About the Application Process

Applications

WCU-COM participates with other osteopathic colleges in a centralized application processing service called AACOMAS (American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Application Service).  The first step in applying to WCU-COM is completing an AACOMAS application.  Once AACOMAS has processed the application, they will send the individual’s application to the colleges which the applicant designates to receive them.  AACOMAS takes no part in the selection or rejection of applicants.

WCU-COM will send the applicant a supplemental application if general qualifications are met

AACOMAS applications can be obtained at http://www.aacom.org/ or at:

AACOMAS
5550 Friendship Boulevard – Suite 310
Chevy Chase, MD 20815-7231
Phone: (301) 968-4100

The WCU-COM Admissions Committee will review files only after all the following materials have been received:

1. Completed AACOMAS application and completed WCU-COM secondary application, including official MCAT scores.
2. A nonrefundable supplemental application fee of $50 made payable to WCU-COM.
3. A letter of recommendation from each of the following sources:
   1. A physician (preferably a D.O. who is a member of the American Osteopathic Association).
   2. A science faculty member who is familiar with the applicant’s academic work.
   3. A premedical advisor or committee.  (If your institution does not have a premedical advisor/committee, you may substitute this letter with another science faculty member.)

Recommendations must be written within the two years prior to making an application and mailed directly to WCU-COM.  Example: If applying October 2009 through May 2009, letters should be dated no earlier than June 2007.

The WCU-COM Admissions Committee will consider applications from all qualified individuals; however, preference is given to students from Mississippi, other Gulf South regions, and rural medically underserved areas of the country.  The Admissions Committee seeks those individuals who clearly identify with the WCU-COM mission statement.

Applicants with an acceptable AACOMAS application will then be sent a secondary application.

Once the secondary application is complete and reviewed, those applicants selected for interview will be notified and invited to interview.