Hi everyone!
I posted here previously to ask about Findlay’s pre-vet program. Turns out my parents won’t let me apply there because of the school’s low overall ranking. So, now I’m wondering what other colleges have pre-vet programs with high vet school placement rates. I’d prefer a school in the Midwest so it’s not to far from home, and one that has opportunities for “hands-on” experience. As you can probably tell from my username, I do like the more large animal/agricultural side of things. In addition, I’m an athlete, so I would like to go to a school that is either NCAA D1 or D2. I would love to hear any suggestions! Thank you guys so much in advance.
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Not in the Midwest but Univ of Vermont has a well respected pre vet program and a few slots guaranteed at a few Vet Schools. There is a barn of cows there for you too!
Sorry for the extra post but what about Purdue? They also have a PreVet/Vet Scholar program with some guarenteed slots at Vet school. Check it out.
Check out Kansas State too. It has an early admission to vet school program and my son is loving it there! He is equine and the school has a great large animal emphasis.
A critical factor in admissions to most vet schools is: state of residence. It’s hard to give you good advice without knowing this factor.
There are a handful of private (and expensive) vet schools that recruit nationally, but they are exceptions. The vast majority of vet schools are at state-supported land grant institutions. These schools typically reserve most of their slots for in-state residents. Sometimes they cut deals with other states that don’t have vet schools of their own, and reserve some slots for residents of those states in exchange for financial support.
You need to figure out:
- is there is a state-supported vet school in your state of residence?
- if your state has no vet school, then does it have a deal with some out-of-state vet school?
Then you need to figure out:
- what are the top undergraduate feeders to those schools? There are commonly just a few ag-oriented schools that dominate admissions at a given state veterinary school.
If you are from Ohio, for example, then you should assume that your best shot at vet school is at Ohio State. The top feeders to OSU are OSU and Findlay, so those are the schools that you should target. if you are from some other state, then the targets will be different, but you should use the same approach.
That’s the wrong question. What you need to ask is:
Here in California, there are three schools – UC Davis, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and Cal Poly Pomona – that have the strongest vet school admissions. However, most of the graduates go on to vet school at UC Davis, which is the only state vet school in California. It is unlikely that you would have a good shot at UCD vet school, even if you went to one of their top feeders, because you aren’t a California resident.
Here’s how the University of Vermont Pre-Vet Club explains it:
http://www.uvm.edu/~prevet/?Page=vetschools.html
Again, you need to figure out (1) where residents of your state typically go for vet school; and (2) what undergraduate programs most commonly “feed” into that vet school. A high pre-vet placement rate may not be relevant to you, if the school is located outside of your home state. In that case, the pre-vet program may be quite good at placing in-state residents into the in-state vet school, but this does not necessarily mean that an out-of-stater would have the same odds.
@Runnergirl<3cows, in your other post, we gave you advice about vet school admissions. Corbett has reiterated this in your new post. I understand what you are looking for, but we are advising you to look at your home state university to lower your costs as an undergraduate. Have your parents run the NPC for the D1 OOS schools and see if it is something that they can afford. You may find that LAC’s will offer more merit aid that would bring the COA to a much lower rate that OOS publics. Some will be D2 and D3 schools.
My DS was just accepted to the Pre vet/animal biosciences major in the honors program at the University of Delaware. I believe they have a fairly high vet school placement rate especially out of the honors program. A little pricey for out of state but they are fairly generous with Merit scholarship money.