Partnership with Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine


With a growing demand of healthcare professionals, Alvernia and partnered to help prepare new doctors, dentists and pharmacists. This special Early Acceptance Program (EAP) with LECOM allows students to apply to LECOM medical school, dental school or pharmacy school while still in high school. Students who meet the requirements in high school are conditionally accepted into both Alvernia and LECOM鈥檚 program simultaneously.

Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine LECOM is a private college with locations in Pennsylvania and Florida. Its main campus is located in Erie, PA, with additional locations at LECOM at Seton Hill, in Greensburg, PA and LECOM Bradenton, a branch campus in Florida.

Recognizing that students learn in different ways, the LECOM Erie Campus offers a choice of three student-centered learning pathways for the first two years of education in osteopathic medicine, including the traditional Lecture Discussion Pathway, the small-group Problem-Based Learning Pathway, or the Self-Directed-Study Pathway.

Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine Admission Requirements:

  • SAT score (Math & Verbal Reasoning) greater than or equal to 1240 on a single exam or ACT score greater than or equal to 26 on a single exam
  • High school GPA of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale
  • Maintain a cumulative GPA at Alvernia of 3.4 or higher and a science GPA of 3.2 or higher


Students already attending Alvernia must meet this criteria in order to enroll into the Early Acceptance Program (EAP).

Medical Programs

4 + 4 Track - Students must enroll in the EAP by February 1of their second year at 最新91制片厂. After completing four years at Alvernia and meet GPA, MCAT and other requirments, students enter LECOM the following July. LECOM graduates will receive a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) degree and Alvernia will award the graduate with an appropriate bachelor degree.

Pharmacy Programs

4 + 3 Track- Students must enroll in the EAP by February 1of their second year at 最新91制片厂. After completing four years at Alvernia and meet GPA, MCAT  and other requirments, students enter LECOM the following August. LECOM graduates will receive a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm. D.) degree and Alvernia will  award the graduate with an appropriate bachelor degree.

Dental Program

4 + 4 Track- Students must enroll in the EAP by February 1of their second year at 最新91制片厂. After completing two years at Alvernia and meet GPA and  other requirments, students enter LECOM the following July. LECOM graduates will receive a Doctor of Dental Medicine (D.M.D.) degree and Alvernia will award the graduate with an appropriate bachelor degree.

Contact Information
 

Ondra Kielbasa, Ph.D.                                Brandi Burns, MMSPAS, PA-C

  610-230-5701                                              brandi.burns@alvernia.edu