Can I Make This Happen?
The end of semester 5 of my life as a veterinary student was coming. No more lecture halls; time for clinics. But before donning the white coat, I had to plan the next year and a half of my life in 3-week increments—getting requirements in the correct sequence, prioritizing electives, figuring out what to do about that 6-page list of externships I wanted to do when I only had 2 free rotations remaining—all without upsetting the electronic scheduler. Sacrifices had to be made. It was looking less and less likely that I would be able to pull together externships at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), World Health Organization (WHO), and World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and wedge them into my schedule while following all the rules. Maybe I could do one of them. Maybe I could just arrange a visit over a vacation. Maybe a trip right after graduation.
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