High School Program
Adventures in Veterinary Medicine
High school sessions are now full.
Overview of Program
- Do you love animals?
- Do you enjoy science?
- Are you the neighborhood animal "doctor"?
- Have you ever thought about being a vet?
- Do you want to spend a fun, exciting week at Tufts?
If you can answer "Yes!" to any of these questions, then you should sign up for Adventures in Veterinary Medicine this summer!
Adventures in Veterinary Medicine is an exciting, stimulating, and fun way to spend two weeks learning about being a vet. You'll visit our large and small animal hospitals and wildlife clinic. You'll learn about keeping pets healthy. And you'll take part in lively discussions about some of the most important animal-related issues that face veterinarians today, like ethics, emerging diseases, conservation, and more.
Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity: your chance to discover what it's like to be a veterinarian... and what it takes to become one.
Who Should Attend?
High school students who enjoy animals, science, and medicine, and who are considering veterinary medicine as a possible career. This program will not teach you how to be a vet, but it will help you figure out if veterinary medicine is the right career for you.
Click here for an article about Adventures in Veterinary Medicine, written by Angela Bertelli, an AVM High School Alumna. This article is provided with permission by Imagine magazine at The Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth.
What Is Included?
If you come to AVM this summer, you'll get:
- Classes taught by Tufts faculty on topics such as:
- Small and large animal medicine
- Zoonotic disease
- Ethics
- Emergency medicine
- Large animal handling
- Hands-on animal experience
- Laboratories and activities
- Animal related field trips
- Demonstrations of clinical procedures with live animals
- The chance to work on a group project with other students
This two-week program includes lectures from clinical faculty, laboratories, rotations in the clinics, field trips and behind-the-scenes tours, and more! Program materials and laboratory fees are included.
High School Session 7 (weekend included) (Sample Schedule*)
Session 7 is for students who are in 11th or 12th grade at the time of application submission.
Session 7 is a residential session with housing included. Students stay in a dormitory at Assumption College with adult chaperones. All rooms are double occupancy (most students will have a roommate or share a suite). Tuition includes housing, all meals, program materials, activity fees, transportation to classes, transportation to field trips, laboratory fees, and evening and weekend social activities. Classes begin at 9 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. daily Monday-Friday, with a limited number of social activities in the evenings; and field trips on the weekends.
Tuition: $2,525
High School Session 8 (weekend included) (Sample Schedule*)
Session 8 is for students who are in 10th or 11th grade at the time of application submission.
Session 8 is a residential session with housing included. Students stay in a dormitory at Assumption College with adult chaperones. Most students will have a roommate or share a suite. Tuition includes housing, all meals, program materials, activity fees, transportation to classes, transportation to field trips, laboratory fees, and evening and weekend social activities. Classes begin at 9 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. daily Monday-Friday, with a limited number of social activities in the evenings; and field trips on the weekends.
Tuition: $2,525
High School Session 9 (Monday - Friday only) (Sample Schedule*)
Session 9 is for students who are in 9th - 12th grade at the time of application submission.
Session 9 is a two-week day session. Housing is not included. Click
here* for a list of local accommodations.
Tuition includes lunches, program materials, activity fees, transportation
to field trips, and laboratory fees. Classes begin at 9 a.m. and
end at 4 p.m. daily Monday-Friday.
Tuition: $1,750
Financial Aid
Limited financial aid is available on a need-basis for participants in the High School, College, and Adult sessions. Click here to learn more.
Required Materials
- application form (available November 1, 2007)
- one-page essay
- activities list
- two letters of recommendation
- a complete set of official high school transcripts
Please note that only complete applications will be reviewed for
admission, as the program is competitive. Please refer to the application
instructions* for more information,
or contact
AVM - we'd be happy to help you! CLICK HERE TO APPLY.
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"I
loved the entire program. I thoroughly benefited from the three
rotations that we participated in. The lectures were all very
informative. It truly was an outstanding experience."
Erin King, AVM alumna, high school session, Cranston, RI
Dr. John Pollock, AVM Faculty
Amanda Kaufman, AVM high
school alumna, at the Heifer Project in Rutland, MA
High school students going
on rotations in the clinics
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