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Depends on the vet school. Generally their requirements are more strenuous than those for med school. Some require things like animal nutrition and vertebrate physiology. </p>
<p>vintagelego, the odds are unfortunately stacked high against you wherever you go; I am fairly certain NJ has no agreements with vet schools, and it has no vet school of its own. If you decide to attend GMU, establishing VA residency, perhaps by taking a year off after graduation from college, would give you a good shot at Virginia Tech. </p>
<p>(1) Figure out where you want to go to vet school and look at their admissions requirements. Make sure that the offerings at GMU line up with those you need for vet school. Each vet school has different requirements.</p>
<p>(2) Find out what sorts of animal handling and vet med experiences are available in and around George Mason. You’ll need several hundred hours of both, preferably dealing with both small and large animals. (Regardless of your specialty, you’ll be trained in both in vet school.) This is usually much easier to do at places like vet schools like Ohio State or Cornell, but it is doable at other colleges as well. Given the proximity of GMU to DC, you might want to consider interning at the National Zoo.</p>
<p>In response to the NYT article BeanTownGirl posted, it should pointed out that many of those complaining about limited job options in vet medicine are those looking to practice small animal medicine in large cities. There are quite a few job opportunities open to those who want to practice large animal medicine or who’re willing to work in more rural areas. In fact, my home state of NC offers scholarships to those willing to work on chickens, sheep, and the like after graduation, because they are desperately in need of people in those areas.</p>