Doc Adam, I respectfully disagree with your assessment. I am a first year student at LECOM and I have absolutely no dress code. Students in the PBL and ISP pathways do not attend lectures as do students in the traditional Lecture and Discussion Pathway. We are required to attednd OMM lecture and lab on Tuesday mornings and believe it or not, we are allowed to wear non-professional attire, ie, short pants and tee shirts. LECOM is currently the only Osteopathic Medical school which offers its student the option of three different learning tracts. So often you hear about the "mandatory dress code", however, very few people write about, or are willing to elaborate on, all of the other aspects of LECOM.
Cfyda, I suggest you give full consideration to both your options and not simply dismiss one because it has a dress code. Which ever school you ultimately decide to attend; your decision should be based upon which can offer you the best education, didactic and clinical, and where you feel you will have the best opportunity to grow most as a person. Either way, you are now on the path to becoming a physician. Congratulations.
