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Admissions Information

Pre-Requisites

Only 2 courses may be pending completion in the spring semester, and both must be completed (with transcript evidence) by the end of hte spring semester prior to matriculation. Pending courses (including correspondence courses) may not be completed in the summer session immediately preceding matriculation.

• General Biology - 4 (with laboratories)
• General or Inorganic Chem - 8 (with laboratories)
• Organic Chemistry - 8 (with laboratories) - CHEM 206 + CHEM 207 or 307
• Physics - 8 (with laboratories) must be at least a two course series
• Biochemistry - 3 - BIO or CHEM 414
• Genetics - 3 or 4 - Genetic Analysis (BIO 420), Molecular Genetics (BIO 442)
• Microbiology 4 - including lab - BIO 440
• English/Speech - 6 or 7 - Composition & Writing, Public Speaking, Communications
• Math - 6 - 3 must be Calculus or Logic and 3 must be Statistics
• Humanities/Social Sciences - 6 - GER 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7s
• Business - 6 - can include any business, finance, accounting, economics, or agricultural economics course, but excludes courses that satisfy the writing or statistics requirements or courses that have a technological focus (i.e. microcomputer application courses)

Recommended Courses

• Animal Nutrition
• Animal Science

Other Components

1. Veterinary Experience: A minimum of 400 hours of clinical, medical, agribusiness, health science or research experience is required. However, supervised experiences in three or more different areas are highly recommended. Experience in small animal, large animal and one other area (research, food animal production, exotic, aquatic, zoological medicine, etc.) of the veterinary medical profession is preferred. The work can be either paid or voluntary and must be completed under the supervision of a veterinarian (or PhD scientist if research). Applicants will be evaluated on duration, level of duties, and diversity of the experiences.
2. Animal Experience All other animal related experiences will also be evaluated, such as working with livestock, breeding/ showing dogs or similar, working at a zoo, aquarium or pet shop, equestrian activities, volunteer time at an animal shelter/rescue, etc., and these should be included in the "Animal Experience" section of the VMCAS application.
   Like veterinary experience, animal experience will be evaluated on duration with at least 100 hours or more contact time highly recommended; multiple activities of long duration are preferred. This category doesn't include pet ownership.
3. Educational Experience Consideration will be given to academic excellence, the course load per term, employment concurrent with school attendance, and participation in intercollegiate athletics. This will also include evaluation of accomplishments such as honors, awards and advanced degrees.
4. Evaluation Forms/Recommendations Three (3) sealed recommendations are required using the VMCAS Applicant Evaluation forms accompanied by a supporting letter from the evaluator. Each evaluation must be sealed and signed on the back of the envelope by the appropriate evaluator. Two (2) must be from veterinarians or PhD scientists with whom the applicant has worked. The third letter can be from an academic advisor or other evaluator of the applicant's choosing. Evaluations should support experiences listed and validate maturity, commitment and work ethic with specific examples. The admissions committee may contact references directly if further information or clarification is required. You will be asked to provide contact information for veterinarians with whom you have worked who did not provide a written VMCAS Applicant Evaluation form.
5. Personal Statement The admissions committee will give consideration to the following three aspects of your personal statement, and each aspect should be clearly defined. Your VMCAS personal statements should help the committee understand:
   
   (1) something about you as a person,
   
   (2) how your interest in veterinary medicine developed within the context of your veterinary and animal-related experiences, what prepared you for a career in veterinary medicine, and your understanding of the profession, and
   
   (3) your career goals and what you currently anticipate doing with a degree in veterinary medicine. Your career goals may change after your experiences within the program, but the committee would like to know what your current interests are and how you would anticipate using your training as a veterinarian. The statement will also be evaluated for maturity, experience, originality and communication skills.
6. Diversity Applicants will be evaluated for the diversity they could bring to the class in terms of location and duration of North Carolina residency, previous career, unique experiences, and hardship considerations.
7. Extracurricular and Community activities The level, depth of accomplishment, and leadership roles in clubs (college/university, hobby), athletics (intramural, club) and community organizations will be taken into account. This category does not include high school experiences.

Application Process

• First you submit your electronic common application
• Then once you are confirmed NC State sends you the supplemental application
• Then you send in your fall transcript for any classes you had pending

Admission Statistics

Financials

Costs

Financial Aid

Divisions of the School

• Department of Clinical Services
• Department of Population Health and Pathobiology
• Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences