Veterinary Medicine Summer Camp designed for teens who love animals.
Held on college campuses across the USA. For students ages 12-17 who love their pet, or love animals, or may even be considering a veterinary career of any kind! Many fantastic University locations in NYC and Washington DC. Animal camp! Veterinary Summer Camp 2024 Dates / Locations will be launched in the fall.
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Veterinary Summer Camps 2024:
New Dates and locations coming soon! We know you love animals, you probably have at least one pet at home, and you might even be interested in how to become a vet, or attending vet school of some kind.
Find your people! Our animal camp students come from all over the country and they all love animals. Community and connection are natural outcomes of VetSummer.
Day / Commuter Option: Enjoy the academics and campus during the day.
Residential Option: Live in college residence halls and enjoy the complete experience.
Choose from our fabulous University locations in NYC or Washington DC!
University locations: Get the complete university experience. Study on campus and explore campus opportunities as you approach college age. Try on a new future now!
Off-campus trips to meet animals: Every week at every location we are going out and about! Check it out.
Real skills: Understand common canine and feline diseases and be familiar with diagnostic methods, therapeutic treatments, and methods of prevention.
Real world: Find out what it’s like to be a veterinarian, and what it takes to become a veterinarian or other professionals in the field. The animal summer camp!
Sutures: Our students love the sections on suturing, and they love to practice. Surveys say this is a top activity!
Physical exams: Learn how to perform a basic physical exam on a cat and dog, and where to go from there.
Academic context: Study the ethics and values associated with modern animal husbandry, care and other related issues. What are we really talking about? How to help animals.
Find your people: Many of our students tend to be very similar to each other, in a way that doesn't occur at school. Everyone is here for one reason, and that creates community and friendships in a way that can last a lifetime!
About the Program
Our program is co-ed for students ages 12 – 17. Every age is represented (and encouraged!), so your student will be paired with others the same age–and most importantly, all of the students are cut from the same cloth.
This is the spot where your child will find their people; they finally get to be surrounded by like-minded kids from all over the country. This is key for creating connection and community. Especially powerful for first-time sleep away students, our programs are transformative in nature.
Our animal camp pre-veterinary medicine summer camp is designed to introduce real-world skills and concepts to our students while at the same time create an opportunity for personal growth and development.
Our collegiate environment and highly trained team are out to create a new future right now for our students. Attending VetSummer contributes to the preparation of students for life, and looks great on applications!
All Skill levels / No Prior Experience Required
There are no prerequisites to attending VetSummer. All that is required is a desire to learn and a love and connection to animals of all kinds. We take it from there! Don’t know anything at all about animals? Welcome! Just got a pet during the pandemic and want to know more? Check! Certain you want to become a vet, or that you will attend vet school of some kind? This course will look good on your application!
Join us this summer!
Locations
1 – Trinity Washington University – Washington DC
Close to Metro Washington DC, with access to farms, nature centers and the Smithsonian National Zoo. The fantastic sprawling campus has fantastic amenities that we can use.
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2 – College of Mount Saint Vincent in Riverdale, NY
Clean, safe, and centrally located to metro NYC and beyond. From here we can visit farms, vets, zoos and much much more. With beautiful dorms and classrooms and located on bluffs above the Hudson River.
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Premier experiential hands-on veterinary medicine summer program for any student who loves animals!