Preveterinary medicine Admission Requirements at Kansas State University
Students are selected from qualified applicants
after completion of the required
64 semester hours of pre-professional
requirements. To be eligible for an interview,
applicants must attain at least a
2.8 in the pre-professional requirements
and in the last 45 hours of undergraduate
college work. Any grade less than C in
a required course is not accepted.
Personal interviews are required of some
applicants. Applicants are evaluated on
motivation, maturity, communication
skills, experience with and knowledge of
animals and veterinary medicine, general
knowledge, career awareness, goals, and
leadership potential. To demonstrate to the
admissions committee an understanding
of the profession, all students interested
in applying to the College of Veterinary
Medicine are encouraged to have broad
animal experience and to have related veterinary
work experience.
Only those students who can complete the
required 64 semester hours of pre-professional
courses by the end of the spring
term of the year in which they are seeking
admission will be considered for admission
to the professional curriculum.
An application can be requested from July
1 to September 15. All materials, including
official transcripts and GRE scores,
must be received by October 1 for the
application to be considered.