RVC c/o 2027/2028

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wanted to make a seperate thread apart from the UK one for those who were admitted!! I’m an international student from the US and i’ll be in the 5yr program! 🙂
 
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Hey guys, I found what looks like an official FB group. I posted the screen shot in the UK vet schools thread
 
Got accepted into the 4 year program this AM! But my mind is playing tricks on me, and when I saw the ‘Accelerated Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine (4 years)’ this will give us our DVM correct? I know i’m overthinking this, it just kind of freaked me out when I saw ‘bachelors’ and made me feel like I applied for the wrong thing. Please someone quell my anxiety and tell me I haven’t been accepted to the completely wrong program
 
caroliner91 said:
Got accepted into the 4 year program this AM! But my mind is playing tricks on me, and when I saw the ‘Accelerated Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine (4 years)’ this will give us our DVM correct? I know i’m overthinking this, it just kind of freaked me out when I saw ‘bachelors’ and made me feel like I applied for the wrong thing. Please someone quell my anxiety and tell me I haven’t been accepted to the completely wrong program
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It’s equivalent to a DVM 🙂
 
caroliner91 said:
Got accepted into the 4 year program this AM! But my mind is playing tricks on me, and when I saw the ‘Accelerated Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine (4 years)’ this will give us our DVM correct? I know i’m overthinking this, it just kind of freaked me out when I saw ‘bachelors’ and made me feel like I applied for the wrong thing. Please someone quell my anxiety and tell me I haven’t been accepted to the completely wrong program
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At the AVMA-accredited UK vet schools, all the vet med degrees are considered "Bachelors", but are equivalent to the US's DVM and you still go by "Doctor". So you wouldn't be able to say you have a "DVM", instead you'd put "BVetMed" after your name. It's not really a problem unless for whatever reason you want the specific DVM title, in which case you would have to go to a US school for that title.
 
violetvett said:
At the AVMA-accredited UK vet schools, all the vet med degrees are considered "Bachelors", but are equivalent to the US's DVM and you still go by "Doctor". So you wouldn't be able to say you have a "DVM", instead you'd put "BVetMed" after your name. It's not really a problem unless for whatever reason you want the specific DVM title, in which case you would have to go to a US school for that title.
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I got way too interested in this, but actually the following countries all have "DVM" vet degree titles: Bangladesh, Canada, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of Korea, United States, West Indies, Trinidad, Tobago, Thailand, Hungary, Malaysia, and Serbia & Montenegro. The AVMA has a really cool list of vet med degrees around the world here!

The more you know! 😀
 
violetvett said:
At the AVMA-accredited UK vet schools, all the vet med degrees are considered "Bachelors", but are equivalent to the US's DVM and you still go by "Doctor". So you wouldn't be able to say you have a "DVM", instead you'd put "BVetMed" after your name. It's not really a problem unless for whatever reason you want the specific DVM title, in which case you would have to go to a US school for that title.
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ohhh i didn’t know this! thank you!
 
caroliner91 said:
Got accepted into the 4 year program this AM! But my mind is playing tricks on me, and when I saw the ‘Accelerated Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine (4 years)’ this will give us our DVM correct? I know i’m overthinking this, it just kind of freaked me out when I saw ‘bachelors’ and made me feel like I applied for the wrong thing. Please someone quell my anxiety and tell me I haven’t been accepted to the completely wrong program
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Many students who graduate from RVC school will unfortunately appropriate the DVM title anyways but no you will be awarded a BVetMed degree. All of the UK schools award a bachelor's or master's qualification to graduating vets, but you're still eligible to write the navle and to work in the US as an RVC grad.

ps. To those entering, prep in advance for anatomy and develop a solid plan in advance with your dissection group because they will glaze over a ton of important structures and just expect you to sort it out. Anatomy teaching was very underwhelming for me and you essentially only get out what you put into that part of the course. Read the anatomy handouts in advance and try to do as much of the work beforehand as you can because the sessions are either far too long or too short for what they are asking you to do, especially if you've never dissected anything before.
 
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to those who have not graduated yet from undergrad have they requested your transcript for your fall semester? i graduate in the summer and idk if im supposed to send it or they’ll just request my degree. ALSO is anyone else graduating in the summer? my offer was conditional but the only condition was that i graduate, and im worried by graduating then, it’ll delay my visa process….
 
gumi523 said:
to those who have not graduated yet from undergrad have they requested your transcript for your fall semester? i graduate in the summer and idk if im supposed to send it or they’ll just request my degree. ALSO is anyone else graduating in the summer? my offer was conditional but the only condition was that i graduate, and im worried by graduating then, it’ll delay my visa process….
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If I remember correctly, they only will need your transcript after you've graduated. Personally, I wasn't able to send in my transcript until late June, didn't receive my CAS number from the RVC until mid-July (a requirement for you to start the visa process), had my visa appointment in mid-August, and then didn't have my visa in-hand until 8 September. But this can really vary depending on your local visa office and how busy they are. My best advice would be to submit your transcript + all other requirements (ie. deposit, but wait until you've completed all other requirements before you send it in) as early as possible and make sure you email RVC (multiple times) to confirm they have everything for your CAS. RVC also told us during the intro sessions before September that they can usually accommodate you virtually if your visa comes in later than when classes start, just make sure to keep in touch with them.
 
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Does anyone know if all the offers have gone out? Or about any notifications about being considered for the international scholarship?
 
Teddy10143 said:
Does anyone know if all the offers have gone out? Or about any notifications about being considered for the international scholarship?
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I’ve seen some people say they’ll be sending offers out through this month still! And if you’re curious about the status of your application I also recommend checking your student portal (RVC sent a link to it with the interview invites.) My student portal was updated and showed my conditional offer back in December, before I received the official offer letter through my email. Best of luck, and I hope that helps!
 
Rudy94 said:
I’ve seen some people say they’ll be sending offers out through this month still! And if you’re curious about the status of your application I also recommend checking your student portal (RVC sent a link to it with the interview invites.) My student portal was updated and showed my conditional offer back in December, before I received the official offer letter through my email. Best of luck, and I hope that helps!
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Thank you! I also received my update in December, but I was more wondering about when they would be done sending out offers because they said they would send out who is being considered for the scholarship once all offers have been sent out!
 
I did receive an email last night about submitting an additional document for the international scholarship so maybe they're starting to roll those out!
 
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To reply to both of the posts:

I emailed them, and they told me everyone that they are considering for the scholarship has already been emailed about it 🙁
 
Does anyone know if there are still offers to go out? I haven't heard an acceptance or denial yet, I emailed the admissions team on February 20th and they replied that they wouldn't have final decisions for another month or so. Is it just me or are other people still waiting for decisions?
 
It didn't say anything about maintaining a certain GPA or anything like that if that's what you mean. I'm assuming if you received it they'd probably give some more specific info about maintaining it and the details though
gumi523 said:
those of you that got information about the international scholarship, was your offer conditional?
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Does anyone know if RVC has a waitlist? I did not get accepted nor denied admission yet and it's getting super close to the deadline so I was wondering if maybe I was already on a waitlist? I'm very confused why I haven't gotten any email or RVC portal update since my interview.
 
mporter said:
Does anyone know if RVC has a waitlist? I did not get accepted nor denied admission yet and it's getting super close to the deadline so I was wondering if maybe I was already on a waitlist? I'm very confused why I haven't gotten any email or RVC portal update since my interview.
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I would email them ASAP….they aren’t the best at responding sooo warning lol
 
Does anybody know the NAVLE pass rate for RVC? I can’t find it anywhere online and I’m trying to compare stats before making my final decision to accept my seats. Thanks!
 
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Submitted my housing security deposit (living privately) and things are starting to feel real…anyone else excited but nervous at the same time?!?[emoji28]
 
hi! c/o 2028 applicant here 🙂 i am working thru the RVC supplementals right now and am wondering how long it is? 😅 i wish there was a progress bar at the top haha. i've gotten to the portion where there are the 3 prompts about changes, skills, and complement partner, please tell me these are the only essays? thanks!
 
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Hello! I was a little confused by the supplemental requirement for RVC. Are the supplementals due on the same date as the VMCAS (Sept 18th?) or are they due 5 days after the vmcas application is submitted and processed? If I submit the application on the 18th would it be too late or would I have until the 23rd? I was looking for information online but I am still a bit lost.
 
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