{"id":680,"date":"2017-09-28T18:29:28","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T18:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/vetpac-new\/?page_id=680"},"modified":"2025-10-15T14:12:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:12:49","slug":"four-year-timeline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/vetpac\/four-year-timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Year Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p>Applying to veterinary school is a competitive process requiring exceptional time and effort. The <strong>Four Year Timeline<\/strong> is designed to provide students with guidance and structure in planning their pre-veterinary education and experience. It should not, however, be seen as an absolute or a rigid requirement for each year in college and may be modified in a variety of ways to meet individual needs, circumstances, and goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>General Advice<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/vetpac\/my-vetpac\/register\/\">Register with VetPAC<\/a> and begin building your VMCAS <a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/vetpac\/my-vetpac\/application-portfolio-builder\/\">ePortfolio<\/a> to track your experiences throughout your undergraduate career<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Become a member of <a href=\"https:\/\/getinvolved.ncsu.edu\/organization\/pvma\">PVMA<\/a> (Pre-Vet Club) and\/or <a href=\"https:\/\/getinvolved.ncsu.edu\/organizations\">other animal-oriented clubs<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meet with your academic advisor and collaborate on a tentative Plan of Work in MyPack Portal, making sure to include <a href=\"https:\/\/applytovetschool.org\/\">required coursework<\/a> for CVM admissions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Develop good study habits and time management skills<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Establish contacts with the faculty in the Animal Science department and across campus &#8211; Networking is essential<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improve your understanding of current events, both veterinary-related and in general<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Find <a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/vetpac\/experience-opportunities\/\">opportunities<\/a> for volunteer or paid work with animals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applying to veterinary school is a competitive process requiring exceptional time and effort. The Four Year Timeline is designed to provide students with guidance and structure in planning their pre-veterinary&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":800,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"ncst\/default-header","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"{}","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"10\/15\/2025","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-680","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/vetpac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/vetpac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/vetpac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/vetpac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/800"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/vetpac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/vetpac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7808,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/vetpac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/680\/revisions\/7808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/vetpac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}