, /PRNewswire/ -- announced Tuesday the creation of Early Acceptance Programs (EAP) for students to attend of Osteopathic Medicine and its schools of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and podiatry. LECOM is one of America's most affordable medical schools, with one of the nation's largest enrollments for doctor of osteopathic medicine or D.O.
degrees. The Doctor of Medicine or M.D.
and the D.O. degrees are commensurate, but the D.
O. practitioners take a whole-person approach to healing. Under the terms of the new affiliation agreement between STU and LECOM, the medical school will admit up to five qualified students enrolled in the D.
O. early admission program each academic year. LECOM also will admit up to five qualified STU students into their pharmacy EAP, up to five students to their dental EAP, and a maximum of two students to the Doctor of Podiatric Medicine EAP.
Pending STU and LECOM admissions committee reviews, students can join the LECOM early admission programs between their acceptance to STU and their sophomore year of college, with some students potentially eligible to start their medical school career after just three years of undergraduate study. All STU students in the program are guaranteed to receive LECOM admissions interviews. LECOM is known for its internal, family and emergency medicine programs.
Depending upon the EAP specialization, students can choose between the university's and Seton Hill, PA campuses, or locations in and . A campus is slated to open i.
