ICOM

Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine Meridian, ID · Private · DO

Average MCAT: 505.4
Average GPA: 3.54
Class size: 220
Tuition: $70,090 (per year)
Out-of-state applicants: Welcome

Deadlines

AACOMAS deadline: April 30, 2027
Early Decision Program: Aug. 1, 2026

Essays

Osteopathic principles

What do Osteopathic Principles and Practices mean to you and what aspects of osteopathic medicine have drawn you to pursue this route to becoming a physician? Please be descriptive in your answer.

Reapplicant

Have you applied to Medical School (DO or MD) in a previous application cycle? [If you select yes] How have you improved your application?

Editor's notes

Timing matters more here than at most schools, and ICOM says so itself: May and June applicants compete for more open seats than October applicants. Have your AACOMAS ready when your MCAT posts, and turn the secondary around in a week or two.
Read ICOM's requirements page before you write anything. It says under 100 clinical hours is thin, 200+ across more than one kind of experience is stronger, and rural or underserved patient care carries specific weight. It also says a rising GPA reads differently from a flat one. Build your Experiences entries around exactly what you did with patients.
You don't need to be from Idaho. Only 34 of 244 first-years in 2024-25 were Idahoans. But the interview will ask why ICOM and why the Mountain West, and the school describes an applicant who stalled on that question. Have an answer that's yours.
First-year cost of attendance is $110,825 and ICOM offers no institutional scholarships to first-years. Average debt for the Class of 2025 was $195,174. Look at that before you commit an Early Decision letter.