• The University of Findlay’s Pre-Veterinary Program is proud of its students, who have earned better than a 60 percent acceptance rate into schools of veterinary medicine. The average acceptance rate of pre-veterinary students entering a school of veterinary medicine is one out of three, or 33 percent.
• The Pre-Veterinary Barn is a unique, hands-on experience for UF Pre-Veterinary students.  

                      
                  
                                    One of the dairy calves saying hello!           

• Each year of UF’s Pre-Veterinary Program offers unique hands-on curriculum, starting with animal handling classes in the first two semesters. In their sophomore year, nutrition and reproduction students manage the Pre-Veterinary Barn. Entering their junior and senior years, students begin clinical internships, where they will have the opportunity to participate in actual clinical medicine.
   

                        UF students observing at Findlay Animal Hospital

• UF Pre-Veterinary students were awarded summer internship and research fellowships at institutions such as the University of Missouri Veterinary School, the Medical University of Ohio and the Cincinnati Zoological Park. Faculty members actively assist students in finding such internships.
• The University’s Pre-Veterinary Club is a very active group, sponsoring speakers, field trips and fun activities. Last year, club members traveled to the Cincinnati Zoo, the Midwest Veterinary Conference and the Toledo Zoo. They held a jazz Swing Fling Dance on campus and had a bonfire and cookout at Dr. Linda Peck’s house. A trip is being planned to the Shedd's Aquarium in Chicago for this fall.
• The Pre-Veterinary Program is proud of its diversity. Classes have consistently come from all over the United States, as well as other countries, such as Germany, Sweden and India. An exchange program is being explored with a veterinary program in Japan within the next 3-4 years.
                              

.                  Helping a visiting Japanese student learn to ride a horse.

                          Everyone enjoyed being out at the PVET Barn!  

• The Pre-Veterinary Program covers part of the cost of UF-sponsored GRE preparation classes for its junior and senior students who would like a little extra help, saving the student time and money.
• The University of Findlay has an articulation agreement with Ross University in the Carribean as an alternative for students who wish to pursue their veterinary degree in an exotic setting. The school is in the final stages of gaining its American Veterinary Medical Association accreditation. Dr. Linda Peck toured the school this past spring to inspect its recent additions to facilities and changes to the teaching curriculum.

Ross Veterinary School

•  This year UF students were accepted to veterinary schools at North Carolina State University (2), University of Pennsylvania (1), The Ohio State University (8), Michigan State University (2), Iowa State University (3), Kansas State University (3), Western University of Health Sciences (1), University of Florida (1), University of Tennessee (2), Texas A & M University (1) and Ross University (2). This number is right at 60% of those students that applied for the Fall 2007 class. In addition, several UF students were accepted into master's programs.