KansasCOM

Kansas Health Science University - Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine Wichita, KS · Private · DO

Average MCAT: 496.9
Average GPA: 3.53
Class size: 176
Tuition: $61,754 (per year)
Out-of-state applicants: Welcome

Deadlines

AACOMAS deadline: April 30, 2027
Secondary deadline: May 15, 2027

Essays

Essay 1: Ideal practice setting (500 words)

Describe your ideal setting as a practicing physician. What specialty would you pursue, and what type of setting would you want to practice in (e.g., rural, urban, academic)? What do you hope to achieve in your career, and how do you envision making an impact on your patients?

Essay 2: Influences and why KansasCOM (500 words)

What individuals and experiences have influenced your interest in Osteopathic Medicine, and why are you motivated to apply to Kansas Health Science University – Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine?

Essay 3: Additional information (500 words)

Is there anything you would like the Admissions Committee to know that you didn't have the chance to explain in your AACOMAS application?

Reapplicant (500 words)

If you are a re-applicant, please describe what steps you've taken to strengthen your application since your previous application cycle.

Editor's notes

Don't treat May 15 as your deadline. Decisions are rolling, they go out four to six weeks after each interview, and the school asks for the secondary within 30 days of the invitation. Every week you hold it, seats are being filled.
The physician letter is required, not recommended, and it can come from a D.O. or an M.D. Line it up before you submit AACOMAS, and check the dates: for fall 2027 nothing written before January 2025 counts.
Your interviewers will have read your personal statement and little else. That makes the statement your script for two 20-minute conversations. Reread it before the interview and be ready to go deeper on every story in it.
The admissions page says it wants students committed to health care access in Kansas and beyond, and the first graduating class matched mostly into internal, emergency and family medicine. If you have Kansas ties or primary care leanings, make them visible in the secondary, and look at the state's $41,000-a-year service scholarship.