<p>I am a senior ion high school who has a strong desire to attend Cornell's veterinary graduate school as a grad student in 4 years. I am currently deciding between UC davis and UC Berkeley, and am wondering which one Cornell would find more appealing. UC Berkeley has the prestige,but UC Davis rivals Cornell all the time in terms of ranking for the top vet schools in the nation, but I"m not sure if such a relationship would help in terms of getting accepted to Cornell. Does anyone here have any idea which COrnell would look more favorably upon?
Thanks</p>
<p>The three most important criteria for getting into vet school are grades/test scores, state of residence, and experience working with animals. You don’t say which state you’re a resident of, but if you’re not a resident of NY at the time of application to Cornell’s vet school, you will be at a significant disadvantage to applicants who are NY residents. Is there any particular reason that you are so focused on Cornell for veterinary medicine? There are only 28 accredited vet schools in the U.S., and ALL of them are excellent and will prepare you well. If you have a vet school in your home state, that is BY FAR your best bet for admission. Vet school is harder to get into than medical school, so you need to take every advantage that you can get. If you are a NY resident, have you applied to Cornell undergrad? If you fiind yourself in the enviable position of having to choose between UC-Davis and UC-Berkely, then I suspect that you would be a competitive applicant for Cornell undergrad as well. To get back to your question, all other things being equal, choose UC-Davis over UC-Berkeley if you want to go to vet school. The reason is simple – Davis has an excellent undergraduate animal science department, which is the major of choice for most vet school applicants. Berkeley doesn’t. You’ll also get more opportunities to work with animals and/or perform veterinary related research at Davis than you will at Berkeley.</p>
<p>This should be posted in Cornell University NOT Cornell College.</p>