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Contacts

Website: http://www.tufts.edu/vet/
Phone: (508) 839-5302
Admissions e-mail: vetadmissions@tufts.edu

Program Information

• Degree offered: D.V.M. (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine)
• Joint degree options:
  • DVM/MS in Comparative Biomedical Sciences
  • DVM/MS in Laboratory Animal Medicine
  • DVM/MPH with Tufts University School of Medicine
• 4 years in length, with one summer period of full-time clinical training between the last two years
• Number of applications for class of 2014: 672
• Class of 2014 size: 97

Admission Requirements

Course and Degree Requirements

• Degree:
• Required Courses
  • General Biology with laboratory (two semesters)
  • General Chemistry with laboratory (two semesters)
  • Organic Chemistry with laboratory (two semesters)
  • Physics (two semesters)
  • Genetics (one semester, unless included in General Biology)
  • Biochemistry (one semester)
  • Mathematics (two semesters): May include a statistics course taken in a department other than mathematics
  • English (two semesters): May include composition, reading, and or speech communication
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences (two semesters): May include psychology, sociology, cultural anthropology, political science, and or economics
  • Humanities and Fine Arts (two semesters): May include literature, music, art, history, philosophy, religion, and or foreign language
• Recommended Courses
  • Cell biology
  • Microbiology
  • Physiology
  • Comparative or developmental anatomy

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GPA

• Minimum:
• Average accepted GPA:
• Calculation method: -Some schools may not indicate how they count the applicant’s GPA,
  • so you can remove this section for those schools

For more information, click [URL here] ====Standardized Test==== -Please change the name Standardized Test to MCAT (for medicine), DAT (for dentistry), LSAT (for law), PCAT (for pharmacy)

• Minimum scores: -Please write down the sections of each component (as seen in the U of T Medicine example) along with their scores, or just write whatever the school lists.
• Median / Average scores XXXX: Change XXXX to the year given on the website
• Test must have been written within X years of application deadline

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Supporting Documents

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Interview

• When -Write any pertinent information on the website. If there are no interviews, just
• Where mention that the school does not require one.
• By Whom
• Etc.

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For more information, click [URL here] ==Tuition 2009-2010== -Include any information the website provides (tuition, estimated total cost for * year, financial aid information, etc. Don’t forget to change the date

• accordingly.

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was added since the beginning of the For more information on financial aid, click [URL here] line does not start with an asterisk * or a pound sign # and is required for the text to be written on a new line -For the 1st line, write the whole name of the school by changing University to the university’s name and change Program to the name of the program. -For the 2nd line, re-write the same name of the program. For University, don’t write University or University of. Ex: for “University of Toronto”, just write Toronto, and for “McGill University”, just write McGill. Make sure to leave no spaces between the symbols [ : | ] EXAMPLE: University of Toronto Medicine

Contacts

Website: http://www.facmed.utoronto.ca/site4.aspx
Phone: 416-978-7928
Admissions e-mail: medicine.admiss@utoronto.ca

Program Information

• Doctor of Medicine (MD)
• 4 years in length
• Number of applications in 2008: 2734
• Class size in 2009: 224

Admission Requirements

Course and Degree Requirements

• Degree: Minimum 3 years of undergraduate study in Canada (any discipline)
• Required Courses
  • Life Sciences (12 credits)
  • Social Sciences, Humanities or Languages (6 credits)
• Recommended Courses
  • Statistics (3 credits)
  • Courses that required expository writing (12 credits)

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GPA

• Minimum: 3.6 (4.0 scale)
• Average accepted GPA 2008: 3.89
• Calculation method:
  • GPA will be calculated by eliminating one full-course grade per full year of study.
  • If applying after three years of full-time study, the 3 lowest grades will be removed.
  • If applying after completion of four years of full-time study, the 4 lowest grades will be removed
  • Summer courses are not included in GPA calculation, though they may count towards prerequisites

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MCAT

• Minimum scores:
  • Physical Sciences – 9
  • Biological Sciences – 9
  • Verbal Reasoning – 9
  • Writing Sample – N
• Median scores 2008:
  • Physical Sciences – 11
  • Biological Sciences – 12
  • Verbal Reasoning – 10
  • Writing Sample – Q
• MCAT must have been written within 5 years of application deadline
• Only the most recent MCAT scores will be considered

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Supporting Documents

• Personal Statement (1000 word essay) – see OMSAS guidelines
• Autobiographical sketch – outline of extra-curricular activities (with contact information)
• References (must provide 3) – referees must write a narrative statement and complete a standardized form
• Official transcripts from universities attended

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Interview

• Late February – early March
• Interviews are conducted at the Faculty of Medicine by a member of the Faculty and a current medical student

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Timeline

• Mid June, 2008: OMSAS application becomes available online
• Sept. 15, 2008: Deadline to create OMSAS account
• Oct. 1, 2008: Deadline to submit applications
• Oct. 1, 2008: All transcripts and academic documents must be received by OMSAS
• Oct. 6, 2008: All cheques/money orders must be received
• Oct. 15, 2008: Deadline for MCAT scores to be released to OMSAS
• May 15, 2009: First offers of admission
• June 12, 2009: Deadline to accept offers of admission
• June 30, 2009: All transcripts must be received by OMSAS

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Tuition 2009-2010

• First year tuition (Canadian student) - $ 17 887
• Total first year fees (Canadian student) - $ 19 170.90
• First year tuition (Visa student) - $ 48 620
• Total first year fees (Visa student) - $ 50 659.90

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