Hello,
Many students want to go to med school. But what about those aiming for DO schools?
What colleges are especially good - either through special guaranteed programs or because they have their own DO school for which they favor their own undergrads?
Well, today some of us learned that Juniata has a special relationship with LECOM…
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LECOM: Students who wish to be in the pipeline for 4 + 4 Early Acceptance Programs must have a combined Math and Verbal SAT score of at least 1170 OR an ACT of at least 26 AND a high school grade point average of at least 3.5. Juniata overall GPA must be 3.4 or better, science GPA must be 3.2 or better.
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Students will not be required to take the MCAT exam. A letter from a D.O. or M.D. is no longer required. Only one Physics course with a lab is now required. LECOM will evaluate students based on Academic Index Score (AIS). This score will use the SAT/ACT scores in conjunction with College GPA. If AIS does not meet the required standards by start of fourth year at Juniata, the student will have the option of taking the MCAT exam.
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UNE has some 7 year early admissions programs.
Elizabethtown College in PA comes to mind.
“Elizabethtown College has an agreement for preferred admission to Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) following either three years (3+4 program) or four years (4+4 program) at Elizabethtown College. If admitted to LECOM, students in the 3+4 program are granted a baccalaureate degree from Elizabethtown College following completion of the first year of courses at LECOM with grades of C or higher. For the 3+4 program, the student must have a GPA of at least 3.2 in science courses and an overall GPA of at least 3.4 by the end of his or her sophomore year of college. For the 4+4 program, the student must have a GPA of at least 3.2 in science courses and an overall GPA of at least 3.4 by the end of his or her junior year of college.”
I suspect there are many out there.
There are a ton of schools with that program. Just look on LECOM’s website.
I figured that having a thread that recaps them would be useful to students. 
Three pages worth. Here’s the list: http://lecom.edu/content/uploads/2016/07/EAP-active-affiliates-7-5-16.pdf
And that’s just LECOM!
Terrific
Let’s see if there are more for bother DO 's
If you want to go pre-med then think about:
- The cheapest reasonable college so you/your parents can use the money for med school
- The college needs to prepare you for MCATs but still allow you to get a good GPA
- Access to volunteering opportunities (e.g., near a hospital)
- Success in graduates getting into med school
- Options if you don’t go to med school
For many purposes, an MD and a DO are just about interchangeable. When colleges report their success in graduates getting into med school, do they uniformly count only MD programs, or do some of them also count DO programs? Who “monitors” that?
@Pizzagirl
Many schools only count their MD admissions when they report their successes. Some are counting both.
No one monitors that info. In fact, the way these schools manipulate the numbers is totally up to them. Hopefully, when the school reports its numbers, it is indicating whether the admissions are MD…or MD and DO.
It also helps if the schools are indicating whether they tracking success of first time applicants, reapplicants, alums, etc.
Also, it’s important to know if the schools are including admissions to med schools abroad. Going to med school abroad is very risky.
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Let’s see if there are more for other DO 's
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I wonder if the larger or more established DO schools have similar listings on their websites.
Maybe also, we should list the more well-known DO schools?
Every premed needs to keep in mind that although more and more med schools (DO and MD) are opening more seats, and new med schools are opening, the number of residencies is not similarly increasing.
This thread started with the realization that, while we know about Med schools, I have no idea - and have not seen discussed - which are the ‘well known’ DO schools, which colleges have Special 4+4 programs or partnerships with them… .
I got curious when I heard about Lincoln Memorial 's and NovaSoutheeastern’s…are those good? Well known? What others are there?
http://www.nova.edu/undergraduate/academics/dual-admission/osteopathic-medicine.html
nova southeastern has a dual admission bachelors/do and they are starting a second med school for MD’s … as well as building a research hospital on campus. great location, great weather, great school…it is one of the schools that have really grown and flourished in recent years (IMO) and it’s a relativity young school (founded about 50 years ago or so)
Look at Ohio University. They have a direct admit program into their school of Osteopathy. If you meet their requirements they waive you having to take the MCATs. Beautiful campus.