Cornell Veterinary Medicine

==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)
• 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
  • Animal Nutrition - One course
  • Biochemistry - One course
  • Biology (lab required) - One course
  • General Chemistry (labs required) - Two courses
  • Organic Chemistry (labs required) - Two courses
  • Composition & Writing or Public Speaking or Communications - Two courses
  • Genetics - One course
  • Humanities and Social Sciences - Two courses
  • Microbiology (lab required) - One course
  • Physics (labs required) - Two-course series
  • Statistics - One course

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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 1 at 12:00 pm
• Supplemental application, consisting of:
  • Veterinary Experience - A minimum of 400 hours of clinical, medical, agribusiness, health science or medical related scientific research experience
  • Animal Experience
  • Educational Experience
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Personal statement

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Timeline

• October 1:
  • Deadline for applicant submission and receipt of the following to VMCAS: VMCAS application, fee payment, letters of recommendation
  • Deadline for applicant submission and receipt to NCSU CVM of all transcripts, Supplemental Application and fee payment, GRE scores
• January 31:
  • Decision letters to Non Resident applicants
• March 15:
  • Decision letters to Residents
• April 15:
  • Applicants must accept or decline offer by this date

Tuition 2010-2011

• In-State:
  • Year 1 - $29,707 USD
  • Year 2 - $29,313 USD
  • Year 3 - $31,020 USD
  • Summer - $4,766 USD
  • Year 4 - $28,820 USD
• Out-of-State:
  • Year 1 - $52,470 USD
  • Year 2 - $52,076 USD
  • Year 3 - $53,783 USD
  • Summer - $4,766 USD
  • Year 4 - $51,583 USD