Admissions Requirements

Residency

Applicants must be residents of Texas or New Mexico. Up to 10% of the student body may be New Mexico residents.
For questions regarding residency, please visit the TMDSAS Residency Determination Website.

Rural and Regional Life Experiences and Personal Attributes

Our Admission Committee focuses on each applicant’s life experiences with activities supporting rural and regional communities. For example, applicants must demonstrate agricultural, animal, or veterinary experience in rural and regional communities. There is no minimum number of hours, but applicants should have accumulated life experiences to demonstrate their understanding of these communities, their awareness of the various roles veterinarians have in rural and regional communities, and thereby providing evidence supporting their interest in rural and regional veterinary medicine. The quality and/or quantity of those experience will be ranked in our selection process.In addition to life experiences, the Committee also looks for evidence of personal attributes to aid in success in our program and in a career supporting rural and regional communities. Examples of personal attributes might include perseverance, grit, work ethic, written and verbal communication skills, and ethical reasoning (this is a non-exhaustive list).

Minimum Academic Requirements

At least 2 years of post-secondary instruction (after graduating high school) and 48 semester credits from a regionally accredited college or university by the end of Spring Semester prior to enrollment.
Minimum overall 2.9 GPA or higher in all coursework; minimum 2.9 science GPA or higher. GPAs are based on the TMDSAS GPA Calculation. All coursework is included in the GPA Calculations (i.e., there is no grade replacement).

Graduate Record Examination

The TTU SVM does not require the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or the CASPer Test.

Animal and Veterinary Supervised Experience

We recommend that applicants be exposed to a variety of veterinary careers, animal species, and care experience prior to application. The quality and/or quantity of those experiences will be ranked in our selection process.For example, direct veterinary supervision (employment or externships) would be considered a higher quality experience than veterinary shadowing. This will aid in obtaining a quality evaluation (TMDSAS Evaluation Form) and inform the applicant about the profession.The average number of animal experience hours of the accepted students to our program is 3,105 hours. The average number of veterinary supervised hours of the accepted students to our program is 2,073 hours.

Evaluations

Three applicant evaluation forms, available from TMDSAS, are required. One evaluation must be completed by a veterinarian.

Prerequisite Coursework

Students must receive a C or higher grade in all required coursework.
Pre-requisites courses must be completed within the last 10 years prior to admissions.
Exceptions to the 10-year requirement may be considered on a case-by-case basis based on a holistic review of other coursework or experiences by our Admissions Committee. Written confirmation for this exception must be given by our Admissions Committee.
Courses must be completed at a regionally accredited college or university. Use the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Recognized Accreditors reference to see if your institution is an accredited college or university.
Coursework may be in progress or planned at the time of application but must be completed by the end of the spring semester of the year of matriculation.
Advanced placement credits must appear on college transcripts in order to be counted toward required credits. They must have a specific subject title, number, and credits listed to be accepted.
When taking a science course at a community college, applicants from Texas may use the Texas Common Course numbering system as indicated. The science courses shown are those that are offered for students in science majors.
Please click on this link for prerequisite courses at a variety of Texas and New Mexico institutions.

TTU-SVM Prerequisite	Semester Credits
Animal Nutrition	3	Lecture
Biochemistry	3	Lecture
English	3
General Biology	4	Lecture & Lab
General Microbiology	4	Lecture & Lab
Genetics	3	Lecture
General Chemistry I & II	8	Lecture & Lab
Introductory Statistics	3
Organic Chemistry	4	Lecture & Lab
Physics	4	Lecture & Lab
Total	39

*It is strongly recommended that students take a human or animal anatomy (animal preferred) course and a physiology course or a combined Anatomy/Physiology course to better prepare them for first-year veterinary school coursework.

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