How can an Animal Science degree enhance my chances for getting into veterinary school?
In ANSC, you take a semester of anatomy where you dissect a whole goat, and parts of other species to illustrate species differences. You also take a year of physiology and a year of nutrition. There are also disease-related courses and other electives. You can see a typical course plan at http://ansc.umd.edu/undergraduate/files/ANSC-Science%20and%20Pre-Professional-1.doc The ANSC students who get to veterinary school tell us that they feel that they’re more prepared than most of their classmates for veterinary school due to their ANSC courses. Most students who apply to veterinary schools with ANSC degrees, get in. Going through our sciences/professional option follows a curriculum that will not only meet the minimum requirements to apply to most veterinary schools, but will leave them well qualified for other professional degrees and career options.
