GRE subject test for DVM and DVM/PhD - I'm confused!

[hoodle]

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Hi! I'll be applying next year as a DVM/PhD candidate, most likely. I do have an instate school (WSU - Washington State) but I'm coordinating my applications with my significant other, who absolutely does not want to go to Pullman for her Chemistry grad program (and with good reason). I'll be applying to:

Cornell
Tufts
UPenn
UC-Davis
UW-Madison
NC-State
Illinois

as they all have academic-oriented vet programs and either have or are near very solid graduate programs in other fields.

So, I'm confused about subject tests. Do you need subject tests for applying to DVM programs? For applying to DVM/PhD, the test I'll be more qualified for is the Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Bio GRE, rather than the Biology. Is that acceptable?

Is anyone else either applying to DVM/PhD programs next year or trying to juggle significant others on top of the admissions process?

Thanks! 😛

 

[philomycus]

The only 2 schools that require the subject Biology is Oklahoma and UGA. They list Biology specifically. You would have to contact the schools directly if you chose to appy to those two to see if they will aceept the Biochem one.

-Alana

 

[cyrille104]

As far as I know, you generall don't need the subject tests. You should look into those schools and their requirements before wasting your time...if you just rock the general, you should be good.

Also, about "coordinating" where you're going for a DVM/PhD...good luck! It's SO competitive to get into those programs that even with a great GPA and GRE, I would consider any school a reach. Obviously it's your prerogative, but vet school in general is not something that you can really pick and choose where you want to be, considering that a) they're in the middle of nowhere b) there are so few of them and c) it's so hard to get in. I'm in the same place you are in, trying to plan to be with my significant other, but I've come to realize that if I really want to go to vet school it's just not going to happen. I'm applying to a bunch of places, but none of them are near the schools that he really needs to go to if he wants to be successful.

Your best chance is in WA and I think you should count on that for now, if you're trying to make plans for the future. Just trying to be realistic...

 

[hoodle]

Yeah, I know how impossible it's going to be. Our solution is this: if we don't get into the same place this round, we graduate and get jobs (lab and vet hospital) in the state we decide is our first choice, and reapply next year. IE, after visiting all the schools and deciding what would make us both the happiest, we put all our eggs in that basket, get state residency, and try again post-graduation with more hours and experience under my belt. Hopefully it'll work out.

Thanks, though - it's good to hear realistic advice from other people!

Good luck...

 

[kate_g]

The only 2 schools that require the subject Biology is Oklahoma and UGA. They list Biology specifically. You would have to contact the schools directly if you chose to appy to those two to see if they will aceept the Biochem one.

I asked UGA if they'd substitute, because I was considering applying there and took the Biochem test a while back, and they basically told me to piss off. It's Biology or nuthin' for them.

 

[wildfocus]

i'm from washington too, and applied to dvm/phd programs at cornell, uc davis, and colorado; dvm program at wsu. you have to have amazing gre scores to get into cornell, and uc davis is only for californians, so i really have no shot at either. however, i did get an interview (only 6 of us - they are accepting 4) for the program at colorado. depending on what you want to do, csu has great research. as for wsu, there are some awesome labs in vet med, molecular biology, and chemistry there. my husband doesn't want to go to pullman either, and if i get into the dvm program, he'll likely stay in seattle with the house and cats. but... if vet school is something you really want to do, you'll find a way to make it work. i would suggest you still consider wsu (though i find them the least helpful of the schools), and have your SO contact some of the PIs there to see if there is a lab s/he is interested in.

good luck