Where's a magic 8 ball when you need one?
Be very glad my friends that I am in Florida and you are, well, wherever you are, and therefore don't have to deal with my spastic-ness in person. As a matter of fact if you wish to spare yourself the pain of venturing into the mind of a very stressed, very anxious Megan, then I suggest you stop reading. Still with me? Well, you were warned.
So I'm graduating this August. Originally my plan was to return to Columbus and take classes this summer and autumn, with the intent to graduate in December. However, housing complications have arisen, and now (simply put) I have nowhere to live come September. Not a big deal, right? I have been looking forward to getting my own place for awhile, and this simply pushes up the date by about three months.
...Except it's not so simple. I never intended to take classes full time AND pay rent on my own, but that's exactly what I would have to do if I stuck with my original plan.
And so what options am I left with? This is where things get messy, because I'm going to have a full year to do whatever prior to (hopefully) vet school in September 2009. And that's assuming I get in.
So here are my options, come September:
1) Move back home with mom and dad, and acquire a full time job in a veterinary hospital to rack up some experience for vet school.
Advantages:
-Save money on rent!
-Mom and dad want me home
-Close to family
Disadvantages:
-Can't bring Mutu (third cat)
-I'll be living with my mom and dad...
-Fewer vet opportunities in Cuyahoga Falls
-Necessity of finding a new fellowship. Goodbye Columbus friends/church!
2) Stay in Columbus and find a full time job
Advantages:
-Keep Mutu!!!
-Stay in fellowship
-More vet opportunities
Disadvantages:
-Far from family :( :(
-Expensive!
-Will need to find a new place to stay
3) Apply to OSU's College of Public Health, for matriculation into the Master's in Public Health program this fall (with a veterinary public health specialization).
Advantages:
-Financial aid
-I would stay in Columbus...see option 2 above.
-I would be in school for a full year prior to vet school! :) I'm a little worried about taking a full year off...
-I would really like my MPH (very advantageous for vet school/career)
Disadvantages:
-Applications are due by the end of May, which would require me to retake the GRE and find letters of recommendation by then.
-More debt.
-...Far from family, etc.
4) Look for another internship with a starting date in September, preferably in the zoo field.
Advantages:
-Continued investigation in careers outside of veterinary medicine
-I love conservation biology! :) :) Bring on the zooooooooos!
Disadvantages:
-A lot. (money, leaving Columbus/family, what to do with pets, etc. etc.)
5) Join the secretive ninja asassination squad that has been trying to recruit me for the past several years.
Advantages:
-I would make a kick-ass asassin
Disadvantages:
-I have a problem with killing people.
-Unless they're poachers. Must remember to ask about possible openings in Africa...
I guess the trick will be survive until the conclusion of this internship, and then figure out what I want to do. Unless, of course, I decide on option 3 (MPH), in which case I have a heck of a lot to do and not a lot of time in which to do it.
Sigh. Would someone please just tell me what to do?
So I'm graduating this August. Originally my plan was to return to Columbus and take classes this summer and autumn, with the intent to graduate in December. However, housing complications have arisen, and now (simply put) I have nowhere to live come September. Not a big deal, right? I have been looking forward to getting my own place for awhile, and this simply pushes up the date by about three months.
...Except it's not so simple. I never intended to take classes full time AND pay rent on my own, but that's exactly what I would have to do if I stuck with my original plan.
And so what options am I left with? This is where things get messy, because I'm going to have a full year to do whatever prior to (hopefully) vet school in September 2009. And that's assuming I get in.
So here are my options, come September:
1) Move back home with mom and dad, and acquire a full time job in a veterinary hospital to rack up some experience for vet school.
Advantages:
-Save money on rent!
-Mom and dad want me home
-Close to family
Disadvantages:
-Can't bring Mutu (third cat)
-I'll be living with my mom and dad...
-Fewer vet opportunities in Cuyahoga Falls
-Necessity of finding a new fellowship. Goodbye Columbus friends/church!
2) Stay in Columbus and find a full time job
Advantages:
-Keep Mutu!!!
-Stay in fellowship
-More vet opportunities
Disadvantages:
-Far from family :( :(
-Expensive!
-Will need to find a new place to stay
3) Apply to OSU's College of Public Health, for matriculation into the Master's in Public Health program this fall (with a veterinary public health specialization).
Advantages:
-Financial aid
-I would stay in Columbus...see option 2 above.
-I would be in school for a full year prior to vet school! :) I'm a little worried about taking a full year off...
-I would really like my MPH (very advantageous for vet school/career)
Disadvantages:
-Applications are due by the end of May, which would require me to retake the GRE and find letters of recommendation by then.
-More debt.
-...Far from family, etc.
4) Look for another internship with a starting date in September, preferably in the zoo field.
Advantages:
-Continued investigation in careers outside of veterinary medicine
-I love conservation biology! :) :) Bring on the zooooooooos!
Disadvantages:
-A lot. (money, leaving Columbus/family, what to do with pets, etc. etc.)
5) Join the secretive ninja asassination squad that has been trying to recruit me for the past several years.
Advantages:
-I would make a kick-ass asassin
Disadvantages:
-I have a problem with killing people.
-Unless they're poachers. Must remember to ask about possible openings in Africa...
I guess the trick will be survive until the conclusion of this internship, and then figure out what I want to do. Unless, of course, I decide on option 3 (MPH), in which case I have a heck of a lot to do and not a lot of time in which to do it.
Sigh. Would someone please just tell me what to do?