Advice re Bristol vet school

I applied in October and got an offer last week for Bristol vet school, hopefully any current students can give me any pros and cons with the vet school?
Or any advice that would be useful
TIA ☺️

Hi! First year student here . The course is very new atm, we're the second cohort to have this new set up but honestly I think it's great. This is going to be a long response haha.
We have a LOT of content (expected) so the hardest thing for me currently is just accepting that you'll always be behind on your work which is quite jarring but 2nd/3rd year students I know say that the sooner you accept this the happier you'll be LOL.
The CBL (case based learning) is fantastic in my opinion. Every week we're given a new case which we work through as a group with potential diagnoses and what we think is important to the case and then go away for the week and research. My group have actually organised weekly kahoot sessions to make sure we're all familiar with the content which is really fun and a great way to stay on top of the subject at hand, then an expert comes in and goes through it for 2 hours to make sure we're all on the same page.
Lectures are great, professors are engaging and clearly know a lot about their subject. I would recommend getting to speed with anki because using flashcards for anatomy/CBL cases in particular is amazing for staying on top of active recall and will help a LOT. Its a great mix of study techniques in my opinion, even though it's still quite new.
In short, we have a good balance of group work (every thursday in langford), lectures (daily, some online some in person), and practicals (every friday). We had our first osce's last week and 2 assignments handed in 2 weeks ago. Then 2 online exams in the next 2 weeks (don't count to your grade, just so you can understand where you're at and how exams work). You can do them from home as we finish content on the 3rd december so you get a good month off.
Sorry for the wall of text but that pretty much sums up everything we've done since September. Let me know if you have any specific questions.

Hi! First year student here . The course is very new atm, we're the second cohort to have this new set up but honestly I think it's great. This is going to be a long response haha.
We have a LOT of content (expected) so the hardest thing for me currently is just accepting that you'll always be behind on your work which is quite jarring but 2nd/3rd year students I know say that the sooner you accept this the happier you'll be LOL.
The CBL (case based learning) is fantastic in my opinion. Every week we're given a new case which we work through as a group with potential diagnoses and what we think is important to the case and then go away for the week and research. My group have actually organised weekly kahoot sessions to make sure we're all familiar with the content which is really fun and a great way to stay on top of the subject at hand, then an expert comes in and goes through it for 2 hours to make sure we're all on the same page.
Lectures are great, professors are engaging and clearly know a lot about their subject. I would recommend getting to speed with anki because using flashcards for anatomy/CBL cases in particular is amazing for staying on top of active recall and will help a LOT. Its a great mix of study techniques in my opinion, even though it's still quite new.
In short, we have a good balance of group work (every thursday in langford), lectures (daily, some online some in person), and practicals (every friday). We had our first osce's last week and 2 assignments handed in 2 weeks ago. Then 2 online exams in the next 2 weeks (don't count to your grade, just so you can understand where you're at and how exams work). You can do them from home as we finish content on the 3rd december so you get a good month off.
Sorry for the wall of text but that pretty much sums up everything we've done since September. Let me know if you have any specific questions.

what’s the difference with the new course structure vs the old ? 💗

As far as I can tell the main difference is the CBL- before they only had lectures and practicals like other vet schools but they've taken a lot of student feedback and changed things to tailor it to the students, and if I remember correctly it's the only vet school in the UK to do this form of learning? I might be wrong as it was a year or so ago that I looked all this up lol but im sure i remember reading that somewhere.
Exams are also now before Christmas and not after in the new year to allow us to have a proper break, I think I prefer this because I'm soo grateful the OSCE's are out the way now even if it felt a little soon in the course at the time LOL but obviously this isn't to everyones taste.
There probably are other changes but these are the main ones I've noticed, they might even have some comparisons on their website but I haven't checked it.

Hi! First year student here . The course is very new atm, we're the second cohort to have this new set up but honestly I think it's great. This is going to be a long response haha.
We have a LOT of content (expected) so the hardest thing for me currently is just accepting that you'll always be behind on your work which is quite jarring but 2nd/3rd year students I know say that the sooner you accept this the happier you'll be LOL.
The CBL (case based learning) is fantastic in my opinion. Every week we're given a new case which we work through as a group with potential diagnoses and what we think is important to the case and then go away for the week and research. My group have actually organised weekly kahoot sessions to make sure we're all familiar with the content which is really fun and a great way to stay on top of the subject at hand, then an expert comes in and goes through it for 2 hours to make sure we're all on the same page.
Lectures are great, professors are engaging and clearly know a lot about their subject. I would recommend getting to speed with anki because using flashcards for anatomy/CBL cases in particular is amazing for staying on top of active recall and will help a LOT. Its a great mix of study techniques in my opinion, even though it's still quite new.
In short, we have a good balance of group work (every thursday in langford), lectures (daily, some online some in person), and practicals (every friday). We had our first osce's last week and 2 assignments handed in 2 weeks ago. Then 2 online exams in the next 2 weeks (don't count to your grade, just so you can understand where you're at and how exams work). You can do them from home as we finish content on the 3rd december so you get a good month off.
Sorry for the wall of text but that pretty much sums up everything we've done since September. Let me know if you have any specific questions.

Thank you so much, this is really helpful ☺️ I think the CBL will be great for me, as I’m an RVN going into this having a case to relate this to is super helpful

I'm a fellow RVN (first opinion) too! You'll be in good company, the course in Bristol is filled with mature students with so much experience from abattoirs to zoos and CBL has been such a good way to bring everyone together and learn from each other. Congratulations on your offer btw!! If you have any more questions please just ask

Hi I'm just wondering as I'm still waiting from bristol you say you have an offer how long did you get your offer after filling in the questionnaire please

Thank you so much, this is really helpful ☺️ I think the CBL will be great for me, as I’m an RVN going into this having a case to relate this to is super helpful

i got an email saying i’m put on hold and that they’ve assessed my application.

when did you get the email ?

today lunch time, did you get one ?

Is this for the 4 year or 5 year ??

today lunch time, did you get one ?