Things for Edinburgh are starting to move slowly, but surely along. My transcripts were finally available on June 25th, so I rush ordered those and then sent them express mail to Scotland. The school received them and I was officially updated to Unconditional Firm, meaning I have satisfied all of my pre-requisites!
Now I have to secure my visa. Unfortunately I’m going out of town, so I couldn’t make a biometric appointment to be fingerprinted and face-scanned until the day I get back – July 10th. It’s later than I had hoped, but I will send off all of my necessary paperwork to the visa-issuing centre in LA either after the appointment or on Friday, and hopefully it will arrive on time to be processed before I leave! It has been very stressful graduating from a university that is on the quarter system, because deadlines for Edinburgh correspond with semesters which tend to end a month earlier than my school. This means transcripts were due June 30th and mine weren’t even available until June 25th! I’m getting very anxious that I leave in just over a month and I do not have a visa, but I couldn’t get one any sooner. Anyway, I’m glad I’m that much closer to school.
I’m also very excited about the clothes we have to buy:
This is what I wear for fieldwork. Vet schools in the US require scrubs but it seems that UK and Australian schools use boiler suits in their place. As a heavy girl, these will be an extra fashion faux pas, but also think they’re a little bit fun. They certainly identify you for what you’re doing: field work with stinky, unclean animals.
They’re 40 USD each, which isn’t terrible considering that, with perhaps a jacket or vest, that’s your entire outfit planned out. I think it would be nice to have at least 5 pair, so I’d have one for each day of the week, but considering that I also need to buy wellington boots (80 USD) and waterproof jackets, trousers, and lab coats (about 40 USD each) we will see how fashionable of a vet student I shall be.
I also came across a very nice image of the front of Summerhall, where lecture occurs.
More updates as they occur!
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hey! just to let you know, i got my wellies at wal-mart for 20 bucks. good luck shopping!
—CJ · Jul 7, 08:26 PM · share
Are the wellies steel-toed ? Also, have you found any white lab coats that fit the uni’s specifications? I’m having trouble finding coats that are studded.
—Jess · Jul 11, 01:23 PM · share
Yup. I even made the shoe lady go rummage in the back for a pair in my size. I had missed the studded detail on the lab coats though. Glad that I didn’t buy the one I saw the other day. I think I might buy it over there along with my boiler suit. No one sells those in Miami!!!
—CJ · Jul 11, 09:54 PM · share
Wow, those Walmart wellies sound like a great deal! I’m going on their website to see if I can order them.
I don’t know if the university is really strict about studded vs. buttoned lab coats, but I’m not keen on risking getting the wrong thing. So I’ll get my jacket over their, too. Only a few weeks left!
—Jess · Jul 11, 10:42 PM · share