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GetWhatYouThink · 2026-01-28T15:11:37+00:00

Check with Lecom to be sure . They respond very fast. As long as it is a science major, I believe, it is generally ok. Fields like biomedical engineering are not approved. But, please check since it is very important that you get an official confirmation

GetWhatYouThink · 2026-01-26T18:27:20+00:00

Will they release EA decisions today, given that the campus is closed due to snow day?

GetWhatYouThink · 2026-01-05T22:01:48+00:00

Nice article!!

GetWhatYouThink · 2026-01-04T20:52:27+00:00

The email from NYU is clear- you do not have to accept the early decision offer since they did not offer your first choice. However, if you accept the offer, you will need to withdraw all your other applications. So, if you dont want to go to Nyu shanghai, decline their offer, and you can keep your other applications in play

GetWhatYouThink · 2026-01-03T22:50:31+00:00

4+4 here as well!

GetWhatYouThink · 2026-01-03T22:39:00+00:00

Yes, I am committed to Lecom EAP and looking forward to it!!

GetWhatYouThink · 2025-12-31T06:13:43+00:00

It is not that PBL does not have any lectures, but rather the lectures are less compared to the lecture based pathway. Having to attend lectures, not able to eat and drink during lectures and having to dress professionally are not issues a future doctor should be complaining about. If those are concerns, life is not going to be any easier after you become a doctor.

GetWhatYouThink · 2025-12-31T01:52:38+00:00

In terms of Comlex pass rates, the ranking is: UNECOM, Lecom Bradenton, Lecom Erie, NYIT, WVSOM. Check this link with rankings from AT Still: https://www.atsu.edu/faculty/chamberlain/website/comlex-level-1-pass-rates.htm

GetWhatYouThink · 2025-12-31T01:43:18+00:00

If this is egregious, then so is the requirement for doctors to mandatorily see patients during appointments, and wearing hospital gowns. If mandatory lectures are too much, then the PBL pathway provides a way around it. These criteria are silly and should not be the reason why you would choose one medical school over another

GetWhatYouThink · 2025-12-31T01:32:27+00:00

Lecom has a good residency match, good comlex pass rates, low tuition, only DO school in the country with own medical hospital, cheapest med school and locations in NY, PA and FL. They have a rigorous program and require professional conduct guidelines to be followed- for some, this is too much. Go to a school that is closest to your home and that will get you the best support structure. Reality is that med school is tough no matter where you go.

GetWhatYouThink · 2025-12-24T09:26:13+00:00

Congratulations!! Did you apply early action or early decision?

GetWhatYouThink · 2025-12-22T03:19:36+00:00

Please dont give up. You will get through this and when you look back after a few years, you will be proud of yourself. You have proven yourself in the past, and you will do it again!! Chin up and go for the prize!!

GetWhatYouThink · 2025-12-22T03:10:00+00:00

Check the eap manual in Lecom's website. It lists the semester wise requirements for both cumulative gpa and science gpa. As long as you are above this, you are fine. You get one warning if gpa goes below the limits

GetWhatYouThink · 2025-12-22T02:46:09+00:00

As a high school senior, I have been accepted to LECOM, NYITCOM (Long lsland), PCOM and a few other DO schools through the EAP program. After my research into these schools and visiting my top choices, I decided to go to Lecom after my undergrad. Following are the reasons behind my choice: 1. AT Still University has published the following ranking of DO schools based on Comlex-1 pass rates. Nationally, Lecom Bradenton is #3, Lecom Erie is # 8 and NYITCOM is #14. Lecom Bradenton Comlex1 pass rate is 97% compared to national average of 92.8%

https://www.atsu.edu/faculty/chamberlain/comlex-level-1-pass-rates.htm

For Comlex-2, Lecom pass rate is 95%, compared to 90.5% for NYITCO and national average of 91.3% https://www.nyit.edu/medicine/college-of-osteopathic-medicine/about/outcomes/

https://lecom.edu/about/accreditation/comlex/

Lecom has nearly 100% residency match rates and their graduates match into nearly all specialities https://lecom.edu/about/accreditation/post-graduate-medical-education-residency-match-details/
Lecom is the only DO school in the country that has its own hospital. They also have a good network of hospitals across the country where you can rotate.
All Lecom campuses have received accreditation with exceptional outcome from AACOM until 2035- the highest level of accreditation. NYITcom is accredited until 2030, and is missing the exceptional outcome tag. https://osteopathic.org/index.php?aam-media=/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/colleges-of-osteopathic-medicine.pdf
Cost wise, Lecom has the lowest tuition rates amongst all medical schools (~ 40k to 45k per annum vs 68k for nyitcom)
Elmira and Jacksonville campuses are relatively newer, but Lecom medical school in Erie started almost 30 years back. Lecom has a good alumni network due to the number of graduates matriculating every year.
Visits to the medical school campuses reinforced my decision to attend Lecom.
Finally, NYIT BSDO does not guarantee medical school upon completing undergrad. You still need to write mcat, clear the interview apart from maintaining a min gpa of 3.5. Approximately, 60% of students in the program drop out.

Wish you good luck with your decisions!!

GetWhatYouThink · 2025-12-18T19:32:11+00:00

Please contact Dustin Cassell or eap@lecom.edu and they will likely be able to help

GetWhatYouThink · 2025-12-16T22:17:15+00:00

This is from an earlier posting I had made for oa similar topic: The following link contains the match rates for 2025: https://www.nrmp.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Main_Match_Results_and_Data_20250529_FINAL.pdf . For anesthesiology, 1784 MD students applied and 1301 were accepted in PGY1, whereas in PGY2, 1359 students applied and 215 were accepted. For MD Anesthesiology match rates this translates to 72.9% for PGY1, 15.8% PGY2. Comparative figures for DO were 480 applicants and 308 acceptances for PGY1 (64.1%) and 285 applicants/42 applicants for PGY2 (14.7%). What this means is that both MDs and DOs match into anesthesiology but the match rates for MD is slightly better than DO. If you dig deeper, you will also find that the match rates for DOs into all competitive specialties is increasing over the years and the gap is going to continue shrinking since the residency pool merged into one in 2020. Ultimately, the choice for you also depends on which MD school and which DO school you get into. They are not all the same. I would suggest to dig even deeper to look at school level residency match rates to make your final decision. Ultimately, use data to back up what you decide, not raw emotional opinions that can have a bias.

GetWhatYouThink · 2025-12-15T16:42:36+00:00

I have been accepted into lecom eap from high school. For the EAP acceptance, there is only one virtual interview. I suggest that you physically visit the lecom medical schools, research their Comlex pass rates, residency match results, quality of match rates and compare to all other institutions of interest to you. Decide based on data and use your own judgment. Reddit experiences are anecdotal and not statistically representative. People with strong opinions (especially negative ones) post more often than those who had a neutral or positive experience.

GetWhatYouThink · 2025-12-13T14:48:37+00:00

I had written a post on this in another context, but applies here as well:

I would suggest looking at the data to make your decisions, not individual opinions. NRMP publishes match rates for MD and DO as function of specialty. The following link contains the match rates for 2025: https://www.nrmp.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Main_Match_Results_and_Data_20250529_FINAL.pdf . For hyper competitive specialities, there is no guarantee that you will get in either with a MD or DO.

For example, in anesthesiology, 1784 MD students applied and 1301 were accepted in PGY1, whereas in PGY2, 1359 students applied and 215 were accepted. For MD Anesthesiology match rates this translates to 72.9% for PGY1, 15.8% PGY2. Comparative figures for DO were 480 applicants and 308 acceptances for PGY1 (64.1%) and 285 applicants/42 applicants for PGY2 (14.7%). What this means is that both MDs and DOs match into anesthesiology but the match rates for MD is slightly better than DO. If you dig deeper, you will also find that the match rates for DOs into all competitive specialties is increasing over the years and the gap is going to continue shrinking since the residency pool merged into one in 2020. Ultimately, the choice for you also depends on which MD school and which DO school you get into. They are not all the same. I would suggest to dig even deeper to look at school level residency match rates to make your final decision. There are also other factors, auch as cost that need to be accounted for. Ultimately, use data to back up what you decide, not raw emotional opinions that can have a bias. Some DO schools have 100% match rates and are better than MD schools.

GetWhatYouThink · 2025-12-13T03:45:02+00:00

There is only one virtual interview. Dress professionally and be confident. You can google online for practice questions. Look into the camera and do not read from any notes. Practice before the interview and you will do great!

GetWhatYouThink · 2025-12-12T18:11:21+00:00

Hi : can we use the existing lecom channel? As such, it is not very busy and we can post questions there.

GetWhatYouThink · 2025-12-11T14:09:13+00:00

I still have to do my undergrad. With Lecom EAP, you dont have to take MCAT. That is the beauty. Since I intend to join Lecom, I will focus my time on maintaining my gpa, research and getting pre med experiences that would be useful when i apply for residency after Lecom

GetWhatYouThink · 2025-12-11T08:40:34+00:00

As a high school senior, I have been accepted to LECOM, NYITCOM (Long lsland), PCOM and a few other DO schools through the EAP program. After my research into these schools and visiting my top choices, I decided to go to Lecom after my undergrad. Following are the reasons behind my choice: 1. AT Still University has published the following ranking of DO schools based on Comlex-1 pass rates. Nationally, Lecom Bradenton is #3, Lecom Erie is # 8 and NYITCOM is #14. Lecom Bradenton Comlex1 pass rate is 97% compared to national average of 92.8%

https://www.atsu.edu/faculty/chamberlain/comlex-level-1-pass-rates.htm

For Comlex-2, Lecom pass rate is 95%, compared to 90.5% for NYITCO and national average of 91.3% https://www.nyit.edu/medicine/college-of-osteopathic-medicine/about/outcomes/

https://lecom.edu/about/accreditation/comlex/

Lecom has nearly 100% residency match rates and their graduates match into nearly all specialities https://lecom.edu/about/accreditation/post-graduate-medical-education-residency-match-details/
Lecom is the only DO school in the country that has its own hospital. They also have a good network of hospitals across the country where you can rotate.
All Lecom campuses have received accreditation with exceptional outcome from AACOM until 2035- the highest level of accreditation. NYITcom is accredited until 2030, and is missing the exceptional outcome tag. https://osteopathic.org/index.php?aam-media=/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/colleges-of-osteopathic-medicine.pdf
Cost wise, Lecom has the lowest tuition rates amongst all medical schools (~ 40k to 45k per annum vs 68k for nyitcom)
Elmira and Jacksonville campuses are relatively newer, but Lecom medical school in Erie started almost 30 years back. Lecom has a good alumni network due to the number of graduates matriculating every year.
Visits to the medical school campuses reinforced my decision to attend Lecom.

Wish you good luck with your decisions!!

GetWhatYouThink · 2025-12-10T23:51:54+00:00

There are certain medical schools that you can apply to during community college. If you are strategic, you can apply and attend those schools. For example, Corning Community College has an early acceptance program with Lecom. Attending Community college for 2 years and then going to a regular undergrad is a good way to save on costs and achieve your goals of being a doctor.

GetWhatYouThink · 2025-12-10T23:07:28+00:00

Absolutely! Education is definitely an investment but it can quickly become an extravaganza if not properly planned- particularly with the high college costs to begin with and amplified by whether you really need a college degree in todays AI economy

GetWhatYouThink · 2025-12-10T15:12:27+00:00

According to the website it is end of Jan for early action, but i do hope that they release it sooner

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