Mizzou 2025-2026 (c/o 2030 hopefuls)

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This thread is for discussing applications to the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine in the 2025-2026 (class of 2030) cycle.

 

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Hello. I am working on my applications now to be submitted in August for the 2026 admission cycle (20y M, first time applicant). Soon to start working on my 17 essays!!!!😯. If anyone has any particular advice on how to strengthen my application or a particular school I should consider, please share.

Currently planning to apply to: NCSU, UT Knoxville (ISS), TAMU, UF, Georgia, and Missouri
I am most interested in good large animal and exotic/wildlife elective rotations, and will likely do mixed animal upon finishing school (so I don't starve doing only large animals lol).
Additional driving factors in school selection: price, location (commute to home - middle TN), amount of clinical/hands-on time

Does anyone know specifics about Mizzou's large animal and exotic/wildlife elective rotations?
I have heard the area is smaller, which is appealing to me. Most affordable, nearby living arrangements?
Thanks.

Mizzou is a 2 and 2 program which means that we are in the classroom for 2 years and then do clinical rotations for 2 years! This means that you have a lot of built in time for electives/externships/preceptorships during your clinical years. Every student is required to do a 6 week food animal medicine and surgery rotation and a 6 week equine rotation at the Veterinary Health Center. There are electives for both food animal and equine available that you can complete, but I'm not sure how long they are/what they entail/how competitive they are. We do not have specific exotic/wildlife rotations through the Veterinary Health Center but we do have Raptor Rehabilitation Project. You can join that as a first or second year vet student and then when you are in your clinical years you become a primary doctor for any birds that come in. If you are looking for specific exotic/wildlife/large animal rotations other than what the school offers, you can use the free blocks/weeks you are given to do externships in those areas!

As for living arrangements, most students use our Facebook Mizzou vet school housing page to find places to live. It is super easy! Most vet students I know of either live in an apartment or rent a house with other students. I don't think cost of living is too bad here.

Let me know if you have more specific questions about any of this! You are also welcome to DM me 🙂