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Revision as of 18:32, 21 November 2010


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: Bachelor's 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

For more information, click here

GPA

  • Average accepted GPA for class of 2014: 3.59

For more information, click here

GRE (Graduate Record Examination)

  • Mean scores for class of 2014:
    • Verbal: 600
    • Quantitative: 720
    • Analytical: 4.5
  • Test must have been written within 5 years of application deadline

For more information, click here and here

Supporting Documents

  • Deadline: November 1
  • Online Application for Admission
    • For more information, click here
  • Application Fee of $70
  • Academic Transcripts
  • Official GRE Scores
  • Essential Functions - be able to perform
    • For more information, click here
  • Description of Veterinary, Animal and or Health Science Experience
  • Three Letters of Evaluation, one from each:
    • A pre-veterinary, pre-medical or pre-health professions committee, or from a dean, advisor or faculty member in your major or who taught a required pre-professional science course
    • A faculty member in your major or who taught a required pre-professional science course
    • A veterinarian or research scientist with whom you have had considerable experience
  • Description of Extracurricular Activities
  • Two essays of 500 words as part of the online application

For more information, click here

Interview

  • Around 240 candidates are invited to the campus for an interview in February

For more information, click here

Early Admission

  • To be eligible to apply, candidates for this program must be sophomores and must have demonstrated academic proficiency in their freshman and sophomore coursework, particularly in the DVM prerequisite science courses
  • Deadline: March 1
  • Small number of applicants invited for on campus interviews in March
  • Decision letters will be mailed out in early April

Tuition 2010-2011

  • MA residents/Out-of-State residents): US $39,360/$41,000

For more information on tuition, click here and http://www.tufts.edu/vet/admissions/resources/tcsvm_cost_of_education_10-11.pdf here

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