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VexalUntil · #61 (**permalink**) 01-06-2009, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Adrya

Ditto. That's one of my biggest complaints. My other one is that the programs in my major (well, my major in general) are so focused on fisheries. I know more about fish than I do big game or other wildlife and I STILL have some fish classes left to take.

I mean fish are cool and all, I like fish, but not THAT much. It's too much fish!

Funny, we have one fisheries class and that's actually an choice: avian bio or fisheries. Well I didn't want to take fisheries and there was a class conflict with avian bio so I took an animal behavior class instead. My classes at UF are focused on managing large scale: habitats, landscapes, metapopulations, etc. It's a conservation driven major instead of how some others are more game and hunting management.

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Originally Posted by gdwsfreak88

I'm 20, and I work full-time. I was going to a tech school for graphic design right after I graduated, but couldn't stand the school. So I dropped out after 6 months (and about $9,000 later..), and now just work to pay back the loans. Once I'm halfway done paying them back, I'm going to a REAL school for Bio Edu. I would really enjoy a field job, but I don't think I could leave my collection for more than a week. They're my kids!!

You can have a field biologist job and still have your animals! I intend to! I'll still have my small breeding business on the side and hopefully find job(s) with the state, water management districts, and others doing data collection near to where I live. I did a 6 month job an hour south of me. I got up when I wanted to, drove the hour down south, checked my herp traps, left at dark, and back in time to take care of animals or whatnot. So it is attainable, you'll just have to keep searching!

BlackLava · #62 (**permalink**) 01-07-2009, 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Amazon

I'm going to Oregon State University. It's a pretty good school in the science/engineering fields, but not really anything else... haha. But yeah, they have a pretty cool marine bio program where you get to spend a term out at their research center on the Oregon coast. But I don't think they would be able to give all that they offer if it wasn't a state college that gets federal funds for research...
Where are you? it's said that they don't offer zoology!

(marine bio I could understand if you don't live by an ocean...)

omg, that would be so awesome to spend time out on the boat learning

we live in dallas right now....unfortunately not by an ocean haha. but some of the beaches here make ya not wanna go to the beach LMAO!! i moved to dallas to be with my mom and my now-husband, but well, mom left town, and its just me and the husband....not too much left here for me. im looking for another pretty cheap, nice place to live where i can take some type of classes that i wanna take, that will get me a fun job

Stargazer · #63 (**permalink**) 01-07-2009, 05:33 AM

For all of you in college, most colleges offer a year-abroad program. I did this in my senior year. I lived and went to school in St. Andrews, Scotland and got to travel all over Europe. I even spent the summer on a Greek island. I did this all on student grants and loans and a shoestring budget. Of course I didn't have any animals then. But if you get the chance, it's a life-changing experience. I highly recommend it for the adventurous types.

Amazon · #64 (**permalink**) 01-07-2009, 05:34 AM

Yeah I'm super excited (it's next term for me, so only 3 months away)!!!

And best of luck with your search for a place to live as well as classes that will get you a fun job!!! you've gotta have those

allergenic · #65 (**permalink**) 01-07-2009, 05:34 AM

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Originally Posted by BlackLava

we live in dallas right now....unfortunately not by an ocean haha. but some of the beaches here make ya not wanna go to the beach LMAO!! i moved to dallas to be with my mom and my now-husband, but well, mom left town, and its just me and the husband....not too much left here for me.

I'm in the same position. I live on the other side of White Rock Lake. I followed my family down here, and they moved back to New York within a few years. I wound up staying, and met my wife, who coincidentally is also from New York.

Not much here though, except extremely affordable living.

SquirrelCV · #66 (**permalink**) 01-07-2009, 05:35 AM

I'm a college "kid" I guess you could say. I finished one engineering degree, and now I'm going back for another.

My family drives me nuts and my job is crazy at times.

I don't relax. Ever. I find that impossible.

VexalUntil · #67 (**permalink**) 01-07-2009, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Stargazer

For all of you in college, most colleges offer a year-abroad program. I did this in my senior year. I lived and went to school in St. Andrews, Scotland and got to travel all over Europe. I even spent the summer on a Greek island. I did this all on student grants and loans and a shoestring budget. Of course I didn't have any animals then. But if you get the chance, it's a life-changing experience. I highly recommend it for the adventurous types.

Yes, I'm leaving for a study abroad program in Namibia Africa in 14 days (holy crap 14 days!!

)!! I'll get to do my own research project on small mammals and their lice, plus help with taking care of the research station's 100 or so cheetahs. Also we'll get to go herping, birding, and mammaling and watch water holes for wildlife. It's kinda otherwordly and it hasn't fully hit me yet that I'll be over there for 3 whole months and another 2 weeks with some friends cruising around South Africa.

Stargazer · #68 (**permalink**) 01-08-2009, 02:12 AM

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Originally Posted by VexalUntil

Yes, I'm leaving for a study abroad program in Namibia Africa in 14 days (holy crap 14 days!!

)!! I'll get to do my own research project on small mammals and their lice, plus help with taking care of the research station's 100 or so cheetahs. Also we'll get to go herping, birding, and mammaling and watch water holes for wildlife. It's kinda otherwordly and it hasn't fully hit me yet that I'll be over there for 3 whole months and another 2 weeks with some friends cruising around South Africa.

There was a Harvard graduate who did something like that. She did some sort of a work-vacation in South Africa on a wildlife refuge. She became so engrossed in the plight of the wildcats there, she moved out there and started the largest wildcat sanctuary in South Africa. You can do work-retreats out there as well, though it's pretty expensive (you pay for the privilege of working there). I would love to do something like that, if only I didn't have my little anchors around my neck.....I mean.....my babies.

BlackLava · #69 (**permalink**) 01-08-2009, 02:32 AM

dallas aint bad, this place has a whole TON more opportunities and stuff to do than my hometown, but it doesnt offer what i really wanna do

i think san antonio would be a bit better school-wise, or maybe austin. i have to do more research on their schools before we move though

even tyler tx has some sort of zoology program :/ but its tough finding jobs in that small place LOL

VexalUntil · #70 (**permalink**) 01-08-2009, 02:46 AM

Star - that sounds like what the lady at the station I'll be working at did. She was the one who figured out how to get cheetahs to breed in the US zoos. She worked at the National Zoo in the 80s, then packed up and moved to Namibia to start a cheetah conservation program. Now she's got the largest cheetah conservation program in all of Africa, the Cheetah Conservation Fund (Cheetah Conservation Fund).

Blacklava - it's hard to get wildlife jobs period, doesn't matter where you're applying. The key is to do internships!! Or find summer (or work study) jobs with USGS, state agencies, local universities, etc.

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