17勛圖厙's Office of Health Careers provides specialized guidance and support for students preparing to apply to veterinary medical school to be a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) or Veterinary Medical Doctor (VMD).
What is Veterinary Medicine?
"Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease as well as disease prevention in animals of all types, from family pets to farm livestock and zoo animals. Veterinary health care workers also contribute to human public health by working to control zoonotic disease, those diseases passed from non-human animals to humans, such as Lyme disease and West Nile virus, for example. The scope of veterinary medicine is wide, covering all animal species, both domesticated and wild, with a range of conditions that can affect different species." - ExploreHealthCareers.org
Acceptance Rate
17勛圖厙 students have recently attended the following Veterinary Medicine programs:
- Auburn University
- Cornell University*
- Lincoln Memorial University
- Long Island University*
- Mississippi State University
- The Ohio State University
- Pennsylvania State University
- Purdue University
- Ross University*
- St. Georges University*
- Tufts University*
(* indicates top 5 Vet Med Programs 17勛圖厙 students attend)
17勛圖厙 applicants who were accepted into
DVM or VMD programs based on a 2022-2025 report.
Requirements
Preveterinary Study courses within the Preprofessional Concentration are required in addition to the courses required for your primary major.
Students are encouraged to schedule an onboarding meeting with their Pre-Vet advisor in their first semester as an aspiring Veterinarian to discuss their intended career path and develop a framework for completing prerequisite coursework, gaining animal care experience, and exploring other aspects of becoming a competitive applicant to Veterinary Medicine Programs.
Veterinary Medicine Program Preparation
Students have the responsibility to check entrance requirements for schools to which they intend to apply and should regularly review the .
Veterinary Medicine programs may change course prerequisites at any time and may have additional requirements, preferences, or policies that are not reflected in this prerequisite course list or on the . Programs may also allow applicants to substitute courses or choose different prerequisites. Applicants should review the program-specific details and contact programs directly to determine whether a particular course will fulfill a prerequisite.
Some programs strongly recommend or require a 2-course sequence in Biochemistry and/or Physics; therefore, students should carefully review the Chemistry and Physics requirements at the individual Veterinary Medicine schools to which they intend to apply (eg. Cornell).
A minimum grade of C or higher is typically required in each prerequisite course, however grades of B or higher are recommended for competitive applications (strong applications include a prerequisite and overall GPA greater than 3.5).
In addition to strong academic performance, programs are seeking applicants that are well-rounded in educational and life experience and can articulate an understanding of the career and vision for themselves in the profession through having acquired robust clinical experience across a variety of animal care settings, including small & large animal clinics, animal research, exotics/zoos, farms, and shelters/rescues.
Because the number of qualified applicants to Veterinary Medicine Programs greatly exceeds the number of openings, satisfactory completion of the prerequisite courses & animal care experience does not guarantee acceptance to Vet School.
- Students should regularly review the
- Applicants are evaluated on:
- leadership skills (on and off campus)
- GPA (Prerequisite and overall)
- animal care and
- Animal care and veterinary experience varies in both quantity and type
- students will need a minimum of 250 veterinary hours (ranging from clinical vet hours to research and involving a variety of animals).
- Application to veterinary school is made through the centralized application VMCAS
- Students should review the through VMCAS and .
- The opens in Mid-January for programs starting the following calendar year.
- Vet Program Selection begins in early May
- Completed Application Submission begins in early May
- VMCAS Application Submission deadline is early- September.
- Supplemental applications are typically competed by October
- Post-Application submission timeline
- Application verification ends at the beginning of October
- Interviews are typically held October – March
- Initial Admissions Decisions typically occur in January – March
- Final admissions decisions due in mid-April
- Some Veterinary Medicine Programs require the .
- ETS offers
- 17勛圖厙 offers discounted GRE Test Prep
- Students generally request three to six to be submitted on their behalf for veterinary medical school applications.
- Appropriate evaluators include science faculty, other course instructors, animal care professionals, current or former employers, and professional references.