Cornell is very glad to help post-applicants understand how they might improve a future application, and the Director of DVM Admissions makes a significant effort to advise and encourage promising applicants. The most common advice he gives applicants is two-fold. Cornell and many other veterinary colleges will use only your highest GRE scores. We also recommend practicing the GRE on a computer as the test is now offered only in a computerized format. Second, most denied applicants have insufficient animal and veterinary experience.
Most applicants are deficient regarding large animal experience.
Although large animal experience is not required, we prefer to see some exposure to large animals. We will judge your veterinary and animal experience in four ways. First, we like to see applicants who have worked with many species. Third, we give preference to those applicants who have worked in many different veterinary environments. The more hours, species and environments an applicant has worked with or in, the more competitive the applicant will be in our selection process.