Friday, December 27, 2013

Hannah Manning: The Road to Veterinary School



I remember joking with Hannah during the season that doctors had it easy: they only need to understand the workings of a human being. Veterinarians need to understand every other living species!  

What may be harder than either of those: getting into veterinary school in the first place.

That’s what Hannah is currently in the midst of: the anxiety-provoking process of being admitted to one of the most exclusive graduate programs in the country. As I write this, she’s either being interviewed or considered by Cornell, Ohio State, Tufts, and Kansas State. Cornell was recently named the #1 vet school in the country!

We’re going to post an update as soon as we know more, but in the meantime if anyone from Cornell, Ohio State, Tufts, or Kansas State is reading this, please know the following:

Hannah Manning is quite literally one of the kindest and most compassionate young women I know. She is exactly the type of person you’d want to go to if your puppy gets sick, if your iguana swallows a rock, or if you really just want to spend time with a gentle-hearted person.  When my own dog of 14 years died two months ago, I imagined Hannah being the veterinarian that was there with us in his last moments…  I wouldn’t have had it any other way.

Good luck Hannah, we love you,

The Fredonia Volleyball Family