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: 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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