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All articles are by Joseph M. Piekunka, Director of Admissions for the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) Program, unless otherwise indicated. This is an open newsletter; please forward it to anyone who may be interested. Articles in This Issue:
Animal and Veterinary Experience: Breadth or Depth? Many students are under the false impression that veterinary schools prefer depth of experience over breadth of experience. That is not true at Cornell and is most likely untrue at most other veterinary schools. Why? The DVM degree in the U.S. and Canada is a general degree that allows one to work with all species -- it is not a specialty degree or narrowly focused education. Licensing exams test your breadth of knowledge of all species, not depth of knowledge about one or two species. So we look for breadth of experience from our applicants. The applicant that gains admission typically has 1000 hours of experience working primarily with 4 or 5 species in 3 or 4 environments (large animal practice, small animal practice, zoo, lab, etc.) and submits 5 letters of evaluation. If all your experience is in working with small animals -- stop working with small animals and start working with large animals or at a zoo. The applicants with which you will compete will likely have broader experience, and broad experience is what we prefer. | ||||||
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Veterinary Career Information from the AVMA The American Veterinary Medical Association
(AVMA) collects and distributes significant amounts of data on
its members. They also provide a Veterinary Career Center on-line
at http://www.avma.org/vcc/default.asp.
Many people think of veterinarians as practitioners. However,
there are many veterinarians who work in governmental and corporate
organizations. A 7-year Stipend and Free Tuition in Our DVM/PhD Program The College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell is proud to announce a newly revised dual DVM/PhD program. The Veterinary Scientist Training Program will provide a limited number of highly motivated and academically exceptional students the opportunity to pursue training designed to prepare them for careers in biomedical research. Broadly stated, the academic objective is to integrate the veterinary and graduate curricula, leveraging a broad comparative biomedical education in animal biology with rigorous training in basic experimental biology. The program's foundation and primary attribute is the strength and scope of the educational opportunity. An important feature is an initial one- or two-year period for laboratory rotations, graduate coursework, and PhD thesis lab identification. This allows students the opportunity to establish a foundation for their research training prior to starting the veterinary curriculum. Additionally, students must pass their PhD qualifying examination prior to beginning clinical rotations. Full tuition and fees, an annual living allowance ($17,580), health insurance (~$1,000/year), and an annual academic stipend ($3,000/year) are paid during the entire seven-year program for students that maintain performance expectations. Coursework and research integration enables students to complete DVM and PhD degree requirements in approximately 1.5 years less time than would be required if they enrolled in veterinary and graduate studies sequentially. It is anticipated that graduates of the program will develop into future leaders in biomedical research and veterinary arenas. The application deadline for this program is November 15, 2003. Cornell Veterinary Admissions Presentation Schedule - You Are Invited Visiting a veterinary campus can be a very important step in a veterinary career. Many students gain enthusiasm for the profession, others discover that veterinary medicine is not for them after visiting a veterinary school. (Most veterinary school tours will take you through "Gross Anatomy," which to many is, well, gross.) If you would like to learn more about our profession, the best time to visit is on a Friday afternoon when we have admissions presentations and tours planned. Enrolled DVM students give the tours on these Friday afternoons. During the tours, student tour guides describe the educational program and life as a veterinary student. The tour groups are shown the veterinary hospitals and clinical facilities here at the veterinary college (which cannot be shown during our annual Open House-held each April) as well as the learning facilities. The admissions presentation occurs before the tours so that prospective students can ask more informed questions later while on the tours. The presentations and the tours take about one hour each. The admissions presentations schedule is listed below in #5. Everyone is welcome for these visitation days, although the very young are not allowed in the hospitals for health and safety reasons. If you wish to register for one of these visitation days, please go to our web site at https://secure.vet.cornell.edu/admissions/regform.asp Coordinators of group visits may call 607-253-3700. We must arrange one tour guide for every 10 visitors, so it is important to pre-register. Please come listen to a presentation by Cornell's Admissions Officer, who will be presenting in these cities on or near these dates: For College and Adult Pre-Vets Topics discussed during these College/Adult Student admissions
presentations: For Junior High and High School Students Topics discussed during these High School level presentations
include: *Send Email mailto:vet_admissions@cornell.edu
with subject line to read: "Interested in event on (date)
in (city)." Some events are held only if enough interest
is expressed. If you do not express interest soon, we may cancel
the event before we hear from you. Cornell's DVM Admissions Web Site Home Page http://www.vet.cornell.edu/admissions/ Past Newsletters & Selected Articles All Newsletters http://www.vet.cornell.edu/admissions/newsletters.htm
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