Schools where pre-reqs don't expire? (I'm at 10 years, yikes)

[peapodDoggy]

As the title goes, I'm wondering if anyone knows of any schools where pre-reqs don't expire? I took mine as post-baq classes, and I'm right at 10-11 years since.

I know, there's a reason for the expiration dates...and it's risky and potentially very difficult to handle vet school without a recent knowledge of the sciences. But before I start to consider retaking pre-reqs---and deciding if that's even possible at this stage in my life---I figure I should find out if it's even possible to apply as is.

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[battie]

I can't think of a single school that allows pre-reqs older than 6-10 years. I'm sure there's situations where it's case by case (like someone just earned their PhD or something). But for the average applicant, I don't think anyone allows them to be that old.

Edit: I can hear Ygritte now. "You know nothing, batsenecal".

 

[meningealworm]

There are several that have no expiration dates, and some that only have expiration dates on specific courses. Your best bet is to look at each school's prerequisite requirements to confirm, but I'm fairly certain that Davis and WSU don't have time limits, and CSU wants certain classes to be more recent (biochem and genetics, I think).

 

[JustPaws]

As the title goes, I'm wondering if anyone knows of any schools where pre-reqs don't expire? I took mine as post-baq classes, and I'm right at 10-11 years since.

I know, there's a reason for the expiration dates...and it's risky and potentially very difficult to handle vet school without a recent knowledge of the sciences. But before I start to consider retaking pre-reqs---and deciding if that's even possible at this stage in my life---I figure I should find out if it's even possible to apply as is.

Check individually, MSU says 7-8 years I think but they didn't care about my 10+ year old prereqs
(Not all were that old)

 

[britzen]

VMCVM doesn't have a time limit. They accepted some of my pre-reqs that were from 2002-2003

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[emlady09]

Email each school you plan to apply to. I just did that since my entry bio course are coming up on 9 years out. So far these schools fromm my list have no minimum time requirement for courses: University of Missouri, NCSU, and University of Illinois.

 

[peapodDoggy]

Check individually, MSU says 7-8 years I think but they didn't care about my 10+ year old prereqs
(Not all were that old)

I'll check those out. I think Ohio State also may not care about non-science pre-reqs, but does have a 10-year policy on science ones.

 

[Picklehead]

I can only tell you what I heard from UF as that's the only school I have contacted. Most of my pre-reqs are from 1998-2004 but I am taking a couple of them now- like orgo, physics and biochem because those weren't required for my initial BS. UF said that they ones I took way back are still good because I am taking several upper level courses now. If your grades were good for the ones you already have could you maybe take different courses now just to show current work? I know I've found several interesting and relevant courses to take now that I don't ever recall seeing or paying attention to as an initial undergrad. Hope this helps

 

[peapodDoggy]

Wow--thanks for all the replies, everyone. You've given me some hope...and a number of schools to get in contact with.

 

[staff_wielder]

Check individually, MSU says 7-8 years I think but they didn't care about my 10+ year old prereqs
(Not all were that old)

Can't believe I wasn't more persistent and stopped after leaving 2 voicemails to inquire about the pre-reqs that were outside of 8 years. We could have been at school together! Gah! 🙁

Also -- I had to take Biochem before applying -- and some advice I've heard from different schools' admission offices is that if you're taking a class after a lengthy period of time of no school or being in the working world -- make sure you do well on those pre-reqs (even if it's one class that won't affect your GPA much) -- because apparently schools wants to see if you can still "hack it" when it comes to the academics and it's something that is considered in the holistic approach to application evaluation.