The ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½University College of Veterinary Medicine has a long history of successful pipeline programs since its inception in 1945.Ìý The purpose of these pipeline programs was to increase underrepresented minorities (URMs), particularly African Americans in the veterinary profession.Ìý The College has increased the number of pipeline programs designed to provide educational opportunities to URM ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ 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.Ìý If the ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ 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’s degree program in the graduate program at ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½University.Ìý 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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¿Û¿Û´«Ã½University 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, ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ 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.
¿Û¿Û´«Ã½University 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, ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ 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 “C are not acceptable. Additionally, courses taken on a pass/fail basis cannot be transferred for credit.
Student Selection Process
Selection is based on all of the data submitted by and on behalf of the applicant, not only on academic achievement. ÌýThe admissions process includes the four phases indicate below.
Early Assurance Admission Process Timeline
The Early Assurance Admissions (EAA) process timetable is as follows: