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*Deadline: October 1 at 12:00 pm
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*Deadline: October 25
*Supplemental application, consisting of:
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*List 3-5 of your most significant veterinary, animal or biomedical research experiences
**Veterinary Experience - A minimum of 400 hours of clinical, medical, agribusiness, health science or medical related scientific research experience
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**A letter of recommendation must be provided for each experience
**Animal Experience
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**At least one of these experiences must be in veterinary medicine
**Educational Experience
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*Academic Letters of Evaluation
**Three letters of recommendation
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**Can come from an academic advisor, faculty mentor, pre-med advisor, or professor
**Personal statement
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*Official College Transcripts
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*Dean's Certification Form
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*Residency Worksheet for all New York and new Hampshire residents
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*GRE's or MCAT's
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*Application Fee of $60
  
For more information, click [http://www.cvm.ncsu.edu/studentservices/admissions.html#Tools here]
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For more information, click [http://www.vet.cornell.edu/admissions/docs/ApplicationInstructions2010.pdf here]
  
 
==Timeline==
 
==Timeline==

Revision as of 15:16, 3 March 2011


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

For more information, click here

GPA

  • Average accepted Cumulative GPA for 2010:
    • Residents: 3.71
    • Non-Residents: 3.78

For more information, click here

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

For more information, click here and here

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

For more information, click here

Timeline

  • October 1:
    • VMCAS application (12:00pm EDT) on <www.vmcas.org>
  • October 25:
    • Cornell's Supplemental Application

For more information, click here

Tuition 2011-2012

  • New York State Resident: $28,400 USD
  • Non-New York State Resident: $42,750 USD

For more information, click here