Applying for veterinary school is a complex process. Use this page to keep yourself organized and to keep track of important dates and deadlines.
DVM Application Dates
to Remember
Necessary Applications
Summary of Application Submission Requirements for October 2, 2012
If the following items are NOT received before October 2, 2012 (11:00am MT), your Colorado Supplemental Application will be designated as INELIGIBLE and will be eliminated from further review by the Admissions Committee.
- VMCAS Application & Fee
- Colorado Supplemental Application & Fee
- GRE Verbal and Quantitative scores (self-reported/unofficial)
- June 2012: VMCAS Application opens
- mid-July 2012: Colorado Supplemental Application opens
- September 11, 2012: Application Workshop for applicants at 5:00pm in Yates 104, for more information please contact ann.bowen@colostate.edu
- September 15, 2012: Any request for substitutions of required courses must be received by the Office of the Dean, CVMBS, via dvmadmissions@colostate.edu.
- October 2, 2012: VMCAS Application due before 11:00am MT
- October 2, 2012: Colorado Supplemental Application due before 11:00am MT
- October 15, 2012: Deadline for most WICHE states to receive completed applications for residency certification.
- October 31, 2012: Resolution of tuition classification issues and legal disciplinary items. Please allow two weeks to process required documents - documents should be submitted before October 15.
- Late-December 2012 through early-January 2013: Approximate dates for offers, alternates, and denial of admission.
- January 20, 2013: Only offered and alternate candidates will be required to mail one official transcript from each university attended (include grades from fall semester 2012 if fall courses were taken); also, if you are enrolled in a gradute program, you are required to send a graduate program release letter.
- April 15, 2013: Deadline for response from students who have received offers.
- July 15, 2013: For students enrolled in spring 2013 classes, one official copy of the final transcript is due in the CVMBS-Office of the Dean.
- August 19-23, 2013: Approximate orientation dates for the 2013 entering class.