Cornell Veterinary Medicine
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Contacts
Website: http://www.vet.cornell.edu/
Phone: (607) 253-3700
Admissions e-mail: vet_admissions@cornell.edu
Program Information
- Degree offered: DVM (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine)
- Joint degree options:
- DVM/PhD Program
- DVM/MPH with University of Minnesota (Master of Public Health program)
- 4 years in length
- Number of applications in 2011: 717
- Acceptances annually: 62 North Carolina residents and 16 non-residents
Admission Requirements
Course and Degree Requirements
- Required Courses
- English Composition and English Literature - Two semesters
- Biological Science with lab - Two semesters
- General (Inorganic) Chemistry with lab - Two semesters
- Organic Chemistry with lab - Two semesters
- Microbiology with lab - One semester
- Biochemistry, lab is preferred but not required - Two semesters preferred
- Physics with lab - Two semesters
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GPA
- Average accepted Cumulative GPA for 2010:
- Residents: 3.71
- Non-Residents: 3.78
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GRE (Graduate Record Examination)
- Mean scores for residents in 2010:
- Verbal: 490
- Quantitative: 652
- Analytical: 4.30
- Mean scores for non-residents in 2010:
- Verbal: 570
- Quantitative: 712
- Analytical: 4.45
- GRE test must have been taken within 5 years of October 1 in the year of application
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Supporting Documents
- Deadline: October 25
- List 3-5 of your most significant veterinary, animal or biomedical research experiences
- A letter of recommendation must be provided for each experience
- At least one of these experiences must be in veterinary medicine
- Academic Letters of Evaluation
- Can come from an academic advisor, faculty mentor, pre-med advisor, or professor
- Official College Transcripts
- Dean's Certification Form
- Residency Worksheet for all New York and new Hampshire residents
- GRE's or MCAT's
- Application Fee of $60
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Timeline
- October 1:
- VMCAS application (12:00pm EDT) on <www.vmcas.org>
- October 25:
- Cornell's Supplemental Application
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Tuition 2011-2012
- New York State Resident: $28,400 USD
- Non-New York State Resident: $42,750 USD
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