2025-2026 Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine (LMU-DCOM)

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2025-2026 LMU Secondary Essay Prompts:

1) REQUIRED: Please write and ATTACH the short essay addressing ONE of the following questions:

Medical school requires a huge commitment in time and energy. How have you prepared for this commitment?

-OR-

If you are a re-applicant please tell us what you have done to strengthen your application.


2) Optional: Is there anything you want the admissions committee to know that you haven’t explained on your AACOMAS application?


Good luck to everyone applying!

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[SmoggyAidi]

Recent LMU-DCOM graduate here, am willing to answer any questions about the program via DMs. Good luck on your applications everyone!

 

[svanderbleek]

Secondary

> 1) REQUIRED: Please write and ATTACH the short essay addressing ONE of the following questions:

Medical school requires a huge commitment in time and energy. How have you prepared for this commitment?

OR

If you are a re-applicant please tell us what you have done to strengthen your application.



> 2) Optional: Is there anything you want the admissions committee to know that you haven’t explained on your AACOMAS application?

Also appears that Orange Park campus is not an option in the secondary though it is mentioned in AACOMAS description.

 

[dbqvic0129]

Secondary

> 1) REQUIRED: Please write and ATTACH the short essay addressing ONE of the following questions:

Medical school requires a huge commitment in time and energy. How have you prepared for this commitment?

OR

If you are a re-applicant please tell us what you have done to strengthen your application.



> 2) Optional: Is there anything you want the admissions committee to know that you haven’t explained on your AACOMAS application?

Also appears that Orange Park campus is not an option in the secondary though it is mentioned in AACOMAS description.

I spoke to them about the Orange park campus and they said that we could put that as our preference but it’s not guaranteed.

 

[dbqvic0129]

Hey guys, since the secondary has no character limit, how long was your prompt?

 

[midnightreader]

Secondary

> 1) REQUIRED: Please write and ATTACH the short essay addressing ONE of the following questions:

Medical school requires a huge commitment in time and energy. How have you prepared for this commitment?

OR

If you are a re-applicant please tell us what you have done to strengthen your application.



> 2) Optional: Is there anything you want the admissions committee to know that you haven’t explained on your AACOMAS application?

Also appears that Orange Park campus is not an option in the secondary though it is mentioned in AACOMAS description.

When they say re-applicant do they mean to LMU or to medical school in general?

 

[anon2424]

Hey guys, since the secondary has no character limit, how long was your prompt?

I believe a short essay is usually between about 200-700 words. Most prompts that I've seen for II's thus far are about 300-500 words, so that is what I am going to aim for.

 

[dbqvic0129]

When they say re-applicant do they mean to LMU or to medical school in general?

I would say to LMU specifically.

 

[likeits1978]

@SmoggyAidi I would love to ask you a couple!

1. Did you get dedicated time to study for COMLEX? Did you guys have to take any pre-tests to be able to sit for the COMLEX?
2. Now that you're done, what would you say the best and worst parts about LMU-DCOM are?

Thank you!

 

[SmoggyAidi]

@SmoggyAidi I would love to ask you a couple!

1. Did you get dedicated time to study for COMLEX? Did you guys have to take any pre-tests to be able to sit for the COMLEX?
2. Now that you're done, what would you say the best and worst parts about LMU-DCOM are?

Thank you!

1. Yes. You have a 4-week rotation in each of your third and fourth years that are considered an "Independent Study/OFF" block. You can take that to study for the boards. Also, if I remember correctly, there is also around a month's time between the completion of OMS-II and the start of OMS-III that you can use to study.
   
   You have to take COMSAEs and score above a certain threshold in order to sit for the exams. When I tested, it was 450 for both. But that number might be higher or lower depending on how the later classes did on their COMLEXes. For our class, if we didn't score above a certain threshold by a certain time of the year (for LEVEL 2), you would be automatically enrolled into an in-person board prep elective during OMS-IV that would take one of your elective blocks.
   
   
2. The best part IMO is the camaraderie among the class in general. I feel that DCOM does a pretty good job of filtering out the gunner-types, and (at least for our class) we had received a ton of study material, class notes, tutorial documents from our seniors (and we passed ours along to the class underneath us). I never felt that any student was out there to sabotage each other just to further themselves.
   
   The worst part is definitely the admin. They would make some sudden policies that would affect us while giving us little-to-no warning, and as students we would just have to deal with it. But I've heard from other co-residents from other medical schools, and it's not a thing that's unique to DCOM.

I'm happy to answer any more questions you have, or expand upon my answers above if needed.

Good luck to everyone applying this cycle!

 

[Dwight_Halpert]

Current OMS3. Non-traditional and out of state. Feel free to reach out if you have questions.

 

[likeits1978]

1. Yes. You have a 4-week rotation in each of your third and fourth years that are considered an "Independent Study/OFF" block. You can take that to study for the boards. Also, if I remember correctly, there is also around a month's time between the completion of OMS-II and the start of OMS-III that you can use to study.
   
   You have to take COMSAEs and score above a certain threshold in order to sit for the exams. When I tested, it was 450 for both. But that number might be higher or lower depending on how the later classes did on their COMLEXes. For our class, if we didn't score above a certain threshold by a certain time of the year (for LEVEL 2), you would be automatically enrolled into an in-person board prep elective during OMS-IV that would take one of your elective blocks.
   
   
2. The best part IMO is the camaraderie among the class in general. I feel that DCOM does a pretty good job of filtering out the gunner-types, and (at least for our class) we had received a ton of study material, class notes, tutorial documents from our seniors (and we passed ours along to the class underneath us). I never felt that any student was out there to sabotage each other just to further themselves.
   
   The worst part is definitely the admin. They would make some sudden policies that would affect us while giving us little-to-no warning, and as students we would just have to deal with it. But I've heard from other co-residents from other medical schools, and it's not a thing that's unique to DCOM.

I'm happy to answer any more questions you have, or expand upon my answers above if needed.

Good luck to everyone applying this cycle!

This was really helpful; thank you!

Do you and @Dwight_Halpert remember when you guys started getting interview invitations?

 

[Dwight_Halpert]

@likeits1978 I received my interview invite early December and interviewed early February.

 

[likeits1978]

I guess it's time to buckle in for a long wait!