<p>Hey guys I was wondering if anyone here can help my friend out. She knows she wants to be a vet but she's clueless about the whole system. I tried explaining to her how colleges are set up but she only got more confused. Can anyone suggest some good vet schools and explain how it all works with undergraduate and graduate... does she have to go to a vet undergraduate program..and she needs a licence? Any suggestions and advice would help her out. 10x in advance!</p>
<p>You can go ANYWHERE!! All you need is to fill the required courses. You could major in anything, it doesn't even need to be science at all.</p>
<p>What part of the country is this gal in??? There are many schools that have pre-vet programs across the country. It may also be a good idea for her to actually talk to a vet - research is always good from the source.</p>
<p>She lives in VA but her first choice so far is NYU.</p>
<p>You can go anywhere, but I don't recommend it. Where you go and what you major in can have a big effect on your chances. I can't speak for Va or NYU, but I know something about UC Davis, which has California's vet school. When I was in grad school there, about half of every entering vet school class had gone undergrad at UC Davis itself. Another quarter went to Cal Poly Pomona, and the remaining quarter was a mixture of everything else. Undergrads from far fancier schools such as Stanford, Harvard, and Berkeley were not nearly as successful at getting into vet school as the Davis and Cal Poly grads were.</p>
<p>So what did UC Davis and Cal Poly Pomona have that the others didn't? A strong Animal Science department, that's what. It's true you can theoretically major in anything, but the reality was the kids getting in mostly majored in animal science.</p>
<p>So I would advise your friend to find out what are the key feeder colleges and top majors for the vet school(s) she wants and act accordingly.</p>
<p>Tufts would be a great place, especially if she wanted to get early admission into the Tufts Veterinary School.</p>
<p>Hoy Coureur,</p>
<p>Vet school is great, but people at the top institutions don't apply in large numbers. That is why they are not as prevelant and were not at Davis. Also, Penn's vet school is full of grads from top schools.</p>
<p>I know at OSU vet school entrants are from a variety of majors and backgrounds. One thing is clear though, they all had high GPAs.</p>
<p>There were plenty of Berkeley and to a lesser extent Stanford kids applying (and mostly failing) to get into the UC Davis vet school. They tended to show up with majors like chemistry or genetics, which just weren't as attractive to the vet school adcom as an Animal Science major.</p>
<p>I agree about needing great grades, but another thing that all successful applicants had to have was a demonstrated devotion to animals. You had to volunteer in vet clinics, etc. And that's where I think the Animal Science major helped out. Majoring in Animal Science, it would be easier to convince the adcoms you were serious in your devotion to animals than it would with degrees in say Physics or Botany, or Accounting, or French.</p>
<p>You guys say that she can study anything undergraduate but doesn't she have to have a bachelor's degree in prevet medecine?</p>
<p>here is a link from the American Association of Veterinary Colleges that contains a list of vet colleges and links to their websites. you can check their pre-requisites. vet school is like med school except you should show specific vet involvement and interest. There is a Virginia/Maryland school. Like med schools, many show a preference for students from their home state</p>
<p>here is a link to VMCAS application requirements which include GREs or MCATs.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.aavmc.org/vmcas/requirements.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.aavmc.org/vmcas/requirements.htm</a></p>
<p>here are the admissions requirements at the Virginia/Maryland Vet School</p>
<p>ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS: The college accepts 50
Virginia and 30 Maryland residents, and currently accepts up to 10
highly qualified non-resident applicants. To be considered for
admission, applicants must have a minimum cumulative
undergraduate grade point average of 2.80 on a 4.00 scale upon
completion of a minimum of 60 semester/90 quarter hours at an
accredited college or university. All required course work must be
completed by the end of the spring term of the year in which
matriculation occurs. Students must earn a C or better grade in all
required courses. Scores from the Graduate Record Examination
(GRE®) General Test are required (GRE® code 5946). The new
GRE test format (change effective October 1, 2002) is required of
all applicants. The deadline for receipt of official scores is
December 1. The competitive applicant in recent years has had a
cumulative grade point average of 3.53, a competitive GRE®
General Test Score, a wide variety of animal experience (large and
small), worked for a veterinarian for 400-600 hours and has
worked in a research laboratory or been involved in commercial or
industrial settings related to veterinary medicine.</p>
<p>here are the requirements at Cornell, which is generally recognized as the best Vet School in the world:
ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS: Approximately
52 positions are reserved for New York residents.
Cornell has contracts with New Hampshire and New
Jersey. We admit about 34 out-of-state students. All
scores from the GRE® General Test or MCAT® must be
self-reported on your Cornell application by November
15. Test scores older than five years will not be
accepted. All but twelve credits of the prerequisite
course work must be completed with one semester of
any incomplete two-semester series in progress at the
time of application. Applicants should visit our web site
for further information. Prerequisite courses for
entrance into the college must include a letter grade of
C or better. Advanced Placement credit will not be
accepted except for Physics and General Chemistry.
Substitutions may be approved if you complete our
Pre-Requisite Substitutions Form by September 1,
available at our web site.
General chemistry with laboratory (full year) 6
Organic chemistry with laboratory (full year) 6
Biology or zoology with laboratory (full
year)
6
Microbiology with laboratory 3
Biochemistry (full year preferred) 4
Physics with laboratory (full year) 6
English composition* (full year) 6
Other credits (minimum needed to add to 90
credits)
53
Total semester credits 90
* Three credits may be satisfied by a course in public
speaking.</p>
<p>here is a link on the VMCAS web site to the requirements for admission to all vet schools
<a href="http://www.aavmc.org/vmcas/college_requirement.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.aavmc.org/vmcas/college_requirement.htm</a></p>
<p>BGeez,</p>
<p>No way. You just need to fill the pre-reqs. Its just like med school. My friend at OSU vet school was a philosphy major! She just made sure to do her core science classes.</p>