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One of the best times to visit our College is during our Open
House, which will be held this year on April 8 from 10am to 4pm.
Parking and admission for Open House are free. While much of the
complex is open during Open House, the hospitals are not open
to the public, as we cannot allow thousands of people to interrupt
hospital services. Again, reservations for a tour on most Friday
afternoons are free and given on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Additional information on Open House will be made available via
this Pre-Vet Newsletter.
If you live near New York City, please read article 5 for information
on buses from NYC to our Open House front door on Saturday, April
8, 2000.
Our Admissions Decisions Will Be Announced in February
Applicants to our College for the Class of
2004 may expect our decision no later than the end of February.
We hope to have all decisions made by February 15. We may not
be able to keep to our internal deadlines and we ask applicants
not to call before March 1 if they have not received a letter
from us.
We will hold three weekend Admissions Information Sessions (AIS)
for admitted students. Students who receive an offer in early
February would have three AIS choices: February 11+12, February
18+19, and March 10+11. Other prospective students may have only
one option, March 10+11.
We will also hold post-applicant information sessions for those
who are not admitted. These are tentatively scheduled for March
6 in New York City, March 11 at our campus, and April 8 during
our Open House. More information will be forthcoming via this
newsletter and directly to our applicants.
File in January for Financial Aid, All Deposits Are Due April 15
Applicants: Would you want a financial aid
package before making your decision to accept or decline a potential
offer of admission? If so, you want to file for financial aid
by February 1 before you know whether you are admitted. Applicants
who file by this deadline are very likely to have a financial
aid package one week before the April 15 deadline to accept or
decline an offer of admission.
All veterinary colleges in the United States use the FAFSA (Free
Application for Federal Student Aid). And, all have agreed that
April 15 is the universal deadline to accept or decline an offer
of admission. By filing the FAFSA early, you will help yourself
receive vital financial information in a timely manner.
You may file the FAFSA on-line at http://www.FAFSA.ed.gov Cornell
also requires the CSS Profile, which may be found at: http://www.collegeboard.org/finaid/fastud/html/proform.html
Our New Financial Aid Web Site
Our College has recently expanded our Financial
Aid information available on our web site. If you have any questions
regarding financial aid, they are most likely answered at the
web site. If your questions are not answered there, you are most
welcome to email the financial aid office at mailto:vetfinaid@cornell.edu
It is better to email us than to telephone us with questions as
we can provide more information via email than via telephone.
Here are the main financial aid pages…
Our Front Page http://www.vet.cornell.edu/public/financialaid/
Important Dates http://www.vet.cornell.edu/public/financialaid/Dates.htm
Tuition & Costs http://www.vet.cornell.edu/public/financialaid/Est_cost.htm
Required Forms http://www.vet.cornell.edu/public/financialaid/Eligib_form.htm
We hope you check it out we think you will find it informative.
Cornell's Open House Express Bus from NYC on April 8, 2000
If you would like to visit our Open House (Saturday,
April 8) and live in or near New York City, we would like to offer
you a very quick and inexpensive way to travel to Ithaca and back
in one day for our Open House. For $45 per person, you may reserve
a seat on our privately chartered "Open House Express"
bus. The bus will leave mid-town Manhattan at 7am, arrive at 11am
in front of our veterinary complex, leave our complex at about
5pm and arrive back in Manhattan at about 10pm on April 8, 2000.
Two films will be shown on the bus regarding veterinary medicine
and our College and a simple dinner will be provided on the return
trip. Lunch will be available (at your expense) during Open House.
The bus will have a lavatory and may not stop, unless necessary,
on either trip to or from Manhattan. Please complete the form
below to reserve your seat. There are a limited number of seats
and each can be reserved on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Cornell May Soon Visit a City Near You
Cornell's Director of DVM Admissions will presenting
in these cities on or near these dates -- our future newsletters
will have further details:
Feb. 23 4pm Tufts University, Large Conference Room, Student Center
Feb. 24 4pm Harvard University, room TBA
March 6 7:30 pm New York City, Hunter College, Room TBA
March 7 4pm SUNY Stony Brook, TBA
March 16 4pm Washington, DC area college, TBA
March 16 7pm Washington, DC area college, TBA
April 10 7pm New Orleans area college, TBA
June 27 7pm Orlando area hotel, TBA
Topics to be discussed:
-Is Cornell's case-based curriculum right for you?
-DVM degree programs in the U.S.
-DVM specialties
-DVM admissions requirements at Cornell
-DVM admissions statistics
-DVM financial aid
-Questions and answers
Please register with us by sending mailto:vet_admissions@cornell.edu
Registration/admission is free, but we do need to know how many
to expect in order to arrange an appropriate number of seats at
each location. Please wait until our next newsletter to register
for locations that do not indicate a college campus.
Cornell's DVM Admissions Web Site
Home Page http://www.vet.cornell.edu/admissions/
Procedures http://www.vet.cornell.edu/admissions/approceed.htm
Preparation http://www.vet.cornell.edu/admissions/prep.htm
Deadlines http://www.vet.cornell.edu/admissions/approceed.htm#timetable
Who Gets In http://www.vet.cornell.edu/admissions/prep.htm
Pre-Reqs. http://www.vet.cornell.edu/admissions/despreq.htm
Case-Based Learning http://www.vet.cornell.edu/about/edu.htm
Financial Aid http://www.vet.cornell.edu/public/financialaid/
High Schoolers http://www.vet.cornell.edu/admissions/hsinfo.html
Request Info. https://www.vet.cornell.edu/admissions/inquiry.asp
Pre-Vet Tours https://www.vet.cornell.edu/admissions/regform.asp
Past Newsletters & Selected Articles
All Newsletters http://www.vet.cornell.edu/admissions/newsletters.htm
November 1999 http://www.vet.cornell.edu/admissions/newsletters/Nov99news.htm
FAQ: How Is Problem-Based Learning Different?
September 1999 http://www.vet.cornell.edu/admissions/newsletters/Sept99news.htm
How Many Letters of Evaluation Do I Need?
AP Credit and DVM Admissions at Cornell
FAQ on Textbooks and Other Learning Resources
July 1999 http://www.vet.cornell.edu/admissions/newsletters/July99news.htm
The U.S. Veterinary Application Process and Deadlines
Cornell's DVM Application Process and Deadlines
Confidentiality of Letters of Evaluation
FAQ: Tests & Evaluation in Our Problem-Based Program
March 1999 http://www.vet.cornell.edu/admissions/newsletters/March99news.htm
High School Students: Prepare Now for Veterinary Medicine
Cornell's DVM Program Is Problem-Based Learning
FAQ What Is Problem-Based Learning
January 1999 http://www.vet.cornell.edu/admissions/newsletters/Jan99news.htm
Hyperlinks to All North American Veterinary Medicine Colleges
Elective Courses for Cornell's DVM Program
October 1998 http://www.vet.cornell.edu/admissions/newsletters/Oct98news.htm
Cornell Does Not Pre-Screen Applicants Nor Interview Applicants
Do Veterinary Technician Programs Enhance a DVM Application?
August 1998 http://www.vet.cornell.edu/admissions/newsletters/Aug98news.htm
18 Veterinary Schools Require a Supplemental Application
Military Scholarships for the Medical Professions
Resource List for Specialties in Veterinary Medicine
How To Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this Free Newsletter
Did you receive this newsletter from a friend
or an advisor? You may sign-up for a free copy to come directly
to you at www.vet.cornell.edu/admissions/newsletters/application/inquiry.asp
We send this free newsletter about every 2 months to all interested
individuals via email only. If you do not have email but have
access to the World Wide Web, visit our web site to view our newsletters.
http://www.vet.cornell.edu/admissions/newsletters/newsletters.htm
Alumni -- if you subscribe individually you may receive two copies,
one from DVM Admissions and one from our Alumni Office.
Advisors -- if you subscribe to the health professions advisors'
list serve, you do not need to sign-up separately for this newsletter.
We will forward each new edition to the list serve. Advisors who
do not subscribe to that list serve are encouraged to subscribe
directly to our newsletter.
To unsubscribe, go to https://www.vet.cornell.edu/admissions/newsletters/application/inquiry.asp
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How To Contact Us
phone: 607-253-3700
e-mail: vet_admissions@cornell.edu
web: http://www.vet.cornell.edu
Office of DVM Admissions
Cornell University
Schurman Hall, Room S2-009
Ithaca, NY 14853-6401
Our phone lines are often busy.
Please, email us!
Summer hours: Mon.- Fri., 8am-4pm
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Important Dates
July Supplemental & VMCAS forms available
October 1 VMCAS application deadline
October 5 Cornell's preferred Supplemental application deadline*
November 14 Latest acceptable GRE test date
November 15 Absolute final deadline for Cornell's on-line self-initiated supplemental*
January File the FAFSA + the CSS Profile for financial aid
February Decisions/Notifications are made
March Information Sessions for admitted & alternate students
held
April 15 Deadline for all in USA to accept/decline DVM acceptance
offer
May 31 All prerequisites must be completed if enrolling in
August
August Orientation and beginning of classes
*The only difference between these deadlines is the application fee -- it costs us more to process your application if you apply after October 5.
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Minimum Prerequisite Credits (in semester hours)
6 cr. English Composition Full Year
6 cr. Biology or Zoology . Full Year with Lab
6 cr. General Chemistry . Full Year with Lab
6 cr. Organic Chemistry . Full Year with Lab
4 cr. Biochemistry (prefer Full Year)
6 cr. Introductory Physics Full Year with Lab
3 cr. Microbiology Half Year with Lab
These courses must have a letter grade of C- or better.
- Pass, Satisfactory or Narrative grades are not acceptable.
- AP credits are not acceptable, except for Physics and General Chemistry.
- Higher level course work in the same discipline is preferred.
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Cornell's DVM Admissions Formula
30% Overall GPA (all grades from all colleges)
30% GRE (verbal & quantitative only)
5% Quality of Academic Program
20% Animal Experience (with Letters of Evaluation)
10% All Other Achievements & Letters of Evaluation
5% Personal Essay
(No minimum GPA or GRE; we use your highest of multiple GRE
scores;
median GPA=3.55, GRE=1330/1600 from Class of 2002)
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