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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: 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

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GPA

• Average accepted GPA for class of 2014: 3.59

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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

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Supporting Documents

• Deadline: November 1
• Online Application for Admission
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• Application Fee of $70
• Academic Transcripts
• Official GRE Scores
• Essential Functions - be able to perform
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• 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

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Interview

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

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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

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