DVM Application FAQ

Yes. The Bardsley Scholarship Program (https://www.vetmed.msstate.edu/alumni-friends/bardsley-scholarship-program) is awarded to incoming first-year veterinary students who demonstrate high academic performance and leadership potential. Other CVM scholarships are available for students to apply beginning in January of their first year. For more information about CVM scholarships, visit https://www.vetmed.msstate.edu/alumni-friends/opportunities-for-giving#scholarships. 

MSU CVM communicates almost exclusively through email and our MSU CVM applicant portal. Please be sure that you are receiving email correspondence from MSU CVM before and after you have submitted your application. If you are not receiving emails from MSU CVM, please email us admit@vetmed.msstate.edu. 

All applicants must apply through the Veterinary Medical College Application Service (VMCAS). The VMCAS application is available online at VMCAS beginning late-January, the year before you intend to enroll. The deadline for submission of application and all application materials is mid-September and will be stated on the VMCAS website. 

Yes. You must submit an original, official transcript from every college or university you have attended. Transcripts must be submitted directly to VMCAS. Visit “Sending Official Transcripts to VMCAS” for more information.

Even if grades from one college or university are reported on a later transcript, you must submit an official transcript to VMCAS from every college or university attended. If not, VMCAS will not verify your application which will render your application incomplete.

Yes. Official transcripts can be requested through the Office of the Registrar at “Requesting a Transcript”. 

Current applicants should initially submit all transcript(s) to VMCAS. Final official transcripts will be requested if you are invited to be part of an entering class.

Yes. AP and IB credits must either appear on your official college transcripts and be equivalent to the appropriate college-level coursework or your institution's Registrar's Office must provide us with an AP/IB Certification listing the AP/IB credit and the equivalent college-level course it fulfilled. If AP/IB credits are not listed on your official transcript, contact your institution's Registrar's Office to have an AP/IB Certification sent to admit@vetmed.msstate.edu. 

Yes. Additional questions specific to MSU CVM should be answered in the “Questions” section on the MSU CVM section of VMCAS. You will only see the supplemental application if you have selected to apply to our program.

Yes. MSU CVM requires a non-refundable $60 processing fee. Within 24 hours of selecting Mississippi State University in the VMCAS portal, you will receive an email from admit@vetmed.msstate.edu with instructions on creating a MSU account in order to pay your supplemental application fee and monitor your MSU DVM application. This application fee is a required portion of your application, and your application will not be reviewed until we have received payment. If you do not receive an email from us within 24 hours, please email and inform us of this at admit@vetmed.msstate.edu.

No. Letters of recommendation (LORs) should be submitted electronically to VMCAS. Do not send any LORs directly to the MSU CVM.

MSU CVM Admissions Committee reviews three letters of recommendation (eLORs). Applicants will list the names of the three recommenders in one of the MSU CVM supplemental questions within the VMCAS application.  MSU CVM Admissions Committee serves the right to review other recommendations beyond the three listed, if so needed.

MSU CVM requires that at least one LOR be completed by a veterinarian who is listed in one of your experience categories (i.e., shadowing, working, classroom, or laboratory. Family members cannot be used as evaluators. The remaining two LORs can be completed by veterinarians, researchers, professors, employers, or other individuals who can attest to the candidate’s qualities evaluated on the LOR form. The key is not “who” the evaluator is, but how well the evaluator knows the candidate with regard to the qualities assessed on the LOR form.

No, MSU CVM does not require the GRE General Exam.

Interview notifications are sent between mid-December to early January. All applicants will be notified at this time whether or not they have been granted an interview. If you do not receive any information from us by early January, please contact us at admit@vetmed.msstate.edu.

The class is typically chosen in late February and is notified immediately thereafter. Notifications are sent via your MSU CVM portal.

Yes. The MSU CVM Admissions Committee creates a list of alternate candidates. Lists are designated as Mississippi (resident) alternates, South Carolina (contract) alternates, West Virginia (contract) alternates, and non- resident pool alternates. Candidates pulled from these lists are invited to fill appropriate positions as Mississippi resident students, South Carolina contract students, West Virginia contract students, or Mississippi non-resident students if a position becomes available.

The class size is typically 112-118.

Our typical applicant pool has about 1,400 candidates. The Mississippi pool usually has 100-120 applicants, with the remaining applicants being non-resident and contract state applicants.

No. Prior to the final acceptance for admission, each successful applicant must enter a contract with the MSU CVM in which the applicant agrees and obligates himself/herself to pay the tuition, fees, and expenses applicable to the applicant's resident or non-resident status that exists at the time the applicant submits their VMCAS application. In addition, the applicant must agree and obligate himself/herself in the contract to continue to pay the tuition, fees and expenses during the applicant's entire MSU CVM DVM education experience that are applicable to that same initial status determination, thereby waiving any right to petition for a change in residency status for the purpose of calculating tuition. 

An admitted applicant’s status will not change for his or her entire MSU CVM veterinary medical educational period.

MSU CVM communicates almost exclusively through email. Please be sure that you are receiving email correspondence from MSU CVM before and after you have submitted your application. If you are not receiving emails from MSU CVM Admissions, please email us admit@vetmed.msstate.edu.