“vet school is a sea of studying, testing, drinking and most of all: DRAMA,” reports an anonymous vet-to-be in ames, iowa. (in other words, it’s just like gossip girl.) of course, as new york magazine reports this week, facebook is taking run-of-the-mill classroom sniping to a whole new level of micro-bitchiness. if you have the patience (or the adderall) to follow it, our submitter gives us a play-by-play of one recent status-update smackdown. xoxo!
related: so obsessed that i’m becoming a bore
102 responses so far ↓
#1
aaa
I have to say, Nick is my hero since he seems to be the only person under 30 who seems to get it. Even though his grammar does not live up to my Nazi standards.
Apr 1, 2008 at 5:13 pm rating: +3
#2
Wade
I wonder if I can fit all that on a piece of flair.
Apr 1, 2008 at 5:16 pm rating: +8
#3
marcopuffin
I worry they’re going to bore the animals to death. BTW is this what “putting them down” means?
Apr 1, 2008 at 5:19 pm rating: +4
#4
amazon
I love self-aware passive aggression.
Ceci n’est pas l’agression passive
Apr 1, 2008 at 5:57 pm rating: +3
#5
Shanoney
Wow . . . this reminds of me the last two years of college in a classroom full of 35 other females . . . (note: that many women in one group not a good idea) oh the drama that went down!
I wonder if Jessika (http://notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/) even knows the definition of “study session”? Sheesh, you are suppose to ask questions!
Apr 1, 2008 at 5:59 pm rating: 0
#6
Canthz_B
Jessika just may feel awfully silly when she’s a practicing vet and needs a consult.
This kind of manure has a way of sticking to a reputation.
Apr 1, 2008 at 6:01 pm rating: +2
#7
Total Douche
I want to know where this bitch plans on practicing, so I NEVER take my fucking dogs to her. Seriously, this whore needs a beating administered by Cesar Millan, and he should have Daddy maul her face off for being such an uptight bitch.
“The only stupid question is the one you don’t ask” should be tattooed backwards on her forehead so she sees it every god-damn time she looks in a mirror!
And the questions were FUCKING DELICIOUS!
Apr 1, 2008 at 6:15 pm rating: +2
#8
Ricehead
If this is the type of crap one has to put up with in VetEd, I would hate to see what Med. school would look like. Thank goodness for holistics!
Apr 1, 2008 at 6:20 pm rating: 0
#9
porcupine
They’re so catty, hounding each other like that. What a pack of bitches - now they’ve left Jessica feline bad because they snapped at her. The way Vanessa keeps rabbiting on about her pet peeve is beastly. She’s so dogged about it too- stubborn as a mule. Although JeessiKaa doesn’t seem like the quiet mousey type either - she comes within a whisker of being plain ole aggressive, and I think her attitude is A-paw-ling.
Apr 1, 2008 at 6:39 pm rating: +14
#10
porcupine
Does anyone else see the advert at the top of the screen next to this - “help stop animal cruelty and suffering”? Maybe we could help by planting something illegal on Vanessa and getting her kicked out of vet school. Otherwise she’ll be inflicting herself on a whole lot of innocent kittehs.
Apr 1, 2008 at 6:42 pm rating: +1
#11
Quite Contrary
I can”t wait for one of them to interview for a job and, as part of a background search, this dialog pops up and haunts them.
Apr 1, 2008 at 7:14 pm rating: +1
#12
vet girl
I can’t believe our classmates’ drama is on this site! And here I thought the review session went well… Vet school is worse than high school. I’m just trying to get out alive!
PS. Nick is awesome.
Apr 1, 2008 at 7:57 pm rating: +4
#13
Wade
As an aspiring veterinarian, Vanessa shows that the review sessions have paid off. She is now able to identify a bitch.
Apr 1, 2008 at 9:34 pm rating: +14
#14
stefanynina
Maybe if Jessika asked more questions she would know how to spell her name right!
Grade one must have been hard on Jessica.
Apr 1, 2008 at 10:03 pm rating: +2
#15
Tyler
It’s actually kind of hard to tell whose side to take on this. It could go either way. Jessika could be one of those people that hate when others ask questions, or she could just be annoyed by that one or two people who ask questions for either no reason, or they really should go talk to the teacher/teachers assistant at another time. If the later is the case, then those other girls are really over reacting…heck, even if Jessika is stuck up, those other girls are really over reacting…
Apr 1, 2008 at 10:13 pm rating: +1
#16
Sarah
I bet Jessika rejects friend requests and “prunes” her friends list once a week to make sure everyone there is acceptable. She probably also invited people to the Zombies application, to throw in a bit of hypocrisy.
Apr 1, 2008 at 10:28 pm rating: 0
#17
Brian
I wish the person that submitted this would let them know that it’s out here. I can see them wanting to make their case and then whole thing would re-flash in the comments here. I’d love a front row seat!
Apr 1, 2008 at 10:53 pm rating: +2
#18
unholyghost2003
Ugh. Why I never went to study groups. The only options seem to be 1) feeling like a ‘tard who slept through every class 2) feeling like the only asshole who paid attention and has more than two brain cells to rub together.
Apr 1, 2008 at 10:59 pm rating: +2
#19
Olivia
Team Jessika. Yeah, she was being an ass, but Vanessa was going way overboard. (On a seperate note, I feel like I’m writing about some teen drama…)
Also, to Vanessa’s “you should think before Facebooking comment”: Bitch, you should read your entries before posting them. Seriously - tiepoez make your posts look so not-smart.
Apr 1, 2008 at 11:15 pm rating: +2
#20
Lauren
‘Bout time some Facebook stuff showed up!
Apr 1, 2008 at 11:25 pm rating: 0
#21
shoelessjo
no you fools, review sessions aren’t for asking questions, they are for summarizing the course content into one or two lectures a short time before the exam.
All of you who say it’s ok to ask lots of questions at a review session misses the point entirely. It’s review of the ENTIRE course, not a Q and A session that deals with specific issues.
if you have stupid questions* , be sure that no one else wants to hear them, and save them for the f***ing office hours! That’s why profs and T.A.’s make sure to be in their office for 3-4 scheduled hours a week. To answer your idiotic questions!!
*Stupid Questions - these are questions that ask professors about irrelevant details that while related to the lectures are besides the current point of the lecture. You will probably learn more about these details in more advanced courses or maybe they are presented in the text but not important enough to address in the lecture.
Really, I see fools like Vanessa in my lectures all the time. For example, the guy in my computer science class who finds a lecture on how data is stored in memory the perfect time to ask about how a banks memory system works… “dear professor, how can a bank hold so many names in its database!” Whereupon the professor goes on a rant about bank computer systems, while the class becomes increasing irritated at the students incessant nodding at the professor during his explanation, and the fact that we aren’t learning anything that will be on the exam.
Apr 1, 2008 at 11:27 pm rating: +2
#22
Smartie Pants
I don’t want to stick up for the enemy here, but I was thinking maybe Jessika just didn’t want CERTAIN people asking questions at the review sessions.. not that that’s fair or anything, but I can somewhat relate. You know, when there are certain people that ask the most ridiculous questions, or even ask questions just so they can THEN answer them?! Annoying! But this was hilarious anyway, I love Facebook drama too! hahha
Apr 2, 2008 at 2:36 am rating: 0
#23
Suhayla
THIS is drama? Ha. Ha. Ha.
Back in my day, drama was when people slept with other people’s boyfriends or husbands, or sabotaged others in significant ways. Even nerd ‘drama’ should be more compelling than this — come on. Where are the torrid affairs that are a mainstay of universities everywhere? Don’t you guys have to compete for money, or critique each others’ work?
Stop trying to make this immature nitpickery sound significant by calling it ‘drama.’
Apr 2, 2008 at 6:27 am rating: +1