Admissions and Financial Aid
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APPLICATIONS AND
DEADLINES
All primary application materials can
be obtained through the American
Association of Colleges of Osteopathic
Medicine Application Service:
www.aacom.org.
Primary application materials are
available the year before you hope
to enroll, beginning in May and
continuing until February of the year
you hope to enroll. (For example, you
can apply between May 1, 2018, and
Feb. 1, 2019, for fall 2019 enrollment).
Secondary applications, if eligible, are
accessible through the portal on the
Heritage College admissions system.
Candidates being further considered
for admission must log on to the
portal and make sure they have done
everything on the To Do List. The
deadline for submission of secondary
application materials is March 15 of the
year you hope to enroll.
Interviews are conducted from
September to April.
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FINANCIAL AID
We understand the financial pressures
of attending medical school. Our staff
can help you plan for the expenses of
medical school through budget
planning workshops, financial aid
counseling, and assistance in exploring
alternative forms of financial assistance,
such as community sponsorship and
military service programs.
If you are a U.S. veteran eligible for Post
9/11 GI Bill ® benefits, you may qualify
for additional educational funding. For
more information, visit https://www.
ohio.edu/medicine/admissions/
financing/index.cfm
More than 90 percent of our
students receive some form of
financial assistance.
For information on student indebtedness and
default rates, visit https://www.ohio.edu/
medicine/admissions/financing/index.cfm
QUESTIONS? CONTACT US.
REQUIREMENTS
• Completion of a four-year baccalaureate degree from a regionally
accredited college or university, including six semester hours or nine
quarter hours each of English and behavioral sciences (e.g., psychology,
sociology, or anthropology), and eight semester hours or 12
quarter hours each of biology/zoology, general chemistry, organic
chemistry, and physics, with appropriate labs.
• M
CAT scores, which must be no older than three years prior to
admission. If applying for fall 2019, scores can be no older than
January 2016.
• Compliance with health and technical standards that include a criminal
background check and proof of immunizations.
• Recommendation letters from two natural science classroom or lab
professors who have taught you for a grade (e.g., biology, chemistry,
or physics). You may also submit an evaluation from a pre-professional
committee. A letter from a D.O. is strongly encouraged.
• All Heritage College students, except those enrolled in a dual degree
program, must complete the D.O. degree program within 150 percent
of the time needed to achieve the degree, as required by COCA
accreditation standards. Therefore, students must meet all graduation
requirements and graduate within the allotted time, as determined
from their date of matriculation.