Summary Profile of Individuals Accepted Into the Class of 2013

To give you some idea of the competitive nature of entry into a college of veterinary medicine, following is a profile of the latest MU College of Veterinary Medicine Class.

Total number of applicants 708
Total number of Missouri applicants 139
Total Pre Vet Med & Ag Scholars 12
Number of non-Missouri applicants 569
Number of eligible Missouri applicants 125

Number of students who applied for the first time 84
Number of students who applied twice 19
Number of students who applied more than twice 7

Number of students from Agriculture 40
Number of students from Arts & Science 57
Number of students from other majors and undeclared 13

Applicants accepted from Missouri 66
Applicants accepted from Arkansas 2
Applicants accepted from Arizona 1
Applicants accepted from California 1
Applicants accepted from Florida 2
Applicants accepted from Idaho 1
Applicants accepted from Indiana 1
Applicants accepted from Iowa 2
Applicants accepted from Illinois 7
Applicants accepted from Kansas 2
Applicants accepted from Louisiana 1
Applicants accepted from Massachusetts 2
Applicants accepted from Maine 1
Applicants accepted from Michigan 1
Applicants accepted from Minnesota 4
Applicants accepted from New Hampshire 1
Applicants accepted from New Jersey 2
Applicants accepted from North Dakota 1
Applicants accepted from New York 2
Applicants accepted from Ohio 3
Applicants accepted from Pennsylvania 4
Applicants accepted from South Carolina 1
Applicants accepted from Vermont 1
Applicants accepted from Virginia 1

Number of women accepted 89
Number of men accepted 21

Number of accepted students with bachelor degrees 88
Number of accepted students with no degrees 20
Number of accepted students with masters degrees 2

Number of accepted students from farm backgrounds 22
Number of accepted students from small towns 31
Number of accepted students from urban areas 25
Number of accepted students from large cities 32

Average GPA of accepted students 3.74
Average age of accepted students 23