UPenn School of Veterinary Medicine

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UPenn School of Veterinary Medicine

• http//www.vet.upenn.edu/

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Course Requirements

• English 6 semester credits (at least 3 must be
  in composition)
• Physics 8 semester credits, including 2
  laboratories.
• Chemistry 12 semester credits, including
  laboratory in at least one course 8 semester
  credits in general chemistry and at least 4
  semester credits in organic chemistry.
• Biology or Zoology 9 semester credits, (3
  courses) at least one course of which must cover
  the basic principles of genetics.
• Social Sciences or Humanities 6 semester
  credits.
• Calculus 3 semester credits.
• A grade of C or better must be earned for these
  courses.

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Important Factors

• embryology or comparative anatomy
• academic ability apparent familiarity with the
  profession and resultant sincerity of interest
  recommendations of academic counselors GRE
  scores character personality, and general
  fitness and adaptability for a career in
  veterinary medicine.

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Important Factors

• Exposure to practice, research, or other areas of
  veterinary medicine is essential and should be
  described on the VMCAS application. One
  recommendation must be from a science related
  academic source and one must be from a
  veterinarian. The third is of the applicant's
  choice but should not be from a family member.

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Admittance and Residency

• 51 of 110 students come from PA
• Out of the current 1300 applicants, only about
  225 are from PA.
• That leaves over 1000 applicants from outside of
  PA from which they will take no more than 49 of
  the class.

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Becoming a Resident

• To be a resident of PA, one must have lived in PA
  for 12 consecutive months prior to matriculation
  for other than educational purposes.

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Tuition and Fees

• PA residents 25,766
• Nonresidents 30,766