Start in May. Graduate Ahead.
Skip the wait and fast-track your career with our accelerated, year-round program. Graduate sooner and train in smaller cohorts with unmatched dedicated faculty support. A May start means you could be treating patients—and earning a salary—before most of your peers have even taken their final exams.
Smaller Cohort, Bigger Opportunities
May cohorts are typically smaller than a traditional fall start, giving you:
- More face time with professors and clinical instructors
- Greater access to lab equipment, study spaces, and campus resources
- A tight-knit group of peers for support and collaboration
- Better housing options - More availability and less competition for on-island housing compared to peak fall intake.
Flexible Career Timing
Graduating off cycle can work to your advantage.
- Enter the job market when there’s less competition
- Align your final-year clinical rotations with key seasonal opportunities—such as spring foaling, lambing, or wildlife rescue seasons
- Take advantage of internship openings that may not match the traditional graduation rush.
Perfect Timing for Seasonal Learning
Your clinical rotations can align with key veterinary seasons like summer wildlife rehabilitation, sea turtle research, spring/summer foaling and calving, or high-volume shelter intake.
- Build specialized skills during high-demand periods, from neonatal care to intensive rescue work.
- May aligns with the sea turtle nesting season for multiple turtle species in St. Kitts, giving you a unique opportunity for early hands-on experience in marine wildlife conservation through the St. Kitts Sea Turtle Monitoring Network.
- Stand out to employers with hands-on training timed to real-world veterinary cycles.
Use the Early Months Strategically
If you’ve had a short break after finishing school, you can:
- Gain extra animal-handling experience in clinics, farms, or shelters
- Travel, work, or rest before the program begins
- Complete certifications like CPR, Fear Free® or Low-Stress Handling®
Seamless Transition from Undergrad
You can roll right into veterinary school without losing momentum or waiting for the next academic year to begin.
- Keep your knowledge fresh by applying recent coursework to advanced veterinary studies right away.
- Stay on track to graduate and begin your veterinary career sooner than the traditional path.
Get Your Personalized Admissions Assessment
Wondering if you have the qualifications to be accepted? Share a few details with our team and we’ll send you a personalized admissions assessment to help you determine if Ross Vet may be a good fit for you.
Interested in May? Preview Your DVM Timeline
Start a DVM program when it makes sense. You lead a busy life, so we’ve adapted our vet school admissions process to meet your needs.
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*Degree Conferral refers to the official awarding of a DVM degree to a student. Degree Conferral happens concurrently with Graduation for the January start program.
**Students must successfully pass all courses prescribed in the Ross Vet preclinical and clinical curriculum without failing or repeating any courses, and pass the North American Veterinary Licensing Examination (NAVLE) to complete their degree within this time frame. Comparison to U.S. School is based on a traditional 4-year curriculum.
