LECOM is a private osteopathic medical college and a school of pharmacy. Our admissions counselors and interviewers are looking for students who will meet the academic and professional standards that the public expects of quality health care professionals.

Successful medical college candidates typically have both science and overall grade point averages of 3.3 or above and a mean MCAT score of 24 for medical college applicants. Pharmacy school students should have a grade point average of 2.7 in the required entrance requirements. LECOM has affiliation agreements with undergraduate colleges that allow completion of the pharmacy entrance requirements in two years.

For medical college admissions, LECOM requires a letter of recommendation from an Osteopathic Physician. LECOM encourages applicants to learn more about the profession by getting to know an osteopathic physician.

Receiving exposure to the osteopathic profession will enhance awareness of osteopathic medical philosophy. Working with a physician or pharmacist will prepare the applicant for the required admissions interview.  For more information see article on 'How to find an osteopathic physician to shadow' on right.

The College looks for candidates who exemplify the LECOM mission to prepare students to become osteopathic physicians and pharmacists who will become partners with their patients on the pathway to health and well being.

LECOM has a history of graduating primary care physicians, especially in family practice. The College imparts to its students a firm academic, competency-based background enabling them to pursue advanced training in other fields of osteopathic medicine as well as primary care. The College encourages its students to participate in research to further advance their chosen profession.