Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

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Tufts UniversityCummings School of Veterinary
Medicine
Ranked 13 by U.S. News
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Location

• New England
• 3 Campuses
• Medford, MA (undergraduate AS)
• Boston (Medical, Dental etc.)
• North Grafton (Cummings Vet)
• North Grafton Population
• about 17,000 residents
• Small town but close to city atmosphere
• Weather
• Average temperature in January is 30ºF
• Average temperature in July is 80ºF

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Curriculum

• No tracking
• First Year
• Basic biomedical sciences with emphasis on basic
  structural and functional relationships in normal
  animals
• Second Year
• Pathophysiology (eg parisitology), introduction
  to clinical and imaging topics.

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Curriculum (cont.)

• Third Year
• Clinical signs, diagnostic criteria, and
  treatment
• Some room for electives
• Fourth Year
• Clinical rotations

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How do they review your application?

• Committee
• Application Components?
• Transcript and GPA
• GRE (verbal, quantitative, and analytical)
• Veterinary, animal and or health science
  experience
• Extracurricular activities
• 3 Letters of Evaluation (advisor/faculty members
  and veterinarian/research scientist)
• Essays
• Interview

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Class of 2012
Average Age25 Average GPA3.61 (CVM was
3.68) Average GRE1330/1600 (CVM 1350) and
5.0 analytical
http//www.tufts.edu/vet/admissions/resources/dvm_
2012_admissions_summary.pdf
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What are my chances?

• 2007-2008 Admissions summary
• applicants accepted
• Resident 41
• Nonresident 643 30
• Total 763 82
• Acceptance Rate 10 (with these s)
• Tufts contracts with ME, NH, and NJ (check
  individual contract rules)

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How much will it cost? (07-08)

• Nonresident
• 36,190 per year
• Resident
• 30,760 per year

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What facilities does the TCSVM have?

• Foster Hospital for Small Animals
• 26,000 cases annually
• Tufts Hospital for Large Animal
• 1,900 cases competition and pleasure horses
  (8085), food animals, exotics
• Bernice Barbour Wildlife Clinic
• 1,600 patient case-load
• Tufts Ambulatory Service (CT)
• 3,700 farm calls in 2007
• Tufts VETS (specialty and emergency satellite
  clinic in Walpole, MA)
• 8,000 cases yearly

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Special Programs

• Bachelor's/DVM Early Acceptance Program
• Signature Programs
• Wildlife Medicine
• International Veterinary Medicine Program
• Work with international research institutes,
  Heifer Project etc.
• Equine Sports Medicine
• Combined Degree Graduate Programs
• DVM/MPH
• DVM/MS in Comparative Biomedical Sciences
• DVM/MS in Laboratory Animal Medicine

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Questions?
Molly a 3 day old giraffe from the Southwick Zoo
(February 2009)