Thanks. I feel like we could use some prayers. The insurance company has been so horrible that I feel like this has been the worst two weeks of my life ever. I used to be a Sr. Workers’ Comp Adjuster and I am astounded by how unethical the health insurance company is. Today, they sent us new insurance cards. What a joke. The letter says to present the cards when getting a prescription. Our prescriptions are covered by a different company, so presenting that card would do nothing. They also did not put information on the card that states the in-network out-of-pocket maximum that the new No Surprise Billing Act that was in effect Jan. 1st required them to include on the card.
They spent approx 10 days telling me verbally that they don’t pre-auth Chemo , the prescription company does. At last minute, Supv calls me back and says info they gave me was wrong- can’t do Chemo until it is Preauth by both companies… The list goes on and on…
Anyway, I am just going to have to sit back and be patient and watch EVERYONE do everything incorrectly and send us $40K bills that have to be corrected. Unnerving, to say the least. The silver lining in all of this is that the prognosis is good for my husband right now.
As for Vet school… I think my daughter really needs to focus on acquiring as much experience with animals as possible. I am pretty sure she wants to focus on small animals as opposed to larger farm animals. Her aunt had a practice in San Francisco focussing on cats and I am sure my daughter would love to do that. The Aunt did very well financially and was able to retire in Hawaii. Nice… but it sounds like times are different now…
So, she will put the GRE on the back burner as you suggested. She might revisit that once she has more experience working with animals. In general, I think she does not like those tests, but seems to excel on those tests once she sits down to take the test. She only took the SAT once and got a near perfect 1580 with no prep courses or anything like that. She did not consider taking it more than once because she would have likely lost her front row spot in dances if she missed a Saturday rehearsal more than once. I am not sure that an excellent GRE score would make her a better applicant. I would think that her GPA reflects that she is an excellent test taker. And being a Vet, like dance, requires a lot of hard work and not just talent for being a quick learner.
I did see that Vet schools like to emphasize collaboration and cohesiveness within the graduating cohort. I think that would be one of her strengths. School comes easy to her and she is used to being a leader and helping others be successful as well. Perhaps she could find a Vet school that likes students who intend to pursue a specialization like surgery or allergies? Not sure if there are any Vet schools that look for that.
Although I don’t know where she is going with this (what area she might want to specialize in), I can say that I could picture her having a part-time practice with small animals, spending some time each year with wildlife preservation, perhaps developing a skill level/ specialty in Vet Medicine, and also teaching a class at the Vet school. One unique trait she has is that it seems she needs less sleep than most people do and therefore has extra time to allot to pursue a variety of things.