Baptist BUCOM (Memphis)

Baptist Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine Memphis, TN · Private · DO

Average MCAT: 498.4
Average GPA: 3.50
Class size: 114
Tuition: $55,166 (per year)
Out-of-state applicants: Welcome

Deadlines

AACOMAS deadline: March 1, 2027
Secondary deadline: March 15 (school timeline)

Essays

Servant leadership (250 words)

BUCOM shares the values of our larger learning community at Baptist Health Sciences University such as integrity, professionalism, continuous improvement, and service as an expression of our Christian values. We foster a Christian environment where servant leadership is modeled in all aspects of learning, teaching, service, and business. Describe what it means to be a servant leader, and specifically how it connects to your decision to become an osteopathic physician.

Healthcare experience (250 words)

Please describe your experience working or volunteering in the healthcare sector. Provide details of the work you did as well as any direct patient encounters you had that were particularly meaningful.

Hometown (250 words)

Describe the town or city where you spent the majority of your K-12 years including the general population size and make-up. Please include the closest major metropolitan city and how far away it is.

Editor's notes

BUCOM is rolling and in person. You can't be invited to interview until every document, letters included, is in, and interviews start in August. Line up your letters before you submit AACOMAS, not after.
Read the preferred numbers correctly. The policy prefers a 504 MCAT and a 3.4 GPA, but the 2025 entering class averaged 498.4 and 3.50. Those are preferences, not cutoffs, and the mission question matters more here than at most schools.
This is a young school with a faith-based mission and a regional focus on Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi. If you have real ties to the Mid-South or to rural and underserved communities, make them visible in AACOMAS before the hometown question asks for them.
There's no early decision and no residency discount, so the decision is about fit. Tuition is $55,166 for everyone, lower than many private DO schools, but no class has matched yet. Weigh that honestly.