough.

I studied for hours.
I rewrote notes.
I highlighted everything.
I reread lectures over and over.

It felt like I was working hard.

But nothing stuck.

When I got into vet school, I assumed everyone else had some natural ability I didn’t.

They didn’t.

What changed wasn’t my intelligence.
It was my study method.

I stopped studying to feel busy.
I started studying to be tested.

I switched to:
• Active recall every day
• Practicing under pressure
• Explaining concepts out loud
• Testing before I felt ready

The difference was immediate.

If you feel like you’re just “not smart enough” for vet school, pause.

It might not be your ability.
It might be your system.

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11/10/2026

How I study anatomy as a vet student with straight As.

First, I do not try to memorise every structure in isolation.

Anatomy becomes overwhelming when you treat it like vocabulary.

Instead, I study by region.

If I am doing forelimb, I ask:

What movements happen here?
Flexion. Extension. Abduction. Rotation.

Then I ask:

Which muscle groups create those movements?

Then:

What nerve innervates those muscles?

Then:

What artery supplies that region?

If I cannot explain what happens when a nerve is damaged or an artery is blocked, I do not know that anatomy yet.

I also draw everything from memory. Badly. Repeatedly.

Testing myself under pressure is what actually builds retention.

Anatomy stopped feeling impossible when I stopped memorising and started building relationships.

You do not need to be the smartest in the room to get As in vet school.

You need systems.

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