Exhaustive list of DO schools' rolling admissions status

[benkahuna]

I was just rejected by an MD school that seemed to be a good possibility for me so I've been scrambling to see if any DO schools offer rolling admissions. I wanted to find out whether it might be worth it to send an AACOM application now with the intent of being admitted this coming fall semester. Yes, it was an act of desperation.

I found that no schools offered any evidence of rolling admissions with the partial exception of KCUMB-COM which strongly suggests applying by November 1st the year prior to admission. Below is a listing with relevant links. Most links come directly from the schools' websites themselves. I trust those links the most. Links from AACOM and other websites strike me as more likely to be out of date. One link comes from SDN and I have provided a date for it.

Here is the list below for your perusal. I hope this helps you guys, mostly to motivate you to plan way ahead and submit your primary application at the earliest possible time:

Per their websites, the following medical schools use a rolling admissions process:

Full Listing of Osteopathic Medical Schools including current accreditation information
http://www.osteopathic.org/inside-aoa/about/affiliates/Pages/osteopathic-medical-schools.aspx

Alabama
Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine (ACOM), provisional accreditation:
http://www.acomedu.org/admissions/how-to-apply

Arizona
A.T. Still University - School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (ATSU-SOMA):
http://www.atsu.edu/soma/admissions/apply_now.htm

Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine (MWU/AZCOM)
https://www.midwestern.edu/programs-and-admission/az-osteopathic-medicine.html


California
Touro University California, College of Osteopathic Medicine (TUCOM)
http://admissions.tu.edu/com/process.html

Western University of Health Sciences (WesternU/COMP) Pomona, CA:
http://prospective.westernu.edu/osteopathic/faqs-12/


Colorado
Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine (RVUCOM)
http://www.rvu.edu/application_process.asp

Florida
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM-Bradenton):
http://lecom.edu/apply-to-lecom.php/LECOM-DO-Applications-Procedure/49/2205/618/2682

Nova Southeastern University (NSU-COM, Florida):
http://medicine.nova.edu/do/admissions/procedures.html


Georgia
Georgia Campus-Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (GA-PCOM):
http://admissions.pcom.edu/app-process/doctor-of-osteopathic-medicine-do/

Illinois
Midwestern University (MWU/CCOM, Illinois):
https://www.midwestern.edu/programs-and-admission/il-osteopathic-medicine/admissionapply.html

Indiana
Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine (MU-COM, Indianapolis, IN):
http://www.marian.edu/docs/default-...opathic-medicine-college-catalog.pdf?sfvrsn=8

Iowa
Des Moines University Osteopathic Medical School:
https://www.dmu.edu/do/frequently-asked-questions/

Kentucky
University of Pikeville-Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine (UP-KYCOM):
http://www.upike.edu/College-of-Osteopathic-Medicine/prospective

Maine
University of New England (UNECOM):
http://www.une.edu/com/admissions/criteria-and-procedures

Michigan
Michigan State (MSUCOM), "aggressive" rolling admissions:
http://www.com.msu.edu/Admissions/Applying/Dates_Deadlines.htm

MSUCOM-DMC, "aggressive" rolling admissions:
http://www.com.msu.edu/Admissions/Applying/Dates_Deadlines.htm

MSUCOM-MUC, "aggressive" rolling admissions:
http://www.com.msu.edu/Admissions/Applying/Dates_Deadlines.htm


Mississippi
William Carey University (WCUCOM)
http://www.wmcarey.edu/application-process

undergraduate admissions are rolling:
http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/william-carey-2447


Missouri
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences (KCUMB-COM, at least semi-rolling, recommended submission by November 1)
http://www.kcumb.edu/admissions/medical-students/how-to-apply/application-schedule/

A. T. Still University - Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM)
http://www.atsu.edu/kcom/admissions/preparing_DO_admission/application_checklist.htm


Nevada
Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine
http://tun.touro.edu/prospective-students/applying-for-admission/do-admission/

New Jersey
Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine (RowanSOM):
https://www.aacom.org/docs/default-source/cib/2015cib_rowansom.pdf?sfvrsn=2

New York
NYIT-COM:
http://www.nyit.edu/medicine/admissions/frequently_asked_questions/

New York
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in Middleton (TouroCOM)
https://www.aacom.org/docs/default-source/cib/2015cib_tourocom-ny.pdf?sfvrsn=2

Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in New York City (TouroCOM)
https://www.aacom.org/docs/default-source/cib/2015cib_tourocom-ny.pdf?sfvrsn=2


North Carolina
Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine (CUSOM)
https://www.aacom.org/docs/default-source/cib/2015cib_cusom.pdf?sfvrsn=2

Ohio
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (OU-HCOM)
http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/Admissions/DualDegree.htm

Oklahoma
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine (OSU-COM), as "competitive applicant" should apply by June 1st, I feel that rolling admission is implied by the web page below
http://www.healthsciences.okstate.edu/com/admissions/requirements.php

Oregon
Western University of Health Sciences (WesternU/COMP) Lebanon, OR:
http://prospective.westernu.edu/osteopathic/faqs-12/

Pennsylvania
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM)
http://lecom.edu/apply-to-lecom.php/LECOM-DO-Applications-Procedure/49/2205/618/2682

Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine - Seton Hill (LECOM-Seton Hill)
http://lecom.edu/apply-to-lecom.php/LECOM-DO-Applications-Procedure/49/2205/618/2682

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM):
http://admissions.pcom.edu/app-process/doctor-of-osteopathic-medicine-do/


South Carolina
VCOM-Carolinas
http://www.vcom.edu/admissions/application.html

Tennessee
Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine (LMU-DCOM) Regional preference
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/thr...om-discussion-thread-2013-2014.1002407/page-7 (Post August 2013)

Texas
UNTHSC/TCOM strong Texas resident preference:
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/osteopathic-school-w-o-rolling-admissions.25148/
above is rolling:
http://web.unthsc.edu/info/200679/admissions_and_outreach/1535/frequently_asked_questions

Virginia
Liberty (LUCOM):
http://www.liberty.edu/lucom/index.cfm?PID=27162

VCOM (Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine) includes Virginia, Carolinas and Auburn campuses:
http://www.vcom.edu/admissions/application.html


West Virginia
Western Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVCOM):
http://www.princetonreview.com/schools/medical/medbasics.aspx?iid=1034937

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[crazylilazn]

Page 9 here - www.aacom.org/docs/default-source/insideome/aacomasinstructions.pdf - lists all the deadlines for the respective schools.

I didn't look over your list, but from the looks of it you've listed nearly every single school that exists. And as far as I know, rolling admissions applies to every single osteopathic school.

To be honest though, you don't really have much of a shot being this late in the cycle. Deadlines are coming up (or have passed) for most schools. I also assume that since you initially only applied to allopathic schools, you have no DO shadowing experience nor do you have any sort of DO letter. That would make your application even more of a red flag to adcoms, indicating that you've basically applied as a last resort, which you are.


P.S.: The warning you gave out regarding submitting primary apps early doesn't really apply since this is the Osteopathic forum, not the pre-osteo forum.

 

[IslandStyle808]

Do not apply this cycle to DO schools. A lot of what you have stated is common knowledge to those applying in pre-osteo. You understand the importance of an early app and should heed your own advice. You should try to get a DO letter and start prepping your app for the next cycle. Make sure to search around the pre-osteo forums more to know the ins and outs of the whole DO application process. Good luck to you.

 

[Awesome Sauceome]

Yea you missed your shot. Apply early next year.

Some of the schools (such as KCUMB) stopped sending invites around December.

Sort of your fault for putting DO as a backup and not investing your time to applying to both early.

 

[costales]

Use your gap year wisely. Good luck!

 

[hallowmann]

OP, look at the AOA CIB. It is like a catalog for all the schools and it lists their policies, deadlines, etc. There's a page in there that lists when all the primary and secondary deadlines for each school is (Page 20 of the CIB).

CIB: http://www.aacom.org/docs/default-source/cib/2015_cibfull-web.pdf?sfvrsn=8

So basically the deadlines for AZCOM, CCOM, KCUMB, MSUCOM, TCOM, and Nova have already passed. In addition, the primary application deadline for KCOM, DMU, NYCOM, PCOM, PCOM-GA, OU-HCOM, OSUCOM, RowanSOM, UNECOM, KYCOM, COMP and COMP-NW is Feb 1st, which honestly is before your primary would be verified even if you submitted today. That's basically instantly eliminating half of the schools.

Remember, after you submit, the primary might take a couple weeks to get verified, then it's sent to schools and it could take 2-3wks to get secondaries. Even if you submit the secondaries the same day that you get them, it could take a total of a month from primary app submission to being complete, so I wouldn't waste time with any schools that have secondary deadlines before March.

Basically all schools have rolling admission, but the best will already be filled and the middle ones will have less than a quarter of their seats left. If you have high stats, say around average for MD matriculants, you might get in to some school, but if you wait a year, you could reapply MD and apply DO properly at the beginning of the cycle. Unless money is no object, and you have a really good reason why you can't wait a year, and you don't care what school you get into, then I would take the gap year, and apply in the summer.

Good luck, whatever you decide.