Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM-Seton Hill)

Address

Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine / Office of Admissions / 1858 W. Grandview Blvd. / Erie, PA 16509

Phone

814-866-6641

Email

admissions@lecom.edu
Admissions Website
Admissions Requirements
Letters of Rec Requirements

Overview

Savvy Rank
The Savvy Rank is a combination of admissions selectivity (MCAT, GPA, acceptance rate), research ranking, and primary care ranking.
140
School Type
Whether the school confers an MD or DO degree, is an international (Intl) school for Americans or is a Canadian (CA) school
DO
Public/Private
Private
Year Founded
1992
US News Rank - Research
Unranked
US News Rank - Primary Care
Unranked
Cost
Out-of-state tuition, from cheap ($) to obscenely expensive ($$$$$)
$
Weather Rating
How nice is the weather, from crappy () to excellent ()
City Size
< 500K

Getting In

Median GPA
3.5
Median MCAT
503
Research Rating
A combination of factors to show the school's research ranking and research opportunities, from very little research () to lots ()
Out-of-State Rating
Whether the school is very out-of-state friendly (), somewhat friendly (), not friendly (), or in-state only ()
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International Friendly
How friendly the school is toward international applicants
Case-by-case
Med School Class Size
Class sizes range from 40 students to 400
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Application
AACOMAS
Letters of Rec Required
DO letter Required
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Secondary Essays

Secondary Essay Difficulty
How many essays, how long, and how unusual the prompts, from easy () to brutal ()
Screen Before Secondaries
Does the school read your primary before sending a secondary?
No
Typical Secondary Release Date
When does a school usually release its secondary relative to other med schools (though it may vary from year to year)?
Early
Secondary Fee
$50
Other Tests

Interviews

Interview Type
Interview Invites Begin
Interview Format
MMI - Multiple Mini Interview; Traditional - two-way conversation
Traditional
Accepts Updates?
Does the school accept update letters?

Secondary Essay Prompts

Essay Topics (2024 - 2025)

1. Please list any educational or employment experiences that followed your undergraduate graduation. Please also detail any gaps in these experiences. The list should fall in chronological order starting with the most recent experience and moving back in time to your graduation. Please use this opportunity to describe (concisely) how these experiences helped to prepare you to study osteopathic medicine. (9999 characters)

2. If you experienced a period of notable academic distress during your education (e.g., multiple course failures or complete withdrawal), please explain any circumstances that may have contributed to that anomaly. (9999 characters)

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Essay Topics ('22 – '23)

No prompts.

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Essay Topics ('21 – '22)

No prompts.

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Essay Topics (’20 – ’21)

‍No secondary essays for the 2020-2021 application cycle.

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Essay Topics ('19 – '20)‍

No essays, but super early interviews (starting late June)

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Essay Topics ('18 – '19)‍

No essays

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‍Essay Topics ('17 – '18)‍

No essays

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‍Essay Topics ('16 – '17)‍

No essays

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‍Essay Topics ('15 – '16)‍

No essays

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‍Essay Topics ('14 – '15)‍

No essays

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‍Essay Topics ('13 – '14)‍

No essays

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