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<p>I am a high school student, currently a junior in the IB program in Florida. I am an avid AP test taker and have all the extracurricluars you need.
Aspiring to be a veterinarian in the future, I am set on Cornell DVM program for graduate schooling. The problem…undergraduate. I have looked and done extensive research on all the Ivy Leagues and Columbia and UPenn have both had a drastic effect on my decision and both schools have the academic and entertaining environments that I am interested in. I was wondering if anyone who is taking pre-vet courses at either of the two schools could give me some input for the important decision coming in the future?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>I don't think either school has a specific pre-vet program. Any of the Ivy Leagues are very strong in sciences. Penn has one of the best vet schools in the country, though, so there might be additional opportunities to do work or research there, even as an undergrad - you could contact the vet school to find out about those kind of opptys for undergrads.</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.vet.upenn.edu/research/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.vet.upenn.edu/research/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I think you should reconsider Cornell for vet school. Penn's new vet faciltiy will be the best in the world - check it out:</p>

<p>Vernon and Shirley Hill Pledge $10 Million to Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine
September 29, 2005 </p>

<p>PHILADELPHIA -- Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania, and Alan Kelly, dean of Penn School of Veterinary Medicine, have announced a $10 million gift from Vernon and Shirley Hill to the School of Veterinary Medicine.</p>

<p>The gift will be used towards the completion of a new teaching and research center, currently under construction, to be called The Vernon and Shirley Hill Pavilion. The building will open in the fall of 2006 and is the first new Penn Veterinary Medicine building in Philadelphia in 25 years. </p>

<p>Vernon W. Hill II is the founder and chairman of Commerce Bancorp Inc. Shirley Hill is the founder and president of InterArch, an architecture and design firm in Mt. Laurel, N.J. The Hills are residents of Moorestown, N.J. Vernon Hill is a graduate of the Wharton School at Penn.</p>

<p>The Hill Pavilion will be the new academic center of the Penn School of Veterinary Medicine. It will contain five floors, including surgery centers, teaching and library space, research laboratories and a vivarium. It will be the state-of-the-art veterinary teaching and research facility in the world.</p>

<p>"The gift from the Hills," said Amy Gutmann, president of Penn, "Is the largest gift the Veterinary School has ever received from a living donor. It allows us to continue and expand the world-class teaching and research mission of the School.</p>

<p>"The Hills share with us our vision of the world premier veterinary educational center," said Alan Kelly, the School dean, "And they recognize the importance of the school. This new building has been one of my primary goals, and I thank the Hills for their support." </p>

<p>Vernon Hill said, "My wife and I are pleased to support the world premier School of Veterinary Medicine which is a part of one of the world great universities. Dean Kelly and his staff are on a never-ending mission to advance the teaching, care and research goals of a great institution. We are pleased to have our name associated with both the University and the School of Veterinary Medicine."</p>

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<p>It is extremely difficult to get into Penn's vet school from out of state, particularly if that state has a vet school.</p>