Cornell is located in Ithaca, ny

Cornell is located in Ithaca, NY

• Cornell is located in Ithaca, NY

• Population:

• about 30,000 residents
• about 28,000 college students

• Small suburb feel

• Famous for gorges

• Weather:

• Average winter temperature is 33ºF
• Summer average temperature is 78ºF

Cornell's DVM Admissions Formula


• Cornell's DVM Admissions Formula


• 25% Overall GPA (all grades from all colleges)
• 25% GRE (verbal & quantitative only) 

• 5% Quality of Academic Program 

• 20% Animal/Veterinary/Research Experience


• 10% Non-Cognitive Skills

• 10% All Other Achievements & Letters of Evaluation

• 5% Personal Statement

2007-2008 Admissions summary:

• 2007-2008 Admissions summary:

• # applicants # accepted

• Resident 236 55

• Contract* 8 1

• Nonresident 643 30

• Total 887 86

• Resident: 55/236 = 23.3% acceptance

• Nonresident: 30/643 = 4.67% acceptance

• *Cornell only contracts with New Hampshire

Nonresident:

• Nonresident:

• $35,000 per year

• Resident:

• $24,000 per year

Approximately 310 faculty

• Approximately 310 faculty

• 700 staff members

• 335 students enrolled in the four-year, post baccalaureate doctor of veterinary medicine (DVM) program

• 110 graduate students studying at the college in the Cornell Graduate School

Animal Health Diagnostic Center

• Animal Health Diagnostic Center

• Cornell University Hospital for Animals

• Baker Institute for Animal Health


• Feline Health Center


• Sprecher Institute for Comparative Cancer Research


Annual budget: $123 million

• Annual budget: $123 million

• Funding sources include:

• overall college/state monies: 49%
• college departmental income: 18%
• grants and contracts: 33%

The mean age of students is 24

• The mean age of students is 24

• There is a Dual DVM-graduate degree program that lasts 7 years

• Ranked as the No. 1 veterinary program in the U.S New and World Report's 2008 edition of "America's Best Graduate Schools.”