Tufts Veterinary Medicine
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
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- Test must have been written within X years of application deadline
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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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