Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

DO program · private · Pennsylvania

Median GPA

3.64

entering class

Median MCAT

502

entering class

Acceptance rate

~6.5%

approximate

Class size

470

30% in-state

In-state vs. out-of-state

30% of the last entering class were Pennsylvania residents, which leaves about 329 seats for everyone else.

Pennsylvania resident

~7%

estimated odds

Out-of-state

~7%

estimated odds

Estimates for an applicant with this school's median GPA (3.64) and MCAT (502), from AAMC and AACOM applicant outcomes and this school's published figures. Residency moves the estimate little here. Estimates, not guarantees.

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What they look for

  • Service30%
  • Clinical experience26%
  • Academics25%
  • Research10%
  • Leadership9%

LECOM says it looks for students who will excel in academics, clinical care, research and community service, and who show an awareness of osteopathic medicine understood as total-person care for both patient and community — so a candidate who can articulate osteopathic philosophy in community terms fits the stated criterion better than one reciting OMM mechanics. The school lets applicants choose a learning style at admission (lecture-discussion, problem-based, directed study) and runs a three-year Primary Care Scholars Pathway condensing four years for students committed to family medicine or general internal medicine. The largest osteopathic school in the country by class size.

Watch out: A 2.7 overall GPA is the floor merely to receive a supplemental, and a competitive MCAT is stated as the 50th percentile or higher, so metrics screen before anything else is read. No demonstrated understanding of osteopathic medicine sits against a named criterion.

Our reading of this school's own published mission and selection criteria, not an official formula. How we source this

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