https://cvm.ncsu.edu/education/dvm/admission/eligibility/
The prereqs for vet school are listed at the above website for NCSU’s vet school. You will notice some of the classes are upper division hence not being offered at a CC. Beyond the class prereqs there is also a time committment and LORs from supervising vets. Three of my children were pre-vet, pre-med and a mech eng grad so I am familiar with what was required academically and EC-wise.
We are NC residents (actually moved here from CA) for NCSU’s pre-vet and vet school program and UNC’s med school. Son is graduating in May from med school. Daughter has been out of NCSU for a few years now. Other son graduated 3 years ago with a mech e degree. Daughter was an animal science (pre-vet concentration vs. industry) major with an equine science concentration (for those with large animal interests.)
Many of her fellow grads did not go on to practice but rather some work for the CDC, USDA and private firms such as GSK, B and D and others. Some are fulfilling their military service obligation for the scholies they received. But here in NC large animal vets are in high demand. So rather varied employment after vet school.
As far as NCSU their undergrad program is intergreted with the vet school with prof crossover as well as research opportunities both in the lab and in the field. NCSU has 7 or 8 field labs with allow for residential living. The Equine unit houses a foaling barn which provides housing to the students, no charge as long as student does 10 hours a week. The equine unit is a breeding and training program for race horses. Truly interesting. There is also a Dairy unit, small ruminent, water fowl, swine…you get the idea.
http://harvest.cals.ncsu.edu/ncars/index.cfm?pageID=2625
Son that was pre-med was an econ major and was easily able to complete his pre-reqs. I think it would be difficult to fulfill the acaemic pre-reqs and ECs necessary for vet school as an engineering major. Vet school needs little math, engineering needs calc through Def EQ. Vet school wants animal nutrition and all the pre-reqs necessary to be eligible to take animal nutrition. Physiology and anatomy labs for animals can be time-consuming. And yes the pre-reqs for med school are not nearly as specific as vet school to make a competitive candidate.
Your daughter’s stats sound like she might be eligible to be a NCSU Parks’ scholar.
https://park.ncsu.edu/
https://park.ncsu.edu/apply/
https://park.ncsu.edu/apply/selection-criteria/
She also needs to maintain a high GPA and the time investment to be a competitve vet school applicant. Engineering can impede a high GPA, same is true for med school.
At NCSU the biocem major is just a few classes different than the animal science major. Which also overlaps within a few classes of a microbiology major and a genetics minor is buried within both if classes are chosen carefully. That allows a great back-up degree(s) while applying to vet school. Sometimes you don’t get in on the first, second or even third time.
NCSU’s vet school is difficult to get into, right behind Cornell and UC Davis sometimes even more. But it does provide a great pre-vet foundation that will allow for admittance to other vet school’s even from OOS. The grads end up at FL, Auburn, Tufts, Mississippi, and others.
Hope this helps. Feel free to ask me for more specifics if necessary.
Kat