DVM Admissions Criteria

Minimum (suggested) Academic Criteria

Science and Overall GPA > 3.0

Verbal and Quantititave GRE - Both should be above the 65th percentile

Pre-Veterinary Experience

The University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine does not have a minimum requirement for pre-veterinary experience in the admissions process. Pre-veterinary experience should reflect a wide range of responsibilities and quality of experiences rather than quantity of hours (that being said, applicants should have at minimum 500 hours of veterinarye experience). We recommend that applicants be exposed to both large and small animal clinical practices before applying to our program. This will give them an opportunity to shadow or work with a veterinarian and ultimately obtain letters of reference which are an important part of the application process.

Objective Academic Assessment

The University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine (UFCVM) does not have a set minimum academic requirement in order to be admitted. However, students must pass the Objective Academic Assessment to be considered for admission.

The Objective Academic Assessment evaluates applicants by the following criteria:

25% – Verbal GRE Score
25% – Quantitative GRE Score
25% – Science Course GPA
12.5% – Overall Course GPA
12.5% – Last 45 Credits Course GPA

Candidates are ranked in two independent applicant pools: Florida residents and Non-Sponsored (Out of state).

Each applying class will have varying academic strengths, therefore the minimum academic scores necessary to pass the Objective Academic Assessment will remain variable from year to year.

Full Application Review

Those students that pass the Objective Academic Assessment will have their entire vet school application reviewed individually by three members of the UFCVM Admissions Committee. Once again, there will be two applicant pools: Florida residents and Non-Florida residents, and the candidates will be scored and ranked on the following criteria:

50% – Academic History and Experience – Prerequisite GPA, GRE, undergraduate institution selectivity, academic load, number of withdrawals, research participation, teaching assistant positions, strength of academic references (if any), and academic flags/concerns.

25% – Pre-Veterinary Experience and Preparation – Amount of legitimate pre-veterinary experience, amount of legitimate animal experience, strength of veterinary and animal related references, relationship between references and veterinary/animal experiences.

25% – Overall Professionalism and Readiness to Matriculate – Overall professionalism of the application, strength of written communication skills, extracurricular experiences, community involvement, international experiences, awards and recognitions, non-veterinary or animal related employment experiences.

Candidate Interview

In  early-to-mid February the students that pass the Full Application Review will be invited to participate in a mandatory Candidate Interview process. Each applicant will be interviewed by a panel of two members of the Admissions Committee and one Senior Vet Student.

For many years, the UFCVM has utilized structured, 50-minute long behavioral interviews which scored on a number of behavioral factors such as teamwork, integrity, and problem-solving to score and rank applicants that participated in Candidate Interviews.