LMU-DCOM Harrogate

Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine (Harrogate) Harrogate, TN · Private · DO

Average MCAT: 497
Average GPA: 3.60
Class size: 225
Tuition: $59,550 (per year)
Out-of-state applicants: Welcome

Deadlines

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

Essays

Commitment or re-applicant

Please write and ATTACH the short essay addressing ONE of the following questions: Medical school requires a huge commitment in time and energy. How have you prepared for this commitment? OR If you are a re-applicant please tell us what you have done to strengthen your application.

Additional information

Is there anything you want the admissions committee to know that you haven't explained on your AACOMAS application?

Editor's notes

May 15, 2027 is a trap. LMU-DCOM interviews and admits on a rolling basis from September, with first acceptances as early as Sept. 15, 2026. The school itself asks for complete files four weeks before the deadline. Treat fall as your real window.
No MCAT or GPA minimum doesn't mean numbers don't matter. The college-wide mean is a 497 MCAT and 3.60 GPA, and the committee lists upward grade trends and prerequisite grades among its factors. If your record has a dip, show the climb.
Harrogate is the rural campus, in the Cumberland Gap, and the DCOM mission names the Appalachian region outright. The application doesn't let you choose a campus, since all three locations share one AACOMAS designation, so ask admissions how placement works before you interview. If rural Appalachia is where you want to train, say so with evidence: service, work or roots in places like it.
The interview is one closed-file conversation of up to 20 minutes. Your interviewer hasn't read your application, so you have to bring the story yourself. Practice a two-minute version of why osteopathic medicine and why service to underserved communities, since mission fit is on the committee's list.