The 精东AV College of Veterinary Medicine has a long history of successful pipeline programs since its inception in 1945.听 The purpose of these pipeline programs was to increase underrepresented minorities (URMs), particularly African Americans in the veterinary profession.听 The College has increased the number of pipeline programs designed to provide educational opportunities to URM students desiring to achieve a veterinary career that need support or have other challenges applying to or entering a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) program.

Students from pipeline programs are required to meet the DVM program criteria.听 If the students do not meet the criteria, they are required to enroll in and successfully complete the Summer Enhancement and Reinforcement Program (SERP) and/or enroll in the non-thesis Master鈥檚 degree program in the graduate program at 精东AV.听 Successful completion of these enhancement programs are required and the applicant is re-evaluated prior to admission into the DVM program.

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精东AV College of Veterinary Medicine offers the Early Assurance of Admission (EAA) Program in partnership with the participating academies in the TUCVM Pipeline Program. Through this program, students majoring (or minoring) in Animal and Veterinary Sciences, and participants in the TUCVM Pipeline program may be considered for early assurance of admissions into TUCVM.

精东AV College of Veterinary Medicine offers the Early Assurance of Admission (EAA) Program in partnership with the participating academies in the TUCVM Pipeline Program. Through this program, students majoring (or minoring) in Animal and Veterinary Sciences, and participants in the TUCVM Pipeline program may be considered for early assurance of admissions into TUCVM.

Early Assurance Admission Course Requirements

The curriculum and requirements for admission conform to the standards set forth by the American Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education. Applicants must present a minimum of three pre-professional years of college credits (100 semester credits or 152 quarter credits) and must have a cumulative GPA of 3.5+/4.0 or earned a math/science GPA of 3.3 or higher with a minimum of 30 credits of the TUCVM prerequisite courses at the time of application. The college or university credits must include courses in the categories listed below. Grades of less than 鈥淐 are not acceptable. Additionally, courses taken on a pass/fail basis cannot be transferred for credit.

1. Introductory Animal Science (APSC 201 or equivalent)
2. General Biology (230, 231 or their equivalents)
3. General Chemistry (231, 233, 232, 234 or their equivalents)
4. Organic Chemistry (320, 321 or their equivalents)
5. Pre-calculus/Calculus I or Statistics (MATH 107, MATH 110, MATH 207, EVSC 500 or MATH 304 or their equivalents, totaling six credits)
6. English Composition and Literature (English 101 and 102 or their equivalents)

Student Selection Process

Selection is based on all of the data submitted by and on behalf of the applicant, not only on academic achievement. 听The admissions process includes the four phases indicate below.

• Phase 1 -听Assessment of applications by the Office of Admissions: 听The Office of Admissions evaluates each application for completion and minimal academic requirements.
• Phase 2 -听Assessment/Review of applications by the Committee:听Following review by the Office of Admissions, the Admissions Committee reviews each application and places it into one of the five categories based upon the pre-veterinary academic performance (cumulative GPA, science GPA, and GRE scores) of the applicant.听The categories are as follows:

1. Candidates who satisfy the criteria of articulation agreements for admission
2. Strong candidates who exceed the minimal academic requirements
3. Candidates who meet minimal academic requirements.

• Phase 3:听Interview Process by Committee Members, Faculty, Staff, and Alumni: 听The interview process is critical for admission to the professional program.听 All applicants must successfully complete this phase before they can be recommended for admission.听
• Phase 4:听Notification:听听After completion of the interview process, the completed folders for applicants that have completed Phase Three will be evaluated by the Admissions Committee.听 Based on this assessment, the Committee will submit recommendations to the Dean, who makes the final decision on admission offers. The Admissions Committee will recommend one of the following:

1. Admit
2. Alternate
3. Summer Program
4. Not recommended

Early Assurance Admission Process Timeline

The Early Assurance Admissions (EAA) process timetable is as follows:

• March 15:听Letter of Intent to be submitted to the Pre-Vet club advisor by individuals to be considered for EAA
• June 1:听听EAA online听applications become available to eligible students who submitted a Letter of Intent who will receive an email with the link, user ID and password
• July 31: Deadline for all early assurance admissions application and documents to be submitted (including official transcripts, GRE scores and references)
• August: Review Process
• August: Applicant Interviews
• August: Notification of offers for admissions (generally a minimum of two weeks prior to the regular deadline for TUCVM admissions)